Review of the Yamaha MM6
June 23rd, 2011Yamaha MM6 Synthesizer
My first experience with the Yamaha MM6 was born of necessity—I wanted to continue playing piano, but just didn’t have the money or space for one in my apartment. Little did I think that this purchase would change how I thought about music. Once I bought the Yamaha MM6 I began to realize what a real treasure I had on my hands. Now, not only can I “play piano”, but I can also play bass, guitar, and drums. With all the options available on this keyboard I can be my own one man rock band or chamber music orchestra! With the Yamaha MM6 I can create classical pieces or modern contemporary, rock tunes or house music.
Yamaha MM6: Versatility
The Yamaha MM6 synthesizer is considered a “professional level” mid-range 61 key synthesizer that boasts over 418 voices and 22 onboard drum kits. It has has four different wheels to control the timbre of the voices by changing the cutoff, resonance, release and attack.
Product features of Yamaha MM6 synthesizer include:
• Product model number: it’s MM6
• Product Dimensions: it’s 44 inches by 18.5 inches by 9 inches
• Product weight : around 30 pounds
• 61 keys which are synth action velocity sensitive
• Superb high sound level
• Equipped with Professional Quality Sound and Control
• Provides complete instrumental backing to accompany song creation and live performance
• Welcome tools to create dynamic music such as Arpeggiator generators and automatic Pattern
• Comes with performance memory needed for instant setting changes in the full panel
• Equipped with various song recording characters with 1 Pattern track and 8 normal tracks
• An additional set of in-built 128 GM voices to help in the play back of songs recorded in popular format
• 1 GM drum kit
• AWM2 Tone Generator
• 418 normal voices
• on board 22 drum kits
• 8 banks of 8 performance settings
• 25 reverb types
• 30 chorus types
• 5 master EQ types
• 32-note polyphony
• 16-part mulitimbral capacity
• 70MB wave ROM (in 16-bit linear format)
• Easy to use with the “Category Search” option
• Affordable price
• Customer rating : 4.5 stars
• Shipping advisory: Yamaha MM6 must be sent separately if you have ordered other items with this
• Shipping Weight : around 43.1 pounds
• Shipping availability: currently the Yamaha MM6 can be shipped just within America and to FPO/APO addresses. For FPO/APO shipments, kindly check with manufacturer regarding support issues and warranty
Sequencer
* 96 parts per quarter note resolution
* Real-time replace recording
* 3 preset songs, 5 user songs
* 400 song max. with USB
* 213 preset arpeggio types
* 11-280 BPM tempo range
* 168 patterns (x4 sections)
Professional Quality Sound and Control
The Yamaha MM6 synthesizer is perfect for musicians of every caliber and level. Why pay more for the same quality? This keyboard is known among musicians as the “Mini Mo” because it utilizes the pro-level MOTIF series workstation’s sound engine, creating a mid-sized, mid-priced instrument capable of producing realistic voice tones and dynamic, high-quality music. It is easy to label this a professional instrument given its capabilities and power, but make no mistake the Yamaha MM6 can also produce professional results from even the most novice of users.
Yamaha MM6: Ease of Use
The MM6 has knobs and instrumentation that allow you to create and change sounds as you play, allowing you to tweak your performance real-time. This synth also has a variety of rhythms, licks, and riffs up its sleeve, with musical patterns that feel “human”. This keyboard is perfect for all genres of music, from hip-hop to jazz to rock to world music. Within minutes of plugging in the Yamaha MM6 you can create tracks that sound like they belong on the dance floor.
The MM6 Arpeggiator
If you’ve dreamed of becoming a professional DJ or sound producer, your purchase of the Yahama MM6 can be your first step towards that goal! This keyboard has 213 arpeggiator types already installed allowing you to create multiple note patterns and rhythmic phrases. Many of the MM6’s arpeggiator types use piano and guitar voices to generate the types of patterns you will play using your left hand, with bass and drum rhythm loops that you can free-style over with your right. This feature allows the Yamaha MM6 to create pop, dance, and house music effortlessly.
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The Yamaha MM6: Professional Results at an Affordable Price
The technical specs on the Yamaha MM6 speak for themselves. Whether you’re a professional or a newcomer to the music scene, this keyboard is a pint-sized powerhouse. For about the same cost as a guitar you can get a guitar, a piano, an organ, a drum kit, a strings section and a production studio all in one package. And, any inconvenience from lugging heavy equipment to gigs disappears with a keyboard that weighs under twelve pounds. User reviews of this product on Amazon and other music retail sites are more than positive. In a five star product rating system the Yamaha MM6 generally rates in the 4.5 – 5 star range, a respectable feat for any musical instrument.
Your purchase of the Yamaha MM6 allows you to bring your artistic and musical aspirations to fruition, but also puts you in the producer’s chair.
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