Yamaha MM6 any good?

jalguitarman · 19th October 2011

I am thinking of buying one of these for a friend. I have a MotifXS-6 and think it's awesome. Does the MM6 sound good? Especially concerned with Piano sounds.

Tanks.

Rane-Ex54 · 19th October 2011

Ive messed around w/ them in a store. They do have a bunch of decent piano sounds, which Yamaha is known for, but beyond that the sounds, features, and build are lacking. Def not close to your XS. They are priced fairly low though, if you are gonna pay full price, I'd suggest looking into the used realm though. Lots of better choices

wwjd · 19th October 2011

Many things sound nice in the MM6. But...

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YOU CAN NOT "PROGRAM" SOUNDS IN THE MM6!!!

MIDI CONFIGURATION IS EXTREMELY LIMITED.

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they should say that on the outside of the box. They called it a synthesizer, but you can't edit squat.

It's a default player, with some baser performance edits you can store, but there is no PATCH EDITING here.

That said, I own one, it's handy. I like the sounds and the sequencer - as very limited as it is - is handy to me as are all the arppegiators.

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Rane-Ex54 Gear nut Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 121	Ive messed around w/ them in a store. They do have a bunch of decent piano sounds, which Yamaha is known for, but beyond that the sounds, features, and build are lacking. Def not close to your XS. They are priced fairly low though, if you are gonna pay full price, I'd suggest looking into the used realm though. Lots of better choices

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wwjd Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,410	Many things sound nice in the MM6. But... * YOU CAN NOT "PROGRAM" SOUNDS IN THE MM6!!! MIDI CONFIGURATION IS EXTREMELY LIMITED. * they should say that on the outside of the box. They called it a synthesizer, but you can't edit squat. It's a default player, with some baser performance edits you can store, but there is no PATCH EDITING here. That said, I own one, it's handy. I like the sounds and the sequencer - as very limited as it is - is handy to me as are all the arppegiators.