The MO8 follows in the footsteps usable in any setting short of a piano Programming the MO8 is not difficult
planted by the successful MOTIF and concert. The sounds are the same; in and the utility functions are a breeze to
MOTIF-ES line of keyboards. The MO8 fact, there are some impressive new control. Sometimes it requires more skill
is a streamlined version, not a stripped offerings that take maximum advantage to design a low-cost product with limits
down version. The distinction is notable of the Yamaha sound engine’s power. at every turn than to build a no compro-because the MO8 contains the essential Getting around on the MO8 is relatively mise top end model. Kudos to Yamaha
elements that made the MOTIF a stellar simple. The display has been shrunk to for taking the time to make the MO8 a
hit while leaving out some of the less fit the price point, but all the informa- real instrument in its own right and not
used functions that added to the MOTIF’s tion is available, though it does take just a shadow of its big brother.
price. The full-size 88 note keybed is several screens to convey it. There are $1,995
responsive and quick—a departure only two outputs, left and right, but www.yamaha.com
from the gravitas of the original, yet still they are adequate for most live settings.
