Yamaha MX88 Synthesizer In-Depth Demo 

Wow! Amazing! I just bought my autistic piano prodigy child one of these and this will be very useful for him to learn all the available features. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise.

I just bought one of these. Delivery in less than a week. I can hardly wait… 😊

THAT NEW YAMAHA MX88 IS WAY OFF THE CHAIN," MAN?" I LOVE THE WAY THAT BOARD FEELS LIKE," THOSE SOUNDS FROM MX88 IS SO BEAUTIFUL," IT SOUNDS AND FEELS LIKE A REAL PIANO," THE VINTAGE 73 SAMPLED RHODE'S AND THAT MOTIF XS AND XF SOUNDS ARE A BEAST KILLER," WOW?" I LOVE THE WAY IT SOUNDS," AND YOU CAN CARRIED YOU'RE MX88 KEYBOARD UNDERNEATH YOUR ARM'S TO TAKE IT TO A GIG,. THE YAMAHA MX88 KEYBOARD COST?" IS $999.00 DOLLAR'S U,S."" AND I'VE GOT ONE ALREADY..""

Absolutely love this keyboard. I would've loved to hear the various organs

Why there is not an MX76?

Thanks for your help in learning this keyboard.

Awesome review..Thank you! Im looking forward already to playing that keyboard.. it seems to offer a good price-quality ratio

Just a heads up to anyone with the Mark I models of the MX49 or MX61, you cannot unlock FM Essentials with these units. They (CAN?) access and use all the features of the app but you need to access a Mark II (or higher) model to unlock the full app. I just took my iPad and iPhone down to the local music store and they let me do it with a floor model. Takes 20 seconds. Mine Mark i MX49 is the black one with MX in grey or white printing and 49 in dark red if that helps anyone determine which model they have. I put CAN? in brackets above because I'm not so sure now... My MX49 is controlling the sounds on the app just fine but the sound doesn't go back to the MX49 itself. I'd have to send the audio out from my phone or iPad to my mixer to include them in a performance. I suspect it could be cuz I'm not using a genuine Apple adapter as I read elsewhere this was an issue for others but not sure (if anyone can confirm or deny for me, that would be great) or, more likely, because of the Mark I model limitations referred to above. Anyways, aside from all that, thanks for the great demo! Really opened up some stuff I hadn't fully explored yet. Cheers

Ever sold something and wish you didn't? I've had so many keyboards and modules that I wish I still had.

An energetic and engaging review - thanks!

every time I see this guy I remember the movie "UP" jaja

Very good demo keep it up

Very nice examples

Im so happy they put a video up on that huge screen to distract us with that blue-haired Reface babe. Jeez.

Hey Blake seen a lot of your videos. Love them all

great sound

When you layer piano and pad, Can you regulate pad volume individually???

Thank you, an important side note; the screen in the background is really distracting.

Hi Blake, will there be a white or blue version of the MX88?

Hi Blake, between a Yamaha MX88 Synth and a Yamaha MM8 Synth, whats your preference?

Background video kind of distracting to demonstration.

When you demonstrate a Sound, also tell the number of the Sound ??? why do Demonstrators never respond???

Unfortunately the keybed doesn't hold up to long term use. About 6 or 7 months after I got mine, the keybed in certain areas got really loose. Now at just over a year, it rattles and I can hear things hitting other things inside.

For the money, the mx88 is the best live keyboard you can buy in my opinion

At the end, what is the patch with the sounds that he's playing along to.

I've seen several videos on the MX88. mine will be here Thursday & I cant' wait!! one Question if anyone knows, are the percussions programmable? The videos don't cover that. My PSR70 died!!

masterkeyboard function?

There's a sweet electric/jazzy, almost Metheny-ish lead guitar sound at 16:16. Is that a stock sound? Very nice!

Now that I have my MX back I've been trying to figure out how to use the arpeggios for a guitar part. I can't find anything online that clearly displays this feature and the manual is vague at best. If there's anyone out there that can point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated.

More info about the video in the screen

It doesn't have built in speakers, so what would the minimum set up be, for home, or generally unplugged performances?

I also noticed that most of the demos I see on RU-vid has the volume all the way up. I just bought the MX88 and realized why. I noticed that I had to crank my volume all the way up on the MX88 to somewhat match the mid volume on my s90es. Is anyone else having this issue?

Not able to connect to fm essential My new Ipad software update is at 15.3.1 And there's no communication I bought 2 new speed to camera cables and doesn't seem to be the problem. Please help

hi can you use this as a controller for mainstage 3? if yes how is the setup done?

We just got one for my band. Request your advice for a good keyboard amplifier for rehearsals and small gigs ? We are a four person band - keyboards, guitars, bass, drums

Are you able to change rhythm patterns with built in fills?

This looks like just what I need. I've recently returned to synth, from playing a stage piano, but my old Alesis QS8 is massively heavy! 😉Could anyone let me know whether it's possible to programme mulitple layers/splits/effects which can be called up for live performance without hooking it up to a P.C? Many thanks..

Are there any guitar sounds?

It's just small medium and large only difference. I have the medium one the MX 61.

Es wäre an der Zeit, dass Yamaha sich einmal wieder ernsthaft mit Synthesizern beschäftigen würde. Xf, Mx, MOX etc. in Ehren, aber wie wäre es, wenn Yamaha einen neuen Synth ( gern mit großen Tasten) designen würde?! Mir fehlt das ...

When layering patches can you control how much of layer is used like with the Motif Workstations? Is there an midi option to connect other boards to it?

Mine doesn't sound like that when output to speakers. It sounds awful. Only through headphones I can hear a sound close to the one in this video

HEY YAMAHA!!! NOT EVERYONE IS ON IPHONE!!!

What speaker sound play through?

i have the blue mx61

what is the keyed like compare to mofx88? Is it possible to load in sounds? Is this a good board for life performance?

What stand did you use for the mx88?

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem...ew... yesI said the "P" word! For decades I have chosen Yamaha because I rely on the quality and I've never had a problem...Well until I got an MX88. I feel the same way about Tascam. I don't know if it's just me or what but it seems these days everything is being made so cheaply. The tech is there but the hardware has gotten cheaper every decade. ANYWAY... I got my MX88 last June specifically to tackle a project I had planned for a year. Having previously had a few Motif's I'm familiar with what the MX has and for that...no surprises. The action is good, but I also have a P255 and these actions are supposed to be the same, but they are not. It's all about the feel. ANYWAY...right out of the box after getting everything setup to start the project I noticed a crackling noise every time I turned the MX on. Consistently on every power on with first note/chord strike. All on attack of the note. BUT... after a few notes it would subside. Knowing now... I should have immediately returned it, but anxious to get the project going I made the exception since the noise consistently seemed to subside upon playing. It was like it just needed to warm up. Fast forward to project completion. After weeks of practice and many out takes I had a track I was happy with. BUT as I began to listen more carefully readying for mixdown I began to notice there were STILL crackles within the track. Be they ever so subtle... they were there, all on the strike/attack of the note! Because this noise is specific to the strike/attack of the note I was able to work around it by playing a little less aggressively and was eventually able to get a keeper track. However some crackling was still there. I performed a number of tests to ensure it wasn't another piece of equipment or a bad cable and found unanimously my MX has a problem. So yesterday I boxed it up and sent it to the nearest service center and it should be interesting to see what they find. So that said... has anyone else noticed this dilemma?

What good mox8 or mx88,sound for piano

What's the name of the app. Just show

Its really sounds linke a motif??

Can anyone tell me, what's the diffrence between mx88 and mx88 black?

can you layer up to 4 sounds just like the moxf8 and motif ?

Can you layer up to 4 sounds or just 2?

What amplifier are you using?

how good does Roland ds 88 sound compared with this?

what was the name of the app he's refering to???

Can it be tuned to 432Hz?

What's the name of the app for iOS?

Too much talking, not enough demo - but thanks for what you did...

I;ll have whoever he had right before making this video. Kind of loopy.

Basically a mox refresh

The video in the background is very distracting and annoying.

Just repackaging the same old same old.

too much talking I want to hear the voice of the piano.

I love Yamaha but that clav sounded like a duck stuck in a hubcap.

Less human, more machine...Talks waaaaay to much dude.

lol that rhythm companion beat is a joke hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha