The Yamaha Motif is a series of music workstation

Music workstation

A music workstation is an electronic musical instrument providing the facilities of:*a sound module,*a music sequencer and* a musical keyboard.It enables a musician to compose electronic music using just one piece of equipment.-History:...

s, first released by Yamaha Corporation in August 2001. Other workstations in the same class are the Korg Triton

Korg Triton

Korg Triton is a music workstation synthesizer featuring digital sampling and sequencing created by Korg. All Tritons use Korg's HI Synthesis tone generator. They are available in several models and various upgrade configurations. The Triton is world famous among many musicians for being a...

, Roland Fantom-G and Alesis Fusion

Alesis Fusion

Alesis Fusion is a music production workstation produced by Alesis introduced in early 2005. The workstation is available in two models. The Fusion 6HD is a sixty-one note semi-weighted keyboard workstation. The Fusion 8HD is an eighty-eight note weighted keyboard workstation. The two models...

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Original Motif series, now called "Motif Classic", were released in four variants in 2001:


Motif Rack is a sound module

Sound module

A sound module is an electronic musical instrument without a human-playable interface such as a keyboard, for example. Sound modules have to be "played" using an externally connected device...

 without any keyboard, designed to be controlled by external instruments.