Yamaha EX5

EX5
ManufacturerYamaha Corporation
Dates1998 - 2001
Technical specifications
Polyphony128 AWM2-oscillators in max 128-voices, max 2 AN-voices, max 1 VL-voice, max 16 FDSP-voices,
TimbralityAWM2-only 16, AN/VL/FDSP monotimbral
Synthesis typeAWM2, AN, VL, FDSP, Sampling
Aftertouch expressionYes
Velocity expressionYes
Storage memory512 preset
256 user
128 Performances
EffectsReverb, chorus and Insertion
Input/output
Keyboard76 keys
External controlMIDI (In × 2, Out × 2, Thru)

The Yamaha EX5 is a synthesizer/workstation produced by Yamaha from 1998 to 2000. The EX5 combines several methods of sound generation (see below). The later released EX7 was a cheaper version of the EX5 with fewer keys, polyphony, sounds and functions. The Yamaha EX music synthesizers, along with the early Yamaha S series, were the predecessors of the Motif workstation series.