Yamaha SEQTRAK OR Synthesizer

Yamaha SEQTRAK OR Synthesizer
Product no: 9000-0121-7686 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

The Yamaha SEQTRAK is a portable little synth that gives you more options than you might expect upon first glance. It's clearly aimed at producers, composers and musicians that are always on the move, and definitely fits the age of the smart device we're in currently living in.

The Yamaha SEQTRAK

Back in the day, 'portable' gear simply referred to slimmed-down gear that had nowhere near as much to offer as bits of kit that weren't designed to be lugged around. Fortunately, times have changed. The SEQTRAK hooks you up with eleven tracks, including seven drum tracks, two AWM2 synth tracks, a DX track and a sampler track. On top of that, you're set up with a solid stack of effects, a sequencer, an arpeggiator, a 24-bit/44.1 kHz, stereo USB audio interface, and USB-MIDI. The sample-based AWM2-engine powers many Yamaha synths and keyboards and boasts over 2,000 sounds and a 128-voice polyphony, while the DX engine is an 8-voice/4-operator FM engine. In other words: options a-plenty!

And There's More

Over on the right, the SEQTRAK has been outfitted with a streamlined sound-tweaking section. Over on the left, you're looking at two rows of eight sequencer steps - just enough to label it an x0x-style lay-out. In terms of sampling, you get a built-in microphone as well as a built-in speaker so you don't have to fuss with an external speaker. Lastly, the AWM2 engine spares several hundred MBs worth of storage capacity for custom waves, so what are you waiting for?

Specifications

Product features

19-inch rack size	not applicable
Number of keys	none
Arpeggiator/sequencer	arpeggiator, sequencer
Audio via USB	yes
Control	none
Sustainable product	not specified
Synthesizer inputs	line in
Sound source	FM, sample player
MIDI & other	MIDI in, MIDI out, MIDI over USB
Synthesizer options	standard
Synthesizer outputs	line out jack
Polyphony	136 (128 + 8)
Synthesizer kind	portable
Standalone	yes
Type of keys	touch-sensitive keys/pads
Vintage remake	no
Synthesizer type	portable gadget
Difficulty level	easy

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	1,1 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	43,0 x 17,0 x 8,5 cm

Product specifications

Yamaha SEQTRAK
synthesizer
sound generator:
- drums
- AWM2 (128-voice polyphony, over 2,000 sounds)
- 4-op FM (8-voice polyphony)
- sampler
- effects (reverb, delay, master, EQ, LP-HP)
tracks: 11 (7x drums, 2x AWM2, 1x DX, 1x sampler)
SEQTRAK app
connections:
- USB-C (power, MIDI, audio)
- headphone: 3.5mm stereo mini-jack
- audio-in: 3.5mm stereo mini-jack
- MIDI in, out (using the included break-out cable)
Wi-Fi
built-in speaker (1W, 2.3cm)
built-in MEMS microphone
built-in rechargeable battery (3-4 hour battery life, 3-5 hour charging time)
included:
- USB-C cable
- MIDI break-out cable
- quick start guide
- safety instructions
dimensions: 343 x 97 x 38mm
weight: 500g

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Michaël Metzemakers December 30, 2024

Wrote the following about Yamaha SEQTRAK OR Synthesizer

Fijne sequencer! Is intuïtief in gebruik, zeker voor beginners. Je kan meteen aan de slag met muziek maken en de tutorials van de Seqtrak app zijn geweldig goed. Binnen no time heb je iets staan wat vol en gelaagd klinkt.
Als minpuntjes zou ik geven:
De toetsen zijn te plastic en hebben geen velocity sense.
Er is geen scherm dus je hebt in het begin zeker de app steeds nodig om wegwijs te worden in het apparaat.
De bouw kwaliteit is wel heel plasticy.

Overall een synthesizer om snel veel plezier mee te hebben met een grote database aan rijke en diepe synthesizer geluiden en mooie samples. Ik denk wel dat ik al gauw een midi keyboard zal kopen om tracks wat makkelijker in te spelen.