▁has ▁extensive ▁sampling ▁capabilities . ▁Sam ples ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁A WM ▁sounds , ▁or ▁assigned ▁to ▁individual ▁keys ▁on ▁the ▁keyboard ▁and ▁saved ▁to ▁flo ppy ▁disk ▁or ▁an ▁external ▁storage ▁device . ▁The ▁sample ▁memory ▁is ▁ 1 MB , ▁and ▁this ▁can ▁be ▁expanded ▁to ▁ 6 5 MB ▁with ▁vol atile ▁SI MM ▁memory . ▁Non - vol atile ▁Flash ▁Memory ▁can ▁be ▁installed ▁to ▁allow ▁samples ▁to ▁be ▁retained ▁between ▁power ▁cycles . ▁Flash ▁memory ▁capacity ▁can ▁be ▁either ▁ 8 MB ▁or ▁ 1 6 MB . ▁ ▁EX 5 ▁has ▁a ▁built - in ▁ 1 6 - track ▁sequ encer , ▁and ▁a ▁ 4 - track ▁ar p eggi ator ▁with ▁ 5 0 ▁pres et ▁patterns . ▁ ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁limited ▁edition ▁released ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁production , ▁Yam aha ▁EX 5 S ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" Mill en ni um ▁Edition "). ▁This ▁model ▁came ▁in ▁a ▁silver ▁cas ing ▁and ▁is ▁only ▁distributed ▁for ▁the ▁Asian ▁market . ▁There ▁were ▁only ▁ 5 0 0 ▁copies ▁produced . ▁ ▁EX 5 R ▁The ▁EX 5 ▁also ▁came ▁as ▁a ▁sound ▁module ▁on ▁the ▁market . ▁This ▁model ▁was ▁the ▁EX 5 R ▁and ▁had ▁all ▁the ▁functions ▁of ▁the ▁EX 5 , ▁except ▁a ▁keyboard . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Syn thes izer ▁ ▁Music ▁work station ▁ ▁References ▁▁▁ ▁V int age ▁Syn th ▁Explorer ▁ ▁Sound ▁On ▁Sound , ▁May ▁ 1 9 9