Keyboard player Jonas Gröning playing through some useful sounds from the new Yamaha MODX synth, including FM-, AWM2 sounds and imported sound from 3rd party manufacturer.
Best demo I've seen for this board! Curious about the action for the 76-note MODX, but this was the demo that will make me go check it out now! Thanks for a smooth demo and excellent feel on the keys.
Yamaha came in to the store i work at and this thing just blew my mind, its the perfect machine for live, record ect. Definitely worth what your paying for
Yes agree, Yamaha has taken the innovative PX5S' highly mobile synth/stage piano concept to a higher level. Basically a Montage in a 30# case = nice. Plus it has a good price point which we bring in more sales for the budget bedroom studio folks......who will then complain away at lack of features....haha
Yeah man, honestly I went and demo'd one based on this video and ended up getting the 88 key after hearing it person. 95% of the sound fo the montage for 50% of the price seems pretty great to me! I am going to make patch libraries for it and then buy a montage after I make it rain looool! Thanks for the great video and well recorded sound. Even the official demo's can't do that half the time! Cheers :)
i'm in taiwan, playing keyboard in a church choir, ordered the MODX6 two days ago, now i am getting it in a few hours at the local music store.. excited much! :-)
@@bmhater1283 Its not just some common keyboard, its a professional synthesizer. Its a sound designers tool and boards like these are commonly used in professional studios and by the gigging musician/Professional keyboardplayers etc. A standard keyboard only play back sounds, this in comparison, is highly programmable and offer several sound engines that enables the user to program an almost infinite range of quality sounds.
I needed to pay off some other equipment this year first, but now this keyboard (MODX7) is being shipped to me today! This is one of the better demo videos on UA-cam.
Oh my lord, what incredible playing. Truly stunning, from authentic gospel and soul, to classical and cinematic. Yes, the MODX is very cool, but this is ALL Jonas.
Thank you for not using piano sounds as first demo, but such a enlightened demo instead (at 0:00 - 01:10 ). Also the marimba is fantastic at 1:55 - 2:06 Getting MODX6 soon, I'll play that one for sure!
Se vc for fera nas teclas vale a pena ter um, mesmo sabendo que custa o valor de uma moto mas se for apenas para brincar é melhor ter um pobre e fracassado Casio.
Update: I purchased the MODX-7 after listening to the first track several times each day for over 3 days and also did my thorough research (over 9 days at around 5 hours a day). It is the marriage of your: selection of instruments, rhythmic accompaniment, performance, phrasing and overall composition that I realized that indeed the MODX is for my style of writing. This has to be one of the greatest moments for the MODX - full stop. It does not matter the number of LOFs nor oscillators, ultimately it is the sound quality that rules. Have you completed that composition from the opening video?
Wow! That’s a great complement! 🙏 It is a inspiring synth for sure. Let me know when you have uploaded your version of a Pearly Gates composition. In fact this was an ”in the moment” improvisation. 😎 Thanks again!
@@PAGmusic What you were playing was a version of Pearly Gates? May I ask if you can give a link to any version of Pearly Gates which sounds like anything like your version, I could not find one. (BTW, just unpacked the MODX! )
Texaco “Synth machinists” is the appropriate term for all those knob twiddlers and wannabe horror movie score composers. I prefer real musicians. This does *not* mean that one should play a synth like a piano or organ. Making extensive use of modulation *in a musical context* is the deal!
I love my Mo.. Being a roland user all my life.. not the gimiike stuff.. just the sounds are so so good. my best purchase in many years of being a Roland fan
Perhaps it's time to reconsidering Yamaha synths ? I love this sound mixed with AWM2 and FMX. I have a AN1X, a CS2X, a DX7, a VL7, a VL70-m just because I loved the sounds ! The next will be a MODX7 ! Thanks for your demo, it's a great one !
Nice, thanks! I played one today for the first time, quite impressive. I make electronic rock and it's not really analogue sounding for the synth patches but they're still quite usable.
Thanks for the comment, it is impressive indeed. Oh cool! I know what you mean. The good thing is that you have flash memory so you can load what every you want. If you like analog check out Phat Analog library I, II and III. The "classic poly" sound in the demo is from the Phat Analog III library. You can also auto sample your old analog synths with "Sample Robot" and turn them into Montage/MODX format.
Thank you for this inspiring demo! You reference the Phat Analog libraries 1, 2 and 3. Where do I find these libraries? Just getting started here. Ordered my MODX7 just a few days ago! Kindly advise and thanks again for the excellent demo!
Hi again Stephen,You will find them here. easysounds.eshop.t-online.de/epages/Shop40690.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/Shop40690/Categories/Yamaha_MODX_Premium_Series They have some cool stuff. Really love the Phat Analog III, great library to add some analog classics to the MODX.
Great first impression. Thanx a lot! How about a second video in which you demonstrate the organ sounds with and without Leslie for example. Those sounds are also really awesome!
I love the sounds from this. The only problem I may have is the quality of the synth keyboard in the 6&7. I wonder how the fast the MODX 8 keyboard is for quick riffs?
I havn't played a MODX, but I own the previous model MOXF 6. I guess the keyboards are quite the same and there is not any problem with quality or playability...
Modx8 has piano style keys. For playing Hold the line by toto i use a second keyboard connected thru midi because it is too hard to play fast and precise chords on the Modx8
Dear PAGmusic, can you please share with me how you made the preset at 2:13? I can’t get this smooth DX7 sound from the factory preset. Sounds very different and inferior to yours. Thanks a lot in advance.
Do you have a link to the sheet for the sample that you play @ 2:08 - 2:42? The CFX + FM EP 2 is a great voice. Are you using the super knob to slide from one layer to the other? My MOX8 sure can’t do that. Great playing btw.
Doug Coates unfortunately not, but it is a preset so you should be able to find it by searching for CFX. The superknob should work by default. Best wishes!
Best demo I've seen for this board! Curious about the action for the 76-note MODX, but this was the demo that will make me go check it out now! Thanks for a smooth demo and excellent feel on the keys.
Yamaha has perhaps the finest piano samples, and it has been that way for many years...
This is hands-down the best sound showcase of this keyboard. Great playing, man! 🙌🏻❤️
Thank you soo much! Sorry for the late reply. All the best!
The intro is absolutely stunning !
Sweet! A fantastic demo of the Yamaha MODX in action! A+++++++++++++++++++++++++
SynthgodXXX Thank you so much! 🙏
that piano is so crispy, a really Yamaha sounding machine
Yamaha came in to the store i work at and this thing just blew my mind, its the perfect machine for live, record ect. Definitely worth what your paying for
Yes agree, Yamaha has taken the innovative PX5S' highly mobile synth/stage piano concept to a higher level. Basically a Montage in a 30# case = nice. Plus it has a good price point which we bring in more sales for the budget bedroom studio folks......who will then complain away at lack of features....haha
Yeah comparing the price to the Montage, Genos,Tyros 5 is super affordable but you dont get good quality keys and no aftertouch.
What a flipping great demo - good sound choice and well played/presented - more please!
Thank you so much. Means a lot! 🙏
Probably the best demo I've seen of this keyboard. Nice playing man!
Jonathan Huber thanks a lot! 🙏😊
I may have found my next synth!!!!!! Many thanks Jonas for such an amazing demonstration!
Wow! Happy to hear, thank you for the kind words! It is truely a cool board!
Yeah man, honestly I went and demo'd one based on this video and ended up getting the 88 key after hearing it person. 95% of the sound fo the montage for 50% of the price seems pretty great to me! I am going to make patch libraries for it and then buy a montage after I make it rain looool! Thanks for the great video and well recorded sound. Even the official demo's can't do that half the time! Cheers :)
I just got this synth last week its awsome the sounds are amazing now I just put my DX7iifd away lol. you will like it
i'm in taiwan, playing keyboard in a church choir, ordered the MODX6 two days ago, now i am getting it in a few hours at the local music store..
excited much! :-)
How much in US$ in Taiwan(Yamaha MODX6), here in the Middle East it is about 1,500US$.
You are nice person , i’m happy for you )
@@brandrookesalva8530 Jesus, 1.5 grand over a keyboard?
@@bmhater1283 Its not just some common keyboard, its a professional synthesizer. Its a sound designers tool and boards like these are commonly used in professional studios and by the gigging musician/Professional keyboardplayers etc. A standard keyboard only play back sounds, this in comparison, is highly programmable and offer several sound engines that enables the user to program an almost infinite range of quality sounds.
Beautiful sounds and playing!
marcelovhm1 Thanks A lot! 😊
You play excellent! Loved your piano playing.
🥰How Good It Is To Have A Pianist Family🥰
Jonas you have mad skills. I am impressed with the keyboard but I am more impressed with your abilities. You could make any keyboard sound great!
Thank you, Stan!
Yo Finally I got my Modx 8❤️
Thanks a lot dude for this amazing demo
I've just got mine for Christmas 2020!
Very good playing here, especially the chord progression for the PWM pad.
instablaster...
Amazing piano sound !!!!!
Lovely demo thanks.
Excellent demo. Thanks.
Thanks for the kind words! :)
Wow! Amazing as I own a MODX8 as I am still learning about it.
Pat Saxon Thanks a lot! It is fantastic, you have a lot of fun stuff to explore. 😊
Great synth and a very good playing! Thanks a lot :)
Thanks a lot for the kind words!
I needed to pay off some other equipment this year first, but now this keyboard (MODX7) is being shipped to me today! This is one of the better demo videos on UA-cam.
GRAY FOX That’s so cool! I don’t think you will be disappointed :)
Thanks a lot for the comment, means a lot!
@@PAGmusic Thanks, PAGmusic! It just arrived!
Oh my lord, what incredible playing. Truly stunning, from authentic gospel and soul, to classical and cinematic. Yes, the MODX is very cool, but this is ALL Jonas.
Thanks a lot for that kind feedback. ❤️I will pass that on to Jonas 😊🙏
Sounds pretty decent, thanks for the demo, great playing.
🙏😊
Amazing ..so soulful
Great Video! Loved it!
MR PONFAR M Thank you very much!
Great sounds perfectly performed.
Bryan Eddy Thank you so much! All the best.
I just purchased the modx6+ should be here tomorrow.. July 8th 2023 this machine is a monster 👹
Thank you for not using piano sounds as first demo, but such a enlightened demo instead (at 0:00 - 01:10 ). Also the marimba is fantastic at 1:55 - 2:06
Getting MODX6 soon, I'll play that one for sure!
daylightflute Thanks a lot for the kind feedback 😊 It sure sounds good! That’s great. Good luck and hope you will have a lot of fun with it!
I can't wait to buy one!!!
MR PONFAR M You will not regret! 👍
wonderful sound
Music entertainment 🙏😊
OMG, something very good is happening! Tomorrow my brandnew MODX7+ will arrive!!! Sooo happy!!
Awesome! Even more memory and polyphony 😃
Best video of modx
sounds great!
Thanks a lot! :)
Really sounds good.
Great work Lovely Song
Thank you! 😊🙏
Crazy machine!
Amazing!!
Nice demo
Baymond Rell Thanks a lot! 😊
Que vontade de ter um! Yamaha sempre espetáculo!
Se vc for fera nas teclas vale a pena ter um, mesmo sabendo que custa o valor de uma moto mas se for apenas para brincar é melhor ter um pobre e fracassado Casio.
Would love this keyboard. Can only dream for now. Maybe one day.
@@holygeneration7 Where?
great video - thanks for that
Thanks a lot! All the best!
Just excellent on that opening track. Thumbs up.
Thanks a lot for that comment! 🙂🙏
Update: I purchased the MODX-7 after listening to the first track several times each day for over 3 days and also did my thorough research (over 9 days at around 5 hours a day). It is the marriage of your: selection of instruments, rhythmic accompaniment, performance, phrasing and overall composition that I realized that indeed the MODX is for my style of writing. This has to be one of the greatest moments for the MODX - full stop.
It does not matter the number of LOFs nor oscillators, ultimately it is the sound quality that rules. Have you completed that composition from the opening video?
Wow! That’s a great complement! 🙏 It is a inspiring synth for sure. Let me know when you have uploaded your version of a Pearly Gates composition. In fact this was an ”in the moment” improvisation. 😎 Thanks again!
@@PAGmusic What you were playing was a version of Pearly Gates? May I ask if you can give a link to any version of Pearly Gates which sounds like anything like your version, I could not find one. (BTW, just unpacked the MODX! )
My mistake, I see Pearly Gates as a preset, thinking it was the name of your composition.
Great, i feel the sound of my own MODX6
Thanks! Great, it should be the same! 😃
Good sounds and a good player👍
Martin Lubitz Thanks a lot! 😊 You have to try it out yourself!
Already done. Great key.....🤗
Well played, very nice, thanks.
Roland Gerard Thanks a lot for the kind comment! 😊
You are welcome, I hope you will publish more video's...
Beautiful. Thanks.
Kenneth Teo Thanks a lot for the comment!
definitely get a mod pedal for port 2 to allow you to move the superknob! Thanks for the demo
Brazzo Absolutely, always use a Yamaha FC7 expression pedal for that, but for the demo I thought it was more visible to use the superknob itself 😊
Wow, Jonas plays great !
Thanks for the comment. He does play great :)
finally a demo video from someone who can really play :-)
Enie009 Thanks a lot for the kind words. :)
There are a lot of synth machinists out there but you are a Player! Nice.
Texaco “Synth machinists” is the appropriate term for all those knob twiddlers and wannabe horror movie score composers. I prefer real musicians. This does *not* mean that one should play a synth like a piano or organ. Making extensive use of modulation *in a musical context* is the deal!
And not all of that RIDICULOUS" speaking. Just play the thing and let us enjoy, right? This guy is sick! I love his feel of the instruments he play.
you're awesome man!
bfnmusic Thanks for the kind words! 😊
Sonho de consumo...
I like PAG MODX demo best, Very tasteful.
Les Paul thanks a lot! I appreciate it! 😊
great playing broo!!
Thanks a lot 😊
THAT'S IT..I'm buying this Yamaha MODX :-)
TISS Pro Haha! Thanks for that comment! 😁🙏
Go for modx8
I really enjoyed playing Yamaha piano.
yamaha to super sprzet kupie chyba sobie
👏🏻 Thanks! Really enjoyed that!! 🙌 💗 ✌
Thank you soo much!
I love my Mo.. Being a roland user all my life.. not the gimiike stuff.. just the sounds are so so good. my best purchase in many years of being a Roland fan
Am receiving one of this as gift on my birthday 01/01 ...Glory to God
Not a bad birthday gift! Happy birthday! 🥳
You are blessed
2:30 speaks to me.
This board could be EXCELLENT for worship music, definitely gonna save up and get one!
I think so too. Sounds good. Good luck! 😊
Nice playing
Thank you very much! :)
Wonderful chords with PWM Pad 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Talkboxer R Thanks a lot! 😊🙏
And Chance for a transcription? Cant stop Listen to them ... you Play so nice 👍🏽
c est vraiment magnifique
Sweet!
amazing synth i love it!!! ❤
Roland D. It is cool indeed! 🙏
Excellent Dankeschön
Best sound demo debunking all the negative comments about MODX8
Thank you so much!
Perhaps it's time to reconsidering Yamaha synths ? I love this sound mixed with AWM2 and FMX. I have a AN1X, a CS2X, a DX7, a VL7, a VL70-m just because I loved the sounds ! The next will be a MODX7 ! Thanks for your demo, it's a great one !
Shape of Marimbas! Clever! 💪😍😍😍
😁🙏
Nice, thanks! I played one today for the first time, quite impressive. I make electronic rock and it's not really analogue sounding for the synth patches but they're still quite usable.
Thanks for the comment, it is impressive indeed. Oh cool!
I know what you mean. The good thing is that you have flash memory so you can load what every you want. If you like analog check out Phat Analog library I, II and III. The "classic poly" sound in the demo is from the Phat Analog III library. You can also auto sample your old analog synths with "Sample Robot" and turn them into Montage/MODX format.
Thank you for this inspiring demo! You reference the Phat Analog libraries 1, 2 and 3. Where do I find these libraries? Just getting started here. Ordered my MODX7 just a few days ago! Kindly advise and thanks again for the excellent demo!
I've been pretty impressed by how analog it sounds using the raw synth waveforms, filters and chorus/stereophonic optimizer effects.
PAGmusic is sample robot coming soon as a modx freebie like with montage?
Hi again Stephen,You will find them here. easysounds.eshop.t-online.de/epages/Shop40690.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/Shop40690/Categories/Yamaha_MODX_Premium_Series
They have some cool stuff. Really love the Phat Analog III, great library to add some analog classics to the MODX.
Have my MODX8 on the way 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
can you make a full video demo of CFX + FM2 EP2 i like the way you play it sounds very amazing
Please make it
Awsome!!😉
Beautiful playing, bro!
The part from 2:08 - 2:42 made my day! Which song/improv is it?
Great
Great first impression. Thanx a lot! How about a second video in which you demonstrate the organ sounds with and without Leslie for example. Those sounds are also really awesome!
Thanks a lot! That could definitely be an option. Trying to collect info about what you guys want to see. FM is another request. :) All the best!
@@PAGmusic 👍🏼
真棒的音色~！~！~！想买了~！
I just fell in love when it came to the part where you used CFX + FM ❤ .. remind me, this is Modx7 right? Those are built in sounds?
PWM PAD on 3-38 is fantastic)
Great sounding board. When will Yamaha keep up with contemporary drum sounds?
Hi Jorge, Check this board out, there are a lot of contemporary drum sounds in this synth.
I love the sounds from this. The only problem I may have is the quality of the synth keyboard in the 6&7. I wonder how the fast the MODX 8 keyboard is for quick riffs?
Would have been great for a response on your comment from the presenter.
I havn't played a MODX, but I own the previous model MOXF 6. I guess the keyboards are quite the same and there is not any problem with quality or playability...
It has a quick response.
2 years late but you go with MODX 7. MODX 8 it has piano style keys and for quick riffs I dont know.
Modx8 has piano style keys. For playing Hold the line by toto i use a second keyboard connected thru midi because it is too hard to play fast and precise chords on the Modx8
The PWM pad's fun
Was any DAW used??
Thanks. Great demo! CFX + FM EP2 on 2:13 is this a standard preset? Love the chorus and sound of the E-piano. Thanks in advance.
Dear PAGmusic, can you please share with me how you made the preset at 2:13? I can’t get this smooth DX7 sound from the factory preset. Sounds very different and inferior to yours. Thanks a lot in advance.
@@bas7es he probably just edited it. But i do prefer it to the standard preset!
Fantastic first demo till 1:10
toca muitoo
what equipment or cables do you use to record from the keyboard?
Yamaha always does rich piano sounds 👍
Do you have a link to the sheet for the sample that you play @ 2:08 - 2:42? The CFX + FM EP 2 is a great voice. Are you using the super knob to slide from one layer to the other? My MOX8 sure can’t do that. Great playing btw.
Doug Coates unfortunately not, but it is a preset so you should be able to find it by searching for CFX. The superknob should work by default. Best wishes!
2:22 when it stops i start sing anything from heart.
In this keyboard, can i recording voice with The mix??
Thanks for a good demo, is this model have a sample future?
Thank you! It doesn’t have a sampler onboard but a sample player.
That chord progression at 4:02 felt so high in that.
😊🙏
does it have the vocal harmony feature like the arrangers
Very fantastic, dear friend 🌷🌷🌷
BE BU Thanks for the kind comment! 😊
very nice 👌 💓 touching voice
Thanks
Please more
2:10 al 2:45 son pianos propios de modx??? O son samples?
I feel inspire with this demo
Thank you Gonzales. Really happy to hear that 😊🙏