Dear Pete, I would like to thank you very much for your series of four demos about the Montage M8x! I live in Germany and had to wait three months from order to delivery of the instrument. I had no opportunity to try it before and test it at a dealer. All the more I was happy to learn the instrument in advance via videos and demos. And I find your demos really excellent. It is not only your expertise and your approach to this instrument but also the heart and soul, that you put into this videos. And this seems to be rather rare. Since my Montage M8x has arrived I am very happy with it - soundwise and regarding the countless possibilities it offers. And for sure I will continue to watch your channel. Best regards, Georg
This is my opportunity here, listening to say that these £6000 workstation are totally unusable in a live performance vs an arranger keyboard. Just listen to these sounds, they're crap. What song could you name that these super knob pads could fit into. Pitch this against a ketron event or Genos 2. Don't know what the keyboard world is coming to, they're not even keyboard anymore, they're boards. Dear oh dear.
Thanks for watching and commenting. These are factory presets to give you the idea of the power of this keyboard. The programming options, controller options and built in audio interface make this a powerful creation tool. I would tend to disagree with your assessments. I saw Toto with Greg Phillanganes playing this exact keyboard this winter and the sounds were fab. I am friends with their sound man and he said the instrument was very easy to mix. Obviously to each his own, no one is twisting your arm to buy this. If you like an 'arranger keyboard, save some money and get that. I am very happy with this and it works great in my studio. I don't create cover music with it tho. So there is that.
I’ll admit. I’m not sure if this audio was recorded wrong or what, but something definitely “sounds off” here. I own a Montage M too. It’s sounds a whole lot better than this recording. It sounds like the resonance is up too high. Almost giving that clipped distortion sound.
@2ammusik love to own the new montage 88 and the ketron event. They've just put out a major OS update for the Event and this Ketron now sounds a different instrument, but £4500. Does anyone here own a Ketron Event or the latest Montage, especially the 88, I'd specifically like an opinion on the keybed. Great debate though, best wishes all, Quentin
Dear Pete, I would like to thank you very much for your series of four demos about the Montage M8x!
I live in Germany and had to wait three months from order to delivery of the instrument. I had no opportunity to try it before and test it at a dealer. All the more I was happy to learn the instrument in advance via videos and demos. And I find your demos really excellent. It is not only your expertise and your approach to this instrument but also the heart and soul, that you put into this videos. And this seems to be rather rare.
Since my Montage M8x has arrived I am very happy with it - soundwise and regarding the countless possibilities it offers.
And for sure I will continue to watch your channel.
Best regards, Georg
Thank you for the kind words and enjoy your new instrument!
This is my opportunity here, listening to say that these £6000 workstation are totally unusable in a live performance vs an arranger keyboard. Just listen to these sounds, they're crap. What song could you name that these super knob pads could fit into. Pitch this against a ketron event or Genos 2. Don't know what the keyboard world is coming to, they're not even keyboard anymore, they're boards. Dear oh dear.
Thanks for watching and commenting. These are factory presets to give you the idea of the power of this keyboard. The programming options, controller options and built in audio interface make this a powerful creation tool. I would tend to disagree with your assessments. I saw Toto with Greg Phillanganes playing this exact keyboard this winter and the sounds were fab. I am friends with their sound man and he said the instrument was very easy to mix. Obviously to each his own, no one is twisting your arm to buy this. If you like an 'arranger keyboard, save some money and get that. I am very happy with this and it works great in my studio. I don't create cover music with it tho. So there is that.
I’ll admit. I’m not sure if this audio was recorded wrong or what, but something definitely “sounds off” here. I own a Montage M too. It’s sounds a whole lot better than this recording. It sounds like the resonance is up too high. Almost giving that clipped distortion sound.
@2ammusik love to own the new montage 88 and the ketron event. They've just put out a major OS update for the Event and this Ketron now sounds a different instrument, but £4500. Does anyone here own a Ketron Event or the latest Montage, especially the 88, I'd specifically like an opinion on the keybed. Great debate though, best wishes all, Quentin