Many thanks YAMAHA and MR Angelos for all the work and great videos. My MODX has given me more joy than any synth i have ever owned. It is my only hardware synth now. I use my MODX with CUBASE and a handful of VST's. It is a match made in heaven. FM-X is brilliant and fun. Keep up the great work YAMAHA.
Thanks, Blake, for this demo of some FMX aspects in Montage and MODX. I heard some quite interesting things. Let me share some thoughts that I had listening to this video. I see the keyboard player community (not to speak about the computer guys or the DJs) divided in two groups: the technique freaks and the much bigger number of cover musicians. The cover guys try to play songs from the past as near to the original as possible. They want sounds that imitate electromechanic keyboards, organs, DX7, analog Synths and so on. The other group often produces sounds, that are not useable in a pleasing musical context. I miss an in-between group, providing synth sounds that are uncommon, previously unheard but nevertheless beautiful and - the most important aspect for me - inspiring, creativity enhancing. Even the (I am quite lucky about that) relatively inexpensive MODX replaces quasi a whole stack of expensive keyboards back in the days. With my small UA-cam channel and a set of patches on Soundmondo I try to encourage other musicians to (re-?)discover their musical creativity. This could be a USP for the Montage/MODX. Oh - by the way -, isn‘t it possible to make MODX patches readable by the Montage per OS update?
At 29:20 I was surprised that it doesn't show the changing values when turning the assignable knobs. Is it difficult for Yamaha to just show the values being changed? They could at least show the name of the changed parameter when turning the knobs instead of just the names "Part 1 Assign 1"
Why can’t you change the time signature on the Yamaha Montage? Usually you can do that on any other keyboard and synthesizer. All I wanted to do was to change the time signature from 4/4 to 9/8. That was all.
Is there away to set the pattern sequence to play from the start position everytime you press play? I am unable to figure this out. Would be very helpful. Thanks
How do I record the montage sound to upload to tube? High quality sound..It would be very helpfull, if you said press this button and this button instead of leaving us to fig it all out.
Thanks for the demo, I can finally understand what FM-X is all about!
Many thanks YAMAHA and MR Angelos for all the work and great videos.
My MODX has given me more joy than any synth i have ever owned.
It is my only hardware synth now.
I use my MODX with CUBASE and a handful of VST's.
It is a match made in heaven.
FM-X is brilliant and fun.
Keep up the great work YAMAHA.
Great demo really, Yamaha rocks as ever
love how the background on the fmx section is "dx7 brown" with the same greens as the membranes on the dx7
Thanks, Blake, for this demo of some FMX aspects in Montage and MODX. I heard some quite interesting things. Let me share some thoughts that I had listening to this video. I see the keyboard player community (not to speak about the computer guys or the DJs) divided in two groups: the technique freaks and the much bigger number of cover musicians. The cover guys try to play songs from the past as near to the original as possible. They want sounds that imitate electromechanic keyboards, organs, DX7, analog Synths and so on. The other group often produces sounds, that are not useable in a pleasing musical context. I miss an in-between group, providing synth sounds that are uncommon, previously unheard but nevertheless beautiful and - the most important aspect for me - inspiring, creativity enhancing. Even the (I am quite lucky about that) relatively inexpensive MODX replaces quasi a whole stack of expensive keyboards back in the days. With my small UA-cam channel and a set of patches on Soundmondo I try to encourage other musicians to (re-?)discover their musical creativity. This could be a USP for the Montage/MODX. Oh - by the way -, isn‘t it possible to make MODX patches readable by the Montage per OS update?
At 29:20 I was surprised that it doesn't show the changing values when turning the assignable knobs. Is it difficult for Yamaha to just show the values being changed? They could at least show the name of the changed parameter when turning the knobs instead of just the names "Part 1 Assign 1"
Is FM(-X) still as difficult to program/understand?
I would still think that a VA engine would be real nice on these boards.
I wish there could be yamaha GS1 type sounds on fm-x. That would be very cool.
Why can’t you change the time signature on the Yamaha Montage?
Usually you can do that on any other keyboard and synthesizer.
All I wanted to do was to change the time signature from 4/4 to 9/8. That was all.
Is there away to set the pattern sequence to play from the start position everytime you press play?
I am unable to figure this out.
Would be very helpful.
Thanks
How do I record the montage sound to upload to tube? High quality sound..It would be very helpfull, if you said press this button and this button instead of leaving us to fig it all out.
Can anyone compare the fm-x engine to the digitones engine?
i think the undertaker had the tub bells play before he would come out ??
Taco bell and the undertakers theme used that sound from 23:01-23:17
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