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HAHA!! I guess the moog and juno106 clone was a bit better than that, damn funny though.
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- navigating patches isn't the best I've seen but workable - a key frustration for me is that there's no numeric label on the new performances you create for yourself - a pain when using MainStage to change performances
Hit the name of the sound and press info, that way you get the MSB/LSB/Program change no
A mini MODX(7) review from me:- damn I love how light it is
- plastic body but feels sturdy enough
- navigating patches isn't the best I've seen but workable - a key frustration for me is that there's no numeric label on the new performances you create for yourself - a pain when using MainStage to change performances
- sounds themselves - enormous range and quality is good too
- keybed is ok - nothing to get excited about but workable, also aware Im spoilt having a Kronos LS that has a keybed I love.
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Had to go out in the studio and test, and I completely agree! It is damn annoying, works much better on the stage3.
Another annoying fact wrt montage is that yo cannot save different settings of local control on button using scenes, that was what I first tried to do when using different sounds for a tune. That way you wouldnt have to deal with the mute issue. Just have to make 12 different programs for that jackson medley..........I will kill the bandleader for any last minute song order changes....
mojkarma, Have you ever heard of a board that actually can accomplish what you wan't to do?Yes.
All the Kurzweils do, all the Rolands do, the Korg Kronos does it and as one of the last in the club, Nord does it on its newest models with seamless switching. Practically, every other (mainstream) keyboard with seamless switching works this way.
Nobody ever complained here. And now that I pointed out how Montage/Modx works different, suddenly it becomes a problem!
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mojkarma, Have you ever heard of a board that actually can accomplish what you wan't to do?
As I see it you have three options:
-See if you could add another sustainpedal to the montage and try to set them up to control the different sounds the way you wan't. WIth the multitude of control features on the montage this might be possible to setup
-Get a second board for piano or rhodes sounds, and of course use two pedals.
-You could learn how to use keys to sustain notes not he pedal. :-)
As my old piano teacher used to say, don't overuse the sustainpedal.
Ok. I made two recordings here with my Montage, using the same two performances. The first one is a Piano, the second one is one of the new RD E. Pianos. I recorded audio, on the very first try, more or less the same phrase (excuse my imperfections on this short demonstration).In my first example, I played a phrase with a piano patch, holded the sustain pedal at the end of the phrase, switched to the e. piano by selecting the new performance on the Montage (manually) while the sust. pedal was held and kept on playing with the newly selected e. piano patch. You can hear how the e. piano sound is not sustained and it doesn't really sound right.
In my second example, I combined the piano patch and the e. piano patch into one performance and switched between the sound with the SW1 button on the Montage (its name is AF1 on the Montage). Here you will here how the piano keeps on sounding while I play the e. piano and how the e. piano is also sustained from the still pressed sust. pedal. I think this is the desired way to crossfade one piano sound seamlessly into another piano sound. This is also how - to my knowledge - all other keyboards function with seamless switching. (And remember, you can always release the sust. pedal before it gets muddy and press it again for sustaining notes).
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Probably my updated ios devices will force me to update, but why update something that just works?
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Guess they need to fix the midi implementation first........
Actually been thinking of the possibility to rebuild the MODX to a module?
... looks like MODX is the winner!I´d want a Yammi MODX 1HU rack !
A.C.
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Great news!!
You might wan't to consider that you can load Montage sounds into the MODX but not the other way around....there are some discussions over at yamaha synth forums on that topic.
This is an exciting release from Yamaha. I have a MODX on order. The plan is to put together a collection of sounds along the lines of what I did with the Forte. Because of the 1GB limit, I'm working with looped versions but with the loops way down in the decay so you get the true tone and natural decay until it's nearly inaudible. Anyway, still creates a much smaller instrument.I'm not sure what will all go into the collection. I'll review the MODX and determine where I think I can add value. Clavinets for sure. I've got some 20 instruments I've sampled over the years. Target is maybe 6-8 instruments and ~500-600MB total, reasonably priced in a single collection.
But we'll see, so no promises until I get this further along.
I'm very glad to see the high degree of compatibility between the MODX and Montage. And because at minimum 1GB is guaranteed, I have something to target. I've never bothered with Yamaha in the past because of differences between the models and the fact the storage was variable and optional.
Busch.
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Cool Stephen,
Whats youre impression of the keybed, ehich one did you test?
Hi all, FWIW I was there, wrote and filmed this:https://www.keyboardmag.com/gear/yamaha-modx-first-impressions
Hi all, FWIW I was there, wrote and filmed this:https://www.keyboardmag.com/gear/yamaha-modx-first-impressions
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If you switch over to cahnnel 9-16 gets played by the internal keyboard instead of of 1-8 if I remember correctly. The scene buttons are great for the purpose of muting unmuting sounds on the fly, I use them all the time. Well woth notibg is that all preprogrammed sounds uses channel 1-8, leavin 9-16 completetly free! Currently I only use midi from my montage to my stage 3, I have planned to use it in the other direcition....someday.
It seems like the MIDI channel problem could be fixed with a MIDI Solutions boxOn the montage you can play 8 parts from the internal keyboard, but 16 parts can play at the same time. Adding a mididsolutinspedal or anipad would make all 16 parts available at the same time from the keyboard, at least in theory.....Yes, if someone doesn't want to get involved with a phone/tablet (or laptop), a MIDI Solutons box might be good way to go. I'm thinking: use the internal keys to trigger whatever combination you want of parts 1-8, and leave the MIDI Solutions Box set to permanently route your secondary controller to parts 9-16. Then set up all your Performances such that whatever you want to play from the internal keys is in the first 8 parts, whatever you want to play from the external keys are in some combination of 9 through 16.
ETA: Looking at some screen shots, it also looks like if you set up the external board to transmit on 9-16, you could also toggle the internal display over to the 9-16 page to turn different sounds on and off on the fly as needed (since we're talking about using controllers that don't, themselves, have the ability to quickly switch among MIDI transmission channels, whether singly or in combination).
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On the montage you can play 8 parts from the internal keyboard, but 16 parts can play at the same time. Adding a mididsolutinspedal or anipad would make all 16 parts available at the same time from the keyboard, at least in theory.....
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Seems like its the same as the montage, part 1 midichannel 1 in according to the manual.
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No but you never know....
Regarding the midi channel, do you guys really believe that they left them fixed on the flagship (=Montage) and changed it on the low cost Modx?I'm absolutely sure they didn't change the midi channel allocation.
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So how is midi implemented, does each part have a fixed midichannel?
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THere is also a sound module variantof S7 called SX7.
After listening to a bunch of demos, the Dexibell S7 is floating my boat for pure piano sounds more than my revered Nords. I'm thinking I pair it with the Prophet X, and a Nord Electro 4D + Vent for B3 sounds.The S9 doesn't float my boat, BTW. It's all about the pianos, thank you. Without getting into a laptop.
If anyone is gigging with the Dexibell and is into AP sounds, I'd love to hear from you.
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The biggest issue, especially with USB, is latency. That s why I still use midimodules via DIN and avoid using iPads and computers live. Having said that, some modules/keys are better than others also wrt midi latency. Second thing is resolution of parameters, 128 steps is simply not good enough for velocity.
So any changes to midi implementation and communication protocol must take into account the player experience. That is even and fast transmission of data combined with improved data resolution.
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Cool I will definitely join the course!
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Got an email that the course have started anyone who pre-enrolled who have started yet? Comments?
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Great to surface Dave,
It's been quite a while since I saw Dave Kikoski, with Randy Brecker I think. Awesome pianoplayer.
At one concert in Stockholm 2001 -2002 something he had a nord electro, and he was demonstratingly hitting the leslie speed button ....looked quite hilarious and obviously not his game really.
Also saw his trio in Gothenburg many years ago....time to through his works.
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Nice bossa,
I like the melodies going on both in the piano and the synth,
/Fred
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Cheers,
Yeah, I was bit surprised by Hugo showing up like that..but he looked quite happy
I use Yamaha studiogrand 2xl , for some reason it sounded differently when I recorded it into iMovie, like it was doubled. I think also the mid was set to -2dB which made it sound a bit thin. I just listened to it on youtube it doesn't sound like the version I have on Imovie.
/Fred
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Thought I could give you more of an idea of which direction I wanted to take my interpretation of my funny valentine, just a quick one......and I thought my kids were asleep.
[video:youtube]
/Fred
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I need some help with the B part of My funny Valentine, it's very repetitious and I thought it might help with a little reharm to emphasize the upward movement
I play something like
//Ebmaj Dm7b5 G/Bb11 Bbm7 Am7b5/
/Eb13b5 Cm7 Bb9 Gm7/Abmaj G7#5 Gm7/
/F#m7#5 Eb:Bb Bbm11 Gm7/ Abmaj Bbm7 Am7b5/
/ Abmaj /G7#5/
Note: Eb/Bb i notified Eb:Bb
[video:youtube]
Happy for every input --sorry for the lame playing and the crappy sound quality
/Fred
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Nice sound and very well played,
My room is a bit bass heavy so I also listened in my beyerdynamics
something happens with the piano at 1:40-, it feels like the piano goes into the backgrund(a lot off bass) else I think it sounds very convincing.
/Fred
Another Behringer Circuit Board Teaser - Pro One clone?
in The Keyboard Corner
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Or P10....