kb420 - 21 January 2016 02:44 AM

I don’t know if anyone mentioned this before, but I haven’t seen anything that makes me believe that the Montage can sample.  Can it?

We’ll know for sure very soon, but I expect that it can do sampling, since it has an A/D input.

moxrox - 21 January 2016 02:54 AM

kb420 - 21 January 2016 02:44 AM

I don’t know if anyone mentioned this before, but I haven’t seen anything that makes me believe that the Montage can sample.  Can it?

We’ll know for sure very soon, but I expect that it can do sampling, since it has an A/D input.

Well, just because it has an input doesn’t mean it can sample.  The Korg Minilogue has an audio input, but it certainly can’t sample.  I just noticed from the photos that there isn’t any “Integrated Sampling” button on the Montage like there is on the Motif XF.

I thought NOT having an onboard seq would LOWER the price, apparently it works the other way around

I guess the new thing about Montage is smart real-time control of the FM engine. FM can be very expressive and dynamic but it’s all about handling the complexity (88 algos, 8 ops is insane...). If they found a user friendly solution for this it could be interesting.

There are no Mixing, Job, Master buttons - can’t wait to see how both architecture/philosophy and UI have changed.

When I started with my MOXF8 in 2014 I had some hard time getting around with all those different modes - voice, performance, master, mixing, song, pattern…

Although I have to acknoledge its not a bad interface once you get used to it, it might be a good thing if all this is replaced by one single mode, with 16 parts.

The name montage itselves indicates it is a workstation.....

I think if you dont use any of the fancy motion stuff in the motion sequencer, it just turns into a normal sequencer..

https://youtu.be/rqRD7RItpdU

https://youtu.be/0X2QACCwVzk

https://youtu.be/D01Mx5BlSEM

Regards, :)

Jo

So far I’m leaning towards a “meh”, but the sax sound made me suspect that there might be improvements to the acoustic articulations, who knows, they might be auto-triggered like in Tyros. Fingers crossed for Articulation Element Modeling, but there’s little chance it will be there

Specs:

Regards, :)

Jo

The specs dont say much…

However, there is a basic sequencer…

Definately a workstation… However the fact that it says only 16 channels polyphony (internal) indicates that it might integrate very well with VSTs running in Cubase…

lordbachus - 21 January 2016 08:29 AM

The specs dont say much…

For me they do:

The Montage’s weight and size is comparable to Motif size. I had hoped that it would be a little more reduced in size and weight, especially as it seems to be performance-oriented from the general specs.

As you mentioned, there is a sequencer in it (and sequencer details are listed). We did not know that for sure from the previous info, as well as the exact Wave-ROM size (5,67GB), Performance and Live Set memory, number of (simultaneous) arps etc.

Regards, :)

Jo

Unfortunately Sampler is not listed, but who knows, maybe they will.

DschoKeys - 21 January 2016 07:33 AM

Specs:

Regards, :)

Jo

Thanks for posting those specs. Little by little the picture is filling in.

What I see…
There’s a sequencer with similar capacity to the XF one.
Song mode.
“Sequence Format   MONTAGE original format”

What I don’t see…
Indication of Pattern mode.
Indication of Motif sequence format compatibility
Indication of a sampler

However, I suspect (hope?) those specs are incomplete.

I know that the Montage will sound great, and I know that a lot of Yamaha enthusiast will love it, but honestly I’m a little disappointed.  The specs alone just aren’t any where near what I thought they would be.  I still can’t wait to see the official video, but I’m definitely underwhelmed by everything that’s been leaked so far.