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List order for our concert this weekend in just 2 clicks. Last minute change in the Green Room? No Problem- the’ Swap’ command allows you to change the song order instantly. This feature is light-years better than the“ Favorites” function on most keyboards. 16 songs right there in front of you on the Touch Screen. One touch brings up the next sound or you can increment up using a foot switch. For me, this all means one thing: I’ m thinking way less about menus and patch changes and way more about playing great … Really Nice. > CHECK OUT: Typically referred to as‘ Patch Remain’, the Montage’ s“ Seamless Sound Selection” is a big answer for me. Several songs where I have literally just an 8th rest to change sounds, I’ ve always been frustrated because the first sounds cuts off abruptly as soon as you switch … NO MORE! With the MONTAGE I can actually switch to the next instrument while I am still holding the chord with the first sound; and it will keep sustaining until I start the next phrase with sound # 2- Even the reverb tail of sound # 1 is still there as I am playing sound # 2 … Very Nice.
of sonic color, dynamics, and tonal variety while your hands stay on the keys where they belong. Definite Poetry in Motion.
MONTAGE BY THE NUMBERS
2 POWERFUL SYNTH ENGINES AWM2 is for sample-based sounds, and comes from the factory with 10 times the wave memory of a stock Motif XF! Tons of gorgeous sounds from the Seattle Symphony, from vintage synths, classic keyboards, drum machines, and much more. Then there’ s the FM-X engine, which is a completely re-designed 21st century take on FM. With this you can go totally retro DX-7 all the way to surprisingly warm analog-sounding synth leads / thundering bass sounds / aggressive brass / swirling motion pads and much more. Layer these two engines together and you have a serious creative palette at your fingertips. And with the AWM2 engine you get 128 stereo polyphony( twice that of the Motif XF) plus an additional 128 note polyphony from the FM-X( translation: HUGE!) sounding studio quality D > A converters, built-in MIDI interface, 16 stereo FX slots, great new FX emulations, super-easy interface to navigate, and much more.
SUMMARY Just buy it! You wouldn’ t hire a doctor that didn’ t use state-of-the-art instruments- You wouldn’ t hire a builder that didn’ t use state-of-the-art tools. If you are a professional musician, you need to play a state-of-the-art instrument; and the Montage is exactly that. And it will be for many years to come. I’ ve been playing a Motif on stage for 15 years, since it first came out … Call me 15 years from now and I’ ll betcha this new Montage will likely still be right here by my side!
MAP PRICE Montage 6 $ 2,999.99 Montage 7 $ 3,499.99 Montage 8 $ 3,999.99
CONTACT usa. Yamaha. com
MOTION CONTROL Fasten your seatbelt! If you want to crossfade between multiple sounds / modulate attack velocity or filter emphasis / animate arpeggiated grooves / all in tempo with the song, and without ever taking your fingers off the keys, the Montage is the axe for you. Add the Super Knob, controlled by the Expression Pedal to the Motion Sequences that are already moving parameters like sweeping filters and modulating arpeggiators, then throw in 8‘ Scenes’ that recall complete snapshots of the entire keyboard … and you can create a universe
COMPLETE BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY If you spent the buck $$ for any of the brilliant expansion sounds in your XF, like the Chick Corea Rhodes, or the Alan Parsons Imperial Grand Piano, have no fear- they’ ll feel right at home in your new Montage. In fact, they’ ll actually load much faster due to the 1.75 GB of Flash Memory built right in.
WRAP-UP There just isn’ t room in one article to touch on all the features that really deserve mention- Great
TOM BROOKS Founding Producer, Integrity Music
Keyboardist, The Alan Parsons Project
Author,‘ The Language of Music’
Music Dept. Chairman, Hope International University
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