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I hate this kind of samling, Its too time consuming and too much pissing about, they should do it so you can sample directly in to the Montage and edit it......
@@frankpulver8916 I don’t disagree with you, I don’t hate it though, just think it can be improved, not sure if they will release an update to tackle this aspect anytime soon
You could use SampleRobot to sample using midi and have it sample using different velocities. I don't have a license for it but back in the day they gave it for free to Montage owners
I am originally from Iraq and I have been enjoying your videos and playing some of the 1980 music from Adele Olga. I had a Yamaha MODX and sold it but you are inspiring me to purchase the gen 2 montage.
Kul il hala beek Habeebi, oo Ashat Eedak ala il-message I loved Adil Ogla (Adil 2000) in particular, I made few songs but had no time to share online, I keep thinking I should, I made a very nice start and mid section for "Baad Hayhat" which I really like to share. I sold my Montage 8 earlier and got the M8x, it's definitely worth it, and is my best instrument so far, believe me it's miles improvement from the old M8 especially on how easy it is to edit screens/sounds/precs etc. The only problem is the few lockups I had earlier, occurs once in a while, there is a software update available but had no time to try that yet as I am currently in the US right now, will be back soon and hopefully make more videos. Thank you again @springkordz and 100,000,000 Hala beek. Kind Regards Heider
I have seen several software freezes with my M8x but have not been able to find a way to reproduce them. Sometimes if I leave the synth turned on for an hour or more and come back and start to play something if will crash in a short time but not always. So far it doesn't see to be linked to any particular behavior.
Hi @Ok1979 Thank you for your message. I agree with you that there isn’t any specific way to crash it, also have experienced crashes when it’s on for a while, I think for me mostly when recording pitch bend events on a multi track project is when I see it most. It is annoying and frankly I’ve not used the instrument lately due to working on a bigger project (omap). I am aware that a newer release is out already not had a chance to try it out, wonder if it would resolve some of these crashes. I’m now in Las Vegas at the moment, due to travel within the next 2 days, perhaps when I’m back I should install the update and make another video soon hopefully. I’ll keep you updated Kind Regards Heider
I fixed my Apple TV by soldering an external power adapter to the internal pcb. Can I do something similar here? I’m not familiar with more detailed repair work like replacing ‘caps’…
I wish I could say "yes, it will fix it" however as I don't have any details on your AppleTV unit. In my experience the fault is usually down to either bad capacitors (highly likely) or the switching chip (depends on whether a something else on the board caused it to fail); the chip would sit on the high power rail which would generate about 10Khz pulses to feed into the inductors. Usually with PSUs I would start with looking into all capacitors first. I wish I could give more definite answer, I'm sure you'd appreciate that I know nothing about your AppleTV. I hope this helps.
Hi, I have a Korg Kronos 2 88 key, that has been freezing during use and requires a restart to function again, but the problem recurs. Could this issue be related to the RAM not being seated properly, possibly due to humidity, and might it need reseating? Also, if I turn the keyboard upside down to access the RAM, would placing cardboard at the end of the keybed help prevent the keys from sticking keys? Thank you
Hi @eldenrodney1988, Thank you for your message. I wish I could say for sure; "Yes, this is the problem" as there are many moving parts there you have the motherboard and all of it's components (memory, USB connectors, Serial), and also the OMAP side. I would suggest the following to help: 1) Has this problem been always there? if yes then is it worth opening a support case with Korg? I understand you are probably out of warranty but if this is a manufacturing issue then Korg would probably know about it and should be able to offer you a fix. If not then: 2) If this problem started after you changed something (example; memory replacement/upgrade), then by going back to original components, do you still see the problem? If not then you know the components are not good (or not fitted well). If not then: 3) It could be as you said; a memory seating problem, easy to pull both sides slide the memory out, clean with alcohol (ISO Propanol is the best) and a paintbrush (or toothbrush) and then replace back in, if you are replacing the memory then please don't push the sides of the motherboard to lock the memory in, your memory should do that by pressing it down firmly on the motherboard, you would see the sides "clicking" to lock in place, otherwise you would have a bad memory installation that could cause the issue you are having. 4) USB Connection, try to remove the USB and then placing it back, it could be an issue there. If the above don't help then please reply back with more details on the problem: A) How does it freeze? anything you do, or just by playing? B) Does it freeze if you leave it on power on without touching? C) Which screen would it freeze on? D) When frozen, would it restart by itself? E) Doe it display any messages? F) Would lights still be there? G) Does the keyboard still work? H) Do you hear sounds when pressing any key? I) If you can get it to freeze whilst playing a combi or some background track, then does that still play or does it get cut and totally dies? Try to replace the memory first (take it out, clean it, and then back in) see if that fixes the problem. In regards to the keyboard getting stuck, this is to do with the bad design of the 88 Keybed, I have the exact same problem and I fixed over 10 years ago by placing a little screw inside the front bar, basically remove the cardboard, right in the middle you should see a hold, use a flat screw with a bolt to secure that in place as this is what's pressing on the keys and causing them to squeak. I hope this helps, good luck, let me know how it goes. Kind Regards Heider
@@HeiderSatiHi, thank u for the instructions. I cleaned my ram with isopropyl alcohol, reseated it, and so far, I haven't encountered any freezing. Fingers crossed it stays that way......
I've just been searching the internet for Montage M crashing and found this video. I had my first crash on my Montage M6 a few months ago, just after I switched the default boot-up performance to one of my user live set ones. I hadn't had another crash until today when I was fiddling about with MIDI... testing a wireless MIDI adapter and then a USB cable. I realised tonight that the crash may have occurred because I left the screen on the utility page and just started playing. After a minute or two everything locked up and I had to shut the Montage M off. I decided to test this theory and put it back on the MIDI screen in utilities and started playing. It crashed again a couple of minutes later. I'm guessing this may also have caused the original crash as I would have had to have been in the utilities screens to change the default performance and I may have just left it on that screen and started playing. There could be a memory leak on some of the Montage M's pages. The other thing in common is that all my crashes have been using the same performance - American Beauty - so that may also be contributing to the problem. I think I'll post about it on Yamaha forum after I've done some more tests.
Thank you @LesMarwick, I don't know if this will help, I have not had any time to try it out yet, but there a new Montage Firmware out 2 weeks ago, they said there are improvements to the UI and some bug fixes, I wish I had some time to try might do later, how about installing and see if it would help you? Good luck, hope all goes well. Thanks Heider
@@HeiderSati Update: I reported my crashes on the Yamaha Musicians forum and someone who saw the post managed to reproduced the crash on their M8X and reported it to Yamaha support, who are now looking in to it.
Of course mate, no worries at all, I have just edited my description and included one from Amazon and also the search page from eBay. I hope this helps, please get back to me if you need more help. Also if you can't get hold of them then let me know, will do my best to help you. Kind Regards Heider
The instruments that are used as arpeggios should be limited to the left hand, and the solo instruments to the right, so that they do not interfere with each other
I don't get it , Did you use Arduino MEGA board to do serial interface type interchange only between OMAP Dev. Board and PC ?!!... It makes no sense , you can use USB-to-TTL interface adapter board like FTDI or any , simple and cheap solution to do that of Arduino without programming anything ... By the way , what a shame !!... The legendary Heider Sati in UK is using cheap Chinese brand TMIs to base his works on ... I wonder what he left for me to work on ???...
Hammooooodi,... always good to hear from you my friend, The Arduino was the perfect choice to interface via serial, mainly because it's a known board and already has the USB-to-Serial hardware chip to do 3 serials, also would be perfect for the upcoming projects whereas I would run a small program to drive more commands and functions between the two. I thought about FTDI initially, it's too limited as it only offers Serial without more things to do. PC is there to "only" log the output into a screen, it's not much used other than that to show the inline exchange. I use TI (not TMI ), I absolutely love their hardware and I think it's great, yeah, software probably needs A LOT of improvement but that works very well for me as you know :) Keep up Hammoodi, always good to hear from you my friend :)
@@HeiderSati Oh dear Heiduri ... You were killing a fly by a gun , it is unnecessary to do that , FTDI interface adapter board and similar like Prolific PL2303 or CH340 are the best since there is no software programming with but only H/W handshake so ZERO mistake by protocol except logic voltage levels ... Anyhow , you like to play tough , no problem ... TMI means ( Test & Measurement Instruments ) a commercial synonym used to describe a large world of Electronic Applications for testing and measuring physical values or representing them visually so it has nothing to do with TI board ... I was referring to your benchtop instruments by TMI ... It is a shame to use these brands with you ...
@@ahmedalshalchi Hammoodi, this is what works for me, I am more than happy with my lab and been using it for a very long time, never failed me once in any test or measurement, yes there are more expensive TMIs out there but it's not necessary for me to spend more on them, I simply never needed more! As they say in where we came from... "Satisfaction is an indestructible treasure" Have a wonderful day Hammoodi.
Hi guys, I am writing this because I want to reach Yamaha, Japan. I am sure Montage is an excellent instrument. I started as a Yamaha customer long ago. I was 14 years old. My question is why Yamaha is making so much publicity about the montage! I said this because I was promised Yamaha Music London a Montage in January, paying £410 in December. ELISABETH DEARSLEY Yamaha Music London. doesn't know about future deliveries of the Montage M 88X. It is not ethical to request a deposit when Montage is not in production. I waited seven months, and Yamaha UK told me there were no issues with delivery. I am still waiting. I sent an email to Yamaha Germany, and I got an email telling me they didn’t know about the future production of Montage. Please, Yamaha Japan, ensure the excellent reputation of Yamaha sellers because they ask £410 per person, and if they have 10,000 people, paying a deposit equals £41.000.000 of money without selling any Montage. I hope one day I receive my montage. Regards, Vladimir Cifuentes. My next step is to wait. My apologies, but people need to know, and yamaha Japan should be dealing with this
Hi Vladimir, Sorry to hear about your bad experience, I personally don't work for Yamaha and also heard similar from 2 more members here,... out of interest, have you spoken to Yamaha (sales or support) about this? For the record; I usually buy from shops like Andertons Music (based in Guildford) and Bonners Music (based in Crawley and down south close to Brighton somewhere), never had any issues with these two stores in particular, especially Andertons is my go-to store that I have bought so many items from before. I wish you the best of luck either way Vladimir Kind Regards Heider
I have multiple Kronos, a KronosX 74 and a Kronos2 88. It would be cool to know if your discoveries apply to all these variations. I would be willing to consider paying for upgrades like: substituting an Android tablet for the tiny built-in display of the Kronos... maybe on the USB port... or using one of the many RPi touch displays... or any other cool stuff.
Thank you @jaminoes_ The quickest answer to the Kronos variations is "I don't know, yet" but I was told they are pretty much the same architecture, I was also told that the Nautilus also run on Linux 2.6.32.11 (same as all others)... In terms of working on the display, absolutely, this is one of my main goals and I did touch on that in Kronos Hack 02 (the display interface), yes not 100% what you are looking for but the video does show that working on another display (or even a wireless one) can (and hopefully will) be done. I am not asking you (or any other user) to pay just yet, I need to ensure I work things out first, it will take me some time to learn, also whilst we're on that note, I managed to put something out on the OMAP display in one of my videos posted on my Facebook page, it shows that I can now control the display and project onto a VGA screen, that's been done a month ago but I still need to workout the firmware first and then take it to the next step. Sorry, wrote too much, ... just woke up now,... I hope I am making sense :) Kind Regards Heider
Another Kronos user here, I also would be willing to pay for upgrades and add-ons. Maybe turn the hobby into a business, there are lots of Kronos devotees out here!
Thank you @@joker10akl Turning into a business would be great, I would love to start now if I can, the problem is that I do get caught up with paid work all the time which stops me from working on this, this occurs very frequently and is draining as the minute I try to come back to continue what I started I have to spend a day or two to catch up with what I've done earlier. This month has not been my best one so far as there are a lot of things going on (properties, mortgages, upcoming flights, etc) I really appreciate your comment and hopefully I would have enough strength left to push something out, I wish I could say "soon" as there is a lot going on right now. Let's see how it goes for the following month and take it from there, thanks a million @joker10akl
Titdalla Hammoodi, no worries at all, will post something soon, before then have you seen my previous OMAP videos? they do a lot on development CCS, UART, and some basics, good to watch before the upcoming one :) Salam Hammood
@@HeiderSati No I haven't because the F--King RU-vid didn't notify me for all new videos all time just rarely.. I will check it now , sure I missed a lot of fun with you ...
@@ahmedalshalchi Hammoodi... for future videos (does not include the previous OMAP videos posted), please visit the following info link as all new related videos are there plus some extra stuff I post now and then: facebook.com/heiderkronos Good luck my friend, and will keep in touch, Best Regards Heider
Thank you Jay, Will be doing something very soon, might post the "Serial" video as Kronos Hack 09 first, or continue on the OMAP,... all to do with time :) but will be there soon I promise
Very good information. Thanks very much. Just got a Montage M7 so thanks for helping me through the minefield of knobs, buttons, menu screens and keys. Will keep eye out for more of your videos 👍🏻
Thank you @duncanmartin8965 I'm glad my video helped, I do have more made on Sampling, FM-X, and other recording I made which I hope can help you more. As my channel name implies (videos about what "Heider" does etc), the videos I make may vary from music, electronic engineering, cooking etc which may or may not be of interest, to ensure I keep things relevant, I usually place these videos in playlists, The ones that I hope are more useful to you are placed under my "montage" playlist. Thanks again @duncanmartin8965, good luck on your M7, I'm always here, let me know if you need any help with anything I mentioned, of if there is a specific item you like me to make another video on. Kind Regards Heider
I use Linux with RTAI kernel to drive my CNC machine via LPT port. Latency is incredible, only 1microsecond🙂 Xenomai kernel has even better latency than RTAI, by the way..
Thank you @TheDIMONART I have not seen Xenomai Kernel before, that's a great tip thanks for sharing, probably worth having a look at in due course. Kind Regards Heider
Anyone know how to repair if the lights all light up, but the sound is muted or scatchy? I have 3 of my 9 that I've been replacing. Sound output has been my problem. Thanks for any help or advice you might have.
Hi Jeff, it could be still a power supply problem, how about starting with the basics,... if you have more than one unit and you know one of them works fine, then have you tried swapping the power supply to see if it will come back to life? If you did swap and the sound is still down, then the only option is to use an oscilloscope to test, but please start by the basics first and let me know. Good luck H
Thanks for that bit of info. Before I give that a try, I actually have had 4 of my 8 fail over the last 5 yrs or so. And I'm about ready to tackle the repairs on my 4..I'd rather give it a go than throw them out. But I have a different issue than you're showing here. My lights all light up, but the sound is either so low I can't hear anything, or it's scratchy and popping. This happened to all of em. I had Sonos issue me a warranty on the first one, but all later ones they didn't help me at all. So i don't think it's a power issue. Do you ever get defective products in for repairs that exhibit those symptoms? I surely appreciate the help. If you weren't so far away I'd just ship em to you. thanks in advance for a reply
Thank you@@jeffstewart5350 If the sound is not as it should then there are 2 cases: 1) Problems with some capacitors near the processor board, this is highly unlikely to be the cause but is a possibility, mainly because the audio out line would be 0.5V (or 3V at best), not enough to cause problems for caps on that nature usually. 2) Problems with an unstable power source, this is more likely to be the cause, usually with bad (exactly; rippled) power line sourced for audio it can cause this problem. I am not saying (2) is "definitely" the issue, but from what I've seen so far, it's highly likely to be the cause, how you can find out for sure is if you connect an oscilloscope to each capacitors to measure if you see any ripple... but please be extremely careful with this procedure,... as mainly some oscilloscopes can have their GND terminal connected to the house mains (yes the wall plug that carries a 220V!!!)... if you are using an oscilloscope then please either use a battery-powered one, or ensure that your Sonos board is "floating" i.e. rather than connecting straight into the mains, use a linear-power-transformer instead... I know this might sound way too complicated, it's much easier to replace the caps anyway. Another reason to replacing the caps? well, usually caps don't like heat, and/or their content inside would degrade with time, either because of heat (caused by sound/weather/etc) they would dry out, they would either puff from the top or start to have ripple problems, therefore, replacing these "hopefully" should get you going and extend the life of your units. Sorry for the long explanation , I hope this helps. If you still need more help, then please remember; I'm always here and happy to help. Good luck Jeff, and hope all goes well. Kind Regards, Heider
@@HeiderSati Good advice.. I've ordered in the caps for the power supply and will give that a go first. I saw on another chanel that he fixed his sound issues by replacing the caps in the power supply on one of em.. then if it works, on to the others. . I'll report back in a few weeks when I get that done. You've been so helpful.
Good luck @zeitgeist1348, usually the problem with these is the power supply, hopefully replacing the caps should do the job. I'm here always, shout if you need any more help, Good luck Cheers H
Yamaha nu intelege ca ceea ce a creat odata bine trebuie sa ramana asa.La polifonia aceasta cu toate functiunile sequencer etc. Este posibil in opinia mea ca seria M sa iasa mai repede decat predecesorul sau Montage.Iubitorii de yamaha ne-am asteptat sa avem un instrument care sa ne faciliteze modul de lucru.Domnii ingineri de la Yamaha ar trebui sa priveasca doar la tastele de la sequencerul qy700 sa inteleaga cat este de simplu sa lucrezi cu valoare notelor ...parametrii de nota etc...Consider o ingreunare sau chiar o imposibilitate in unele cazuri de a compune pierzand timp pretios.Cred ca cubase este doar o completare a sequencerele de yamaha si reprezinta un alt pas important in procesul muzical......etc.Iubesc mult instrumentele yamaha de aceea doresc din suflet sa fie introduse functiunile sequencerelor care au crescut si au propulsat yamaha.Oare este posibil ca un sintetizator ca montage...M sa nu aiba intrare pentru BC3....????Readucem tehnologiile DX. AN..cu polifonii superioare 128fm din care in final utilizam cel mult 64 sau 32.......pentru ce?Yamaha tine la praf generatorul VL in timp ce complica modul de compunere ..editare ..etcSucces pe mai departe.
Thank you Daniel, I still like the instrument personally, I am not a cubase fan or using PC to compose music, I always get bored when using PCs to do that, I prefer workstations, ... the M series although crashes sometimes probably because it's new, but the interface has been improved significantly from the predecessor making it much quicker to change dials and settings on the panel rather than painful touch-screen menus. In regards to the Polyphony, I think there is a lot of work need to be done to get this improved, some of the items does not make sense, I still hope for an update to come sooner or later to improve. Thanks again Daniel, have a wonderful day.
Impressive. Perhaps that explains why the Kronos died so quickly. Maybe the protection mechanism has changed inside the Nautilus and is in agreement with the OS.
Hi @JulesBashizi, Thank you for your interest and comments, I had no idea that anyone was interested in that stuff. Anyhow, I have updated the description and included for you both URLs of how you can get on if you like, both are sold on Texas Instruments website, please refer to the description for more details. Just for the record, the OMAP is over 10 years old and been superseded by the AM572X board which is obviously faster, newer and does more things, the link has both if you like to chose. Good luck, let me know if you need any more help. Kind Regards Heider
Thank you @LaziestKeys Well, my next video will be much better, I already started it before I did this one and it tackles another problem of releasing into another device, but it might be way too technical... the video after that will cover hopefully new hardware. But before all this, I do miss making some music, and also might like to get back into the OMAP sooner or later... Thanks again @LaziestKeys, have a great day.
Unfortunately this was already known since 2016. There was a hacker which called out Korg for the violation and published patches. These are not available anymore. They also should have included the configuration files so you can compile the kernel yourself which they also did not do. There are more changes they have made which exports symbols and functions which are needed for the proprietary modules. Of course this is also not mentioned or provided. I understand that they want to protect their product so they made some security by obfuscation changes
Hi @gerardvanderhorst2066 Thank you for your comment I can understand that many companies implement security these days (and older days), but when it comes to breaching copyright laws or license restrictions then it's no longer respected and at some point can be prosecuted. I totally agree with you about the missing stuff, it personally took me months to build up the .config files back to what I can see a working copy, I did this by tracing every single function on the system (same way in this video) comparing structures and functions to originals to find out which is misaligned until it started to work eventually, it was one of the longest time-consuming tasks I came across, totally unnecessary and really could've done better things in my life instead. My video today is to ensure that this is covered, I don't know or really care if they get upset from posting this,... legally I've done nothing wrong so far whereas I'd be happy to take my chances in court if things escalate. Anyway, sorry for the long write, I agree with you on the items your raised . Kind Regards Heider
Hi! Your knowledge is amazing! I have a Kronos X which uses RAM that is more like laptop size and shape - not like 6 inches long, but shorter, and it lays flat. One of my DIMM slots got physically messed up and I need to put a single 4 gb one in. Can you recommend one, with a link? I am way too illiterate to diagnose what all the codes and nomenclature mean. Thanks in advance, and keep at it!!! Best wishes from USA, Eric
Hi @user-fu3fz7fx2i, Thank you for your message and your nice comment. As I have not seen the Kronos-X I have no idea which board it uses. But if you like to find out more about the board used in my Kronos then it's the Intel D510 motherboard. The board manual "Intel® Desktop Board D510MO Product Guide" that can be downloaded from Intel: www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/42645/intel-desktop-board-d510mo/specifications.html Page-9 says under the "memory section": - 2 x 240-pin Double Data Rate DDR2 DIMM - Support for DDR2 800MHz and DDR667MHz - Support for up to 4GB total system memory (2 GB per DIMM socket) Therefore, I don't think you could have a 4GB slot populated in full working without any problems. The memory you need (based on page 13) must be: - DDR2 800 MHz or DDR2 667 MHz unbuffered, non-registered DIMM - MUST have SPD (Serial Presence Detect) function. - Non ECC - *The confusing part*: Up to 4GB memory... it's confusing because it's unclear if you could install just the one DIMM with 4GB!. In regards to where to buy from, well, if you search online for the specs Amazon will probably have it. I wish I could help you more, it's just that I have not see the Kronos-X and can only give info about the product I own. Let me know if there is anything else you need help with. Kind Regards Heider
@@HeiderSati Thank you for your reply. There is at least one other user on the Korg Forum who is using a single 4GB DIMM. So I am pretty sure it is possible. I have had nothing but trouble opening up the Kronos units-they are frustrating, slow load times as you say. We appreciate your effort and dedication. I have read the Kronos X has same motherboard, yet how to explain the different sized RAM DIMMS? Mine are only about 4 x 2 inches, and lay flat like in a laptop. You seem happy with Montage(?) I thought I read that KARMA was available for some Yamaha synth(s). Does yours? Take care and thanks again from USA!
@@user-fu3fz7fx2i Hi Eric from USA :), thank you for your reply Well, if the memory in your system looks different in size and lay flat unlike the D510 on Kronos-1 (which lays downwards and is slightly bigger than what you describe), then the chances are the motherboard you have is likely to be different than the D510, I can help you to get the right memory if you could perhaps take the RAM out and send me a picture? If you are sure it is the same D510 anyway, then what I would do if I were you is to search for the following: "Memory DDR2 800mhz PC2 DIMM 240 pin", I can see few on Amazon but not sure if I should recommend any as the brands aren't what I like, generally I would buy brands of (Kingston, Hynix, Crucial) I tend to stay away from others unless I am desperate. I searched on Amazon UK and USA unfortunately could not see those, but found many made by A-Tech which I've not tried. I think it's probably easier to ask Korg Support to find out details about which RAM replacement they can recommend for your X, that might be quicker perhaps? doing so saves time to open the instrument and take things out as it's "hopefully" the official way :) Anyway, I'm happy to help, wishing you good luck Eric from USA :)
Hi Faided, anything "custom" you will loose without a backup, but anything that comes with the instrument (i.e. the built-in sounds/other stuff) will either remain or be upgraded but not lost. I hope this helps.
Thank you Ajay, I promise will do... just been busy with lots of stuff including the Kronos that I am working on right now, but will get back on the OMAP hopefully very soon. Thank you for reaching out Kind Regards Heider
Hi, I paid 10% on the 8th of December for a speed Montage M8X at Yamaha Music Londo after complaining I was told by July I would have the Montage, Yamaha UK informed me that the Montage M8X was delivered. They don't reply to emails the store Manager Stephen Davies never reply my email, so I passed my concern to Yamaha Germany, and after one week no answer. Thanks for this video After Be Loyal to this brand all my life I got keyboards and guitars and I wanted to buy the Montage and electronic drum DTX10. Now I can see Yamaha is not professional and loyal to customers, why do I have to wait 8 months for a Montage? It is not a Bentley. The lack of respect and communication is bad and people go to the shop and buy directly without paying 10% and get a Montage. My friend bought it in Berlin three months ago. We in the UK are treated differently. I am looking into another brand to buy a synthesizer and drum kit. Thanks again.
Hi @waldimir5150, Thank you for your message, and really sorry to hear that. Out of interest, which shop did you pay the 10%? was it the one based in Wardour street? , I usually buy from either Andertons (based in Guildford) or Bonners Music (have 2 shops one near Brighton and the other closer in Crawley), I never had problems with these 2 shops and good to park my car where I want to pick things up, if you could perhaps contact these shops re-arrange your deposit then you might get a better deal even. I think Yamaha in Germany probably know about the shortage hence not answering, it is a strange I have to say I totally agree with you. Many shops in the UK blames this on Brexit, I disagree with that as other shops are working fine, it really depends on which shop you pay for. I paid last time for a Yamaha FGDP-50 (about a month ago), then had a similar issue with Yamaha taking some time to ship the product out, however when I learned that the item does not do MIDI, I decided to cancel and purchase a Novation Circuit instead, for the FGDP it didn't take long (I think about 3 weeks) before all shops started to stock it again. Anyhow I sincerely wish you the best of luck getting your instrument, let me know if there is anything I can do to help as I have good contact with the shops I mentioned above. Kind Regards Heider
@@wladimir5150 Yeah, it's the one in Wardour Street, I like the area, used to take the kids to have fun, eat @ Princi and L'eto, and then play some music on the shop's keyboards (at ground floor).... I only buy from this shop "if" they have it in stock, otherwise, I head to Andertons... the shop used to be called "Chapel's of Bond Street" in the past, Yamaha bought the shop, but sadly due to London rent/staff/etc instruments like the Montage or any CVP/CLP digital pianos are about £400-600 higher than any other, this is my personal experience hence buying mostly from Andertons or Bonners music... there was an offer on the DX7 (mini) keyboard I decided to buy from there at the time (over 6 years ago).
Not yet Axel, this is one area that I must be extremely careful not to share things that might put me in trouble, if this is going to be an open-source system then after-all, it's not my source to open! I'm sure you appreciate where I'm coming from.
i am somewhat surprised that the #LINUX community did not yet picked it up to "free it" from #DRM and other shackles to make it more repairable / upgradable . i guess more and more people prefer using software synths . too bad the Linux support on DAW and plugins still is somewhat awful. So to hell with them! Let's hack the sh_t out of OUR DEVICES . Let's crack them open and modify them.
Hi @AxelWerner, long time no see, how's things? Yeah the bit that is stopping everyone from moving the whole thing into software is the OMAP, the system is so integrated that the PC does something and the OMAP complements it, my next video will cover something similar on the communication side, I'm hoping the items I ordered comes in via post tomorrow so that I can film this weekend
Thank you Leonardo, I promise you my next video will be much better, and might make you laugh, we'll see... just need to get my work out of the way for the next 2 days ... :)
I'm seriously invested in your efforts to increase the specs of the Kronos. I have been obsessed with having a Kronos with a lot more RAM. A LOT more. It's been 11 months since you put out this video. Do you think it'll be possible to upgrade to 64 bit and have significantly more RAM than the 4 allowable with 32 bit?
Thank you @akibe7608, Funny you are asking about the Kronos, I am recording a video today for another update, I've been extremely busy with my life which is why I've not done much on it lately, but I started almost 2 weeks ago and I have few videos to make, ... The answer to all your questions are: yes, all possible and also working on it.. but the problem I always had in life is the "time"... this has to be parked between now and then due to other paid projects. I will post my video later on tonight hopefully, and others will follow soon, ... 64bit is not yet done but will be sooner or later. Kind Regards H
If anyone is interested, I am selling this unit on eBay for £1, listed it this morning. The item is hardly used with a new battery inside. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235520698775 Cheers H
Thanks for this video Heider, I love my montage m8x and your videos have helped me. I have a ton of other keyboards that I want to sample and stick in the montage
Thank you very much for your kind comments, really appreciate your message, I'm over the moon to see a comment like yours, hopefully more videos coming soon, thanks again @user-ls6ow4ze3g
My wife's korg kronos came with 1 4G RAM preinstalled. Its been crashing on startup as others have reported intermittently over the past 6 months. I took it apart, cleaned and reseated the RAM stick and the problem resolved- for a few weeks.... It did it again so i'm thinking to buy new RAM, maybe 2 2G instead of the 1 4G. Do you see a benefit either way on this ? thanks !
Hi @onecleanfinger Thank you for your message and your interest in my videos. The Kronos crashes due to many reasons: 1) Bad RAM brand, replacing that should solve the issue 2) Badly seated processor, or 3) Badly seated heatsink (CPU) whereas if the CPU gets too warm it would shut down the Intel motherboard. 4) The most common one: is the OMAP board (the screen board itself) whereas it's not soldered very well or have cheap capacitors (I've seen many problems from this in the past). As per above, there are a lot of "moving parts" that can cause it to fail, before buying or spending a penny on more hardware which may lead to nothing, I'd suggest looking into the motherboard, connect a VGA port to it to display to screen... yes you will not see much useful stuff when powering up, but if the Intel CPU crashes or anything to do with the Intel Motherboard then you should see a message or the VGA display totally shuts down, if this occurs then it's definitely a motherboard issue, if however the VGA remains up and the CPU seems responsive then your problem would be caused by the OMAP board,... if it's the OMAP board then unfortunately, there is not much you can do other than sending it back to Korg for repair or diagnostics or finding another Kronos to replace the OMAP board (the OMAP is what's connected directly to the Touchscreen). I personally would install some TSR programs to do more diagnostics but this is quite advanced,... I'm happy to help if you live close-by (I live in South West London), to at least diagnose the problem for you. I hope the above helps, if you still like to replace the RAM anyway, then there is nothing wrong with that, I hope it works out for you either way. Out of interest, have you tried contacting Korg Support anyway? Good luck @onecleanfinger, let me know how it goes. Kind Regards, Heider
To be honest, despite fixing mine and all working well however, it's the one product I bought that I am not a great fan off, I am considering selling this on eBay for £1 auction soon... within the next few days I will list it and see how much it would fetch. I am a little disappointed mainly because it's absolutely useless in "Edit Mode" and only works in Cut.
With a software freeze, Yamaha let you know that you did something, the instrument wasn't designed for - in this case, an overflow with pitch bend data ;-D I managed to crash my Korg Nautilus while recording arpeggios very often and the Korg support wasn't able to sort this out. Alone for this reason I sold it after a few month.
I just came back today from abroad now going through a heap of emails at the moment and catching up on all comments, sorry for the delay. Totally agree with you @SOPM2007,... on this occasion, I decided not to report this to Yamaha/Support, I thought it's probably best to save time for both ends, I'd be very surprised if they "Oh!,... Really?!... Does it crash?,... When?!" I still laugh every time I remember my reaction to this incident... let's see what the future brings :)
@@HeiderSati However, I have given up my plan to get the Montage M this year until further notice. I'm now using a DAW and I'm very happy with it. The usability is unbeatable. Hope you'll still have a lot of fun with your Montage. I really like your specific style of music! Hope to hear a complete track from you in the future :)
@@SOPM2007 I'd would say "Wise Choice", I agree with you,... I spent over £4000 on my Montage, though I love the instrument however, felt a little disappointed as I was expecting a better support or at least for them to be more engaging or even perhaps involving me in the process to make it a better instrument as I offered, they didn't seem to care or take notice, so on this occasion; I decided not report this to Yamaha Support to save time for both ends.
Yeah @TF242... Since Dec-2023 I had (I think) 4 crashes... glad that this one came up on my video,... every time I look at the footage where it broke and seeing my reaction, I can't stop laughing... despite the instrument is over £4000 LoooooooooooL... crazy isn't it?!
Hello sir, would i be able to do this on a Mac? My touch screen is not working. Can i use settings the other way around? Like use tbe Mac to control the touch screen?
