How to Sequence Multiple Tracks on the Yamaha Montage or MODX 

Your tip on single instruments being green was a big 'Ahhhhh!' moment for me haha. Cheers man.

Nice presentation! Thanks for the pro tips about recording button and overdub/replace! Those would be hard lessons to learn and you've saved some frustration here!

I recently updated my MODX8 to v2.0. I am excited to use the new Pattern Sequencer. At first it appeared quite complex to get used to using. Your clearly explained instructions made it easy to follow and learn, as I just did my first multi-track recorded loop. I enjoy your presentation style too. Much thanks again!

Awesome video!! I’ve watched several videos on this topic and you are by far the best I’ve seen. You got right to the basics and made it easy to understand. Thank you!!

Thank you so much for recording this, I've looked for a tracking tutorial on MODX for hours over weeks, until I found yours. Only one that's clear and comprehensive. Well done!!

Out of all the videos out there on tracking on the Montage/MODX yours was only one that helped me record a multitrack 8bar loop that's all I needed! Thanks bro.

You are really good at teaching/explaining while you demonstrate the functionality. Well done and thank you.

Great stuff man, awesome vid on the Montage! ;)

Thx Man, you made me love my modx more... This was the feature I missed :)

Thank you for explaining it so clearly. I wanted to know about the 'undo' feature during sequencing which you explained perfectly.

I just applied what you shown on your video. It works great. Looking forward to more videos. I’ve subscribed and following. Have a blessed day.

This is GREAT. Thanks for sharing; much appreciated.

Thank-you for making this tutorial! It was very helpful!!!!

Very well done and extremely helpful! Thank you!

Thanks for the tutorial, Just what I needed to learn on my montage

Thanks for taking the time to make this video.

Thank you soo much, I was looking for this about 2 years now

Thank you so much!!!! Just got a modx8 the other day and I’ve been going crazy trying to get this tracking and recording together!!!!

Thanks my friend, really helpful vid.

The NEW sequencer has transformed the Montage into a nearly to a must have. I bought one.

I have been creating my own music for the last year and making a living from it. Not a huge amount of money "Yet" however just recently I have bought the Modx plus and feel frustrated having to learn how this thing works. It has massive capabilities along with a huge learning curve to bang out some amazing tunes and found SoundsAndGear. Thankyou for this video. Iv'e spent a good 2 hours following your instructions and although I am not even close to where I want to be the frustrating thing is having to read the instruction manual and following video's like this. Am I the only one that hates reading Manuals? But I need to so I will be able to create what I want to do. My first year as a solo artist creating music which was just for fun, someone sent me some money via Pay Pal which confused me, then another guy sent me some money and another and so on. I thought my music was nothing special although I was told I have a very creative mind even strange adding things into the Chorus or lead others would never dream off. I had 72,000 Downloads with just 9 instrumentals. 56,752 Views 72,639 Downloads in 1 year I gave away free for You Tubers to use in their video's. A lot of my music can be found with different companies online claiming it as their own and selling it which I have witnessed myself "All good though" However I have come to a complete stop making music since buying this MODX cuz I don't know how to work the ******* thing. You have said: Quote: Thanks for watching! Glad this video helped. I no longer have a Montage in my setup however you got a new sub from me as this has been the best follow along video I have watched. Other You Tube videos of the same MODX showing us. Look you got some strings, piano, trumpet, drums are a pointless watch that teach us nothing. This video I did learn something. Thanks mate. The first instrumental I knock out I'll send it to you for your thoughts. Once Again a massive thankyou from the UK for the vid.

This is exactly what I need , thanx !

Like the split-screen demo

MANY MANY THANKS!! This is very helpful. thanks again.

Great video, thank you ;)

Excellent job explaining this.

I've been watching your videos and they are really nice. Simple and to the point. Agree - that the split screen video is nice. Do you have a video, or can you make one up that shows how to set up a custom drum arpeggio? Thank you for doing these!

Thank you! Helped out a lot.

Thank you, great tutorial.

Super video, thank you.

Woow thanks man! Bought the modx8 recently and am trying to get my head around it. This video opened my eye to a lot of stuff I've been missing

Best I’ve seen, this explains a lot

Awesome Video.

what's Saint Joe.........I be glad when you cover the new firmware MPC X 2.6 update and cover everything, most guys on youtube just covered step and grid automation, but they didn't cover the other features. I hope you cover everything because you expalin things better than the other MPC youtuber except for Andy Mac, AND BK Banga, LOL just playing all 3 of you guys are on the same level teaching hardware, nothing agaisnt the other guys tho......you are one of the best.....

Dope! Thanks bro

man this helped out a lot

Thank u for this video.. Very helpful... Plz make more tutorial on how to sequence multiple tracks with arpeggios and parts by this method.. Independently from a pc

Excellent help thanks.. 🙂

great video Joe, you are the first to explain modx sequencing multitracking...I know you can load samples but is it possible to load a general midi files already done on another synthesizer?. keep up the good work

Well explained.

Thanks for the video. had my montage 2 days. Is there any way to have the recorded instruments follow chord changes if you wanna play along to it? I guess you could almost say arranger style. I know the Montage has some preset drum patterns with base backgrounds which you can do this with. Just struggling to find any instructions how to do this to create my own drum pattern and base patterns which i can play along to. Or am i asking too much of the Montage and should of stuck to an Arranger Keyboard. Thanks

Hello, your presentation was great, I learned a whole lot and thank you, fyi, I own a modx8.

Thank you for this helpful tip. I am a pre-modx8 user only because I'm still waiting for that sorry up a to get my music work station to me di to their service failure, AGAIN. Wasn't my choice for that delivery service.

Brilliant video.. thanks, im new to my ModX8 but.. i read that using the hardware sequencer on the ModX (os.252) or Montage (os.3) you only have access to the first 8 tracks, to get the 16 tracks, you need to use a outboard Midi Sequencer or connect to a DAW.. is that right?

Thank you

Hi.. This video was really helpful.. Can u record different scenes or. Parts as loops and them play them in a sequence like motif xf pattern mode?

So with, Replace and overdub, in song mode I can't replace a part later on if I feel it needs it. I'd have to start over with the entire song to fix that one part I don't like? I have to rely on "Undo"?

Thanks!

Great tutorial! Thanks Brother. So… can you record multiple of these loop performances or is it a scetch pad you can only use once then deleted next time you want to record ideas?

Thanks for the video. Any question... You can quantize, for example: the flute, after the recording? or only quantize before recording? If you quantize after, could you tell me how?

Hey joe, hope your doing good! Are you pretty much exclusively on the MPC now? No more ableton or Maschine?

Thanks I've been struggling with the choice of the MODX vs Roland's FA and I was wondering exactly how the recording feature worked on the MODX. It seems like the looping would work fine for my application. I kept coming back to the Modx to see if someone would show it. Great Video again thanks.

Great lesson, clear and understandable. Helped me better understand MODX workflow. Question, upon first recording of a compositional loop, how should I delete the first attempt if unsatisfied. 1st attempt was 3 min and I need to redo the whole thing but shorter. So overdub leaves a portion.

This was actually very helpful. I'm using the Montage Connect VST in my Cubase 10.5 Pro and was looking to sync with songs created in the Montage. Only downside, unless you export your song as WAV from Montage to the PC, you can't mirror the sounds recorded in the Montage as general midi maps to the closest VST instrument defined in your DAW, so the sounds will not be as clear and concise in Cubase as recorded on the Montage. Let me know if this is incorrect. Thanks!

Do you have any videos of how to do basic drums on the keyboard? I have a Yamaha Modx7. Thanks.

Good stuff man. The lack of traditional sequencer is a daily annoyance and I'm wondering how to get round this. Do you know if I can use a sequencer like the Beatstep Pro to feed MIDI into the Montage, say a complex drum part? Also, in order to edit MIDI data stored on the MODX, do I manually have to export it to a PC via USB stick, or can I mount the Montage as a discoverable drive on the PC and live-edit the MIDI files that way, without the need for transfer? Thanks in advance.

I know you were recording in the midi tab, but can you record audio into the montage in the sequencer? If I want to hook up a bass guitar and record it in a sequence, can I do that?

Thanks again for your tutoring. Couple of questions: (1) After you record say 3 tracks is there a way to view all tracks or each one? (2) I’m also trying to record voice OVER music track. Mic is registering on screen but only records in the “audio” mode and only plays back in that mode. Do you know how to get voice over music tracks?

Thanks for the video. Is there a way to turn off the metronome beep sound that plays while you are recording?

I learned quite a few things from that video thank you very much! so essentially you have 16 tracks on the looper/song recorder but can only use up to 8 sounds (single part performances) or even less if you use multi-parts? that kinda sucks, because If I wanna use a couple of sounds that have 4 parts each (like a piano+ep+string+bell layered) I'm deeply limited to only 4 more :/

Hello thanks for great video. How do feel the MODX compares to the MOXF8? I’m deciding between the two.

Thanks, this is exactly what i was looking for , I could not figure out the recording, overdubbing, and undo on my own. I saw a loop demo first and that confused me when I just wanted to record straight. Nice demo tune also. One other thing, when I hit record on my modx , the display is nothing like that and I don't even see an undo button. ??

Can you record full song using that recording sound?? How many sound can u record separately? Is it only 16 or can be more?

Great video - I have a quick question: when you export the midi or the audio from a multitracked song like that, do you get the parts as separate midi files or the audio as stems for each instrument?

Hi there , thanx for the video. Its a great video to start. But I m stuck with one problem. How do i delete a particular track i recorded in a song . Everytime i select the track and set the record to replace. All the tracks get replaced.TQ

Please can you tell me how you would then save this composition you've made? I tried the save option and it only saved one part?

Can i load patterns that i made in motif xs7 (with wave backing tracks in it) into the montage?

thanks

Love your channel. Have learned boatloads! I am using cubasis 2.7 and watched Dom's video on recording AUDIO in cubasis using the MODX but I'm getting no signal. Wondering what was the MODX set on? Stand alone or Audio to Daw? Dom said no set up was necessary and I followed his audio set up path in Cubasis 2.7 and I got NOTHIN'. Arrrrugh. Can you help me re: this? Using USB cable. Thanks!

with 2.o which upgrades the SEQ for the MODX, can I edit a measure ? Lets say in measure 4 , on the flute track, I realize I made a mistake, call it a bad note, or off time. Can I erase that single measure, go into over dub, and re-record my measure 4 on the flute track ? I want to use MODX standalone for my SEQ

m excited for the modx and plan to get one. But that sequencer seems more cumbersome and restirictive than the motif xf sequencer that I'm used to. Will xf users make an easy transition to montage wrt the sequencer?

I know you don’t have this board any longer but is there a way to delete the two tracks/part remnants of that romantic strings you had. When you switched to the solo violin part, I would want to delete the extra parts that were left. How do I do that?

This is an awesome video how would I export out of the keyboard to a daw

Hi After doing all these, how do you save it on the keyboard and how would can you use it with songs especially if what you have done is drums/rhythm pattern that you may need for a performance and also play along? Thanks

Yo, you answered key questions I’ve been wondering about as well as using in conjunction with my mpc. Appreciate that!! If you getta a chance, really need a video on how to pull up I think it’s xoa files fro my Yamaha motif Xf8 keyboard into my montage via jump drive. That would be awesome bro. All my files doesn’t pull up from the usb stick and if I try to load a specific song, it takes forever. I was told by guitar center that it could pull up the same way. Can’t figure out. Help!!🎶

Hello, ..... I create a multi track midi file then I save to my usb as ‘save as midifile’. After I was trying to play the file but it not play as properly. What’s the reason

Hey @SoundsandGear, you wrote in a comment you no longer have the Montage. What do you have instead?

very helpfull!!! that was what i was searching for. Can you seh how you do it with an DAW? I made so far only songs with daw and plugins, but now i want to buy this montage and i am unsure if this is the right one.

Is it possible to save the recorded sequence with the performance? Or is the sequence a global separat thing?

Thanks for the video. Very informative. But How do I record a full song on the montage?

So in Montage or Modx you can't create and edit a composition? Like the 16 tracks sequencer of Krome, Kronos etc? Montage allows you to create patterns only? And you must use a DAW for composing? 🤔

This video is great can you save recordings to a usb stick?

can the modx8 show you what chord your playing?

Got one more question? Even when I hit overdub, it doesn’t record onto the track I’m recording??? It records nothing additional to the original track I’m working on?

Does the Montage make you miss the SEQUENCER that was in the MOTIF XF

What buttons do you press to set your looping time?

Thanks its helpful, but...When I follow all your steps and I want to "rec" a new track I don't get the option of "overdub" I only get replace?. I have the newest OS 3.0 any ideas?

When I record my first track/sound - it doesn’t give me the option to loop and add more tracks. Basically the squares where that option is supposed to be are empty. Can someone help plz!

how does this work flow improve with the new update 3.0?

Can you make a demo video on the MODX showing how to to create a song step by step using the scenes, style parts, drums, bass, etc,, arps, rhythms, patterns sequencer, etc?

How do I turn off the metronome when it starts playing what I recorded? (modx8)

I turned off keyboard control for the first sound and I put a new sound and when I play the first recording I have the second sound takes over the whole thing why is this?? Is it just my piano help me bc I’m so confused

How to add wave files (backing track) and send the klik to the drummer?

Amazing that it now has a Pattern Mode.

Awesome recording! I got a question? When I hit the record button again it doesn’t start a new recording? It just keeps adding recordings to the track??? Please help :)

please can someone help me using the MODX8 with Logic Pro X ?

Can you save the sequence to a SCENE within a Performance?

You never mentioned where it gets stored after I saved the song by selecting "Store song and performace setting". I just saved it and I have no idea how to retrieve what I saved. Where is it?

When I saved a song that had 5 sounds, it only saved the first track. Any idea why?

How do you send what you recorded to the daw