Yamaha MODX - First Look! - Andertons Music Co. 

I wonder whether Woody is getting 'wood' from the beard or the sounds? ;)

It's brilliant isn't it. Yamaha reps are always nicely focussed and balanced. The power of this synthesizer hasn't yet been fully realised outside confidential development meetings at Yamaha. How do we get closer to those people?

Early Woody.

So...did ya buy it? And did they? Cut you a deal, that is.

That’s my setup too! Not much you can’t do with those two boards together

U just wanna hear him play 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I am also of the same mind as far as useless sounds. "I'm never going to use this sound... Ugggh!" and they put tons of them between the really good useable sounds. But No sequencer and that kinda sucks but it isn't a deal killer. I wasn't really looking for that anyway. I just want great keyboard sounds that I can use. The MODX6 seems to run amok with killer crisp clear sounds.

Get a nord. A lot less sounds and a lot higher quality.

Actually further to this I DID get a MODX in the end - and it's fantastic. It's as deep or as basic as you want it to be. Kronos quality for a fraction of the price. I pair a MODX7 with a Nord Electro 6 as I prefer Nord pianos, Hammond and EPs. It's a killer combo

@Spud Chuffington jones What are your primary needs, sounds-wise? Piano? Synth? Organ?

I love the sounds the MODX (Montage) series makes - nothing else at this price touches it - but the UI is an instrument of torture. I have been programming computers for over 30 years, but every time I tinker with the MODX, the screen and button arrangement are unintelligible. Roland did an almost perfect job with the panel on my Juno DS, and it sounds pretty good. Too bad the Roland doesn’t have a mod wheel instead of that joystick, and the black and white keys have a feel I don’t care for.

can disable and edit its light behavior

Greatness at its Best This is a Total GAME CHANGER with the new Sample robot you can sample a sound and now have that “Analyzed “ and (process Thur The MODX -Keyboard ) 🎹

He said “6 operator” (engine), which is perfectly right.

He said "6 notes".

yeh as i said! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EU-2HuzkbqI.htmlm40s

LMFAO

Yes. I played one live

Rachel Hilgert 🙈🙈🙈🎹- Yooooooo two Layers Of THE BEST (The Dx ) and Montage Engine Together ..... is ( MIND BLOWING) In A Incredibly PRICE Keyboard 🔌. . . Go to a local Retailer to DEMO!!!!!!!! 🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾✊🏾

I'm looking at the 7 and pair it with my Prophet 08, but I'm also getting it because I want a keyboard that says DX7 in the name ;)

Townsend MB OMG 😮.... prophet 8 is “totally a Monster “ cannot wait to get my hands on this beautiful MODX from Yamaha but I still use the Motif !!! Til this day and XS 88 Makes life a lot easy with 22lbs keyboard fully waited action but I’m thinking about the 76 key just for travel Purposes.....for catching flights with low “Budget Airlines” are not nice to us musicians if you know what I’m talking about. 😫😫😫😫🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️✈️

Oh for sure! The 88 Key workstations are a bugger for gigging. I used to gig with an 88 Key Korg M3. Never again. Keep the Motif! I totally regret selling mine.

OK. I found the answer on the Yamaha FAQ - "MODX has Fully-functional Sequencer? No. MODX just has the simple sequencer "Performance Recorder". It does not have edit function." Oh well..

Yea, I've been on a quest to get away from using a computer for sequencing for many years, but I haven't been able to find anything suitable. Manufacturers seem to think we all want to make music that is based on a single drum pattern and has no time signature variations for the entire song. I want to chain patterns together like an old drum machine. And don't get me started on drum machines. We entered the era many years ago where all machines could have plenty of storage space and yet manufacturers of drum machines think we should all be happy with 64 patterns and 10 songs. What is the deal? The brightest star for me so far is the AKAI Live, but I want this in a workstation keyboard with drums and multitimbral virtual analog or real analog synthesis. Seems too much to ask! One day it will happen, and it will be the biggest thing that should have happened decades ago.

Pete K It's nice to hear that I'm not alone. Thank you! I'm still using a Kurzweil K2000S as my main controller and synth as well as software plug-ins VIs like Arturia and Pianoteq because nothing else has come close to offering so much power in a workstation keyboard. However, I agree with you that my Mac Pro feels like a ball-and-chain. The trusty Kurzweil has a very slow startup and a loud hard drive and fan, but it has the fast, reliable keyboard with aftertouch and great master controller features. From a company like Yamaha or Roland, I want the power that I know could be available if they really heard us - in a lightweight workstation that I can carry around to gigs with a minimum of 61 keys. I'd still use my computer for recording, but that's cool because I want to record in my studio where I have all the proper sound treatment. The workstation doesn't need to be a recorder. It should be for live use and the primary synth sound source for tracking in the studio. I'd love to go to work for Yamaha or Roland and make this happen. I know exactly what I want.

Pete K pianoteq. is UNDER RATED .... in my opinion!!!! Other people go with the native instruments and the keyscape from ominsphere library but I still say. (Pianoteq)...REASON (radical piano) & EZ keys are one of my favorite

I really love PianoTeq. It's so customizable and convincing. :)

If any of the performances has more than 4 parts it can not do the smooth transmission.

No after touch? Damn!

Wagoo you can turn it into a rack ;)

Exactly.

Don`t know why Yamaha didn`t like aftertouch. On my Montage there are hardly any presets that make use of it.

+1 on the rack/desktop version 👍🏼

el problema modx6 y 7, son esas teclas de juguete, lo demás esta genial

I was in this similar chain lol. So the truth is, conclusion must be drawn to modx and rd 2000. The modx is better, killer sounds (from the montage), all in one( synth and also a gigging keyboard). It has a touch screen also which makes life soo easy. But the rd 2000 is the most durable. I chose the Modx 🙂

@@yoelanane3226 i chose the MODX8 too haha

Do you mean a Bösendorfer imperial?

Really, i am confused actually when many say there is no a built in sequencer but a few say there is; and whenever I approach the shop, they are unaware of a sequencer in MODX

just tells you they have poor training...i think a 16 track midi portastudio recorder is a more apt description ass there is no midi event/note editing..there is drop in drop out quantise etc though..so it's basic..but workable if you re record a fluffed up phase...just like hte old portastudio's from tascam sorta!...no step editing either btw.

I'd say it's a song recorder rather than a note sequencer - there's no method to "sequence" notes in the traditional sense, it just records what you play. The manual/os does refer to it as a sequencer in places, but in the manual/spec they headline the function as a "performance recorder" in the relevant sections. It also gets a bit confusing with the whole "motion sequencer" for modulation terminology too.

@@cresshead how do you record more than one performance. I've seen it record a single sound and drums over say 4 tracks but can it record a different sound over this?

Both great! I just don’t love Nord’s “Hammer Portable” action. Between the 2, I’d take the Modx. I did actually. I play a Nord Stage 3 at church, and honestly prefer my Modx!

Sound was coming out of the device you’re using to watch this video - the monitors have nothing to do with what you’re hearing.

@@OptimaMrL Good to know, just wondered. Cheers.

geecen He said “6 operator” (engine), which is perfectly right.

6 operators

octopus34 Um, that's not what he says. He says it has 64 note poly instead of the 128 of the montage, then he says "64 note polyphony with the fm engine is massive, when you consider the DX7 had 6 notes" 6:44

Does that even matter now?

Cheeky bit of Dre and Snoop

Its the song called “Still D.R.E.” from Dr Dres album called “2001”.

Sheff Steel , thanks for that !

It looks okay, to me, but it seemed to be making him slur his speech a little... Odd side effect. Either that or some lunch time drinking.

First review out of rehab?

Hey, you can check out our tech page where we make music, and plan on getting gear involved to do so... So stay tuned ;)

IamVenVile There is no full functioning sequencer onboard because it is not a workstation. Yamaha has moved away from the “all-in-one” concept with their keyboards because producers use DAWs now most of the time when creating full blown productions.

Darrick Keels Which totally makes sense because most people are producing now With Logic Pro x, Pro-tools, fruity loops, reason studio one ....and a plethora of other ones and I can say this board will be most anticipated purchase under🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾 the Christmas tree this coming winter 🎹 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@@leamonstubbs3949 Yes it is indeed a nice board. I would love to add it to my arsenal for sure.

lcceo22 How do you know the target audience? I enjoyed this presentation.

@@RayyMusik LMAO How do I know the target audience? Is that a serious question? My critique was about this infomercial style format being unnecessary for the target audience, not whether or not anyone would enjoy the presentation. The target audience doesn't need the forced, fake style to be talked into buying this. That doesn't mean there aren't some simpletons out there who won't enjoy this forced farce of a presentation for a product that's generated more organic buzz and excitement than any rompler/workstation style board in years.

I think it's hot.