Yamaha Montage M: Sequencer - Detailed Overview - YES!!! It Has A Sequencer! 

The biggest issue is the lack of visual/piano roll and better arrangement tools. Even the Roland FA series had a linear measure view.

This board is an absolute unit. Great in depth review of the sequencer. The amount of features this thing has is quite something, and from what I've heard, the sound quality is top notch. RIP my tax return. I do believe this is the one.

Wow! Really cool features on here. Thanks so much for making the video. Would love to see more videos on this keyboard. Keep up the great work.

Just came across your YT channel… excellent instructions/info! Subbed. I’ll look forward to seeing more of your info coming! Thank you!

Simple, easy to follow tutorial....keep 'em coming...

Still not a workstation as Motif XF. Yamaha knows this, hence Yamaha call Montage a Synthesizer.

Great presentation Julius. Thanx for the great detail! I would like to know what's the maximum sequencer memory (total number of notes that can be held in all 128 patterns) and does the pattern/song mode have an event list that can be edited? But good job!

Thanks for this tutorial. I was like, okay the Montage M now has an Audio Track recorder? It can record audio? And then just "Because" I tried that on my old Yamaha Montage that I bought second hand 3 years ago, and your tutorial worked on my old Montage as well. I was blown away, I've been able to record audio tracks ALL THIS TIME and never knew about it, lol...I'm a little embarrased now.

I am looking forward to you building a Song!

Very good tutorial.

Helo, Yamaha Montage M8x Has an mp3 player?

There have been complaints about the Montage sequencer in the past, but in my opinion you can do anything you want with it. The songs can also be recorded in parts, which can be done by linking the 8 Scenes in order, or if the Measures value is set to the maximum 256, it also ensures continuous recording. I was able to do the things I wanted to edit, so the editing can also be solved. The Super Knob can also affect many things, for example, to fade out all 16 Tracks of the song at the same time, or even a specific track. The best thing for me is that we can save more settings in 8 Scene. The 16 adjustable instruments can be the same in all 8 Scenes, but the currently used sounds, Split settings, Solo, MUTE settings of instruments can be set differently in all 8 Scenes. This is useful if you need a different Split setting for a specific part of a song. For example, Scene 1 Piano+Strings, Scene 2 Pad+ Guitar, Scene 3 Strings+ Saxophone, etc. Since Scene 1-8 can be set in order with the Scene Chain function, these Scene changes are automatically changed together with the split settings of the instruments, so there is no need to switch the Scene buttons. This is useful, because when playing music you only have to concentrate on playing, not on switching the buttons in time while playing. You also have to switch with the Roland Fantom, which is not good, because you have to reach across the keyboard, and if you time it wrong, the game will be inaccurate. As far as I know, Kronos and Nautilus can switch song sections (Split, MUTE, SOLO) in such a way that you have to switch from one song to another manually in the Set List. What I mean by this is that the song is the same, but the Split settings of the song parts are different, and if I switch manually while the song is playing, the song played in the sequencer remains continuous, it does not stop. As far as I know, Kronos cannot do this automatically. I have Nautilus, but the principle of operation is the same. The other thing is that Montage M instruments are already recorded with their own effects in the sequencer, while in Kronos the effects are either added manually or by adding Copy Program. I think it's a big step up from the traditional sequencer that was used in Kronos. Both are great instruments, but the Montage M offers a faster workflow when you want to create a song. ​

The other choice...A/D ABS is for the rear-mounted input called A/D in or Analog-to digital converter which listens to peaks from actual audio and will sync according to the program material or musician playing, provided they are supplying a usable beat

Nice video about sequencing in Montage , I would like to see a video about extern midi workflows with external hardware synth and in my case with Logic Pro for iPad , I guess it could be a killer combo 😊

Some of what you are showing like editing midi information I'm betting will be much more simplified when the softsynth M is released.

I own Motif XF, can Montage M playback my patterns section A-P and 5 mute memory toggle buttons?

This was a very helpful video. I subscribed. Could you do a video on the interface software for the computer. Thanks.

Looking forward to this - getting one of these next year 😍👍🏻

Thank you! Pt 2! Pt2!!!?

THANKS

Dude appreciate this! Going to watch this post haste!

To be honest, this video made me reevaluate the pattern sequencer in Montage(M)/MODX(+) and there are a lot of features in it I have overlooked. I am a Cubase guy, so I rarely need or use my MODX as a workstation, but it's good to keep in mind that it has a lot of potential, should I need it. It's also worth noting that there are some inaccuracies here and there (not only those addressed by subtitles in post-production), but anyway, it's great that you brought attention to the matter.

if your using the keyboard to record patterns, you must be using INTERNAL as sync...not MIDI because MIDI means you are synced to an external MIDI clock device.

Can you edit midi notes?

Weirdly, you left off the Play FX, which IMO is the best feature in this sequencer, all the non-destructive awesomeness that you can apply on each track, without ruining your recorded data, it's worth noting!

no steptime (TR-drum machine style) sequencher yet?, just as the regular montage, thats to bad because those 16 green buttons on the right could be used as such...oh wel just use cubase then, or some hardware sequencher instead.

This is sequencer? . Thank you .

Im sure Yamaha Montage is very good keyboard, but the sequence on Roland Fantom way easier and more logical as user interface to work with, but it is may be just a matter one what you used to work with

What's a pattern?

Yamaha needs to add a cubase sequencer lite to the montage . This can be game changing and its only weak point

easy to use sequencer as always :))))) for 3.5k

Why is it so much harder to delete stuff? It happens all the time.

although it is nice to have complete control over every single aspect of the sequencer, there are far too many steps here before you can start laying down your tune. I think they went a bit overboard and complicated it way more than they had to....as usual, of course, Julius, you break it down as best as possible, but really, to take 45 minutes to explain set up without even being able to construct any part of the song is going to scare off some people. For people hoping that the manual will clear things up, they are in for a surprise: the operations manual is NOT in PDF format, and it is this totally confusing set of constant clicking on one thing after another to open up one thing or the other! Really, the manual is a living nightmare to navigate!!

This is so expensive here in india😮..

bro!!!! make a beat!!!!!

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