To get the Montage’s audio into Logic, the creation of a ‘aggregate audio device’ (combining the Montage and my UA Apollo into a single audio device) was required, and while that was pretty easy (and worked instantly), the MIDI-side of things proved a whole lot more difficult to configure. It’s definitely not a plug-and-play situation. I had a few head-scratching days when first trying to hook up the Montage to my DAW (Logic). And the included CFX is going to see quite a bit of use here as well.)īut surely, no one would ever buy the Montage for its banks of orchestral/acoustic instruments? (As I assume no one would buy Omnisphere mainly for its strings or guitars?) In fact, despite it weighing only 400 or so megabytes, I like its sound better than the 32 gigabytes of Vienna Bösendorfer. (I quite like the Bosendorfer though which you get as a free bonus gift. Most of them are fairly decent, sure, and will come in quite handy on stage I guess, but they’re definitely not to be called upon in situations where a 2016-degree of mock-realism and believability really matters. I don’t think there is a single orchestral or acoustic instrument in the Montage that compares favourably with what dedicated sample libraries have to offer. lemme know if you have any more specific questions, ill try to describe what i can. though i cant say much because im still on the hunt for a great controller and id pay it if it was perfect for my needs. is it worth 4grand? man i really dont know, that is alooot of cash. and since ive taken it upon myself to add many physical and touch midi control for my vst instruments. being able to physically touch controls always inspires me that way. but i will say this, i spent alot of time just sitting there enjoying messing with sounds and music. honestly i only owned it for a week so i didnt master it by any means. touch ribbon mod strip was actually pretty cool, surprisingly responsive and accurate. then, if you wanted to really up the anti, crank the super knob. once again, compared to the kurzweil which had just as many controls (minus the yamaha super knob), the yamaha was able to distort the sounds much farther, with the ability to do multiple selections of distortions on one knob or fadar within one instrument. my favorite part of the board was how customizable the sounds were using the on baord controls. the sounds were great honestly, a very nice fullness to them. much more light to the touch, yet equally balanced across the board in a way that allows you to play both piano and multiple other instruments with out feeling like youre having to give up quality feel on one instrument vs the another. I owned a Kurzweil PC3K8 not long before it and the keybed felt much better than the Kurzweil. Now, excluding that personal dilema, it was a fantastic board. so ultimatly i would have just paid $4000 for the keys and mod/ pitch wheel. though, im sure you can still record it using a usual audio out method. it was a great board, but i primarily work with vst instruments for film composing, so it didnt really apply to my work, since you cant run the sounds and effects directly into a DAW as a VSTi (at least not until they release some kind of interface like the Motif xf8 supposedly has). So, I might be the only forum member with a Super-Knob Synth for now, also changed my forum Avatar to the cool Super-Knob. (It doesn't provide control surface functionality for Cubase Pro 8, which you would think would be something they would have done, given that the Montage doesn't have a sophisticated onboard Pattern-Sequencer like the Motif Line).Īnyways.so far no one on this forum has indicated that they are getting. I feel they didn't focus much on the Integration with Cubase Pro 8. I am hoping that Steinberg/Yamaha will bring the Montage Integration closer to Cubase, (Most likely when Cubase Pro 9) is released. The Super Knob is pretty cool, although I have not gotten to program it yet, but I think that alone can keep me busy for years. With the FMX engine the possibilities are quite endless. But, I'm still old-fashioned, and love using, and programming HW Romplers. Given that most of the emphasis here is Sample Libraries, (mostly Kontakt based), a Rompler like the Montage is not the most popular tool around this forum. I'm just beginning my journey of discovering this new marvel from Yamaha. Lots of possibilities for sound design, and a great performance keyboard. I got my Montage 7 just a few days ago, and so far loving it.
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