Create HUGE Risers and Transition effects with FM-X engine on the Yamaha Montage and MODX

I had a few questions about you guys on what gear I use to record the Montage screen. Here's what I use:
USB to HDMI from Montage: amzn.to/2yEy4wz
Video to USB video capture: amzn.to/39XnihQ (not sure why it's so expensive now, but that's what I got ages ago!)
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Here's a sound design tutorial on you guys on how to create massive FM risers, effects and transitions on the Montage and MODX from scratch- completely customizable. This video might be for risers and transitions but the methodology can apply to any kind of sound!
Enjoy!
Dom

[@carpediem7013]

Well done. It was fun to watch you take an idea from scratch and show us your thought process. And yeah, those "did you hear that?" smiles are what makes me feel like I'm with a friend showing me something cool.

[@ZONATHEDIVISION]

Every times I see KZbin recommends one of your video I stop everything im doing and watch the full video. You’re awesome when it comes about the montage and the modx

[@Cap10NRGMusic]

Dom - I love when you are showing something and then look at the camera like - "Hey- did you hear THAT, eH??" haha you are freaking awesome man!!

[@DomSigalas]

Hahaha watching it back I was even laughing myself 😂😂😂

[@liviou2004]

Hi Dom, it's so great to see someone like you who is so enthousiastic ! It's a positive contagion !!

[@TommyHelgevold]

Thanks Dom, Ever considered becoming a Music teacher at a school? You're a natural born teacher, you can teach like no one else I know, you have that thing about you that just makes us want to listen to all you say, and you say it in a way that makes it easy to understand and easy to remember. Can't wait for more Montage / Modx tutorials from you.

[@DomSigalas]

Hey Tommy, I used to teach at SAE (audio engineering and music production) but after I started producing music and doing mixing and mastering professionally as well as film music I simply don’t have enough time for teaching anymore 😊

[@tomhouse5590]

Thank you so much for showing us this! Just bought my MODX7+ and wanting to learn how to make those JM Jarre sounds. Please do more!!

[@obwanz1921]

Dom!! AGAIN you just kill with these videos!! GREAT sound design! I have learned so much from you about the FMX engine! Thanks! Also, please tell me where I can get that cool DX7 scaling t shirt?? Please! You’re the man! 😁👍

[@piotao]

Excited RIGHT at the start, SUPER SUPER SUPER gogogog !!! :) Now watching!

[@piotao]

Instant question: what is this SKIRT? What does it add to pure sine wave?

[@PeterHommel]

Thank you soooo much for yet another great video on FM-X! It is to a great deal because of your tutorials, that I did dig deeper into FM synthesis on my MODX. After following your lead on a DIY kick, it really dawned on me how deep the sonic possibilities of FM-X really go. I am really looking forward to the next one!

[@alexdbf2281]

THIS IS A MASTERCLASS!! Thx so much for this fascinating lesson

[@Raest_999]

Your channel is awesome, and your enthusiasm is very inviting and inclusive. Thanks man.

[@Maximgurman]

You are so funny with this phones! Thats why your sound is so big!

[@blakeangelos]

This is a great video! Reposted to YamahaSynth! Creating it on the fly and unveiling your process is really useful.

[@DomSigalas]

My brother Blake! Thank you :)

[@syrenafury8559]

You are amazing. Your videos are so helpful. You inspired me to make the push to purchase the Yamaha montage 8 and I am SO glad I did! It is the best piece of machinery I could ever dream of having. Your talents and abilities are incredible and you make it really easy to follow along and understand the dynamics of music and creativity. Thank you.

[@ScottsSynthStuff]

Excellent video, Dom! I never dared try FM-X sound design before I watched your videos, I always figured it was too complex. Now I "get it" and use it all the time. Thanks for making them.

[@DomSigalas]

Thanks man! Great to hear that. FM-X is not so scary as many think!

[@Nevelionar]

Great stuff it is always good to know how to create your own fx too rather than depending always on others.

[@DomSigalas]

Thanks Dimitris Preamp!

[@shonatarisa]

Thank you, Dom, for your amazing videos

[@CinderellaVasia]

What excitement and improvisation! ☺️

[@rafaelhernandez5550]

Dom you are the best. Great Thank you

[@Beobrin]

Super, thanks!

[@pauloyoshizaki2103]

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[@YotamPiano]

Forget about this awesome tutorial... where do I get your shirt??

[@av-uc4vx]

Wow, Dom, you have made a gréat vid again!!! Thank you soooo much. You are inspiring us all! I have a question. I am intrigued by the cans you wear. Never seen such huge ones. What are they? Adri from Holland, your eternal fan!

[@DomSigalas]

They are the Audeze LCD-X's- unlreal headphones at an unreal price. But for professional work they are totally worth it! I might do a video about headphones soon!

[@winddealer1]

Thanks Dom, got me inspired to see if I can get a similar sound out using my Arturia V collection DX7. Trying to simulate the SuperKnob and effects sends will be a fun challenge. Gratefully. Dan

[@DomSigalas]

The DX7 on the Arturia collection is really cool! Love the GUI. The multi point envelopes can help with creating nice complex sounds!

[@alexdbf2281]

Its a shame that we can't assign on modx dry-wet parameters on knobs or wheel

[@iaskeys2819]

Cool ❤💛💚

[@99MUZIK]

Can you please tell Yamaha to develop a desktop montage or a new synth for bedroom producers that don’t have space to create. I’m part of the Cubase family!! thanks dom.

[@piotao]

That was awesome! Watching you when smiling and editing sound is resembling me some of my most beautiful moments in my life! :) Thank you! Mind blowing instrument and synthesis. Well, let me ask another question. I hope you will probably know. On very old, but iconic Yamana SY-77 which I keep operational, there was a standard voice called Oz Hammer. It was incredible, but due to incompatible synthesis engines it is probably not possible to move it do Montage. Could you invent some clever way of synthesis such a wonderful sound? First question is did you ever heard Oz Hammer, but I assume yes, because you are Yamaha guru, so - maybe - will you find some way of recreating this crazy flapping and clamping sound?

[@piotao]

Found it! Here is the sound: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGfaYaqAZsuqp6c

[@rikmid]

Where did you get those giant headphones? I want some!

[@GuyVignati]

This is awesome!! Although do you think there are any advantages in doing fm synthesis on hardware keyboard like this rather than in softwares? (I mean like in FM8, the new Halion FM engine…) I’d really like to know your opinion 😊

[@159awi]

Cool shirt. Video was good also.

[@Swanlord05]

Dom but what if I want to take an existing patch and riser it?

[@SadhanaKhawas]

Hey dom I wanted to ask that should I have both mac and PC in my studio maybe an apple laptop and windows desktop. If so can I shift cubase installed in mac to the PC with all of the stock and third part plugins like halion sonic 3? And projects too?

[@ghasmiller]

Perhaps it is time for the “Fox on the run challenge” to recreate what Andy Scott did on ARP Synthesizers.

[@DomSigalas]

Love Fox On The Run! :)

[@babar141]

So once you made the sound u save it to the user bank right, but how do I get this sound to be my first sound when I turn on my modx?

[@babar141]

How do I make the modx as I turn on keyboard and have user preset on first page? Screen

[@SadhanaKhawas]

Hey dom great video! Can you please tell me how do you screen record the montage dispay?

[@ScottsSynthStuff]

You plug in a class-compliant USB to video adapter into the Montage or MODX USB port. When you turn the keyboard on, it will see the adapter as a display, and will echo the output of the touchscreen to it. You can then use a video capture device on that.

[@SadhanaKhawas]

@@ScottsSynthStuff then how are you gonna record the audio thorough usb? Does the montage come with two USB ports?

[@ScottsSynthStuff]

@@SadhanaKhawas You use the USB port that the memory stick would normally plug into for the video feed. The other USB port can still be used for audio and MIDI.

[@SadhanaKhawas]

@@ScottsSynthStuff got it 👍

[@DomSigalas]

@@SadhanaKhawas What gsmac1969 said! Don't forget the Montage is a USB audio interface so you can record the audio with no additional cables. :)