How I SEQUENCE and RECORD my MODX as AUDIO- Yamaha MODX/MONTAGE with Cubasis

Hi guys, on this video I am going through the recording procedure that I use to record and sequence my Yamaha MODX and Yamaha Montage as audio into Cubasis one of the best if not THE best mobile DAW's. This is probably the easiest way to record your MODX as the setup on the iPad is literally non-existent!
Enjoy!
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[@jamesblock8735]

Thanks Dom! I’ve been drinking around with iPad recording for over a year now with reasonable success but what I saw you do here has opened a floodgate of ideas for me. I’m picking up a MODX today. Nicely done.

[@jeanplasnier9372]

Yooo!! Dom thank you again, I like to watch your videos even if I already know most of the stuff but is good to have someone helping us the people who like to make music using our Yamaha synths!! 🙏🏽

[@KeysBeMe]

Amazing how far music technology has come. Great stuff!

[@SoundsAndGear]

Yeah bro! I few months back I was working like this due to a water heater leak in my basement. I had the Montage in the kitchen, and was recording into Cubasis, such a smooth workflow. Dope vid man!

[@DomSigalas]

Happy new year man! hahaha amazing how these tools allow you to work everywhere! Thanks for watching :)

[@NostalKeys]

What a nice song you created! Simple, but really amazing.

[@JamesBrown-qi9lp]

Thanks for the quick tutorial. Great Job! Blessings!

[@BritoWorx]

Thank you for this video. Very informative. I’ll be making beats in my iPad using my MODX6.

[@TheCasalinthesky]

Another great video Dom!

[@VenkateshJuly1971]

True to the definition of “workstation”, the Kronos has an integrated sequencer for recording both MIDI and audio tracks. Though I’m a dyed-in-the-wool Logic user, I find the built-in sequencer handy for quickly putting down ideas and improvisations when I’m playing the Kronos away from my computer rig. That said, even in our present culture of digital music-making where DAWs seem to predominate, some musicians still prefer the integration of a sequencer in the same unit that they’re performing on. And for live or touring situations, the sequencer is great for playback of backing tracks; even MIDI files and audio prepared on a DAW can be imported to the Kronos' sequencer via USB memory stick. And of course, you can also play the Kronos while the sequencer is running. Hardware buttons are used for switching between the Kronos’ various modes (Program, Combination, Sequencer, Global, Internal SSD disk access, etc.), but for most programming operations, the Kronos center around its built-in touchscreen. The touchscreen itself is rather large, bright, and overall very impressive-looking. But many of the Kronos’ pages are quite crammed with information, hence the size of some of the on-screen text and software buttons are definitely on the smaller side of large. While you can’t pop a larger screen into the Kronos, Korg has recently released free editing software for both Mac and PC which replicates the view of Kronos’ touchscreen on your computer monitor. Not only is this great for relieving eye strain during intense periods of programming, but it allows for editing with the familiarity of a mouse or trackpad. can the same be done in Montage

[@keyboyrecords]

This now has a sequencer with the update. Too bad all keyboard sequencers are trash.

[@obwanz1921]

Great as usual Dom! 👍

[@jfjusa1]

Thanks Dom! Great video and very informative!

[@alancummings5651]

Excellent. Your videos are top notch

[@darrenhirst9900]

To use the Yamaha modx internal sound card with your daw you have to have monitors connected to the Yamaha modx. In FL Studio I couldn't get any sound when I choose the Yamaha Steinberg driver until Bad Mr from Yamaha said because you're using the Yamaha's built in soundcard everything goes through the modx so monitors have to be connected to it for sounds from your daw to go back and forth.

[@deercustomer4547]

Hi Dom, really appreciate and enjoy what you’re doing. Is there a low note/high note priority setting for monophonic sounds on the modx? Read all the manuals but maybe I’m missing something...

[@daddylongles]

Thanks Dom. Very helpful video. Is it possible to record a mic plugged into the AD input of the MODX into an audio channel of Cubasis on the iPad? If not, what do you suggest.

[@intell0]

Love all modx videos thank you

[@lwpweb]

very nice. Much useful to record quick Ideas when the whole Daw environment is powered off f.e. at night. I'm still looking for an opportunity as to record same moment the Bank, LSB, Pgm numbers. Is there a way to do this?, later you can not reproduce within your records which performances you have used.

[@Didirocku]

Could you guys do a tutorial if you using the Yamaha Modx6 with a MacBook or and Mac computer along with Logic Pro X? I understand Cubase n Yamaha are in bed together but there’s a lot of Logic users out there and lots of them are musicians on the road. Showing them how their Modx and MacBook would make a good couple would be really good

[@BlueJavaTN]

Thanks Dom! What about syncing an arpeggio from the MODX with Cubasis (master clock)?

[@daniloperecini]

how did you make the recording program appear on the modx screen? Or did you edit the video to make it easier?thanks for vídeo!

[@zepafra]

Hey Dom, thanks for your informative videos. Got an easy question : Can you record midi automation cc in this way? I mean just hitting record and move knobs on the modx/montage and get those movements recorded? Thanks mate

[@VenkateshJuly1971]

And for live or touring situations, the sequencer is great for playback of backing tracks; even MIDI files and audio prepared on a DAW can be imported to the Kronos' sequencer via USB memory stick. And of course, you can also play the Kronos while the sequencer is running. Is this possible in montage

[@T-Slider]

Gonna try it!

[@sarithom]

Nice and helpful video...does modx edit the Midi files. Can we copy paste the file..

[@braginocreations6674]

I have the new Cubasis 3 and tried to connect my Montage to it like you did in this video but the setting that you chose for the Audio Device is not an option in the version I have. Curious if you've looked at the new version and found the same issue. I don't see a way to choose my Montage as an audio device...

[@rolandgerard6064]

Dom video’s are usually too short, we want more.

[@davidtr82torres54]

Como haces para proyectar!!! El CUBASE ! En la pantalla del modx? Yo tengo un Montage 7 y quiero saber como se hace !!

[@jimmyhendricks17]

I cant get cubasis to receive any audio recording. Only the MIDI stuff works but it wont let me record the audio version of it so i can export it. I had the same problem on cubase with my montage on the pc so i gave up and tried this method. Same issue again. Idk if i have some wrong settings on my montage but every video ive seen, i cant get nothing to work.

[@nigeharrison9528]

Thanks for the video. Connected to iPad with Apple camera kit, Cubasis 2.8.8 running. Tried both ‘standalone’ and ‘audio rec on daw’ in quick setup on the modx. Cubasis recognises the modx in audio setting but still no sound going through.

[@nigeharrison9528]

Found solution. When installing cubasis, turn mic on and don't assume audio is recorded through usb.

[@Astoooooria]

Tried connecting my modx to Cubasis LE via usb lightning into my iPad Pro and won’t connect as it says I need an audio device?

[@rjakiel73]

Would this work the same with a MX series as it has essentially the same audio/midi connection as a MODX and was built with Cubase in mind?

[@user-re1uw9jk1m]

Hello Dom.... Thank you for your replay. Can i download styles to montage from Genos easly?.

[@brencollins77]

help! I have my montage set up as the AUDIO DEVICE on the Cubasis. Cubasis recognizes that I am connected to the montage because the MIDI is working. BUT there is NO AUDIO signal that is flowing into cubasis. PLEASE HELP!

[@AlavonMajor]

Can this be done say in Logic using the modx like a plug in..still audio over usb but without using it as your main audio interface?..I read somewhere that it can transfer 8 outputs of audio over usb for Easy multitracking into your daw?..is that true or not exactly? I mix using other gear and thought about getting this as a fresh multitimbral sound module/keyboard without the need for more analog inputs in my existing setup.

[@BehzadBhandari85]

Hi Dom. I'm. New to the montage. I used to make. Most of. My music on. My motif xf in pattern mode.. Which montage sadly dosent have. How do I put down looped ideas in different sections on montage. As u don't have a Daw or. Pc and. Mostly make my music using standalone synth only..

[@adamwilliams9307]

I am having trouble in Cubase AND Ableton with hearing what I record in playback. It will recognize the input signal and record inputs but nothing plays back on the output. No sounds directly from the MODX can be heard during playback Please help! I've tried everything I can think of.

[@laurentschark]

Hey Master ! I'm using Cubasis LE (2.8) wirh Modx, with the exact same setup and following the exact same instructions. Midi works great, but Audio doesn't work. Routing is correct as you explained, but I have no luck. Have you got the same issue at first ?

[@SoundFoxMusic]

Can I use my MOXF instead?

[@pitons1314]

Can you make a video about using MODX with FL Studio 20 and FL Mobile? Please Please Please!

[@stephenlennartz3466]

Awesome! Can I quantize the bass for a tighter sound? Your demo sounds great ... but as I am not a full time keyboard player ... I like quantizing as an option.

[@DomSigalas]

Hey Stephen, watch out for my upcoming videos I am going to address this question ;)

[@DarkSymphonyZ]

Can modx/montage do anything comparable to step recording or changing the quantize on the fly during recording?

[@keyboyrecords]

How do we take advantage of the quantize function?

[@Moessieurs]

Fantastic video Dom, i know what to share tomorrow on Moessieurs Facebook page ;) Thank you.

[@darrenhirst9900]

Its alright having videos like these but you leave out information about connecting studio monitors or headphones to the back of the modx to hear the audio. We're thinking the modx isn't working because we don't get any audio and we end up not using it. Please for sanity sake give us 100% not 80%.

[@ArunaRanatunga]

Hi Mate, I am new to this. Can I play midi tracks from MODX? For an example, if I have a MIDI file with backing track

[@donlucas3984]

Yamaha modx or Korg pa700? Which one should I get?

[@kinderpsychologie8982]

Can i save my Sound as Wave or mp3 after i have recorded?

[@bastianm5478]

Demo version of Cubasis LE doesn't allow stereo input...?? Guess I'll have to try the PC version anyway??

[@hmingsangalal]

Can you connect yamaha psr two?

[@espinosaproducciones5966]

Can you do with studio one?

[@djblond12]

Hi there, cool video, is there a way to save this to .wav then after recording a bunch of tracks? I find the USB to Flash Drive recording quality sounds great and is easy to use but it's just me recording live. I would love to record multi tracks with click, edit them, and then use the Save to USB Device functionality.

[@DomSigalas]

Yes, Cubasis allows you to export the mixdown :)

[@dunndoula7373]

So this keyboard doesn’t export wave files?????

[@nickbeqiri2289]

Hello DOM, hey everyone. Please someone help me with my MODX and IPad pro 2020 to connect it to Cubasis, or Garage band! None seem to work, I have bought the Apple Camera kit cable, the iPad is reading it that it's connected, no sound is comming out! I'm dying here, please someone help!! And I have the 3rd version of Cubasis, that or Garage band isn't doing anything, I bought focusrite claret 2pre, with it or without it nothing is working. I'd greatly appreciate anyone's help, starting with Dom! I really don't want to return my Clarett pre but it's $500 and if it's of no Use then I need to return it, it says IOS compatible!

[@gangzhi6480]

Thank you for so nice tutorial! I wonder if the cubasis can record midi and output through the built-in instrument sound sources in modx. thank you again.

[@thebrackett]

gang zhi I can confirm that there is a way to do this with Cubasis and MODX. I’ll upload a video soon with details, but basically you can do midi routing per channel and just turn the volume down of the in app channel strip. May be more elegant ways, but this is definitely possible

[@gangzhi6480]

@@thebrackett Merry Christmas! Thanks for your response. I have watched your video and it is really a fantastic show. I think it will be better if you give more details which can be shown on the LCD screen of MODX and ipad in your video with higher resolution rate.

[@thebrackett]

Thanks! Yeah, I will be posting a more detailed “how to”, Thanks for watching 😊

[@thebrackett]

Also: Merry Christmas too 🎄!

[@thefunkypopcorn]

Cool but from all Roland keyboards you can export wav and 16 parts seperately by just clicking utility and export

[@SadhanaKhawas]

Hi dom can you tell me if you can create a performance with custom arpeggios and if you can give chords on the left hand and play on the right hand like an arranger keyboard

[@colinodea3192]

Yes

[@eaman11]

OMG you can do this for the cheap with an Yamaha PSS A50 :)

[@YotamPiano]

Thanks Dom. What if I have Montage 8 and Cubase on my desktop PC? anything I can do with that? Is it also possible to show Montage screen on my PC monitor and control it by touch assuming my PC monitor accepts touch?

[@DomSigalas]

Hi Yotam, yes of course you can! I am going to make a video about Cubase pretty soon :)

[@fcf8269]

Would be fun if sidecar would work on the MODX/Montage; so you would mirror the ipad on the keyboard screen

[@rolandgerard6064]

Yamaha should built Cubasis in the modx

[@cristianbatelli5873]

Yamaha Common Sense an F

[@charbax]

Yeah why can't they have some kind of Android in there and all the app developers just be supported with no latency in the thing somehow..

[@charbax]

I am interested to figure out what I can do with my Roland FA-08 by the way..

[@18yearsoldnot]

@@charbax 50ms audio latency in android

[@danielbelik]

Would that work with Android tablet?

[@marymccarthy88]

Hey there! I love your videos. I’m having some trouble while recording on cubasis with my MODX. I have recorded all my tracks as MIDI in Cubasis 2 on my iPad. I hear the playback of all tracks in a song through Cubasis if listening through headphones or or amp output of my MODX BUT when doing a mixdown and share as WAV file, can’t hear anything. Not in Cubasis or any other media player. Any feedback is much appreciated!!.

[@Mhj-76]

Late reply I know, but did you find a solution?

[@chrisc8891]

Hi, does Cubasis send audio of Cubasis instruments or loops over the USB cable , so that you can hear all together over the MODX output? Thx

[@DomSigalas]

Hes it does :)

[@donlucas3984]

Can I load sounds into Modx?

[@fareedalsahafalvarez4946]

When the pedagogy works with musical talent

[@jameswaller3397]

Dom, what version IOS is the IPad Air 2 running? I have IOS 12.1.4, however I get a message "This accessory is not supported by this iPad"?? Have set the Montage Midi I/O to USB etc.Thanks

[@DomSigalas]

James Waller I have the latest OS :) do you have a certified Apple adapter? That’s the only thing I can think of.

[@zealforhumnity]

Yamaha please listen: the sequencer you added is great but we want more! can you please update it to be more of a DAW, it’s so close to being a daw replacement, maybe not for the full mix but I’d like to write and record full song on the modx, right now it feels like if I hit the wrong button I lose everything, it creates a new song. can please expand the sequencer? ❤️

[@zealforhumnity]

Ps, I Love the mixer and routing effects, but we would like it a little bit more organized from the tracking/mixing window.

[@mayurbahanmukherjee2433]

Wow just wow

[@YuyaVidoesIsHere]

Hey Dom Sigalas, I have watching your tutorial a lot of times, and I struggle to make audio out. I connect my MODX with printer cable USB into the IPAD, with Cubasis 2, But somehow I don't get any audio from the MODX. Please reply to me what did you used in the video, It's giving me hard time. Kind Regards, Eden.

[@darrenhirst9900]

The Yamaha Modx has a built in soundcard and to use it you have to choose the Steinberg driver in your daw. You then have to have monitors connected to the modx or have headphones to hear sound. Once I did that I was able to hear audio from the modx and vsts and audio from my daw in the modx. I don't know if this will help you but it it helped me with the getting to hear audio from the modx.

[@666JGNotts]

Would you say that Cubasis is easier to use than using Cubase on the PC? The reason I ask is that I find Cubase to be really fiddly to use and so I end up not using it! Also, I only have about 16GB of space left on my 128GB iPad Air2, is this enough space for Cubasis?

[@DomSigalas]

Cubasis and Cubase are very similar. Yes, in Cubase you have to setup the MODX as an audio interface but this is a set and forget procedure. Cubasis of course is the most mobile solution but Cubase will give you many many more options. I use both of them for different things. 16gb of space is plenty it will last you for a while :)

[@mattsynth]

It looks like Cubasis is running inside the MoDX or using it's screen. Cool.

[@ronworth5295]

I noticed that too. Are you really using the screen? I just figured he edited and cropped the iPad screen on top of the MODX screen. Tell us your secrets oh wise one.

[@aricsinger10]

Yes good question?

[@reneliebregt6319]

16 bit or 24 bit or both ?

[@levells.990]

I followed all those steps , my modx shows up on iPad in settings, but when I record , I get nothing, is there a setting on the modx I need to adjust to record my audio?

[@DomSigalas]

Make sure you give permissions to Cubasis to access the audio device. I think some other viewer had the same issue. :)

[@ThePragmo]

Was the MODX actually displaying Cubase on its touch screen? or was it just you playing with visual effects?

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

David Pragmo That’s his iPad perched over his MODX display

[@philiphopper4885]

Charles Telerant doesn’t look like it tbh

[@darrenhirst9900]

Video editing.

[@gamalielaaron0701]

Where did you buy that Lighting-USB cable? Is it necessary to be original or it can be another generic?

[@DomSigalas]

I would definitely go for the original Apple adapter just to be safe- I didn’t have much luck with third party ones :)

[@gamalielaaron0701]

@@DomSigalas Could you send the link of the item, please?? I didn’t find it on apple.com

[@PakBudiTarigan]

How do you amplify ur music for this video? Do you use external audio interface?

[@DomSigalas]

Yes, I use the Steinberg UR-RT2 but I've also used the Zoom H5 too on some videos. I prefer the sound on the UR-RT2 though and I can use the preamps on the front for my mic :)

[@PakBudiTarigan]

@@DomSigalas thank you

[@Anything.is.Possible]

I'm having issue. For some reason when my modx is playing through my pc. The software only records the sounds. Not the beat from the rythem pattern. Weird. As if the rythem pattern is just a separate added device.

[@DomSigalas]

Could you describe your setup a bit more? Are you using an audio interface? How do you connect your MODX to your computer?

[@lwpweb]

in the midi settings Midi I/O on the MODX (quick setup) you have to enable ARP Midi out' to ON to get the Rythm midis on the Daw.- That works with me on Ableton setting Modx as external instrument.

[@Anything.is.Possible]

@@DomSigalas I have a Modx6 hooked to my pc with usb and monitors hooked to the modx6. Using the internal audio interface. I will try as you suggested. Thankyou :)

[@janicemcwilliams3773]

It won’t let me choose stereo?

[@gino9010]

it would be great to mention that audio tracks cannot be quantized dom.

[@frankjuno8808]

Thank you, very nice! Can you also record drum sounds of a "kit" on individual track, if you edit/setup the kit in MODX accordingly? Or is that only possible with one drum sound by one recording?

[@666JGNotts]

Thanks :)

[@artdigital3478]

Dom/Anyone- what was the MODX set on? Stand alone or Audio to Daw? You said no set up was necessary and I followed your audio set up path in Cubasis 2.7 and I got NOTHIN'. Arrrrugh. Using USB cable. Thanks!

[@DomSigalas]

Does Cubasis detect the MODX? I had mine set on Stand-alone like it comes from the factory. Did you try reconnecting the cable to the adapter? This things can be finicky sometimes :)

[@artdigital3478]

@@DomSigalas Hey Dom Wow thanks so much for your fast reply! I don't know if this was a work around or if it was supposed to be set up like this, but I found that by turning on my PRIVACY PERMISSION on ipad to use MIC in Cubasis on the ipad worked great for getting the audio in. Gads. These little things that hold up the field goal getting kicked. LOL!!! Thanks again! SCORE!

[@artdigital3478]

@@DomSigalas Thanks Dom for your swift reply! The trick was to turn on permissions to use the MIC in Ipad for Cubasis. :D

[@frankr7239]

Why didn't they put this in genos like cakwalk they should built it in the keyboard so we don't have to do adapter

[@mississippi_721]

Hi Dom! How are you going to correct the wrong notes after being played?

[@DomSigalas]

You can cut the audio. But if you want to do this check my other video on how to record with midi first :)

[@mississippi_721]

@@DomSigalas thank you buddy! Inspired!

[@PongyTemple]

Is there an alternative to the USB Volume Monitor on the Montage?

[@DomSigalas]

Yes, you can change it in the Utilities-Audio page :)

[@PongyTemple]

@@DomSigalas, Thanks mate!! With the Montage, its power is in it's menus. Just have to take the dive. And keep it up, your videos are excellent!

[@sasmithananth7771]

Hey Dom. Is this process the same for recording audio on a computer too? I use Logic but I'm having a hard time finding videos on that. Thanks for the videos. Really great stuff.

[@DomSigalas]

Yes, it is very similar but you have to use the MODX as you audio interface. I’m going to try and make a video for computer recording as well!

[@javiceres]

So, to run this properly, what iPad gen do you need...? Thanks

[@DomSigalas]

On this video I use a quite old iPad Air2 and it works fine :)

[@javiceres]

Dom Sigalas Cool Great to know Thanks!

[@deondewit3175]

When will this be available for android tab?

[@DomSigalas]

It is already available!

[@deondewit3175]

Thanks Dom !

[@Pettemusic]

Hi, do the modx mirror the iPad Display?

[@Christof_Classen]

*No, but you can play with your Playstation 4 on the Modx Display ;)*

[@MajorOSC]

Why (in theory) would I choose to hook the MODX to an ipad when it can plug into a PC and record midi and audio while also having access to dozens of other plugins controlled with a mouse and keyboard. I do not understand.

[@RoyMaya]

It's just another option for those that don't have PCs or Macs. My main audio rig is a PC but I also like to use my iPad for jotting down ideas quickly so this is convenient and simple.

[@StefanBe2008]

nice but i have mx 49

[@StefanBe2008]

more video

[@danielshmuglin3331]

I can see that there's android version now available. play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.steinberg.cubasis3&hl=en Anybody knows if it can work with montage/modx in the same setup? 10x

[@DomSigalas]

Hi Daniel, I've tried it and it works but it's not officially supported (at least yet!).

[@danielshmuglin3331]

@@DomSigalas thanks!

[@cristianbatelli5873]

It sounds the same as if it did with some good plugins ... nothing fantastic here

[@DomSigalas]

Hi Christian, the point of the video was not about the sounds, but how to sequence. There are quite a few things the MODX can do that plugins can't ;)

[@cristianbatelli5873]

@@DomSigalas ...for example?

[@YosiOren]

@@DomSigalas That would actually be a great video you can do. I am also looking at 2 routs: a good midi with a plugin like next 3 , or modx6. price was it can be very similar ( nexus basic)

[@charlesbranton3595]

You look like seth rollins

[@DecentralEyes]

Routing is always pronounced rooting in English 😀

[@DomSigalas]

Robert Everett hahaha true, I usually pronounce it this way, don't know why it came out American this time ;)

[@JC-Zoso]

Why is cubasis interface in the modx screen?