yamaha montage review part #1

yamaha montage

[@darrenhirst9900]

I'd rather have an honest review than a paid review which favors the product. Gentleman you have my respect. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

[@alvingiles6095]

Soon as he said the ES was his least favorite motif, his credibility was shot in my eyes!!! lol, jk. ES was my favorite.

[@musicwebnet6997]

How are you gonna give it a B or B- when you still have yet to fully understand the workflow as you stated you need to wrap your yet to wrap your mind around it? Me being an owner of the Montage and an ex owner of the Kronos, I would say the Kronos has too many pages you have to dig down into and can be more complex. But as far as the Montage it can get deep as far as programming the knobs and controls linked to the super knob.

[@endyzyl]

This guy should really start selling sound patches for kontakt, Mainstage, Ableton etc.

[@jermainedauniversal5646]

all them engines in that board and this man talking about he dont like the .287 second lag lol.....cant never please somebody this is hands down the best board

[@edenmaestro61]

part 2 please🙌🙌

[@markeaton6081]

I'm with you myXF will never leave my arsenal... The Kronos is for the studio!!! keep up the good work!!!!

[@omusic777]

Excellent review! I'm a Yamaha man for life (4 Yamaha boards currently, including S90es), but I do agree with a lot of the pros/cons of this baby. And yes, I also spent quite a bit of time trying to find the Patch button!

[@Wulfcry]

For once I'm glad youtube recommendation , recommends something I really want to see.

[@JSoulKeys]

i love how he posisinted the camera so we cant see what he is playing..sneaky

[@brandon34947]

Thank you i was waiting forever for yall to do this.

[@MethodicBR]

Thank you for the review! Can you help with your opinion? I believe the 88 keys from the Montage are the same from the XF. I have an Roland RD800 and the weight keys are amazing! Do you think the XF 88 or Montage 88 keys will be a good enough replacement for the the RD800? Keeping both is not ideal for me because I already have another synth and not too much free space. Thankyou again!

[@maptrking]

THIS is AWESOME!!! A Cut Away from all the ENDORSED goof balls!

[@DevinShoulders]

I agree the Kronos is better for worship. Hard to get it to work in praise break kind of stuff lol

[@SteveSzara]

Appreciate your honesty review Gentlemen

[@sj0024]

good stuff Sabastion....when will you be doing part 2? I have the montage and coyld also used the extra insight on the board.Thanks!

[@christopherbatista7831]

i sold my XF and bought a apple computer and started using MainStage and i believe its one of the best things i could have done. i don't regret it one bit, with plugins like Omnisphere, Komplete, Ivory ect. i don't think you need anything else. its cheaper and you get 10x more sounds.

[@gentleman0678]

check spectrasonics keyscape. it will blow you away

[@gentleman0678]

check spectrasonics keyscape. it will blow you away

[@gentleman0678]

check spectrasonics keyscape. it will blow you away

[@christopherbatista7831]

Yes Keycape sounds great that's going to be my next plugin

[@instrumentalistjade8367]

christopher batista i agree with you. Specially if u will use it only in a studio. But for a live performer, its hard to love plug-ins softwares.. because as a musician u need a personal instrument, like sax players or guitar players. in my own opinion, a keyboard player should also have a keyboard to own and to love and show some affection and connection to the instrument.

[@fancyfootworkpromo]

So i see what your saying about the midi. Would the monatge be a bad choice to add to an MPC setup? No 16 channels?

[@hermandavid1757]

Man Ive been waiting for this

[@SimchaBinyamin]

was looking for a review on the montage 7/6 keybed action for playing piano parts, from a proffesional pianist. i saw your review on youtube, and was hoping you could help answer some questions for me. basically, hows the action on the 7? when i gig, i often need to play a solo song, wher ei really want to be able to play emotionally. however, ive found that difficult on synth keys. ive never had a semi wegihted keyboard though (only synth, or hammer action). so my quesiton is, can you really get all that piano articulation on the montage 7 keyboard, close to what you could on a weighted keyboard? i know it obviously wont feel the same for a pianist, and it would need some technique changing, but for the overall effect, is it possible to play emotional moving piano pieces, and to trigger all those lucious layers of piano velocity, on the montage 7 ? how many velocity layers of the montage piano can you trigger, from the keyboard? like super soft/soft/medium/medium loud/loud/banging? or less amounts of levels? or more? thanks!

[@corrontitus399]

Hey, Can you guys dig in the Montage a little bit more? And i have a Question the sounds that randy created on the Yamaha XF can you do the thing on the Yamaha MO 8?... Thanks, and you guys been helpful as far as programming keyboards I've watched the Gospel Guy playlist on your channel and it really opened my ears alot as far as programming keyboards.... Randy you're the coldest cat i know that can ever bring a lifeless keyboard to life thank you so much!!!

[@JusMaqiK]

Man I'm so glad this video is out smh. We just got this keyboard

[@eddiemajour8481]

Awesome job guys. I have a Montage and it's a beautiful board. Can you share the patch you were playing you named "That's Mean" or show us how you created it on the Montage? Thanks!

[@gcmproductions3499]

I still have the motif 8 classic with my laptop and kontakt it gets the job done and I have the casio xwp1 (beast)

[@jbsmoove4055]

I agree my s90 xs gets it DONE!

[@edwinkeys]

That was very good..!! Thank you ..!!!

[@FFBfrumFromBirth]

Can the Montage record audio tracks like vocals like the Kronos can? Is there an input for a mic on the Montage like on the Kronos?

[@radurobert1]

Motif ES was released in 2003 having 1GB of user memory . Montage is released in 2018 having only 2GB of user memory over ES. Strange right ? . With a 100$ cheap personal computer you can have 16 GB of memory if you want . But with this 4000$ synth you can't put more user memory space even if you want that . I think Yamaha are afraid to put more user memory because in such case they won't sell future products . That's why they expand only the factory library space of new products and the user memory remains limited to 1gb since Motif ES that was released in 2003 . What a tricky conspiracy to rip our money . 16 years have passed and they don't want the user to have more memory So they avoid putting 2 ram slots (user option if he want to buy 32gb of ram or flash or not over the 1gb of factory flash) and instead they promote their new products saying that the factory sample memory was expanded from 700mb to 5 GB...etc etc . So they always maintain user memory as low as possible because they promote their new products using the factory sample memory size as marketing tactic . This way some users will buy the new flagships because they are tired of the factory sounds and only 1gb of flash user memory is a joke ...marketing tactics folks . Is not practical to load erase and reload sound banks by staying limited in 1gb....I have 50 Motif XS sound banks . But I can load only 3 or 4 and if I want to load a new one I need to erase the ones that are stored so you can have 100 banks but will be a pain to load reload for different projects .. Now I use a PC and I can have as much memory I need ...

[@thedeansmith]

really like this video. I'm totally new to all this..but the comments seem very balanced. That talk about endorsements so true though

[@Waynyce]

How can you grade it before you've really learned it?

[@Leo_prado]

Agreed

[@alvingiles6095]

Is Prophy the synth brass from the motif es in there?

[@raycordero01]

I'm soooo happyyyy to see this review! I'm truly grateful for this! I can't wait to see the next video of the Montage in deep! I hope that he finish the review so he can talk about Kronos 2 vs. Montage. I like both! I love the Kronos 2 because I play with it in my home recording studio. Personally, I love the FM Electric Pianos of the Montage, because sounds quite the same as the Robbie Buchanan sounds. But I'm afraid that the Acoustic Pianos sounds poor in compare with the Kronos. Obviously, Kronos has Modeling Technology. That's better than sampling waves. I'm very technical guy, so I love when you guys talk about it. I use to create new sounds and also, repair keyboards, install updates, perform backup to the complete memory, and install additional memories and perform some modifications to upgrade it. So I'll be waiting for your next video of Montage! Love you masters and God Bless You!!!!

[@joeschneider67]

you absolutely right

[@raycordero01]

+Jose Altamirano Thank you sir! God bless you!

[@joeschneider67]

Welcome

[@instrumentalistjade8367]

Reinaldo Cordero just buy both and all will be great

[@crandallexpo0648]

Yamaha hasn't changed, at all since the ES

[@jamariancarter518]

I like the kronos better.

[@josecervantes5376]

I have a request for you to review the akai advanced49

[@briannicepianoworship8944]

"The Kronos dont belong in church brotha" The Gospel Guy.........finally said what alot of prople have felt inside but dont wanna say lol

[@KucharczykKamil]

Yea, i have the same feeling. I have kronos, play 10 month... It's powerful but when i try to play with band, something is missing... Sonically i also prefer more yamaha motif xf, then montage, or kronos... It's strange....

[@KucharczykKamil]

BTW.: I confirm, the screen touch in montage, is too so slow(lag).

[@TheTruthAdamsShow1]

I completely disagree with that.... I found that gospel players that are genre specific make comments that are too one dimensional sonically. To say that the Kronos is "too clean" for church, is a bit corny.... I think cats need to really aim for their own sound instead of a dogmatic, antiquated, concept of church should sound like.

[@Leo_prado]

You have to disable "animation" and "motion blur" in the settings. no idea why it doesn't come disabled from the factory. anyways, doing that, its the fastest touch screen that ever was on a synth. trust me.

[@jerellewis3168]

For live and church, s90? So Yamaha still better for live basically????

[@jdub630]

Nice.

[@jerellewis3168]

What's everyone's take on the ROLAND RD-800. Don't hear much about it.

[@Leo_prado]

It's a stage piano and not a flagship synth

[@BlockBallerRecords]

Bro I can create sounds with Reason or Kontackt and get way more out of my sounds than I could with hardware

[@briannicepianoworship8944]

"I used the Kronos one time and took it off in the middle of the service. The Kronos is not for hand clappin foot stompin" The Gospel Guy. Lol

[@ingoodmusic]

Folks,what headset are u using?

[@ToasmYT]

Yeah, number 14.000

[@gcmproductions3499]

its clear the kronos is still the best out of the two

[@brandoncrenshaw]

Do you guys still plan to do the pack for Ableton?

[@wheatworkspro]

Yes

[@coryhenry1771]

Brandon Forte'

[@hermandavid1757]

I would like to see him do a review on omnishpere he talks about it a lol

[@DaMaster1983]

this blinking light by it self is really annoying .. and ye, i know it can be turned off..

[@Leo_prado]

it can also be turned on without blinking, or you can adjust its brightness in levels between 0-127.

[@DaMaster1983]

Ok tnx

[@J_harv92]

No part #2?

[@1523DBX]

unless you play live, these kind of products are dead ducks. Computer software is way ahead, and much cheaper and more versatile. The Kronos is just a cheap out of date computer running custom software.

[@harveyiimichael]

Has Randy tried the FA-08? The sound set is different and the engine is different.

[@kevinpsalms]

I've been thinking about the fa08 but dont know anybofy who has one all the yamaha guys i know talk bad about it

[@harveyiimichael]

+kevinpsalms They talk bad about it because they don't know how to use it and probably don't have one. I do and I love it. The pianos are much better than the ones in yamaha.

[@kevinpsalms]

+Michael Harvey i have a juno ds61 and i love it but was gonna jump to the fa08 or ds88 for the weighted keys...alot of folks especialy gospel cats sleep on roland

[@kevinpsalms]

+kevinpsalms i love the fact u can get sounds from the axial site i dont have to buy flash cards and dim modules plus buy a library...dont get it twisted yamaha is still super dope but i feel like all the sounds have been basically the same since the es and i havent seen much change

[@harveyiimichael]

+kevinpsalms I love the Roland sounds and I exclusively play roland on my own choice. but the fa has a new sound engine and many new sounds. all of the old sounds got upgraded.

[@Drdeeski]

So he said the Xs not the xf

[@MJamesIII]

Where's part 2

[@danielkinney9407]

its like a MACBOOKPRO. Or a MACPRO. you got to learn and study.

[@StudioRon]

Mh a very loooooog boring sleepy story review about the flagship yamaha montage !! , after one hour listening and see this review , there is nothing new to discover , as we could all ready seen in all the other montage reviews on the tube . seems that yamaha order all the promo reviews presenters to tell and show all the same thing , while there is so mush more to look deeper in the new yamaha montage . !!

[@MrLuckystrike1222]

guys talk too much i hoope if you present new montage but no