Yamaha FM Essential & The Yamaha MX49 - Demo for the iPad

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[@MrMJAWhite]

Great playing and a great demo Thank you

[@davidhans8350]

I have a MX49 and I absolutely LOVE it! A great keyboard for the price and full of wonderful sounds!

[@javaughnwilson7289]

Where u got it to buy bro I am looking one to by

[@DJWOLFLIVE]

Javaughn Wilson online stores like Sweetwater or Zzounds and Guitar Center

[@dhanisetya2635]

what device are you using? Do you use a converter or an ordinary iPhone charger cable?

[@melodychest9020]

I like that blue colour, wish I had got that instead of the black. Nice to know of the FM stuff, sounds cool. Cheers.

[@YourFreeBeats]

As someone who has a gang of synths, starting with a Model D I got in '74, on through the original SH and TR series, up through (many of the new skool Elektron (and variants) synths, there are two that are at the top of my list when I recommend best bang for buck.This being, I am not sponsored so I purchase all mine and thus call it like I see it. The two "must haves" in the ~$500 range are the MX and the JDX-i. Ironically, also have the MODX7 and the JDX-A....however I prefer the MX and JDX-i, respectively.

[@DJWOLFLIVE]

I just picked up the mx49 yesterday and I don’t want to stop playing it. It’s a much better keyboard than I expected it to be, especially since it’s under $500.00 USD.

[@erikrakovsky7793]

it is unbelievable, I just got mine for 250 € second hand, almost not used. Initially I was in search of general MIDI 49-61 keys controller keyboard but with this price it was clear choice.

[@RexyFan]

FORALL2HEAR TV Mine got delivered yesterday too. It’s so good !!

[@GaryR55]

I was about to buy a Reface CP AND a Casio CT-X700, but now I want to buy just the Yamaha MX49, instead! It will give me everything I would have had in the two keyboards I was going to buy, and then some, plus it will save me both money and space! Excellent! I'll also have to learn one keyboard instead of two! It does make my audio interface redundant, but that's no biggie. I already have FM Essentials, too. This is perfect!

[@TozBourne]

Similar to my older Yamaha MM6, but with a class compliant interface, nice! Online pricing is showing $499 which, for the Yamaha, with over 1,000 great sounds, tons of drums kits, and the interface (and regular MIDI in/out I think), isn’t too bad a price, I guess.

[@markbiggers8201]

Wondering how well the FM Essentials app "replaces" the old TX81, V50 and DX100 synths. Also, can the connection between the iPad and the MX, be routed through a USB hub -- so the MX can be "pointed" (MIDI routing) to other Synths? Like my Roland D-05... thanks!! Great overview, TSR!

[@zevyzions]

Great demo! I’d like to use the interface for the DX slap bass. Can I do that? Thanks 😊.

[@janpieternieman5295]

Is it possible to edit sounds from the board itself? Like LFO ADSR? Sounds very nice, For some reason the colour inspires me to make music with it. got that GAS coming up.

[@michaelmj1964]

Doug, how did you get the knob to control only the volume of the MX? Using the same controller on mine I can't mix out the MX preset volume. Did you map it to internal volume somehow?

[@superslonic]

I have the same problem, the two sounds are playing simultaneously all the time, and I don't know how to change the volume of the MX sound separately

[@michaelmj1964]

@@superslonic I did find the solution - turn the MX volume to maximum then you can turn it down to zero and just one instrument playing.

[@New_Zealand_Music]

Sorry for the late question. The Manual says you can play this with a midi controller board, or control/sync, other synths/drum machines via midi. But everyone says not. Which is correct please, you would think if it was in the manual it would work, everywhere else says computer only. sigh. Thank you for another awesome demo!

[@presleysanjose7946]

Can I use this keyboard as a midi controller for Garageband or other app in iOS? Thanks!

[@TheSoundTestRoom]

Yes you can!

[@drkryovak3026]

It looked difficult to play the keyboard with 1 hand and control the app with the other, it might be a great to jam with mates and have them add fx as you play the keys with 2 hands. Also might be better Ipad app then phone, I can see texts, notifications and calls getting in the way of jamming.

[@animalbeats]

Screen sitting on a rare drum practise pad.

[@jimshannononsounds]

Great demo. I slept on the MX49 and now its come on gone where I shop for gear 😢

[@Tsietsithelele]

Hello Donald here, I've got the MX 88, How do you turn down or off on the MX,

[@crossedwires07]

Not 100% sure I understand what you want. But to turn down the volume of the individual parts you select that from the Knob function settings. (there is a MX88 quick tips page on youtube that covers it) but to turn off the MX88 and have only the FM Essentials sounds come through, go into utilities, select the midi section, inside that is a local control, turn it off (with wheel) and that should work. You may need to select the midi channel to usb. (I don't remember on that part as I don't use FM Essentials all that much anymore. Its fun for a while but looses it's flair after a bit)

[@niputalukdar4510]

How to save tone in bank mx61

[@mercesletifer1707]

i cannot unlock fm essentials it keeps on saying Incompatible Usb Device, pls help

[@JamarConley]

You need a usb to lightning cable. You need to plug it into the USB port on the Mx. Female usb on the Mx doesn’t accept audio and MIDI. It’s to read wavs and MIDI files.

[@johnphinney292]

Merces letifer use the powered Apple usb camera adapter and use the usb-A on the keyboard backside

[@evercazares9340]

¿Vale la pena utilizar este programa? Lo que pasa es que no tengo ningún dispositivo iOS, y estoy considerando conseguir uno para utilizar el FM Essential; si me pudieran sacar de la duda lo agradecería mucho.

[@Javkillers]

No, hay sintetizadores fm más completos y gratis

[@evercazares9340]

¿Me podrías sugerir algunos?

[@Javkillers]

@@evercazares9340 si tienes Ableton puedes usar Operator, muy bueno y fácil de usar. También hay un vst gratis que se llama Dexed, bastante poderoso pero por lo mismo es más complejo de programar. Y debe haber muchos más, hay una página de vst que se llama vst4free, seguramente habrá bastantes sintetizadores fm ahí

[@stillstandingalways]

what's the app that allows you to turn volumes up and down?

[@TheSoundTestRoom]

Hi, sorry for the late reply, the App controlling the volume is called AUM Audio Mixer

[@stillstandingalways]

@@TheSoundTestRoom thanks

[@thynature]

Is there any other way to unlock the preset? I don't have yamaha synth :(

[@TheSoundTestRoom]

Unfortunately no there isn’t

[@bobafruti]

If there's a shop near you with an MX49 they're usually perfectly happy to let you just plug in your iPad. or you could try flipping a used one on eBay if it's worth the effort to you... Otherwise I guess you're out of luck.

[@losduendeslokos]

Yeah I just downloaded the app and took my iPad to guitar center plugged to the Yamaha mx and done don’t forget to bring usb cable with the adapter for the iPad

[@dhanisetya2635]

@@losduendeslokos

[@dhanisetya2635]

what device are you using? Do you use a converter or an ordinary iPhone charger cable?

[@jimmyjasmine85]

Can u save the fm essentials sounds to a flash drive so u can use it on the mx49 without the iOS device connected to the mx49?

[@TheSoundTestRoom]

No, you can’t do that

[@rockit31]

why don't you show us how to create a patch from scratch?? The manual does nothing to instruct us how to use the Edit features. What is OP1? OP2? Are these the oscillators?

[@dekzan]

Is there an android version?

[@TheSoundTestRoom]

No, I don’t think so

[@niputalukdar4510]

How to save tone in bank mx61 Describe it

[@TheSoundTestRoom]

Hi, I don’t have the synth hear anymore, but you can download the manual for free from the internet, it will be in that

[@niputalukdar4510]

If u practically help, den I will very much thnkful toO u

[@podhalantitheresaliverthom8326]

same sample 😝😝😝😝

[@ntausaatlanta9136]

I am returning mine because it does not do all that the review says. Also the Ext.Music player DOES NOT LOOP. It simply play the length of the track and boom sTop. I researched this but it appears it is not designed to LOOP non stop. To me this a a big draw back. Hence I am returning it right away. No to mention it does not have any built-in memory to save anything. What a LOSS !

[@annv.8460]

I also want to return mine!

[@JamarConley]

For the price it’s not going to come with those features. Stop complaining and spend more money on something with those options. But your going to need a lot more than what this cost.

[@andrewdyer8997]

What’s the app

[@TheSoundTestRoom]

the app is Yamaha FM Essential

[@floodgatestudios1825]

Cubase! Pronounced Q Base. Not Q bases. Like bases loaded

[@TheSoundTestRoom]

As you can see, I am using an iPad, the iOS version of Cubase is called Cubasis, do some research before commenting.

[@SamuMusical-Aprendatocar]

SO RIDICULOUS, THEY MAKE THIS APP ONLY FOR MAC

[@blackstampconfeccao4565]

mesmo assim não funciona.... só pega pra mx61 v2