Keep up with the times rather than being angry that things are changing.I'm not stuck in the past. They all have done their research and adapted to the changing world in their own way. ? Korg's workstations development pretty much stalled and they've been introducing a lot of knobby synths or keyboards instead. Keep up with the times rather than being angry that things are changing. Nothing moronic about that: it's a style of instrument that has proven its worth over decades that has regained popularity in recent years. Some of Korg and Roland's synths don't have presets. ) Roland, similar to Korg, has been moving away from the all in one workstation thing by introducing a wider range of keyboards and synths, with the whole Zen-Core thing being key to this strategy. ( Incidentally, Montage's Motion Sequencing is also a form of live-focused sequencing. Roland rethought the whole workstation thing, dropping the name and favoring a more live clip based approach over the traditional long linear sequencing. I guess patch memory is better done on the computer, right? Korg's workstations development pretty much stalled and they've been introducing a lot of knobby synths or keyboards instead. Regarding patch memory, I was referring to the moronic decision to exclude it on the Reface CS. Korg have sequencers, Roland have them, plus plenty others are making stand alone hardware sequencers. I guess patch memory is better done on the computer, right?Įxcept that for some strange reason, Yamaha seems to be the only company whose market research shows that. Would it hurt Yamaha to implement it? Of course not. Imagine that.Except that for some strange reason, Yamaha seems to be the only company whose market research shows that. Manufacturing has high costs, they need to be reasonably sure the features in the product will appeal Manufacturers do a lot of market research before bringing a product to market. Note: 'patch memory' certainly does exist on This reduced development and manufacturing costs.The Montage sold better than Yamaha initially Onboard sampling and full-blown sequencing was made. So in developing the Montage, the decision to eliminate The number one requested feature.īetter sounds and more of them. Onboard sampling and sequencers rated dead last in customer needs. Yamaha's marketing research showed that features like

Otherwise, fewer buyers, lost profit.Ĭontrary to what you might wish was the case, building synths is not a public service. Like a seriously weak sequencer, no patch memory, no real sample editing etc.Here's the thing. We will see.Īnd since we're taking about Yamaha, the new products are guaranteed to be crippled in one way or other. In this case, without upsetting anything, Yamaha could follow the path followed with the Genos arrangers, where the second SWP70 chip (slave) which in the Montage does not have Flash, could have 4 GigaBytes of flash dedicated to User samples and/or new multisamples presets (see for example the excellent Bosendorfer already available as an additional library). The second possibility is that a path similar to that followed with MOTIF is followed: a maintenance of the synthesis, perhaps with small changes, and an increase in polyphony (AWM2 128->256 and/or Flash memory dedicated to user/presets multisamples). As repeatedly said, to date it is not known whether the current SWF70 chips present in Montage are able to generate sounds with different synthesis from AWM2 and FM-X, and the eventuality of the AN-X synthesis generated by a new chip, would cut out the current Montage. The first possibility is the inclusion of the AN-X synthesis engine whose trademark was recently registered (June 2022). Regarding the news, it is possible to make only hypotheses. The first thing that will interest you is whether there will be a parallel firmware update to the current Montage (compatibly with the differences) or if, on the contrary, the latest version will remain 3.51, perhaps updated for some bugfixes or small changes. There are rumors confirmed by several sources that the announcement of a new Montage is imminent, 7 years after its marketing: a suffix will be used for the name similar to what was done with MOTIF (the possibilities are the classic +, Plus, ES, XS, XF.).įor obvious reasons it is not known what the new features will be and therefore it is possible to make only hypotheses.

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