#The montage full#

The Preset “Live Sets” are grouped conveniently to give you a good wide variety of sounds to try out. When onstage you can use a Foot Switch to advance through your ‘set list’ - again allowing you to keep both hands on the keyboard. To effectively use the Live Sets, recognize each screen, (called a PAGE), features access to 16 Performance programs. There are simply too many Performances to try out in one sitting (and you wouldn't want it any other way!) If you played each sound for one minute you’d need more than 36 hours to try them all. Listen as sounds move forward and then split off left and right into the stereo panorama! Listen for the interplay between channels and the positioning of the String Orchestra sections, left to right in front of you in ”Seattle Sections”. Listen for the depth of control as you interact with MONTAGE. Each sound can have its own set of Insertion Effects which can be adjusted in real-time as you perform. MONTAGE features a complete arsenal of boutique level Effects and Equalizers. Use the Blue SCENE buttons to select a completely different treatment of the instrument. 'Rd 1 Gallery' and 'Wr Gallery' represent a virtual history of the Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos while '8 Amps and a TC' plugs a Telecaster into different Amp and Effect combinations. Some are playable instruments, like pianos, organs, and flutes, some are intriguing other worldly Synth Pad sounds, like 'Wax and Wane' and 'Pearly Gates', still others are musical soundscapes with musical Sections accessed by the 'blue' SCENE buttons, like 'DJ Montage' and 'Tektonic Dub', and still others offer several version of an instrument sound stored within one Performance. The LIVE SET organizes some 256 of the Factory Presets into a kind of “best of” listing, and can be used to quickly find and try out a variety of different types of programs. With over 2100 Factory Performances onboard trying out sounds can be a daunting task. The MONTAGE boots up in what is called a “LIVE SET” - which looks like a grid of 16 programs:īasically, this is exactly like a set list” - a way to quickly access different programs. And as you’ll hear, the Super Knob, in turn, can be tasked with simultaneously changing scores of parameters resulting in a depth of control you’ve likely not encountered on any Synthesizer.

#The montage full#

This is an important part of the full experience of Motion Control. The pedal allows you to move the “Super Knob” with your foot - a skill that means, as a performer, you can change multiple parameters while keeping both hands on the keyboard.

The stereo speaker system allows the sound to swirl and surround the player in the high definition sound. The Foot Controller becomes an extra hand.

The FC7 pedal is essential to fully experience the Motion Control Synthesis Engine in action. You’ll want to experience the MONTAGE under the following conditions: through a quality stereo sound system and with the optional FC7 sweep pedal and an FC3A sustain pedal.Ĭonnect a Yamaha FC7 pedal to the Foot Controller 2 jack, and the FC3A to the dedicated Sustain Pedal jack on the MONTAGE back panel. Not only new in concept but a new level of sonic clarity. You are about to experience a milestone synthesizer. Welcome! If this is your first encounter with the Yamaha MONTAGE, this short guide can help find your way around.