Posted by: Bachus
Montage... and what is to be learned from this... - 10/23/16 06:17 AM
This morning i sat down with the montage yet another time (many shops in Holland are open on Sundays). And yesterday evening i took some time to read the manualls making the interface more comfortable.. one could say this was a pre planned excursion...
There is one thing on the montage that makes it feel miles and miles ahead of the competition, and that is the whole interface, everything is so well tought out on the front panel as well as on the touchscreen. From lights on the knobs and slider, to the superknob as well as the multifunctional selection buttons to the right side, everything fits perfectly...
But where they did best is in creating a double opperating philosophy... there are scuba divers and there are snorcklers, most arranger players i suppose are snorcklers, snorcklers swim on the surface and want the most important features to access sounds and performances.. most overall they however stick to selecting preprepared comtent..
And then there are the scuba divers, they want to dive in the deepest oceans, getting deep inside the sound engine to create their very own sounds, performances, sequences and arps..
Yamaha serves both groups with this single interface, and serves both groups perfectly..
I personally hope yamaha will put this new philosophy to work for their new arranger tyros/genos as well... because a Montage is how a professional instrument should work trough an intuitive friendly interface that allows easy access on all levels... both in edditing as well as during a performance..
This video shows how the interface works during a performance...
There is one thing on the montage that makes it feel miles and miles ahead of the competition, and that is the whole interface, everything is so well tought out on the front panel as well as on the touchscreen. From lights on the knobs and slider, to the superknob as well as the multifunctional selection buttons to the right side, everything fits perfectly...
But where they did best is in creating a double opperating philosophy... there are scuba divers and there are snorcklers, most arranger players i suppose are snorcklers, snorcklers swim on the surface and want the most important features to access sounds and performances.. most overall they however stick to selecting preprepared comtent..
And then there are the scuba divers, they want to dive in the deepest oceans, getting deep inside the sound engine to create their very own sounds, performances, sequences and arps..
Yamaha serves both groups with this single interface, and serves both groups perfectly..
I personally hope yamaha will put this new philosophy to work for their new arranger tyros/genos as well... because a Montage is how a professional instrument should work trough an intuitive friendly interface that allows easy access on all levels... both in edditing as well as during a performance..
This video shows how the interface works during a performance...