There are some very nice pictures of the new Yamaha MODX on AudioFanzine.com. Good close-ups of the front panel and screen.

Here’s a few additional thoughts to go along with my earlier comments about the Yamaha MODX.

Yamaha have moved the pitch bend wheel, modulation wheel and assignable buttons to the upper left. The MOX/MOXF places these controls just to the left of the keybed. Some users, including me, are not happy with the MODX placement. I use the assignable buttons quite a bit, especially for fast, one button changes to a patch. By fast, I mean très fast. My left hand holds down bass and taking my left hand off the keyboard creates a big sonic hole. Not happy.

I’m glad, as usual, to see transpose on the front panel. You never know when your singer is going to call for a last-second key change. Yeah, I know that I should be able to do that with head and hands… There’s enough stress at the gig already.

The pictures at Audio Fanzine remind me of the Montage Live Set feature. A Live Set is a group of sixteen performances arranged as a 4-by-4 grid of on-screen buttons. The buttons are big enough to poke while playing. I may not have to select a new patch via scene buttons as I originally thought. I guess we’re going to find out how big the buttons really are and how accurate I am as a poker.

By the way, if you want further insight into my thinking, check out my MOX6 Retrospective.

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