Montage M: It’s official - Sand, software and sound

Yamaha Montage M documentation is now on-line: Quick Guide, Operation Manual and Data List.

The M8x is really hefty. Weight M8x: 28.1 kg (61 lbs. 15 oz.); M7 Weight: 17.6 kg (38 lbs., 13 oz.); M6 weight: 15.3 kg (33 lbs., 12 oz.)

Basic specs are confirmed as to keyboard type (M8x only is GEX with PAT; M6 and M7 are FSX).

AWM2 polyphony is 256 (max); FM-X is 128 (max) and AN-X is 16 (max). Preset wave memory is 10GB (when converted to 16-bit linear format. User wave memory is 3.7GB.

Main display is 7″ TFT Color Wide VGA LCD touch screen, 512 x 64 Full-dot LCD.

I think you can read the rest on line. 🙂 The product pages are up, too.

Pianos galore: CFX, C7, Nashville C3, CF3, S6, S700, Imperial, Hamburg Grand, U1 Upright, Felt. This instrument will give the Stage CP its own competition.

Drawbar waveforms look the same. However! Montage M has a new rotary speaker effect type: VCM ROTARY SPEAKER CLASSIC, VCM ROTARY SPEAKER, OVERDRIVE, VCM ROTARY SPEAKER STUDIO. There is now a “Rotary Speaker Block”. Its effect parameters differ from the old ROTARY SPEAKER 1 and ROTARY SPEAKER2. Do we dare allow ourselves optimism?! 🙂 I’ll be looking for an effects routing diagram as this new block is listed at the same level as the Master Effect Block.

Montage M8x: $4,999 USD (MSRP), Montage M7: $4,499 (MSRP), Montage M6: $3,999 (MSRP).

Montage M8x: $4,500 USD (MAP), Montage M7: $4,000 (MAP), Montage M6: $3,500 (MAP).

Expanded Softsynth Plugin (E.S.P.) — Montage M sound in your DAW — Coming in 2024. Looks like we will have to wait for E.S.P.

AN-X engine:

Three Oscillators with 5 waveforms (Saw 1, Saw2, Triangle, Square and Sine) and Noise Generator
Two filters with 10 filter types
Pulse width modulation
Oscillator Self Sync
Ring modulation, FM, and wave shaper
Amp EG with drive
LFO for both amplitude and filter
Voltage drift and aging settings to simulate vintage synth behavior