The Yamaha Montage is a series of music workstation synthesizers, first released by Yamaha Corporation in January 2016. The Montage replaced the Motif series in Yamaha's line-up. Other workstations in the same class are the Korg Kronos and the Roland Fantom.

Products

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Montage

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Model Year Number of keys Key action Tone Generators Polyphony Performances Presets Memory User Memory
Montage 6 2016 61 FSX (semi-weighted with aftertouch) AWM2, FM-X (8 operators) 128 AWM2 + 128 FM-X 2707 5.67GB 1.75GB
Montage 7 2016 76 FSX (semi-weighted with aftertouch) AWM2, FM-X (8 operators) 128 AWM2 + 128 FM-X 2707 5.67GB 1.75GB
Montage 8 2016 88 Balanced hammer effect (with aftertouch) AWM2, FM-X (8 operators) 128 AWM2 + 128 FM-X 2707 5.67GB 1.75GB


MODX

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In September 2018, Yamaha launched MODX as entry-level variant of the Montage. MODX is based on the same sound engines as Montage, but is lacking some of its features.

Model Year Number of keys Key action Tone Generators Polyphony Performances Presets Memory User Memory
MODX 6 2018 61 Semi-weighted AWM2, FM-X (8 operators) 128 AWM2 + 64 FM-X ~2000 5.67GB 1.00GB
MODX 7 2018 76 Semi-weighted AWM2, FM-X (8 operators) 128 AWM2 + 64 FM-X ~2000 5.67GB 1.00GB
MODX 8 2018 88 GHS (graded hammer action) AWM2, FM-X (8 operators) 128 AWM2 + 64 FM-X ~2000 5.67GB 1.00GB

In 2019, Yamaha announced white versions of the Montage called the Montage WH Series.

Specifications

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Comparison

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Feature Montage MODX
Tone generator AWM2 + FM-X AWM2 + FM-X
AWM2 Polyphony 128 128
FM-X Polyphony 128 64
Presets Memory 5.67GB 5.67GB
User Memory 1.75GB 1.00GB

Montage

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  • AWM2 PCM tone generator
  • FM-X tone generator


MODX

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  • AWM2 PCM tone generator
  • FM-X tone generator
  • AWM2 Tone Generator (complying with the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System)

Notable users of the keyboard include Chick Corea, Rick Wakeman, Steve Porcaro, Matt Johnson.

Timeline of series

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See also

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References

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[1] (AWM versus AWM2) Category:Music workstations Motif Category:Polyphonic synthesizers Category:Digital synthesizers