Yamaha MODX Synthesizer | Everything You Need to Know
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- In the world of synth, MODX is changing the game! We have resident synth expert and Yamaha cool guy Blake Angelos to take us through it, and show us what it's got! Check it out.
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Everything You Need To Know
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Yes, got mine for about a year now... and in these strange times I had the time to play it a lot. I still love it. I felt at home on my MODX7 after a few minutes ...
Blake is a good pianist, he knows what refreshing chords to play.
Amazing demo! Thank you
So well done! Thank you!!y
Blake is amazing at explaining this board.
Very clear demo it's a really cool synthétiser 🙏👍😏
Thanks!
Wonderful review. You do a great job. Jealous of your talent.
Ordered my MODX8 today! Looking forward to trying out some of the sounds shown by Blake here. This will be a huge upgrade for me coming from an MX61.
Get the bosendorf piano installed and add a little reverb and wow.
Happy to see someone, who likes the special sounds and effects. The rest of youtube videos deals with piano sound. They even compare piano sound of different synthis. Who cares!? I don't understand nothing🤪 For me the piano is a little extra on a synthi. Nothing more . The Rest... 99 % is high tech. Who buys a synthi in order to play piano??? 40 years ago... starting playing Organ... electric... not electronic. Grown up with sound mixtures and rhythm maschine. Even the church organs have more to offer than simple sounds. jean michel jarre...brad fiedel... a. s. o. THAT is the main task for Synthesizers!
Hi Blake, thank you for super video. I have a question. Is the Bosendorfer piano sound including in the factory set of MODX or I must to pay extras for these sound library to the flash memory. Thanks you so much for your answer
Could have just made a module box like Roland. That way you carry around a light weight keyboard controller. Thanks for thinking of those of us on the lower income and fixed income bracket. Equity opportunity for all artists to success.
Yamaha resellers REALLY need to stop focussing on "the suberknob" sales pitch, it's over used and detracts from the REAL powers Montage and MODX have. The REAL power behind these instruments is that every KNOB is ASSIGNABLE and the so called superknobs function is actually more of a slider between fully animatable mixing actions and settings.
Besides, the knob itself is rather useless because you want BOTH HANDS on the keyboard, so what most of us do (I'm a Montage owner) is to use the REAR Superknob-input and assign a VOLUME PEDAL to it, that way we can control that "mixing/variable/animatable" superknob with our feet, changing / animating between various settings of our performance.
All those knobs you see on the Montage / MODX there - you can ANIMATE and fully control INDIVIDUALLY, so say - you want your Yamaha to be more like an ANALOG synthesizer with parameters adjustable "On-The-Fly" you can ASSIGN EACH KNOB and even SLIDERS to have a specific function, any funtion you'd ever want in fact.
What the "Superknob" functionality does, is act like a MASTER-SLIDER for ALL of the KNOBS, meaning you can ANIMATE between operating ALL of the KNOBS at the same time, with the superknob.
I hope that made more sense to people watching/reading this.
Do you know if the modx allows you to use an external midi controller to control all the parameters in the software of modx? For example, using a midi control surface such as a novation launch control xl to control the synth parameters of each element such as filter cutoff, envelope adsr, effects, etc.
@@vatolegato www.yamahasynth.com/ask-a-question/controlling-modx-with-external-usb-midi-keyboards
It's called a Macro Knob.
This is an awesome keyboard. The best value in its price range. I have the Modx7 and love it. Only issues I have is not all sound can do the Seamless Sound Switching. Apparently if I update to 2.5 version it will resolve some of this.
Yes best value for sure.. i can manipulate all the sound I want with cubase so extra buttons not needed.. I just picked up a mint hardly used modx8 for 1500 original box andvdox
The Seamless Sound Switching depends on the number of sound-slots you're using, Your MODX has 16 assignable sound slots (layers on layers if you like). In order for SSS to work properly, you need to have at least 8 of those 16 free for the actual sound switching, so say you have 8 of them filled up, there needs to be 8 free so the switching can seem friction free and actually transition over to the next 8 free slots. (You don't see this in action, but you can test it, and then you'll know what I meant by all of this).
Also - you need enough polyphony to do SSS. SSS uses up twice the polyphonics of the keyboards capabilites so to speak, meaning, if you were to use 64 of them you need 64 reserved for the actual switching. In total - 128 Polyphony (voice channels) if that makes sense to you?
That update has lots of good stuff, you should definitely install it if you haven't already.
Great job Blake. I didn’t realize what I was missing. I should have got one of these a few years ago. I’ll be trading in my trusty but rusty MOFX on a new MODX+ this week. Now that I’m playing in a band again, I’m going to really appreciate the SSS and scenes.
Hi Blake, are these sounds on the keyboard already or did you upload them? For example, trombone swell, film choir, imperial grand, etc?
I have a MODX7 and use it mainly for 2 purposes:
1. Designing FM patches,
2. Using the FX for other synths via the external input.
The samples are very good as well, but not a USP.
Great keyboard, but it would be even greater with aftertouch.
pls explain how to make modx to play a standard midi file song imported into cubase 11..? is there a way to do that..?
I would agree with everything Blake is saying. I have a Montage 7 and got a MODX 6 to take to rehearsals (pre covid). Great that you can load sounds from Montage to Modx. Fantastic value for money, that said I would have happily paid more for it if it had same memory capacity of Montage and a better key-bed.
Does it have all the sounds in the montage or are there some missing to make it cheaper?
@@mikebush3834 I’m pretty certain it has all the same factory sounds as Montage but less memory so you couldn’t load as many third party libraries into it as Montage.
@@kevanbarrett7411 gotcha... Thanks 😁
Looking at p515, would this one lose the real piano style compared to the p515
Damn. This is Hanz Zimmer in a box!!!
Is the 'Flim Chior' sound a standard sound or a download??
You can’t go wrong with the MODX
Love my modx6 feels,like I finally bought a pro keyboard. 6 hours after first turning it on I left the keyboard with a headache I was into it so much.
@@allanallen1835 My Yamaha Modx6 just feel like the 80's one just updated. I started to play mine and I was hearing old songs from the past.
I had a lot of fun playing mine and with all the free expansion packs its even more exciting.
If I don’t always want to wear headphones, what speaker system do you recommend to use with the MODX?
I use Yamaha HS8'S with mine and it sounds amazing.
Anybody? I have modx but I need good keys with pads which midi controller works great with Yamaha modx? I need it for live performance
I wish these synthesisers had S.Art2 voices too, or well atleast the basic S.Art. Would be no brainer to get one.
Hey Christopher... all I can say is go to your local music store and 'lock yourself in a room' with the MODX. I'm pretty sure you'll find every sound you need. 2 years later and I'm still discovering new 'killer' sounds. Love it!
I have a modx6, the keys are real noisy worse than my cheaper Yamaha e463. That's the only gripe I have with this fantastic board.
Yes, they had to save on a lot since we're essentially talking the difference between 3000$ and 1000$ hardware here. But a really good quality 1000$ digital piano keyboard or midi keyboard should fix that, and you still come out on top. I have a Montage, and MY only gripe is that it WEIGHS A TON. I'd like for it to be lightweight so I can take it anywhere.
Can an experienced pro advise me? I'm very inexperienced but hoping to do solo piano/singing gigs in a few years. Likely 1/2 acoustic piano songs with a mix of 70s-90s keyboards/organs and a few 2000s keys. Is it generally smarter to (for ex.) buy a $1000 digital piano and a $1500 synth for this, versus just buying a $2500 stage piano instead? What's the easier setup to use live? Which will give me higher quality sounds for what I'm aiming for? Thank you!
If you plan to be a one man band you should opt for an entertainer keyboard which is a very different keyboard then modx . That's of course if you want to play with backing tracks .
@@sanmarinojr An arranger keyboard like a Korg Pa1000 or a Yamaha PSRSX900? I think they're very cool. I know they're popular outside the US. But I see posts from (USA) forum pros about them & they think that it is unprofessional to use backing tracks as a performer. They don't respect them except as home hobby keyboards. Those folks seem to think a stage piano is more professional, or a digital piano/synth combo is.
@@detomaso_6235 @detomaso _ yes , that's correct . It's a cheesy sound indeed , but if the gig demands it it doesn't really matter. Nothing can replace a live band or solo playing . It all depends on the setting you're gonna perform in .
If you want solo piano with voice that's fine . Mind that it's very hard though compared to using tracks , cause that means you have to be a very good player and not think about the playing , but the singing and grabbing your audience. Normally you ain't making no party without a beat , either a drum machine or backing tracks from a laptop/tablet/keyboard if that what the gig is about .
As you said you would like to use pianos, organs , sounds and different stuff that normally is used in a band setting or tracks setting . If you gonna play an acoustic piano with a voice only both the modx and the entertainers are overkill , and not good keybeds anyway for that thing.
If you want to join a band in the future I'd never suggest an entertainer keyboard , but that depends entirely on your plans and situation . Check out venues you would like to perform in and see how it goes.
@@sanmarinojr thank you very much for the advice. I really appreciate the honest opinion.
Hi. Looking for a replace of my Korg m50. Does the MODX6 have rhythm patterns and arpegiators assignable to every sound? Sort of an accompainment so to speak.
Yes it does. And they are categorized so they are easy to find. Mega Guitars for example have their own arps that run them very realistically, but there are specialized arps for every type of instrument on the board.
About 10K arpeggio patterns
The marketers/ product specialists should be told they can vary their scripts but make sure they cover all the key points. It's the same old opening for all retailer demo...CFX grand, etc. SMH. It's a great board that calls for more aggressive and expressive marketing imo.
Yep!
Does Fantom 0 beat MODX?
Most likely. Especially on key bed and polyphony.
It is possible to turn off the light of the superknob? It is very distractive.....
Yes it is, you can even turn it in to whatever color you like, RGB times! I have NO idea why they have this flashing thing on by default either, and I'm a Montage owner, first thing I did was to turn that distractive light off.
8:50 - started to sound like Sasha - AirdrawnDagger.
Blake just won my money from Roland and Korg. Damn this thing is crazy.
Who knows the difference between the MODX and the MOX?
I have been looking at a MOXf8 keyboard...
Their sound libraries are similar but the MODX has a touch screen, live set mode which allows you to arrange patches in sequential order and label them, seamless sound switching which allows you to switch parches without any note drop off, greater layering and split capability, allowing for complex split and layers, along with several other cool features. I own both the MODX and the MOX and the MODX is a much better keyboard for live performance.
@@pmadsea077 thanks for the detailed comparison. Love the MODX sounds!
OK this looks like a super capable and complex synth. But This super knob and changing the sounds into some kind of crazy high pitch/filtered/resonated non melodic sound just seems over used and I can't see using it at all in any of the music I play. I like the Idea that this is a sampler and has a giant rom of sounds and is also a DX7 in one keyboard so that would be the draw for me.
This is very difficult instrument to learn a lot. I have been listening many many videos and it is so hard to learn this and there are no classes no where.
learn small things, start by taking a preset play with the parameters using knobs and save those sounds, Doing that learns to navigate the instrument until you got familiar with the control surface.
Next navigating the instrument is easy you're ready to dive into awm2 and explore a sound by editing each element.
Here you'll discover stacking eight elements (sounds) is a similar thing to editing preset. That what it means to learn small things. Any question you have by then is a novice question cause you've put the effort in to learn this.
If you didn't take those steps learning like everyone knows how to learn something, it's probably not into you're interest a wooden flute would be a good starting instrument instead.
This keyboard isn’t for regular musicians.This kind instrument is for professional.it’s designed for studios producers
@@javancape Modx is ok but professional would go for Montage though. more surface control and analog output.
@@javancape poppycok this keyboard is for anyone who has an interest in creating music.
Yes it is. I had the same first year with the MONTAGE, but that's a FEATURE, because with your MODX/Montage you have a CRAZY super-powerful synth that can do it all. And by ALL - I mean everything. They have literally made everything customizable, and that will give you headaces because of the MASSIVE menues (there are literally menues upon menues, with even more hidden menues) for basically everything.
It's an instrument you GROW with, it's not for everyone. If you want instant-gratification, an Arranger is what you may be wanting, like the Yamaha GENOS or cheaper models.
Id wish this had a digital output so i wouldnt have to rely on analogue audio output
- How they do it? I don't know... )))))
IT sound like real piano.I have Kurzweil pc3 and i have shitty pianos on IT,that's How i buying MODX8
Too bad it doesn't have a sequencer.
Unfortunately there is no video of what this "machine" (not Instrument) is NOT able to do. Simple things ... small, tiny little things. Two weeks ... and I found out that even simple features of an 40 years organ of mine can, those "flagships" cannot. E.g. control master volume via FC (is a big science for Yamaha) ... or "key hold" (apparently not existing). To fumble with this blinking something called "superknob" you would first need a free hand ... organists prefer the left one ... possible with sophisticated automatic accompaniment. You can choose between "impossible" or "years of studying information science to realize some". So ... Controller Arps cannot be held ... at least not with a sound. Even to find the function "shift arp hold" is not an easy task ... and as I said: has no function with the best sounding arps of this machine (under thousands of thousands of them). Did one human ever heard them all? All the same ... as a single performer I need a complete instrument with clear determined functions.
Without a DAW this machine is less practical for a single performer than a much cheaper yamaha keyboard with automatic style accompaniment.
Shall I continue? With simple abilities like "changing splits in scenes" I could do magical things with just a tip of my finger. No more problems with 8-part-limit. Yes ... eight ... not 16. Faster filled than you can say "oops" ;)
At the end you see those synthi guys among many other musicians with many cables connected in all directions, playing some chords or piano bling bling. Or a DJ who controlls a rack of Synths with his DAW. Nothing for a single performer ... and that because small, tiny, litte things are missing.
All you need to know? Not even close. This was just a crappy promo.
Do you expect a 48-hour video? ;)
The superknob is the main reason I chose to buy th Korg Nautilus instead. Thank you Yamaha for ruining the aesthetics of otherwise wonderful instrument.
was it the flashing of the super knob that put you off?