Why are there not more keyboards like THIS?! Yamaha MX49
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ย. 2022
- Welcome to the bonezone. Hey ya know whats crazy is that my music is all on my other channel BoneZone Music, wow isnt that nuts. That channel you can hear my live looping show where I utilize this keyboard all the time so... ya know... go ahead and check that out. Enjoy the MX 49 demo!
As far is the title, its basically a comment of how its hard to find dual mod wheels, with amazing realistic sounds at this price point. There are keyboards in this price range but just not nearly as good in my opinion. - เพลง
dude the way you clapped your hands and it made the clap effect sound was fuckin GREAT!
this is THE BEST keyboard for value , sounds and portability. this is my travel board i use for church worship and R&B gigs , 49 keys will easily get you through any set
It's an amazing arranger to make scratch tracks. Been layering using reaper or audacity.
I have a blue one. I travel with mine as well. I gig with mine as well. I’m still looking at a Roland fantom 0.
@@oljones31 the Fantom is nice but there’s about a 1500 dollar price difference between the two
@@quaymcquitter8386 trust me, I won’t buy one until I can afford it… I have seen a few for $1200… it won’t be anytime soon.
@@oljones31 your budget closest is the juno ds if it is still running at 600-700 dollar range. But yeah eventually that synth drops price....hopefully
Keep making these high production value videos! Seriously loving them!!!
It is so good to see the Yamaha MX series video in 2022. This keyboard is one of the best for its sounds. I use the 61 key version which I bought this year and I use it for church worship and looping music.
I just got mine to get out of being completely in the box. I don't understand why this little device is so underrated. I love mine, I've never produced music so quickly in my life, till owning this rig. I literally cancelled splice because of it. And the learning curve for this box is nil, I got the hang of it in 2 days. I put my audient id4 away, and use this for all production sounds straight to my daw, and only pull the audient out if I'm going to track vocals for myself or another artist. This thing is great, and so is your video. Subscribed!
That’s dope I’m gonna have to get one
@@holyred7 you won't regret it fam.
Very nice work indeed maestro!
Yeah, looking to get the mx61 in blue myself in the next couple months. Nice demo, thanks!
Appreciate the video. Thanks for going thru all the sounds. Give listeners a taste test. :-)
One of the best videos iv seen on this keyboard 👍👍
Thanks. That means a lot coming from you Rick james
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@@BoneZone I had to subscribe to the BoneZone, lots of personality in your videos. Keep it up.
I bought my MX49 in 2015 to replace my MOTIF ES rack & my Casio CZ-1000 which is also a 49 key keyboard I was mostly using as a MIDI controller to the right side of my 2 tier keyboard rig at gigs.
The MX49 is the most compact & portable member of the MOTIF family. I really like mine, but have mostly used my newer MODX6 which has been my favorite keyboard the past 4 years. The MODX included all the sounds I used in my MX49 or my MOTIF ES and is also a huge upgrade. If you can afford the extra money, extra space and extra weight (still under 15 lbs) by all means by the MODX.
The MX49 is so light weight, mine appears to have been knocked off the stage as it was off to the side in the path and the LCD broke. Haven't used it the past few years much, but finally having a tech replace the screen for about $150 in total. I'll mostly use it as a spare keyboard to take to gigs in case my MODX didn't work for some reason, but the 49 keys vs 61 will be awkward as replacement, but only for an emergency. I also use a 61 key MIDI controller keyboard and laptop with VST synths.
I've heard using the paid John M software tools you can convert sounds from the MOTIF series to the MX. It has 166 megs of onboard samples or so, and is said to convert the sounds to the closest possible. Some will no doubt not convert well while others may sound fine. I'm hoping it can also convert MODX sounds, but obviously with 5.6 gigs of onboard rom samples, it will probably be a miss a lot of the time but hopefully be close enough to get by in an emergency.
The MX49 is just 8 lbs and super compact! Throwing this in the vehicle as a spare keyboard is pretty effortless compared to many. The only thing about this light is the Korg Kross which actually offers 61 keys at 8 lbs & battery operation, but the Kross is based on the older Triton technology and I tend to find the MOTIF XS sounds of the MX better. The MX has more onboard samples, and the big thing is.... Using the paid software tools, you can tap into the MOTIF series of sound collections. Some may not sound perfect, but others will no doubt work. There are tons of MOTIF series sound collections available. With the Kross, I think your limited to just what is available specifically for Kross and likely not too many. Hundreds of MOTIF series sound libraries are out there. The MX61 is 10 lbs, but obviously not as compact as the MX49. I'll also make use of the MX49 as a side MIDI controller that doesn't take up much stage space which is also valuable.
Keeping it around as a backup is wise... my MODX8 is DOWN!
It failed to boot up, at a gig.
@@jamiebowles4588 Yikes! Have you contacted Yamaha support about it?
I keep my MX49 around for the same reason, and it weighs next to nothing. But I think it would be hard trying to compensate for 61 keys with a 49 key keyboard. I run a lot of soft synths and try to have backup of my MODX6 sounds as VST's if I had to, and also setup the songs to be played on only the MODX6 if I had to. I use a wide variety of sounds, so it would be tough to use the MX49 sounds in place of the MODX. It would work for some of the sounds, but I use a wide variety with a lot of splits. The MX series are harder to setup splits, and the available types of sounds is far more limited. Still pretty good for such a light weight keyboard though, and carrying an extra 8 lbs to a gig is nothing.
Nice video! Keep it up. I just ordered this and can’t wait. I already have a Roland Fantom-07 and love it, but wanted something more portable in addition to it and I also wanted some Yamaha sounds, so this seems ideal. I can use it with my Roland MC-101 when I’m traveling to get my Roland sounds from the Fantom since they share a synth engine. Best of both worlds. 😊
This is such a great video thanks for sharing
I play for a Blues group. At one of our big outside concert gigs, the drummer was late. After the first song without drums, it dawned on me, Hay why don't I play my MX 61 drum patch since we have a great guitar player for the chords. I played the keyboard drums for the next three songs and after the concert, the sound guys went crazy saying 'Man you could have kept going and took his check too because those drums in that keyboard sounded so real and great out there in their sound mix!
Very interesting --neat keyboard- sounds are never out of date-depends on how you use them
Thanks for this great demo. I've been shopping for a new keyboard, and the MX61, (just a few more keys,) seems to be my obvious choice. It will be a huge upgrade from what I'm currently using. (1986 Casio CT-6000)
I have the MX88 with the GHS action........its frickin awesome. I love it so much, the piano feel and all the great synth and brass sounds not to mention all the other cool sounds. Like you said over 1000 amazing sounds from the Motif sound engine!.
Dude you got with me with the first 5 seconds! 😂
Great demo - I have the MX49, which is a great keyboard because I can stuff it into a suitcase and take it on a cruise! Your demo is terrific - you should be a professional keyboard demonstrator (well, I guess you probably are!!). The sounds on the MX49 are amazing - just rue that I paid less for it than I did for my DX27 in 1988!!
I play bass in a country band snd have a few moments where it is possible for me to play keys. This helped me decide that it is possible and even easier to play and more musical
You're great! Im subbing
Hello and thank you for the great videos about this synthesizer!
Regarding your problem: Can't you solve this by saving your favorite sounds in a performance?
Or is that too complicated?
I won't get my MX49 until tomorrow and your videos help me to bridge the time! 😊
in the long live stream you say you're not a keyboardist?!
You are more than that! You bring the right emotion and melody to every sound!
Rarely seen and heard such good reviews! 👍
Thank you again!
I think I'll definitely come by twice more with my questions 😉
nice time continue.
And all the love! 🌻
I like your playing cool style 👍
I love this keyboard its great
I have the MX61, which I picked up second hand (new condition) for way less than half the retail $$. Sick instrument, and this demo reminds me of how good my investment is 😁
With distorsion guitar you have killed me!
I got MX49 blue used three days ago and very glad to see your good overview video. May sound basic but how do you loop, which you refer to a number of times. Also it would be good to see your studio - how have you connected MX to what, which DAW do you use, your workflow and other related equipment. Thank you for doing this.
Good for you to have the blue one, because it is always V.2. Mx49 can´t loop by itself. You need a DAW or externel sequencer/looper. You got keys on the mx for remote control of the DAW, thou. If you connect it to a PC via usb you get a new "redording device" aswell as midi channels, but it can only record the audio generated from the mx, but not the feed-in audio.
WoW, Amazing...
You are the only person ive seen over a lot of reviews that mentioned the low volume of the sounds on this keyboard,i dont know how they are allowed to get away with it really,some of them you can barely hear!!and no one else bothered to mention about it!
In my experience, Yamaha keyboards tend to be pretty good for natural instruments like pianos, strings, percussion. Not usually ideal for synthy stuff, but for traditional instruments great.
I recently found one in a pawn shop for $165
8:41 Holy mother of ear candy
Mx series its more a recompilation of Yamaha sounds from motif era to S90 series even back to Dx series . They just grabbed the best keys sounds and packed em on this little bad boy that A LOT of key players had called "cheap keyboard ". Yeah construction wise ...kinda cheap not gonna lie...but sound wise ..its a different beast
I picked one up to compliment the Juno Ds. Works very well.😁
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Thinking about getting one of these and making a comparison video between the mx49 and my Korg M50.
By the sound of it, Seems like the MX49 would win
I just got one of these around a months ago, my drum kits arent like other folks ive seen, the useable like modern drums are on the right end and not arranged in a useable way, i think i may need to update the firmware or something.
Still it was exactly what I wanted for my studio in that I have all the sounds I would want for recording easily accessable. I also have a Korg minilogue XD synth and a Korg Triton Extreme from wayyyy back, it has some great sounds but not easy to find like on the MX49
May i know how you would compare the sound and playability compared to a beginner keyboard of the yamaha e343 or casiotone cts1
I think you lost me on setting up program sounds. If I want to setup sounds I would like to use in a set list, are you saying I can not assign them to buttons for quick access? I hope I'm wrong. Thanks.
The strings from 16:43 to 6:49, and from 17:58 to 18:18
Imagine combining those two ssounds. It would sound good in en epic house anthem.
It is a great keyboard, I had the 61 key version for ages.
By the way, you're taking about velocity layers on the drums, not round robin. Same thing that gives the piano velocity ensuring sounds as well. It's playing different samples depending on the velocity you play.
Round robin is when you have a series of samples that are similar, and it rotates through them each time you play a note, to avoid you from hearing the exact same sample each time, which sounds artificial.
How is the keybed itself after owning for that long? Is it true about the keybed degrading and becoming clacky? I’m looking at buying one used or from new.
This keyboard is a beast. I connect my iPad via usb & able to play all my apps where as the samples sounds go through this keyboard. You have to go into settings then go to USB. This is soo unreal, unbelievable 💪🏾
awesome video. I'd love to get one, but prob out of my price range, seing's how I'm only on disability. I'm blind, so this is the reason for my question, + I'm curious. how much exactly does it weigh?
There is a performance editor from john melas maybe it makes it easier to setup the performances with all the effects, so that you can have a performance for each song.
So wait, does the mx49 have a loop recorder or were you doing that on something else?
how are you running your sound? I am a musician that is wanting to dive into the keyboard/synth realm. What kind of amp are you using? tone is great or was this direct into computer or interface?
I'm pretty sure I had this plugged directly into an audio interface, which will always get a nice clear sound in my opinion.
haha that clap at 10:46 😂
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how to you make sounds legato?
I'm getting one of these for Christmas. (I wanted to get one last year, but it wasn't available anywhere.)
About the features you mentioned, like the pitch bend and mod, wheels, a lot of keyboards have those.
One keyboard you should check out is the Korg Kross. There's a feature that I really like. Above the wheels, there are two buttons. When you press them, they light up, and it makes the instrument sound more interesting. A great example is a distorted lead guitar. When you press one of the buttons, you get the realistic slides without using the pitch bend wheel. I'm pretty sure you can't get that effect with this keyboard. (Some of the synth sounds do that, but I don't think the lead guitars do.) And the mod wheel creates the "wah-wah" effect.
And, according to another video, it has a synth bass from the 90s that you might be familiar with.
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I'm listening through headphones... Why isn't the MX in stereo??
Was that loop recorded on the MX or an external source?
I was wondering the same thing
does it do a good rhodes? And wurlitzer?
I think the Rhodes is really good. I'm not as familiar with wurlitzer sounds
all synth - keys - voice sounds please 😊
If you want some real fun grab a Roland JD-XI as well. It complements the MX and looper pedal perfectly AND the added benefit of a step sequencer.
That was the other keyboard I was eyeballing. It looked pretty awesome!
@@BoneZone I found out you can edit and modify some of the existing sounds to make them sound better within the 128 user banks or repatching
Like in software or through the keyboard?
@@BoneZone through software. Jon Melas tools works incredibly well and VERY inexpensive.
@@BoneZone i believe both, I'll have to recheck the manual. Software yes
Does this have to be connected to a computer or can you hook it up to a PA to gig out without a computer? I'm not really tech savvy
This one is a synthesizer which means the sounds are built in the device so yes, you can plug in straight to a PA, keyboard amp, and things like that. The thing you have to avoid is midi controllers which you have to plug into a computer.
Thank you
Is this a MIDI keyboard ? I have heard MIDI keyboards doesn't have own sound, so it needs a PC program for that.
What is this device ?
Synth with midi capability
@@ava1431 Ok, It's just very confusing to me, despite I've watched a lot of videos about it ..... Synths, MIDI keyboards, MIDI controllers, Synths with MIDI features now, etc. ´: (
@@mikeangelo2290 don't be discouraged...it can be confusing 😂 This board doesn't have sequencing or recording capability (like an Arranger or Workstation) but all original Yamaha MOTIF sounds. You can use it as a MIDI controller along with a PC/Mac and a DAW.
This keyboard has a looping feature?
no
@@ksager123bummer
Very little compared to how many tools he has. Rather, you play with some banal tones present on any organ. What would be the difference to this.
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