LOL - no. There's been a lot of keyboards with POLY AT. It wasn't the CS-80 and then nothing for 46 years. This technology has been available for anyone who wanted it. Almost all of Ensoniq's entire line in the 80s and 90s, Arturia Microfreak, CME Xkey series, Elka MK55 & MK88, several from Keith McMillen, Kurzweil Midiboard, Roland: A-50 & A-80. I'm sure I'm missing quite a few.This is true, but musicians today perhaps forget or never experienced what poly AT could do. The Yamaha CS-80 came out circa 1970s and 46 years later with the reintroduction of poly AT on the ASM Hydrasynth Deluxe, the new Yamaha M8x, and the Korg Keystage musicians and keyboard companies alike are realizing the huge significance and benefit polyphonic aftertouch adds to the equation.We've had poly aftertouch available since at least 1976, but all of a sudden it's become the "must have" feature for a wide swath of the keyboard playing community.I just wish Yamaha had included poly aftertouch for the M6/M7 because if they had, I would have purchased an M7 and kept it because it's a lot lighter than the M8x, needless to say.
So the tech has always been out there and rarely used , but all of a sudden it's so crucial the Montage M 6 & 7 are shunned for lack of poly AT? Really?
What really happened Yamaha played the FOMO game and won: it got people who would otherwise buy the 6 or 7 to upgrade to the 8 for fear of not having the shiny thing they probably will rarely use.
Statistics: Posted by KeyWestKeys — Sat Feb 17, 2024 2:49 pm