Yamaha Montage and Montage M Forum • Re: Montage M: Questions about Rhythm patterns/sample triggering.

Hi I’m currently working with an older Roland FA06 and paired it with a Korg Kronos as a live request piano entertainer. I want to switch to a Montage M6. I have a few questions I could not find in the manual.

1)It is possible to play a drum pattern as I read in the manual. I like to know if I can trigger multiple drum patterns (intro/verse1/fills etc.) like on an arranger keyboard? For my solo gigs I need drums during my performances and trigger different drum parts (midi files) during a song like a rhythm box (buttons next to each other for quick access).

2)The Montage M is quite an investment. I would like to pair it with a (cheap) 88 midi controller. I was thinking, why don’t I trigger a great sounding piano on the montage. Is it possible to choose which sound to play on the controller and montage separately? So let’s say I trigger on the controller all sounds on midi channel 1 and the montage triggers all the rest of the midi channels. It has 400 polyphony which is enough even with 16 layers in a performance. Are there any complications? On my Roland, I can turn parts on/off but I have no way to choose different sounds for the controller keyboard. I hear every sound which is turned on, on both keyboards no matter which midi channel I trigger.

3)On my old Roland FA06 the sample section is separate from the sound engine. This means I can trigger 64 samples on the drum pads at any time during a performance. The montage does not have pads. Can I trigger samples on the Montage that does not affect the (16) sound slots in a performance? Do I need to trigger those samples on the keys or can I have dedicated buttons for it (instead of the pads)?

Thanks in advance! Tim

Statistics: Posted by StuartR — Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:25 pm