If it's not too late before production in May, I suggest the engineering geniuses who created the Montage should be able to ADD in a pattern/song sequencer without eliminating or replacing anything else. Some of us, like me, are not going to use a computer with a keyboard/workstation. We are not old school, we like everything the Montage offers, but it is a preference for simplicity and focusing on one do everything product- as we already have with the XF.

I understand that the Montage sequencer is a space age version of the Performance Record of the XF. But I do not want to and am not going to transfer a Montage performance into a computer just to correct a wrong note and then transfer the corrected version back into the Montage (I assume this is what I would need to do). Further, I would not be able to build up and layer a song track by track in the Montage itself as with the XF. I believe this is a valuable feature that should be incorporated into the new product.

For those who are satisfied with the current Montage sequencer and computer connection set up, great. They have it. But for those of us who also need/want the basic steak and potatoes sequencer IN the Montage, we are locked out. Why not satisfy both camps? Again, this is not about demeaning the Montage, but increasing its market for others like me who have expressed this concern in this forum.

Thanks for the consideration, and please, no spin about why we are not the focused market and can also have an XF. I have a CP4 that is great and would be interested in using it with only one other keyboard, a Montage that can also do what is already available from Yamaha engineering.