@Bill. I'd previously presumed you deleted all your old posts and then changed your name to "Andrew" to troll. For reasons I couldn't fathom.

Now I think I know why you changed your name.

It will, no doubt, fill you with great joy to learn that I've recently had all my posts deleted.

Not by me. They were there one moment, gone the next.

It turns out that this is how Yamaha's forum mod software "deletes" users. They tried to make me gone. Just like they tried to make you gone.

My account is still active, but nothing in it. Likely, I presume, the same thing that happened to you. The deletion of account doesn't seem to succeed, only the deletion of content.

But Bill, if you're going to insist on being called an Andrew, at least stop writing like a William.

Curious - talking about a budget version of the new Montage M - well, does anyone agree that the basics behind Montage could be a "back to the future" version of the Motif ES with a DX7 and AN1x expansion board? They both offer three synth engines, FM, Analog and samples. Granted, The Montage is worlds ahead with computer/sound integration, memory, tons more polyhony, motion control, etc... but the building blocks are essentially the same.

[quotePost id=124473]Curious - talking about a budget version of the new Montage M - well, does anyone agree that the basics behind Montage could be a "back to the future" version of the Motif ES with a DX7 and AN1x expansion board?[/quotePost]
There was nothing budget about the Motif ES, it was the flagship of its time.
Montage M is in a way an integrated version of early Motif generations + some expansion boards.

Sure, now we're not talking about the budget line, but ...

If you wanted to go back in time, you could say that the Montage M approaches what the EX series was (EX5/EX5R/EX7) although with less engines albeit the Montage M is less limited in terms of DSP resources and has other deeper features for the engines that do exist. The EX series was the last time, prior to the initial Montage release, that the flagship synth included more than AWM without additional expansions.

It would be interesting if the "white" edition of the Montage M was actually a blue edition that added FDSP, VL, and sampling. That would be a true reprise.

Digging up an old thread because schedule - a few years after Montage M's release - says that the MO follow-on may be due.  November-ish if previous releases are a tell.

The last tech talk teased something interesting to discuss during the next talk.  The "white" version has been discussed too.  It didn't happen on the dot of the 50th anniversary (that would have been early, as mentioned, versus the lifetime of the original Montage M) but the last tech talk you also hear Yamaha is being flexible with what they consider the 50th anniversary (although technically last year, they are kind of treating this as a 50th anniversary still this year too).  Like a birthday week vs a single day.

I still think a blue version with VL and FDSP ... and lets throw in the FS1R additions to FM-X would demand a chef's kiss.