Want to check out all the features added to Yamaha MONTAGE OS v3.5? Check out the overview article here.
The Performance Pattern Sequencer introduced in OS v3.0 added loop style MIDI recording to MONTAGE. OS v3.5 adds some great new features and refinements that you will love. Check it out!
A great new feature is the ability to add parts during Pattern Section Record. Here’s how I created the quick example you can check out below:
6. Choose “Bass” as the main Category and “Synth” as the Subcategory, choose “FM Lately Bass” and press [ENTER] to return to the Pattern screen.
You can start with a Single Part Drum Kit, press [RECORD] and build a Pattern track by track without ever dropping out of Pattern Record. This is a great improvement to the Pattern Sequencer.
With OS v3.5 you can now use real-time overdubbing to record your Controller actions while deleting previous Controller events in a Pattern Section. A perfect example is Overdubbing Super Knob Control. Say you recorded a Pattern Section with Super Knob movement that you decide later could be done differently. Simply press [RECORD], select “Overdub” and re-record your Super Knob movement. This works with all the physical controllers like Cutoff Frequency, Modulation, Ribbon Control, etc.
There may be instances where you want to erase a certain controller from a track but not the entire track. For example, if you recorded a track with a lot of aftertouch that you want to get rid of, but you like the track itself, you can use this job to delete only aftertouch and nothing else. This feature is now available on in OS v3.5 under [Edit/Job]>[Song/Event]>[Erase Event]:
The “Get Phase” job is a great way to grab tracks from MIDI Song and place them in a track of the Pattern Sequencer. Under OS 3.0 you could only select single tracks, so if you wanted to copy an entire arrangement to a Section of a Pattern you had to copy each track one at a time. This becomes cumbersome when you have multiple tracks you want to get. Under OS v3.5 you can get of all the tracks in a certain range and copy them to the Pattern Sequencer.
This feature is great when you want to try out different grooves over the same set of tracks. Here’s how you can accomplish this.
In this example I used the Scene 1 from the Pattern I recorded above and copied to Scenes 2, 3 and 4. To do this Touch [Edit/Job]>[Track]>[Copy] and Select “Track = All”, Scene 1 in the top row and “Scene 2” as the destination in the bottom row:
Now I have the straight time feel in Scene 1 and the swing feel version in Scene 2. For Scenes 3 & 4 I repeated the process by adjusting the feel with the Play FX then Normalizing each Scene. This is a cool way to try out different grooves during the Pattern recording process.
A Pattern Chain allows linear playback of Scenes in a predetermined order. In the OS v3.0 the only way to engage a Pattern Chain was from the same place you created the chain (Under Pattern Edit/Job/Chain). Now you can engage a Pattern Chain from the main Pattern Play screen:
In the previous OS version, you could only find Undo/Redo of the last executed job on the the first page of the Pattern Edit/Job screen. Now Undo/Redo can be found on almost every screen in the Pattern Sequencer. This simple addition greatly enhances workflow:
The new Pattern Recording and Workflow features added to MONTAGE OS v3.5 are welcome additions to the Performance Pattern recorder. Update your MONTAGE to OS v3.5 today to enjoy these new enhancements!
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