Global shipping is currently messed up. Suez Canal is blocked. Many ports have ships waiting off-shore, too. The pandemic has really frazzled globa...

I'd like to point out that the 2nd SWP70 in the MODX schematic has a dotted line around it and it says "No Mount" - which means the MODX only has one ...

Backing up what Phil said (pun intended), it's always worthwhile making a back-up. It isn't so much lost data, as lost time. I have waaaay too much ti...

Hello Jörgen -- Glad to hear that MODX is working out for you. I had a similar experience (1) when recording and working with Genos MIDI/audio. ...

Sorry to be slow to reply, but I have de-prioritized social media. 🙂 In addition to the article mentioned by AnotherScott, I've posted a brief to...

Hello Jörgen -- Congrats on buying the MODX! Sorry to reply so late, but I've de-prioritized social media. 😀 Phil's take on MODX vs. Genos is...

Hi Michel -- I tend to think of the internals as a tone generation front end followed by a flock of small DSP units in the mixer/effects back-end. ...

Hi Lex -- The closest I've ever gotten to understanding Yamaha's approach to AWM2 is by studying the datasheet and MIDI spec for the YMW820 (NSX-1)...

Hi -- re: Basis for my comment. That's a fair question. I've never really laid out my guess at the way the SWP70 is organized internally. Before...

Folks who read my site know that I love studying keyboard design, but I usually stay far away from keybed discussions. Phil said it best right off the...

Thanks for reading the site (sandsoftwaresound.net) 🙂 Yamaha regard their expertise in large scale integration as a strategically important asset...

Hi folks -- Hope you found the info to be useful. I noticed that the specific Micro Technology eMMC device first used in Montage is now "obsolet...

Why not make a back-up anyway? 🙂 When I see a back-up file, I don't just see data alone. I see all of the time that I invested in personalizing m...