I agree about the move for doubling polyphony. Yamaha has concerns about their internal waveforms "leaking out" but I'm sure this could be done in an...

Motif XF which came before Montage classic had its last firmware update in 2014 while the Montage classic was released in 2016.

Check with one of these places: ... or you could check with yamaha24x7 parts (direct from Yamaha). I think sometimes fullcompass has parts b...

This will be easier too as you can take all multi-Part sounds (I actually think they're using the term "voice" again - so maybe remove "voice(s)" from...

The "best" way to utilize this is likely to get your wallet out and purchase professionally crafted libraries that are specifically for Montage M. I...

You can always do "silly" things that kill polyphony. However, there are many valid ways to use 128 elements in a single Part without using much poly...

The scene parameters have remained unchanged according to presentations. I'm with you - I utilized scenes for everything and so saw them as a great...

Yep, double the memory double the libraries. That worked out like it was supposed to.

The next MO release is fairly predictable.

It's waveform location based. Not Performance storage bank based. Yamaha will probably release some compelling content as a library so you'll get ...

128 elements per Part doesn't mean if 128 elements were used you'd eat up all polyphony. Think of a Part where you load in 32 variations of the sam...

Not that they couldn't do the math internally but identical FM-X and scaled (as in taking something to scale) but not fundamentally changed AWM2 (not...

There are improvements for touchscreen adverse folks (like me) wrt buttons or knobs that allow for you to skip the touchscreen. Colors and shapes a...

The information I've seen thus far suggests multiple USB (MIDI) devices could be used at the same time. I don't know about the rest.

It's not unusual for a keyboard to have one last hoorah in updates after the new keyboard releases but there's nothing necessarily indicating this wil...