Added link to the OP
Coming up: Yamaha Montage standalone VST
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 634 posts since 11 Dec, 2004
As they specifically state in the OP (link is there too) "without the hardware" so this is not a VST editor.Bippo wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 4:28 pm I hope it's gonna be a standalone vst, otherwise...nothing really special about it, it will be just a vst editor like they had for the moxf series.
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- KVRist
- 363 posts since 24 Jul, 2006
Yamaha typically see computer plugins as being a 'convienience for hardware users', so I still think it's likely to just mean something to save Montage owners from lugging their hardware between studio and home, and a hardware purchase will be required. It's just how Yamaha roll.
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- KVRAF
- 8734 posts since 24 May, 2002 from Tutukaka, New Zealand
I'd be tempted. I've no idea what recent Yamaha synths are like as the last oneI played with was a SY99. But I'd imagine it should be good. Not sure the blurb sounds like it's going to be general release VSTi though...
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- KVRAF
- 9145 posts since 28 Apr, 2013
Historically true.NikkiA wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 4:42 pm Yamaha typically see computer plugins as being a 'convienience for hardware users', so I still think it's likely to just mean something to save Montage owners from lugging their hardware between studio and home, and a hardware purchase will be required. It's just how Yamaha roll.
I'm hoping they at least make it available to us regular Montage owners though.
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- KVRAF
- 1583 posts since 21 Nov, 2018
Montage is gonna be a $5k dongle for their VSTNikkiA wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 4:42 pm Yamaha typically see computer plugins as being a 'convienience for hardware users', so I still think it's likely to just mean something to save Montage owners from lugging their hardware between studio and home, and a hardware purchase will be required. It's just how Yamaha roll.
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- KVRAF
- 5250 posts since 13 Jul, 2004 from Earth
I hope it will be released for all to buy.Digivolt wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 5:51 pmMontage is gonna be a $5k dongle for their VSTNikkiA wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 4:42 pm Yamaha typically see computer plugins as being a 'convienience for hardware users', so I still think it's likely to just mean something to save Montage owners from lugging their hardware between studio and home, and a hardware purchase will be required. It's just how Yamaha roll.
Using a hw synth as a Dongle is a bad idea if the hw breaks and if it is not tied to the hw i guess there will be many that buy a Montage and sell it just to keep their Vst Montage.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 634 posts since 11 Dec, 2004
True. Note that in the image in the OP it's explicitly written "without the hardware".Digivolt wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 5:51 pmMontage is gonna be a $5k dongle for their VSTNikkiA wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 4:42 pm Yamaha typically see computer plugins as being a 'convienience for hardware users', so I still think it's likely to just mean something to save Montage owners from lugging their hardware between studio and home, and a hardware purchase will be required. It's just how Yamaha roll.
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- KVRAF
- 19885 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
"the Expanded Softsynth Plugin (E.S.P.) replicates the MONTAGE M in your favorite Digital Workstation (DAW). Free for all registered MONTAGE M owners, E.S.P. allows you to create, edit and mix MONTAGE M Performances anywhere you happen to be – without the hardware – offering an unprecedented level of stage and studio integration. We are planning on releasing E.S.P. in early 2024. The first version will have all the MONTAGE M sound while being limited to basic editing. The full version will be available in Summer 2024".
Sounds like a software synth to me and as tristan mentioned without the hardware so it will have to have the synthesis engines and sample content in the plugin to function without the hardware.
Now that doesn't mean Yamaha won't limit the plugin to Montage hardware owners but the blurb does make it sound like an actual softsynth.
Time will tell as they release more information.
Sounds like a software synth to me and as tristan mentioned without the hardware so it will have to have the synthesis engines and sample content in the plugin to function without the hardware.
Now that doesn't mean Yamaha won't limit the plugin to Montage hardware owners but the blurb does make it sound like an actual softsynth.
Time will tell as they release more information.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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- KVRAF
- 1713 posts since 25 Jul, 2009
That's all I see on the site.
Unless I missed it, there's nothing about it being available to buy if you don't own a Montage.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 634 posts since 11 Dec, 2004
I never stated it being available to buy. I wrote "we're yet to see". Anything wrong with my post? I wrote that they release a standalone VST. Would you prefer my post deleted? Am I misinforming anyone?
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- KVRist
- 272 posts since 1 Mar, 2019
if it will be a standalone vst with all the Montage sounds included...this is gonna be a BIG game changer.
Montage has a gigantic library that can make Kontakt obsolete, at least for those who produce in the pop/rock/rap genres. I can only imagine that Korg and Roland will have no choice and will eventually release nautilus and fantom vsts as well.
I've tried many different workstation vsts (sampletank, halion, xpand, zenology...you name it) and nothing has ever came close to the big 3 hardware workstations.
Really big news.
Montage has a gigantic library that can make Kontakt obsolete, at least for those who produce in the pop/rock/rap genres. I can only imagine that Korg and Roland will have no choice and will eventually release nautilus and fantom vsts as well.
I've tried many different workstation vsts (sampletank, halion, xpand, zenology...you name it) and nothing has ever came close to the big 3 hardware workstations.
Really big news.
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- KVRAF
- 24455 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
I am not sure this will sound exactly like AN1x. They have expanded the engine, they say it's "newly developed", now it has 3 oscs per voice, while AN1x had two. I think this is going to be a whole different animal...