Another day (well, a few hours anyway!), another gear release in front of The Namm Show this weekend.
The Yamaha Montage combines sample-based subtractive synthesis with eight-operator FM and 128-note polyphony. A “Super Knob” gives you control over multiple parameters simultaneously, allowing users to create complex changes with a single encoder, while “Motion SEQ” are tempo-synced sequencers that can be assigned to modulate a wide variety of controls.
An envelope follower can turn external audio into a modulation source and a variety of DSP effects cover ground from EDM-ready beat-repeats and sidechain compression to more sensitive takes on piano dampening and amp emulations. You can further gear out at the Gearslutz forum.
Rampant advances in synthesizer technology called for us to start a Music Synthesis program for the Gear Addict inside us all. Email me for more info on our hardware classes.