Yamaha Montage8 Synthesizer Workstation with Yamaha HS5 Studio Monitors
Product Features
The Motion Control Synthesis Engine unifies and controls two iconic Sound Engines: AWM2 (high-quality waveform and synthesis) and FM-X (modern, pure Frequency Modulation synthesis.)
Motion Sequences are tempo-synchronized, completely customizable control sequences that can be assigned to virtually any synthesizer parameter and provide incredible new ways of creating sound.
Montage features professional, stereo balanced outputs with “Pure Analog Circuit” digital to analog conversion.
2-Way bass-reflex bi-amplified nearfield studio monitor with 5″ cone woofer and 1″ dome tweeter
54Hz-30kHz frequency response
45W LF plus 25W HF bi-amp system for high-performance 70W power amplification
For those on the fence… This review will be updated periodically as I discover new features and as Yamaha (hopefully) addresses concerns.First, background about me, as this is very important when reading reviews and picking an instrument. I am extremely picky when it comes to buying things, especially rather expensive items such as this. An engineer by trade, I hate when folks cut corners or don’t design well. I am also a musician, but don’t really do it professionally. I haven’t done any gigging or…
Quality keyboard and monstrous sound I had Yamaha motif XS6 for about 10 years and I always wanted a 88 keys version of it. Having a motif for 10 years gave me a good confidence is to update to another Yamaha keyboard a flagship one that is. I also received 2 Yamaha monitors as a complimentary offer after I filled the form at Yamaha’s site. Beautiful solid keyboard very well made, high quality item. The sound is amazing and I am still learning the machine and the details, this is a beast but it is easy to use and it is pretty much…
I simply have never heard a synthesizer that sounds as good as this Yamaha Montage 8 This synth workstation is great. I got the HS5 monitors and HS8S Subwoofer too, which are perfect for my small home studio (the room is like 8′ x 8′). I can’t really compare the Montage 8 to the Korg Karma which it replaced. That wouldn’t be fair to Korg since the Karma is a mid-range synth. I simply have never heard a synthesizer that sounds as good as this Yamaha Montage 8. The attention to detail in the sounds is impressive. The workmanship in the keys, and body and action is major…
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For those on the fence… This review will be updated periodically as I discover new features and as Yamaha (hopefully) addresses concerns.First, background about me, as this is very important when reading reviews and picking an instrument. I am extremely picky when it comes to buying things, especially rather expensive items such as this. An engineer by trade, I hate when folks cut corners or don’t design well. I am also a musician, but don’t really do it professionally. I haven’t done any gigging or…
Quality keyboard and monstrous sound I had Yamaha motif XS6 for about 10 years and I always wanted a 88 keys version of it. Having a motif for 10 years gave me a good confidence is to update to another Yamaha keyboard a flagship one that is. I also received 2 Yamaha monitors as a complimentary offer after I filled the form at Yamaha’s site. Beautiful solid keyboard very well made, high quality item. The sound is amazing and I am still learning the machine and the details, this is a beast but it is easy to use and it is pretty much…
I simply have never heard a synthesizer that sounds as good as this Yamaha Montage 8 This synth workstation is great. I got the HS5 monitors and HS8S Subwoofer too, which are perfect for my small home studio (the room is like 8′ x 8′). I can’t really compare the Montage 8 to the Korg Karma which it replaced. That wouldn’t be fair to Korg since the Karma is a mid-range synth. I simply have never heard a synthesizer that sounds as good as this Yamaha Montage 8. The attention to detail in the sounds is impressive. The workmanship in the keys, and body and action is major…