How to create a Huge Orchestral Sound with Yamaha MONTAGE Synthesizer
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- Опубликовано: 17 дек 2024
- Many of you lovely people have been asking me about the "Dom Big Orchestra" patch and how I build it as it appeared on this video:
• Yamaha Montage Orchest...
Here is a walkthrough on how I created that sound. Of course don't be afraid to experiment and tweak it to your liking.
Enjoy and let me know what you'd like to see next!
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I only have my MODX6 for a little over a month, but I am learning so much about this thing because of your vids. Thanks man. Love the channel.
Great video, clear instructions, easy to follow and replicate on our instruments.
Excellent job Don!!
I followed your instructions and this is a wonderful sound!!!! Thank you!!! You likely have more influence with keyboard and synth developers than I could ever wish for….Yamaha needs to add a 1 to 8 terabyte hard drive so we can load up a billion sounds!!!! Thank you so much!!!!
thank you .. very very beatifullll
Great video. So much to learn, so little time.
great work
Thanks :)
Wow that's brilliant.
I so hope and pray you have more videos. The more I see of this little keyboard, the more I am interested in purchasing one. It has some awesome strings and pipe organ sounds (as I have heard in the past couple of weeks). Thanks for sharing, man! Awesome, for sure!
Mi Picasso thanks so much for the kind words! New videos are in the works, I was in Superbooth last week so a little bit behind schedule but there are some cool videos coming up :)
Thanks so much for letting me know. Can't wait. xx
This is very nice! Thanks Dom :-)
I enjoy many Montage tutorial videos but this is one of my favorites.
It is excellent and I am very excited to see everything I can do with my Montage.
Great tutorial! Thank you so much!
Este vídeo me ajudou muito a criar uma orquestra que eu precisei para tocar em um casamento. Muito obrigado meu amigo. Ganhou um like e um inscrito no seu canal...
Great work Dom, thank you.
Cheers Moessieurs :)
I find the similar Factory Perforamce Patch on the Motif XF8 more useful - already set up with bigger crash cymbals - faster attack / more realistic release, bigger Brass, Tymp Sound, correct verb,etc. for a big bang orchestra feel - the attack and release here seem sluggish on this patch - Yamaha makes the best feeling keyboards though - The Montage is definitely on my shopping list this year - I really like the keyboard button to allow top and bottom parameters - I don't think I've seen that on many keyboards since the 80's. I also picked up a new Kronos 2 years ago - an important keyboard for synthy live performances - set lists are a game changer - but the action isn't really close to the Yamaha's for Piano material - and I hate double tiered keyboard setups - so the Kronos stays home unless really needed - Thanks for the tutorial!
great
Hey Dom, big fan of yours. Please do a remake of your intro on the Montage/Modx. I'd really appreciate that. I love that sound and doing it on any of this synth would go a long way for synth. Peace!
Hey Rizzle, thanks a lot! Which intro do you mean?
@@DomSigalas Hey Dom, thanks for your response. I'm talking the one you usually play after outlining the intent of each video. For this specific video, it is from 00:21-00:31 (with DS Music/Synth Production in the background).
Thanks Dom...!!
God Bless u
Great again!
Cheers Tyros!
thank you so much for this tuto. Works great also for the MODX!
How many sounds can you stack up at a time in modex in performance mode 16 or 8?
So funny.... you are orchestrating! If you were to take a look at an orchestra score you know perfectly well what sound to create. It is a study on it’s self. Hector Berlioz wrote a whole book on the subject. You are - in a way - continually reinventing the wheel... but it is fun to play around with this stuff, I fully understand that - so keep on and enjoy!😊
Thank you, Dom. Great work )))
Great sounds..congrats..I have a MODX8 and I'd like to know how to assign at the (Route Assigned) all value red with the superknob because I have just four and if I move the superknob moves just four (1.2.3.4) thanks in advance =)
Dom - this was a fantastic video man! Great job!!
Sounds amazing, can you do this on the mofx?
Hi dom..I'm a huge fan of ur playing and tutorials..I used this tutorial to make a big orchestral sound similar to what u taught. I.will.upload on my channel.and tag you too❤
Fun in the sun.
Dom, did you put this great sound on sound mondo? I can't locate it. Thanks
man i just got the modx8 and its been a big learning curve. your vids have been excellent, thank you so much. yamaha should have a whole series of stuff like this to help people. what i want to know ishow can i change the super knob so it bring up and down the volume of the parts, i can see it already does the brass bits but how do i go in and change that for the other parts if i want? thankyou
please do tutorials on Yamaha E series and S series too
LOVE IT .
Please make detailed video with envelope follower. For example - if you have audio record inside the montage, will the envelope follower change the tempo if you play with band ????
Great idea Kambata, it's on my list then :)
I play with one guitar player, but sometimes we need secound guitar in the song. So may we record the secound guitar and the record follow us as secound guitar player ????
J'ai ce genre de sonorités avec mon vieux Roland XP30 que je possède encore.
Your patch sounds very much like the orchestral sounds on the Kurzweil K2600 / PC3.
Wow!! This was great thanks! Those effects are awesome too. Dom, is there any chance that the Montage will have a sound module version?
Hi Digital Diezel, you mean like a version without the keys right? That would be great but there is no info if that's coming I am afraid. I think we never had one for the Motif XF though so I wouldn't hold my breath :)
Rack XS is the last Motif module I know of. It would make a nice way of upgrading a keyboard without having to replace it entirely, but making a rack module interface that works as well as the display, knobs and sliders would be difficult. Doesn't seem to be the direction they are going.
Hey Alan, definitely agree there. it defeats all the philosophy of the instrument. It's all about realtime control and playability. A rack version could not offer this in any way.
Well I'm not sure I agree fully with that. They could create a desktop module and have plenty of performance capability and playability, ie Elektron Octatrack, MPC Live, DSI Tempest, Roland V-Synth and more. With an extensive midi implementation this could sell more units than the entire board. With the new MPCs out, external gear will see a resurgence. But not at a 3000-4000 price tag. The module would need to be 1500 max. And have the same full size, color screen.
I saw that you limited the timpani to E2. Is it possible to assign different instruments to different areas of the keyboard but also have them on different octaves? For example, could I have a string sound on the left side of the keyboard and a flute on the right while prevents the string sound from being low octaves? I hope that this makes sense. Thank you!
Definitely! You can do all that. Check my video on how to do splits on the Montage ;)
@@DomSigalas Thank you for your reply! I just watched your split tutorial, very nice. Just to clarify can you have two different (or same) sounds on two different places on the keyboard but the same octave... but not a layer? The montage seems really versatile! I'm really considering it to cover Jean Michel Jarre songs and do orchestra sounds too.
Thank you so much bro...I have a modx the process seems identical. My other question is I can find crescendo cymbal orchestra sounds. Would you also know how to create them?
Hi dom i have a montage 7 and I got a really serious latency when I play the keyboard can you help me to solve this problem thank you
Andy
Fantastic work. It is possible to have the performance?
Hello .. the strings and brass in the modx+ is not like that.. why is that?
Dom, can you add choir to a scene? this was you can bring it in and out on demand?
Hi David, sure , you can do that , just set the mute/level and press shift+Scene number you want :)
How can i mix sound for hymns,can you send it to me
Korg kronos kapro showcase orchestral
Hi Dom, this is a great video!
May I ask you another orchestral sound like in the Tina Turner's concert live in Barcellona 2009? the song was Proud Mary.
thanks a lot in advance.
Giorgio
great (y)
So this is how Frank Tedesco gets this sound, i have been looking everywhere on how he was even remotely getting close to that orchestral percussive hit sound on only certain dynamics.
how does the notes get louder when he holds the notes longer for that build up effect?
Hi Dom, nice video, but you missed one important thing, you added a choir as Part 8, but this sound was a multi parts sound so it went on the slots 8,9 and 10. BUT montage plays only parts1-8, parts 9-16 are for other purposes like sequencing, midi, arpeggios and so on. That's why your choir was so thin, because it only took 1 part from this multi part choir sound. Just mentioning it, keep the good videos coming!
This is cool for like a Live heavy progressive metal concert or maybe even sketching but using it for live production I don't think it'll work.
Well, I've done it and can confirm it works :) but I get your point- what I do sometimes is I layer samples with the MODX sounds to get an ultra fat sound :)
Wonder how the Montage compares to the Genos keyboard like Ensemble sounds.
Having tried Genos, they seem to share some sounds. However, Genos is a completely different concept, the way I see it more leaning towards the arranger side. Montage is first and foremost a synth :)
Can it do ensembles
Can it do a smooth sound transition form one sound to another without a break in the sound like the Kronos.
Definitely. If your sound doesn't exceed eight parts the transition will be seamless. For live playing you can play eight parts at the same time anyway :)
Just realised that when I change piano tone to strings tone it gets cut instead of smooth transition and even the volume changes when I'm using volume pedal it gets loud when the tone is changed like for example when my previous tone volume is on half pedal and when I change to next tone without pressing pedal the volume resets and it goes on the max level! Sir is there any way I can solve this matter? Thanks in advance!
Hi Mauwin,
Can you please give me the preset names and the exact steps so I can try and reproduce this ? :)
Dom Sigalas Music I use concert grand piano tone and then change to A few strings tone but sadly it gets cut! Volume also resets!
Hi Mauwin, I don't get this here, could you please let me know of the exact preset names to try?
Dom Sigalas Music my piano tone: A concert grand
Strings: a few strings
Can I add more instruments? Or only 8?
Up to 16 instruments. But only 8 playable from the keyboard the rest need to be sequenced from a DAW like Cubase :)
Thanks, but you exceeded the 8 parts, and you know that parts 9 and 10 are Not playbed by the Keyboard?
Yeah sure, but I only use the one part that's important for this sound :) plus if I want the organ and additional parts that Choir service contains I can always sequence then in my DAW. :)
Cartoon (soundfont) orchestra compared with Orchestral Tools and Spitfire
Big problem that is not covered up by reverb: Most of these brass orchestral sounds release too abruptly, giving the game away, whereas most of the string sounds tend to have too long a release, also giving the game away. I don't know if you can adjust the ASDR controls to overcome this?
Great patch Dom! But to be honest, the sound engine in this or even in Kronos are still not able to be on par with most Kontakt instruments when it comes to "Realistic-ality". They are still using the same type of samples from the 90's, very "Cartoon-y".