Yamaha Montage 8 Manual

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Quick Guide — Creating Your Own Live Sets
Switching Performances stored in a Live Set 
by using the footswitch
You can switch the Performances by using a 
connected footswitch (FC4 or FC5). The setting for this 
operation is as follows.
1Connect the footswitch (FC4 or FC5) to 
the FOOT SWITCH [ASSIGNABLE] jack.
2Press the [UTILITY] button to call up the 
Utility display, and then touch [Settings] 
tab 
 [MIDI I/O] tab at the left side of the 
screen.
3Set “FS Assign” to “Live...

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This instrument has various edit displays for Parts, Performances, effects, and Arpeggios. This chapter explains how to create 
an original Performance by combining multiple Parts.
Performance Editing
“Performance Editing” refers to the process of creating a 
Performance by changing the parameters that make up the 
Performance. This can be done in the Performance Edit 
display.
Basic operations for editing a 
Performance
1
Move the cursor to the Performance name on 
the...

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Quick Guide — Editing the Settings
Part Editing
“Part Editing” refers to the process of creating a Part by 
changing the parameters that make up the Part. This can be 
done in the Element Common/Key Common/Operator 
Common Edit display and the Element/Key/Operator Edit 
display. The actual parameters that are available differ 
depending on the Part type.
Normal Part (AWM2) Edit
A Normal Part (AWM2) (having pitched musical instrument 
sounds) can consist of up to eight Elements....

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Quick Guide — Editing the Settings
Element Common Edit display 
The structure of the display is the same as for the Key/
Operator Common Edit display.
Element Edit display 
The structure of the display is the same as for the Key/
Operator Edit display.
3Store the Performance as necessary.
NOTEYou can select any desired Performance by pressing the PART 
[COMMON] button during editing the Part, and edit the selected 
Performance.
Part Effect Editing
This instrument features a...

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Quick Guide — Editing the Settings
8Touch the [Ins A] tab at the left side of the 
screen.
The display for editing effect parameters selected in 
Step 4 appears.
9Set the parameters as necessary.
Try narrowing in on your desired sound by finely editing 
the parameters provided for each Effect Type.
10Edit Insertion Effect B by using the same 
operation.
11Store the Performance as necessary.
How Parts are assigned to a 
Performance
By default (when shipped from the factory),...

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Quick Guide — Editing the Settings
With this method, you can play all the parts of a band by 
yourself. This type of Performance also uses different 
Arpeggio types assigned to the individual Parts, making it 
even easier to sound like a full band. In the example below, 
the Drum pattern (by Arpeggio) will be played back 
indefinitely even when you release the notes, the Bass line 
(by Arpeggio) will be played back by your left hand 
performance, and the Guitar backing (by...

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Quick Guide — Editing the Settings
Split
You can play different Parts with the left and right hands by 
assigning one Part to Part 1, with a note range in the lower 
section of the keyboard, and a different Part to Part 2, with a 
note range in the higher section of the keyboard.
Note Limit Low (the lowest note of the range for the Part)
Note Limit High (the highest note of the range for the 
Part)
1Touch the Note Limit High () of Part 1 or 
move the cursor to 
 and press the...

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Quick Guide — Editing the Settings
3Touch the [Individual] tab to call up the 
setting display for each Arpeggio Type.
4Touch the Arpeggio type and select the 
[Search] menu at the left side of the screen. 
(Alternately, you can press the [CATEGORY 
SEARCH] button.)
The Category determines the instrument type and the 
Sub Category determines the music type.
Go on and assign other Arpeggio types in the same way 
as desired.
5Store the Performance as necessary.
[Common] tab
Setting...

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You can record MIDI data as Songs on this instrument itself or record your performance (audio data) on a USB flash memory 
device plugged into the MONTAGE.
Te rm i n o l o gy
Song
A Song on this instrument is effectively the same as a song 
on a MIDI sequencer, and playback automatically stops at 
the end of the recorded data. The MONTAGE can store up to 
64 Songs.
Tr a c k
This is a memory location on the sequencer where your 
musical performances (made up of MIDI events) are...

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Recording and Playback
Recording with the click
Follow the steps below to use the click during MIDI 
recording.
1Press the [UTILITY] button and touch [Tempo 
Settings] on the screen to call up the Tempo 
setting display. Set the Click “Mode” to “Rec.”
NOTEWhen “Rec/Play” is set, the click sounds during MIDI recording 
and playback. When “Always” is set, the click will always 
sound.
Re-recording a specific part of a Song 
(Punch In/Out)
Use the Punch In/Out recording method to...