How To Upgrade Your MODX to a MODX+ - And Why You Should Do It!

In this video, I talk about the process involved in upgrading your Yamaha MODX to a MODX+, giving it all the new capabilities of the MODX+, and why you should do it!

0:00 Intro
0:14 Background
2:44 How It's Done
4:15 Why You Should Do It

#MODX #Yamaha #Upgrade

[BobsCountry]

i was looking to get my first Synth, and wondering what I should get, and My Piano teacher told me that I should just spring for the MODX8+, so glad I listened to him..

[paulis]

I've been considering upgrading to the MODX+, and this video taught me that I can just buy a main board instead. Thank you!

[kaikiefer]

Nothing wrong with the video, but sharing our resources helps folks that want to know more.

[UFO-Ark]

Thanks scott..
Ive been eargerly wanting to know what will come to the MODX+ range when the new montage drops...

[gb]

The MODX+ also was upgraded with the Montage's pitch and mod wheels as well.

[daveogarf]

Syntaur is the greatest! Sam Mims & Co. are wonderful people and are very helpful.

[jjptech]

Something crazy that I want to do, is to buy a ModX6+ tear it down, and leave on the board, screen and controls, and convert it into a ModX Rack module.

[TheCasalinthesky]

That is really not to bad of a price! It's worth it just for the polyphony alone! It's like a stock car from factory. The company you buy rhe car from only gives you a certain amount of Horse power. Then a simple tune can raise it significantly! Thanks Scott for another informative video

[ayosh]

Eagerly awaiting your report on upgrading the Montage to the Montage M... 😁

[ilovecatsandsynths]

If they add AN-X to the MODX or MODX+ the new name could be MOANDX. Haha.

[doctor_ivanov]

Very good tips! 👍 Anyway, I have my MODX6+ since start and just cross my fingers for update with AN-X engine. I hope, Yamaha will make this gift to MODX+ owners immediately after official start of Montage M...

[classicarcadeamusementpark]

If indeed the upgrade provides the AN-X engine (with a free OS update), it might be worth it considering the extra benefits too.

Without the AN-1 upgrade, it's really all about the ram upgrade to 1.7 gigs from 1 gig. The difference in the extra polyphony of the FM-X engine is going to be pretty minor for most users. Remember the DX-7 was only 16 note polyphonic. Might be of more interest to people doing heavy sequencing. For us strictly live players, even with splits and layers, I think it would be the rare occasion 64 notes in the FM-X engine wasn't enough.

I would be interested in the ram upgrade, but 1 gig is still pretty good vs many other keyboards. For those that want to try out different pianos other than the ones onboard, they would benefit the most as some of those piano samples take up a lot of ram just for those alone. I'm more a synth & organ player generally, and the onboard piano with a bit of tweaking is usually fine for me.

Even better would be if there was some way to simply unlock the extra ram on the original MODX. Maybe Yamaha can simply charge a smaller fee to do so than the cost of replacing the board.

[RickyPerson-gq]

WHERE DO I FIND THE COMPANY TO DO THIS? HOW DO I ORDER IT. WHAT IS THE PIECE AND THE MODEL NUMBER?

[matthewcoull]

Great video! I heard the + has upgraded pitch and mod wheels as well. Can I upgrade my MODX's wheels to the new version?

[trebleboost]

Thanks for this. I would be interested if there was a significant firmware upgrade to the sequencer and MIDI implementaion.

[Maxxarcade]

I'm wondering if I should sell my Montage 8 before it drops in value too much, or wait for a possible board/firmware upgrade. And with how cheap LCD's are these days, I wish they would start putting 10-12" displays in the larger workstations for us nearsighted users.

[noitnova]

Yamaha and Korg going for the easy money grap. Yamaha by memory+ and Korg Nautilus by AT.

[ckatheman]

So about ANX and the MODX+…. I had thought for sure the new MODX was going to follow the new Montage, but not so sure now that board is revealed to still have one SWP70, meaning it always had the current capabilities unless there’s magic in the new DSP and that other new chip in bottom right. Not sure what that second one was doing on the Montage? 4 more SSS parts and 7 more effects assignments (which I would never use anyway)? Enquiring minds…

[graemenelson]

Hi Scott late to the party. quick question can the new ANx (analog) card on the montage 2 be added to modx plus keyboard yet

[demetriccauthen-nojy]

Question I have moxf6 should I upgrade to modx7