Yamaha MODX - What Does It Sound Like?

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[benh.]

I have to say, this is the first time I have been legitimately "wow"-ed by a new synth since the MatrixBrute from Arturia. I love the sound of the MODX, it seems like it would be great for some 70s or 80s style ambient music.

[SabcatPrinting]

Years back, i would have steered clear of this sort of thing, but i've grown up since then - it sounds great.

[mattsynth]

Wow what a great sounding synth. I will have to look into this one. Sounds fresh after hearing so many analog synths.

[zenmasta]

Great video, I just picked up a MODX, it's great. Very happy now its time to dig into this beast.

[resonantfilterblog]

Sounds fantastic! With a pedal controlling the Super Knob I bet one could forget about the lack of aftertouch quickly. That being said I wonder how it responds to a MPE controller like the Roli?

[localtechnique]

I like the sound but the lack of aftertouch is a killer. I know Yamaha had to trim features from the Montage but that shouldn't have been one of them. Not in an FM synth and not at this price point.

[sunilsolanki]

I truly wish Yamaha would just make a very knobby Fm only synth. Like the Akemies Castle. But with effects and an analog filter. Boom!

[uyscuti]

No after touch is OK with me for real, I have it on other synths and hardly ever use it. I prefer to map modulation to velocity, and obviously it can do that. Cheers!

[patricksaxon]

I had just bought my Yamaha MODX-8 and I had not the time to experiment on it. I bought it, because it is very light weight compared to my Yamaha P-150 (Same as the P-200) and it has a great piano sound. I am impressed on how easy it is to select preset compared to the Yamaha Montage.

[Twinsungamer]

To me the best part is the FM engine, but at the same time I find FM sound so beautiful ... Now which one to get ...

[cresshead]

FM is one of the biggest deals of this...also the drums sound good, and the guitars!

[darrenhirst]

Its an amazing synth for all types of music and you can create your own sounds or buy expansions.
I love mine and this video.
Thanks BoBeats.
Ps i love all the sounds.

[SyntheticFuture]

I really like how a lot of these last gen synths combine the old with the new. This one takes what we love from the DX7, the FM synthesis, and combines it with "modern" PCM / sample based sound production. The killer function here being the amount of possible layers and FX per layer. The one downside I see is that there isn't an aweful lot of front panel controls. Sure it hands down beats the DX7 in that, but it does lack the control a more dedicated synth like the System 8, Sledge 2, Model D has. Those of course lack the flexibility that this synth has. Overall good times to be alive (Y)

[johnpeer]

Hahaha 4:10-4:30 sounds AWESOME!
Now that effect will be EVERYWHERE!!

[masonla]

Hey Bo! Sorry this has nothing to do with the video...but I finally got a circuit! Found it for 75$ USD at a local pawn shop! It is so inspiring!

[mrx]

Huge sounding synth.Some limitations, but price wise..verrrry nice.Add a controller keyboard and a lovely Roland FA for your output options for live music and you'll have a killer live setup to beat everything available in the past.

[MrClarkio]

That pad at 6:30 coming in full sounds beautiful, to my ears anyway has a real 80s Hansa studio type sound to it.

[mikej.]

Hello Mr Bobeats love your videos . What settings did you have it on the first sound like a choir?

[tommyfeinstoff]

nice vid! can't wait for mine now!

[RichardOlpin]

It does sound great, but seriously, no aftertouch in a modern synth keyboard like this is just crazy. You only need to consider how many times you're taking a hand off the keys to turn the knob to do things which would have been perfect mapped to aftertouch...