At the 2024 NAMM Show, Yamaha showcased their Expanded Softsynth Plugin (E.S.P.) for the Montage M – a plugin that brings the synths directly to your DAW.
The Montage M synthesizer is Yamaha’s new flagship synthesizer. It features their AN-X Analog Engine and an improved AWM2 Engine that, combined with the FM-X Engine, give you a total of 400 notes total polyphony.
With Yamaha E.S.P., the Montage M can now be in your computer. The initial release offers Montage M sound plus basic editing. Future versions will add full editing, enhanced connectivity and more.
“This is a great feature for touring musicians, worship players or anyone who needs to use multiple MONTAGE M keyboards for whatever reason,” notes Yamaha’s Blake Angelos.
“Of course, the real benefit of the Expanded Softsynth Plugin for MONTAGE M is the considerable power it adds. You can open multiple instances in a DAW and drastically increase your music making potential. With modern computer systems, the horsepower needed is completely within reach and won’t cost a fortune.”
The plugin is free for all Montage M users. See the Yamaha site for more info.
Since it is for Montage owners only it it worthless for a lot of potential customers.
Let’s hope futire versions will ne available to non-hardware owners, too.
Because Yamaha Montage M is first deliverable in Germany from beginning of August 2024, see https://www.musicstore.de/de_DE/EUR/Yamaha-Montage-M7/art-SYN0008830-000
Where ist the advantage for the now deliverable Montage M VST Software. I can‘t understand, why Yamaha and Roland announces Music Gears, which are only deliverable after one or more one year.
Well that’s cool 🙂
$4000-6000 app? Amazing pitch!
(No synth pun intended)
Someone might pirate it anyway
This will be a perfect plugin to ship with Cubase either in an LE version, or in bigger packages, full version, limited for using with Cubase only. Perfect bread and butter for using with a DAW.
The Montage VST will be a whopper like the UVI Falcon or VPS Avenger. You sure can’t take it up casually. Definitely not just a preset machine. MPE players, start your engines.