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Using USB cables and standard MIDI cables (that are commercially available), you can connect an external MIDI instrument to the MONTAGE M.
You can play an external MIDI instrument from the built-in keyboard, or play the tone generator block from an external MIDI keyboard or sequencer.

Make sure to match the MIDI Transmit Channel of the external MIDI instrument with the MIDI Receive Channel of the MONTAGE M.
To set the MIDI Receive Channel of the MONTAGE M, use MIDI I/O Ch. for Parts having Keyboard Control is set to On, and Tx/Rx Ch. for Parts having Keyboard Control set to Off. If the Part Mode is set to External, the Part will not receive MIDI messages from the external device.
For more information on MIDI Transmit Channel of the external MIDI keyboard, refer to the owner’s manual of the MIDI Keyboard you are using.

Use the Zone function if you would like to play sounds from both the internal tone generator block and the external sound module.
When you wish to play the sound only from the external sound module, lower the volume on the MONTAGE M, or set Local Control to OFF from: [UTILITY] → Settings → MIDI I/O.
To set the receive channel on the external MIDI device, refer to the owner’s manual of the MIDI Keyboard you are using.

The MIDI output channel on this instrument should be set to a different value, depending on whether there are any Parts with Part Mode set to External.
When there are no Parts with Part Mode set to External, MIDI I/O Ch. is used for Part Common or a Part with Keyboard Control set to On. Tx/Rx Ch. is used for a Part with Keyboard Control set to Off.
When there are any Parts with Part Mode set to External, Tx Ch. is used for Part Common or a Part with Keyboard Control set to On. Tx Ch. is used for the Part with the Keyboard Control set to Off. Any Parts with Part Mode set to Internal will not transmit MIDI messages.

NOTE

You can use either the [USB TO DEVICE] or MIDI terminals to connect the external MIDI instrument.

By connecting a USB MIDI keyboard to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal, you can use the connected keyboard just like the built-in keyboard, depending on the specifications of that keyboard.

NOTICE

The rating of the USB TO DEVICE terminal is a maximum of 5 V/500 mA for each terminal. Do not connect USB devices having a rating above this, since this can cause damage to the instrument itself.

Use an AB-type USB cable of less than 3 meters.

USB class-compliant MIDI devices
USB MIDI keyboards

Compatible Yamaha MIDI devices
CP1, CP4 STAGE, CP40 STAGE, CP88, CP73, MODX, MODX+, MONTAGE, MOTIF XF, MOXF, MX, reface, YC

MIDI communication with a device connected via the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal follows special rules for allowing the device to behave like a built-in keyboard.

  • MIDI communication is one-way only (sent from the external MIDI device and received by the MONTAGE M).
  • All MIDI data is received regardless of the MIDI IN/OUT and MIDI I/O Ch. settings.
  • For Parts with Keyboard Control set to on, data received on all corresponding channels is shared.
    (For example, when Keyboard Control for Parts 1 to 3 is set to on, data received from any of channels 1 to 3 will be delivered to all Parts 1 to 3.)
  • Each Part with Keyboard Control set to off receives the data of only the corresponding channel for the Part.

For using MIDI terminals, connect a device with MIDI cables, and then select MIDI from the [UTILITY] → Settings → MIDI I/O.

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