Yamaha Montage M PGX Controllers Give You Immediate Control Over Synth’s Deep Engines

16 Jun, 2025  No Comment


At Superbooth 2025 – held May 8-10 at the FEZ-Berlin – Yamaha was showing the PG-ANX and PG-FMX– a pair of hardware controllers that bring deep tactile control to their flagship Montage M synthesizer.

The two hardware programmers were designed to unlock the full potential of the AN-X and FM-X sound engines found in the MONTAGE M synthesizer, with a focus on immediate tactile interaction. They describe it as “a radically hands-on approach to synthesis, with hundreds of dedicated controls at your fingertips.”

“As part of the Yamaha Synthesizer 50th Anniversary Project, we developed a hardware programmer that can narrow down the number of controls by carefully selecting parameters and linking multiple parameters and deliberately abandoning the direction of fitting it tightly into a set space, eliminating the physical constraints of the instrument and fully controlling the sound potential of the sound engine,” notes Shinichi Ohta, Producer of MONTAGE M / PG-ANX / PG-FMX.

“In the MONTAGE M, the AN-X and FM-X sound engine sections alone control all these parameters. We hope that by experiencing this hardware programmer, you will be able to feel even more profoundly the sound of the MONTAGE M.”

The PG-ANX gives you physical access to nearly every parameter of the MONTAGE M’s AN-X engine. With 164 knobs and 40 switches, it brings greater immediacy to sound design. Connected via USB and powered separately, it works seamlessly alongside the main unit, giving you unprecedented control with your hands.

The PG-FMX delivers 247 knobs and 60 switches for precise FM synthesis programming. Connected to the PG-ANX via LAN, it allows deep editing of FM architecture, all with a user interface designed to reveal the structure and flow of FM sound creation intuitively.

*Note: The two controllers are concept designs at this point. Visit the Yamaha site for details.

Live Analog Berlin School Eurorack Synth Jam

1 Jun, 2025  No Comment


Eurorack synth maker AJH Synths shared this extended Berlin School style synth jam, a studio recording of their performance from Superbooth 2025.

“This is a re-recording of a 20-minute live set by ?@DreamsOfWires? for Superbooth25, and consists of two old tracks from my video back-catalog,” they note. “It’s quite a minimal rig, configured as two all-analogue synth voices – one for melodic patterns, one for pitched drone parts.”

Here’s what they shared about the technical details:

Modules used:

(AJH SYNTH)
Matrix VCF
Transistor Ladder Filter
Sonic XV Diode Ladder Filter
Vintage Transistor Core VCO x4
Sample Hold & Slew
Contour Generators
Wave Swarm
Ring SM
Muting Mixer
Discrete Cascaded VCA
Glide + Noise MkII
Dual LFO VCA

(Other brands)
Squarp Hermod+ sequencer
XAOC Devices Sarajewo analog delay
ALM Busy Circuits MFX for reverb
Cosmotronic Cosmix
Happy Nerding Isolator
Homemade case powered by Konstant Lab BoardPWR

KOMA Monoplex Sequencer Now Available

30 May, 2025  No Comment


The KOMA Elektronik Monoplex, a new step sequencer for Eurorack modular systems, is now available to pre-order.

The Monoplex is a fully CV-controllable 16-step CV / MIDI sequencer. Like its larger sibling, the Komplex sequencer, the Monoplex provides CV control over nearly every sequencer parameter, so you can create evolving patterns using modulation.

Features:

  • 16-Step CV and MIDI sequencer
  • Deep CV patchbay for creating complex rhythms
  • Quantizable sequencer outputs: chromatic, major, or minor scales
  • Compatible with almost all synthesizers that accept CV/Gate and/or MIDI
  • Start and End-of-Sequence outputs
  • CV-programmable Gate Width, Glide, sequence Direction, Step Repeats and Skip Step

The KOMA Monoplex is available now to pre-order, priced at € 498.

 

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