[MusicTlk] question about Yamaha montage keyboard

[jovian3 at gmail.com]

Hi,

I would also like to know which keyboard is most accessible for blind users.
Thanks
Charbel

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Subject: [MusicTlk] question about Yamaha montage keyboard

I have a couple of questions. I don't post here hardly ever, as I am mainly
a lerker, so forgive me.

I know that a lot of professional musicians in the blind community really
really seem to like the Yamaha motif lineup of products. I know that
Komplete Kontrol is becoming extremely accessible more and more, however,
hear me out on this.

I know that the motif is no longer being manufactured. you might could find
them used, but who knows. I am in no position to purchase such a keyboard at
this time, as it would take me at least half a decade to save up that much
money. however, getting back to the montage, I do have a question. before
the pandemic, are used to sometimes visit my local music store, and I have
seen both the motif, as well as the montage, although the sales people there
at this particular music store, even though it is an extremely reputable
store do not seem to know jack crap when it comes to how to operate the
thing, what can and cannot do, etc.

my question is, two things. First of all, has anyone on this list from a
blind perspective had any experience whatsoever with using the montage? The
salesman told me that it is actually quite similar as far as the menu
structure/layout interface to the motif, however, when I called Sweetwater
to get a second opinion, they told me it is nowhere even near similar. they
told me that the physical button layout on the montage is somewhat similar,
but as far as the actual menu structure interface, that is completely
different. also, I have heard that the montage has a touchscreen, where as
the motive does not. all of that said, do you have to use the touchscreen in
order to operate most functions of the montage, or is that just one option,
but that is not to say that you could not use the physical buttons on the
unit to scroll through things.

I said that there were two questions, that is my first concern. My second
question which is really more to questions in one is, are there any online
podcast/resources which specifically cover from ground one of knowing
absolutely nothing how to go about operating either the motif or the montage
from a blind perspective? Secondly in this question, I'm curious. I heard
somewhere a while back Yamaha Yamaha had actually released a firmware that
you could flash onto the motif, not sure about the montage, which basically
would give you a built-in screen reader for navigating all the different
menus. How accurate/true is this? I hear that it did not come with the
keyboard, however, if you needed the firmware, you could contact Yamaha and
request that they send it to you free of charge.

Chris.
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