Also-is there an issue with Yamahasynth.com and iPhones? I tried to use my phone for this but every time I clicked the sign in tab it did nothing. I could sign into Yamaha.com no problem but Yamahasynth did not work.
I've seen various apple product users voice some form of issue with the forum. I'm not sure troubles with the forum are unique to Apple products. Here, I've got a PC running Chrome. And every time I need to sign back into the forum (which is just about every day I go back to it) - the sign-in feature doesn't work right. And it did, at some point in the past, work much better.
Here's the dance I do to sign-in:
1) Press the "Sign In" (with a key icon) button in the upper-right of the web page
2) A "pop up" window shows up. I type in my username (email) and password then press the "Sign In." button
3) The pop-up goes away, but there's still a "Sign In" (with a key icon) button in the upper-right.
4) ... so I press that "Sign In" button and then I see the "My Account" and "Sign Out" buttons in the upper-right. A sign that I'm logged in finally
... however - I'm usually doing this to type a response. And at this point the message I'm responding to doesn't have an area where I can add my comments.
5) I refresh the page by going up to the URL line and pressing return there to refresh the page. I could have pressed F5 or the circular arrow icon in my browser that says "Reload" when I hover over it.
6) After the refresh/reload - now I can finally submit a response as after this dance - "I'm in".
Maybe your iPhone is similar in the forum issue with sign in. At one point in the past - you were able to sign in once and not have to refresh or do anything - and the system would indicate to you that you were in and would also allow for you - right then and there - add comments to the current message you were reading. It's probably been broken this way for 6 months or more.
... that's probably not your most pressing concern. How about that MODX?
I've got an iPad and a camera adapter and a Yamaha bluetooth/MIDI adapter. Unfortunately I cannot find the camera adapter so I ordered another one. Once that one comes in, I'll be able to help. I can say that I used the bluetooth adapter before and didn't have too hard of a time with it using the PC. I can't remember what I did or tried with the iPad. I do have Cubasis (although 2 not 3). So I can pretty much tackle all of this here.
... meanwhile, here's some general tips from the web:
The suggestion from Yamaha is to first manually connect the bluetooth adapter with iPad. There's a FAQ that mentions using an app that doesn't exist anymore. The key is, however, to have SOME app make this connection first. Something that's "good" at making bluetooth MIDI connections. This sets up the device so other apps that are not as well crafted for bluetooth MIDI can ride those coat-tails.
The net suggests using this app:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/midimittr/id925495245
(midimittr) to make that initial connection.
My source is here:
https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/36241/how-to-get-ios-to-recognise-turn-on-yamaha-md-bt01
... despite the chances for the underbelly - there seems to be good stuff going on in forums. Just got to pick and choose.
This video doesn't seem to cover what you need:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq9LxCKhoaI
This video is a bit more interesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uj_n_rgSpI
This one is interesting - uses "MIDI Wrench" instead of the suggested "midimittr" to make the initial connection. I use MIDI Wrench myself. For a MIDI monitor - not used yet for bluetooth. Here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWP1iIcKZRI
... I guess it's worth mentioning to beware of firmware version 1.0.5. It seems to be a "bad build", so to speak. Lots of discussion about bricking devices and the like. A version was subsequently released that should have fixed that. Source:
https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/20654/yamaha-mdbt01-wireless-bluetooth-midi-adapter-theyre-brilliant-edit-check-compatibility/p4
Sorry for not having this delivered as requested - in a one-stop, one-link, 1-2-3 manner. I'd have boiled it down further if I had anything to test with right now.
BTW: I think the strategy for MODX and Montage was primarily that you'd use free Cubase (Mac or PC) to do heavy sequencing work "offline" and also do sampling "offline". The Montage got a no-cost version of "Sample Robot" to help fill in the void left between Motif and the current generation's sampling capabilities (or lack of). MODX should be able to purchase a license for Sample Robot or similar app for offline sampling features.
The choice was to focus more on the performance aspects of the keyboard and take away more of the traditional workstation features and move those to a computer instead. There's been some pushback so the sequencer has more going for it vs. the launch sequencer. But still, it's a subset of what once was in Motif. Still, there's enough meat on the bone at least to do some productive things without a computer to rough out something. Brain surgery still needs a computer, however.