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This classic MU10 is in good very condition and working properly.It just has that slight discoloration to the plastic as usual.Even the battery box contacts are clean and shiny.It can be connected via MIDI and can also be connected to your PC/Mac using aMINI DIN 8-Pin connector. NOT includedbut can be picked up from different online suppliers. It comes with power supply andmanual only. Tech info from the net:Housed in a little grey box(smaller than a video) that belies the sonic power within, the MU-10 module(latterly also termed ‘Waveforce’) is an external MIDImodule that is inexpensive yet powerful (16 part multitimbral, 32 note poly)and user-friendly. It appeals to the beginner and more advanced user alike, andis good for a range of musical styles though it can excel athouse/techno/garage if used with the XG Gold shareware editing program The MU-10 can act as a highquality synthesizer, a MIDI soundcard (one MIDI in, one MIDIout), and an effects unit. Connects to a PC via a To Host lead, but can beplayed without any PC connection using a suitable MIDIkeyboard. There are two 1/4″ jack analog inputs (each with a gain slider)which can route external inputs through the effects busses for digitalprocessing – great for guitar and vocals. Nine volt DC operation – usebatteries or, better, a mains adaptor. The MU-10 is arguably the best of threeclosely related models because of its portability, ease of use as effects unit,and slightly lower noise floor than the other two (perhaps because it is anexternal unit). Priced at about UKpounds 200 when first released. The guts of the MU-10 areexactly the same as in the Yamaha SW-60 and MU-10 synths (see reviews) unlikethe MU-10 these latter two are configured as a PC ISA card and adaughterboard respectively. The three were the babies of the MU range andstill offer incredible value. Based around the SWP00 AWM2 wavetable chip, theywere sold from 1995 initially as upgrade cards for gamers, but became popularwith musicians when it was discovered that their wavetable synths were capableof producing high quality sounds. The subsequent development of computer-basedediting software improved user access to the sonic power of the sound chip,which was later employed in the CS1x and other popular (and more expensive)Yamaha synths.Basic synth characteristics:sample-based synthesis (Yamaha AWM) with 4Mb of voice ROM, offering 32 notepolyphony (last note priority), 16 parts multitimbrality, a truly great24db/oct. four pole resonant set of filters, and 18-bit D/A conversion.The MU-10 is fully GeneralMIDI compatible, but Yamaha XG offers more sounds (480 voices and 11 drumkits), more signal processing power, and greater control than the standard GMmode. Interestingly, the unit is also Roland GS compatible in TG300B mode thatis said to offer yet more voices (untested). The module bristles witheffects, offering three independent quality 24 bit parallel digital DSP effectsprocessors. The three channels provide reverb (11 types); chorus (12 types);and variation (42 types). Variation operates in either Insert (on one channel)or System mode (across all channels) mode. All effects are editable and may becontrolled in real-time with up to 16 parameters per effect, and there are afew cross modulation options. Signals applied to the external input may berouted through the effects blocks too, offering another reason to buy a MU-10. A computer-based programme isideal to get the best out of this fully real-time editable synth, because ithas no physical controller knobs. Gary Gregson’s XG Edit (shareware) wasdeveloped for Yamaha and is a fine editor for using the card in standard XGmode. But third-party software developers have been busy opening up the fullpotential of the powerful synth chip, and Achim Stulgies’ excellent XG Gold(shareware) gets the max out of the synth chip, enabling QS300 performancemode, formerly accessible only using sysex commands. Controlled by XG Gold, theMU-10 can emulate the four element voicing and parameter controls of the YamahaQS300 synthesizer workstation, which cost UK pounds 1200 when it was launchedin 1996 (though three- and four-element sounds will each consume two MIDIchannels). XG Gold is also marginally preferable for handling and editingstandard XG sounds – if you’ve got a MU-10 and haven’t yet got XG Gold, you’vetreat in store! No Returns.
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