Yamaha MU80 User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
Welcome to the MU80 ............................................................................................................ ii
Unpacking ..............................................................................................................................iii
Table of Contents................................................................................................................... iv
How to Use This Manual ...................................................................................................... vi
Precautions............................................................................................................................ vii
The Controls of the MU80 ..................................................................................................... 1
The MU80 — What It Is and What It Can Do .................................................................... 4
What It Is…....................................................................................................................... 4
About General MIDI..................................................................................................... 4
What It Can Do…............................................................................................................. 5
Using With MIDI Keyboard ......................................................................................... 5
Using With a Computer or Sequencer .......................................................................... 5
About the Modes of the MU80 ........................................................................................ 6
Play Modes and the Part Controls................................................................................. 6
Utility Mode................................................................................................................ 10
Part Edit Mode ............................................................................................................ 10
GUIDED TOUR
Setting Up Your MU80 ................................................................................................... 12
What You’ll Need .................................................................................................. 12
Making the Connections ....................................................................................... 12
Powering Up and Playing the Demo Song.................................................................... 14
Playing the Demo Song .............................................................................................. 15
Selecting Voices ............................................................................................................... 17
Changing the Voice Bank............................................................................................ 18
Selecting Voices From Your MIDI Keyboard ............................................................. 19
Changing Some of the Settings — Part Controls......................................................... 20
Selecting another Part and changing its MIDI channel .............................................. 20
Changing the Volume and Pan settings of a Part ........................................................ 22
Using Mute/Solo.............................................................................................................. 23
Using the A/D Input ........................................................................................................ 24
Setting Up the MU80 in Your Music System................................................................ 26
Connecting With a Computer ..................................................................................... 26
Macintosh .............................................................................................................. 26
IBM PC and Clones .............................................................................................. 27
Connecting to Other MIDI Devices ............................................................................ 28
Using the MU80 with a MIDI Data Storage Device .................................................... 30
Data Flow Block Diagram.............................................................................................. 31
MIDI/Computer Connecting Cables............................................................................. 32
REFERENCE
Multi Mode...................................................................................................................... 34
Multi Play Mode ......................................................................................................... 35
Play Displays .............................................................................................................. 35
Part Controls ............................................................................................................... 36
Single Part Control...................................................................................................... 37

Yamaha MU80 Specifications

General

Brand	Yamaha
Model	MU80
Category	Recording Equipment
Language	English