Yamaha YMF724F specifications Logos, GM system level, Sensaura

YMF724F

LOGOS

GENERAL MIDI logo is a trademark of Association of Musical Electronics Industry (AMEI), and indicates GM system level 1 Compliant.

XG logo is a trademark of YAMAHA Corporation.

SONDIUS-XG logo is a trademark that Stanford University in the United States and

YAMAHA Corporation hold jointly.

Sensaura logo is a trademark of Central Research Laboratories Limited.

1.GM system level 1

GM system level 1 is a world standard format about MIDI synthesizer which provides voice arrangements and MIDI functions.

2.XG

XG is a format about MIDI synthesizer that is proposed by YAMAHA, and keeps the upper compatibility of GM system level 1. The good points are the voice arrangements kept extensively, a large number of the voices, modification of the voices, 3 kinds of effects, and so on.

3.SONDIUS-XG

Products bearing the SONDIUS-XG logo are licensed under patents of Stanford University and YAMAHA Corporation as listed on <http://www.sondius-xg.com>. The SONDIUS-XG produces acoustic sound outputs by running a virtual simulation of the actual acoustic instrument operation. Therefore, it provides much more real-world acoustic sound outputs fundamentally different from the Wavetable sound generator that simply processes the recorded acoustic sound sources only. The SONDIUS-XG adds the technology of virtual acoustic sound to the XG format.

4.Sensaura

Sensaura is a technology which provides 3D positional audio and moving effect by HRTF (Head Related Transfer Function) with 2 speakers or headphone. This feature makes it possible to enjoy invariable and unchangeable sound feelings in all-positional area covering as wide as 360 degrees.

September 21, 1998

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