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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
Welcome to the MU50............................................................................................................ ii
Unpacking ..............................................................................................................................iii
Table of Contents................................................................................................................... iv
How to Use This Manual ...................................................................................................... vi
Precautions............................................................................................................................ vii
The Controls of the MU50..................................................................................................... 1
The MU50 — What It Is and What It Can Do .................................................................... 4
What It Is…....................................................................................................................... 4
About General MIDI..................................................................................................... 4
What It Can Do…............................................................................................................. 5
Using With a MIDI Keyboard....................................................................................... 5
Using With a Computer or Sequencer .......................................................................... 5
About the Modes of the MU50 ........................................................................................ 6
Play Modes and the Part Controls................................................................................. 7
Utility Mode................................................................................................................ 10
Part Edit Mode ............................................................................................................ 10
GUIDED TOUR
Setting Up Your MU50................................................................................................... 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 INPUT Jack.................................................................................................... 24
Setting Up the MU50 in Your Music System................................................................ 25
Connecting With a Computer ..................................................................................... 25
Macintosh.............................................................................................................. 25
IBM PC and Clones .............................................................................................. 26
Connecting to Other MIDI Devices............................................................................ 27
Using the MU50 with a MIDI Data Storage Device .................................................... 29
Data Flow Block Diagram.............................................................................................. 30
MIDI/Computer Connecting Cables............................................................................. 31
REFERENCE
Multi Mode...................................................................................................................... 34
Multi Play Mode ......................................................................................................... 35
Part Controls ............................................................................................................... 35
Single Part Control...................................................................................................... 36