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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