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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
