YAMAHA XG MIDI ZIP FILE
In this page you’ll find a zip file which has all the custom maps to access (almost) all of the functions of the XG system.
YAMAHA XG MIDI MANUAL
Feel free to add it back, just check the manual to know which SysEx string to use.Īnyway, enough talking. * I really didn’t care for the Decay so I’ve omitted it from the maps since I’ll always be playing with the keyboard. …and I could go on for days, but unless you’re looking for an analog synth, this is really a criminally underrated gem. Plays great with external effect pedals.You can route the effects any way you like: you can have them in series or in parallel or, for example, route the Chorus to the Reverb or the third effect to Reverb, Chorus or both.You can choose the third one from more than 20 different effects with a myriad of customizable parameters Literally tons of effects, you can stack 3 together although 2 are fixed: Reverb and Chorus.Several controls over the sounds, mainly: Attack, Decay*, Release, Cutoff, Resonance, LFO (with controls for rate, depth and delay) and Detune.Apparently this is only documented on the manual of the Yamaha DB50XG module and nowhere else) 3 “hidden” modes to unlock even more sounds: XG, General MIDI and TG300B mode (big thank you to Nikita_lita on the MiSTer Discord for letting me know of the GS Reset command to enter the TG300B mode.Excellent base sounds (for a ROMpler of the late 90s).I won’t be listing all of them here otherwise this would end up being a 20 page essay (go look in the manual below if you’re interested), so I’ll just make a short list of things I really like about the XG system: With those maps and any XG module, you’ll be able to access almost all of the functions of the XG system. This is why I’ve spent more than 2 weeks making custom maps for my Roland/Edirol PCR300 MIDI keyboard: it’s one of the very few keyboards who can be completely programmed to send even SysEx data with its knobs and sliders. In the most painful way known to every musician who has been making music during the 90s: SysEx commands.
YAMAHA XG MIDI FULL
How do you unlock the full potential of the MU15, then you may ask.
YAMAHA XG MIDI MANUALS
The manual, though, (which is among one of the absolutely best manuals I’ve ever come across in my life) will surprise you with almost 40 pages of extra functionalities which are hidden within this little beast. If you go by the available controls on the unit itself, you’d find yourself with a very, very limited unit.
Looking at the module you’d immediately disregard it as a toy, and I wouldn’t blame you for it.
And not a great keyboard to play on unless you have thin fingers (which I personally have but I still find it difficult to use). It can be battery powered with 4xAA and has its own small keyboard which is, to the surprise of absolutely no one, not touch sensitive. This module has one of the biggest upsides of all modules available, though: it is portable. There have been quite a few XG modules produced, some more limited, other way more powerful, but today we’re going to focus on one of the humblest, which I also happen to own: the Yamaha MU15. It got the bad stigma of being just a “better General MIDI” box (isn’t that the case with Roland GS as well?) without people realizing how flexible and powerful this system is.Īnd not just for playing back MIDI files you find on the internet, but for composing new, modern music as well. I honestly think that Yamaha XG is one of the most underrated MIDI systems ever made.
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