About Xg-Format; What It Can Do; Using With A Midi Keyboard - Yamaha MU100 Owner's Manual

The MU100 — What It Is and What It Can Do
example, if there is an alto sax solo in the song, it will be played by an alto sax
Voice on the General MIDI tone generator (and not by a tuba or harpsichord!).
Since the MU100 is fully compatible with General MIDI, you can take advan-
tage of the vast wealth of musical material recorded in that format.
About XG format
The new XG format is an extension of General MIDI, and provides a number of
significant improvements and enhancements. XG-compatible song data takes
advantage of the extensive MIDI control and built-in effects of the MU100 (and
other MU-series instruments).
To take greatest advantage of the powerful capabilities of XG, we recom-
mend using XG-compatible instruments and software. For example, XG-com-
patible keyboards such as the Yamaha CBX-K2 keyboard and software give you
direct controls for accessing the full expressive potential of the MU100's XG
Voices and the XG-related parameters.

What It Can Do...

Here are a few ideas on how you can use the MU100. The list below is not
comprehensive, but is meant to be a general guide to the possibilities and pro-
vide a starting point or springboard for your own creative ideas and explora-
tions.

Using With a MIDI Keyboard

Use the MU100 as a supplementary tone generator with your MIDI key-
board and play the Voices of both instruments in a layer together. Or, use the
convenient Performance mode, and play four Voices on the MU100 at once.
You can split the four Voices across the keyboard, playing each from a dif-
ferent register. Or you can create sophisticated velocity splits, in which a
different Voice is heard depending on how strongly you play the keyboard.
Or use keyboard and velocity splits together for even greater flexibility.
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The MU100 — What It Is and What It Can Do