About The Effect Connections - System And Insertion - Yamaha MU80 Owner's Manual

About the Effect Connections —
System and Insertion
All the effect sections are connected or routed in one of two ways: System
or Insertion. System applies the selected effect to all 34 Parts, while Inser-
tion applies the selected effect to one specific Part. Reverb, Chorus, and EQ
are all System effects, and Distortion is an Insertion effect. The Variation
effect section, on the other hand, can be configured for either System or
Insertion routing. (This is done from the Variation Connection parameter;
see page 91.) Since System and Insertion are part of the XG MIDI (Ex-
tended General MIDI) format, you can create and play back song data us-
ing the same flexible effect routings on any tone generator or sound mod-
ule having the XG mark.
NOTE
The Variation Connection default setting is Insertion.
The illustrations and explanations below cover the System and Insertion
connections in greater detail.
The multi-effects of the MU80 provide not only a wide range of
sound processing controls, but also a flexible system for connecting
them. Unlike simple effect routing schemes on conventional sound
modules that process all voices with the same effects, the MU80
allows you to put independent, special effects on one or two Parts,
as well as use overall effects for processing all 34 Parts together. For
example, you can have a Distortion effect on a guitar Part and a ro-
tary speaker effect for an organ Part, yet still use ambient effects
such as Reverb and Chorus for processing the overall mix.
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