The Mu15 - What It Is And What It Can Do; What It Is; What It Can Do - Yamaha MU15 Owner's Manual

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The MU15 — What It Is and

What It Is...

The MU15 is a compact, highly portable and easy-to-use tone
generator. It features XG compatibility with a stunning variety of 480
XG Voices (including 128 GM Voices) and 11 Drum Voices (with
Drum and SFX kits).* The MU15 has 32-Voice polyphony and is 16-
Part multi-timbral. In other words, the MU15 has 16 different Parts,
each with its own Voice, so that up to 16 different Voices can be
sounded simultaneously.
With the built-in two-octave keyboard, you can play any of the Voices
directly from the MU15 itself. Or you can play them from a con-
nected MIDI keyboard. In addition, the MU15 also has a TO HOST
terminal for easy interfacing with a computer, allowing you to play
the Voices using your favorite music software. This is where the
advanced multi-timbral capabilities come in, letting you play up to 16
different Voices at the same time.
* The MU15 has a total of 676 different Voices. A separate
TG300B mode (page 43) features 579 Voices, some of which are
diiferent than the XG set.

What It Can Do...

Here are a few ideas on how you can use the MU15. The list below
is not comprehensive, but is meant to be a general guide to the
possibilities and provide a starting point or springboard for your own
creative ideas and explorations.
Carry It With You
If you have a laptop computer (and sequencing software), simply
connect the MU15, plug in some headphones and you've got a
complete music making system that's ready to go wherever you go.
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What It Can Do