Instance Logo

social.noyu.me

Thread with 2 posts

jump to expanded post

And on the pedestal these words appear:

MY NAME IS YAMAHA, KING OF DTM:
LOOK ON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR!

No thing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

(the fruits of a weekend's research, documenting the Yamaha MU series of XG/General MIDI sound modules: https://dtm.noyu.me/wiki/Yamaha_MU_series#Comparison_of_major_desktop_modules)

A screenshot of a zoomed-out table on a wiki, comparing 23 different aspects of six MIDI sound modules, starting with the “Yamaha MU50” from 1995 and ending with the “Yamaha MU2000” from 1999. This final model is listed as having more than 1,200 presets, nine independent effects units, and supports four different General MIDI-based standards, circa one hundred different types of effects, and up to three expansion boards. This is a drastic improvement in every respect from the first model listed, but also comes with a doubling in height and 50% increase in weight. A screenshot of a zoomed-out table on a wiki, comparing 23 different aspects of six MIDI sound modules, starting with the “Yamaha MU50” from 1995 and ending with the “Yamaha MU2000” from 1999. This final model is listed as having more than 1,200 presets, nine independent effects units, and supports four different General MIDI-based standards, circa one hundred different types of effects, and up to three expansion boards. This is a drastic improvement in every respect from the first model listed, but also comes with a doubling in height and 50% increase in weight.
Open thread at this post