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we really need to get a Yamaha MU, a real one

we do not Need another guitar signal chain, we do not Need another MIDI box, but the MUs have the best user interface of the MIDI boxes we're aware of, they're the sexiest, they are the least annoying to work with even with external gear, and they have an electric guitar input

rather than sweating about having the best of the best, we should probably just see what the cheapest MU100/MU128/MU1000/MU2000 we can find is; we just think playing through its system of [up to three arbitrary effects including distortion] -> chorus -> reverb would be hella fun

we had this super autistic silly idea of getting a MU1000 or MU2000 and doing shoegaze with it as a sort of technical challenge (those give you four multi-effect units for insert effects), but that would probably be a pain in the ass in the way we originally imagined it

but hell even just a MU80 would be fun, it would give us a GM, XG and i-can't-believe-it's-not-GS box that is actually enjoyable to use the panel controls for, and that has keyboardist features, and would be a really fun guitar effects processor… yeah ok let's just get one then

oh yeah you guys probably don't know this because it's not in the post, but the MU series also has a “performance mode” that tries to make it fun to use just as a keyboardist? like it will set up a bunch of effects and layered tones for you so you can just keyboard out for fun

okay, we just dropped €204 on this thing, and will probably have to pay like €50 more in import fees, but we've been thinking about getting a MU100 for so long now that this can't possibly be a bad decision

we had been wondering about a MU1000 or MU2000 instead but they're more expensive and they feel like they'd be too big, and while 4 insertion effect units would be fun, check this out: while the MU100 has only 2, the variation unit has a bunch of combo effects for guitar!

oh right one more thing, to outside observers it must seem like we have Gear Acquisition Syndrome. yes, this is true, BUT: if the MU100 works out for us, we can finally get rid of the CBX-K1XG and the QY70 without having lost very much. there's a strategy here!

@hikari But, if the MU100 breaks, you need a backup.