Yamaha MU-series, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 13 relations: Bit rate, Future Music, General MIDI, Keyboardmania, MIDI, Part (music), Roland GS, Roland MT-32, SmartMedia, Sound module, USB, Yamaha Corporation, Yamaha XG.

2. Sound modules
3. Yamaha music products

Bit rate

In telecommunications and computing, bit rate (bitrate or as a variable R) is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time.

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Future Music

Future Music (stylised as FutureMusic) is a monthly magazine published by Future plc in the UK.

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General MIDI

General MIDI (also known as GM or GM 1) is a standardized specification for electronic musical instruments that respond to MIDI messages.

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Keyboardmania

Keyboardmania (alternately KEYBOARD MANIA, and abbreviated KBM) is a rhythm video game created by the Bemani division of Konami.

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MIDI

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communication protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related audio devices for playing, editing, and recording music.

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Part (music)

A part in music refers to a component of a musical composition.

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Roland GS

Roland GS, or just GS, sometimes expanded as General Standard or General Sound, is a MIDI specification.

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Roland MT-32

The Roland MT-32 Multi-Timbre Sound Module is a MIDI synthesizer module first released in 1987 by Roland Corporation.

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SmartMedia is an obsolete flash memory card standard owned by Toshiba, with capacities ranging from 2 MB to 128 MB.

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Sound module

A sound module is an electronic musical instrument without a human-playable interface such as a piano-style musical keyboard. Yamaha MU-series and sound module are sound modules.

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USB

Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that allows data exchange and delivery of power between many types of electronics.

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Yamaha Corporation

is a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer.

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Yamaha XG

Yamaha XG (EXtended General MIDI) is an extension to the General MIDI standard, created by Yamaha. Yamaha MU-series and Yamaha XG are Samplers (musical instrument).

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See also

Sound modules

• Akai MPC
• Boss SP-202
• Boss SP-303
• Boss SP-505
• Elektron SidStation
• MCB-1
• Roland DJ-70
• Roland MS-1
• Roland SC-55
• Roland SC-8850
• Roland SP-404
• Roland SP-555
• Roland SP-606
• Roland SP-808
• Roland Sound Canvas
• Sound module
• Yamaha MU-series
• Yamaha TG77
• Yamaha TX16W
• Yamaha TX81Z

Yamaha music products

• Disklavier
• Electone
• List of Yamaha signature instruments
• NS-2000
• Venova
• YTR-2320
• Yamaha CP-70
• Yamaha DSP-1
• Yamaha Drums
• Yamaha MDR-1
• Yamaha MT-100
• Yamaha MU-series
• Yamaha QY10
• Yamaha Rock Tour Custom
• Yamaha YMF7xx

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_MU-series

Also known as Yamaha MU5.