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This is a Yamaha MU2000EX 128 note polyphony Tone Generator (Sound Module or wutt-evva u wanna call it) in excellent condition. It is a 4MB sampler, effects processor, SMF player/recorder able to store all data on a smart media card. The Yamaha MU2000 never made it to market outside of Japan. Basically, it’s an MU128 with all the bells and whistles. I’ve already updated this MU2000 to the EX upgrade when I’d purchased it from a Japanese Ebay seller back in 2006. Hr sent me the manual for it but as you might have imagined, it was in Japanese. DAMMIT! So, what I did to learn how to use this module was pretty simple. I downloaded the manual for the Yamaha MU128. In fact, when I upgraded the MU2000 to the EX format, my PC recognized it as an MU128.
The last of the Tone Generators produced by Yamaha, the MU1000 and MU2000, had USB links and 'To Host' sockets, as well as an SPD/IF digital audio output port too. If you have a more modern keyboard, such as a PSR or Tyros or similar, then it's almost certainly going to have a USB interface and, I'm guessing, it'll come with USB driver.
It's essentially a Yamaha VL70m virtual acoustic instrument, sought after by a lot of wind synth players since production stopped a couple of years ago. A VL synth on a card. It's cheaper to buy one of these and the VL card than the VL70m. Get an MU128 manual in English and use it since the MU2000 manual is only in Japanese. List of all available Yamaha Musical Instrument user manuals in our database. Find your product on the list. Synths ⇝ Yamaha ⇝ Yamaha MU1000. The MU1000 is a stripped-down version of the MU2000 without a built-in sequencer or sampler. A firmware upgrade makes this unit an MU1000EX, adding Roland GS support and new effects. The unit supports General Midi (GM), General MIDI 2 (GM2), and XG. Yamaha MU1000 1999 GM XG GM2: 64 128 1396 58 Stripped down Version of MU2000. Lacks the built-in Sampler and Sequencer on the MU2000. No SmartMedia slot. 3 PLG expansion board slots. Yamaha MU1000EX 1999/2000 GM GS XG GM2: 64 128 1396 58 Firmware upgrade for the MU1000, adds full Roland GS Support and new effects. Yamaha MU2000 1999 GM XG GM2.
I luv the drum & bass guitar sounds in this thing. But unfortunate personal matters at this time forces me to sell this beautiful sound module. I do not have the original box for this but I will pack this module with care.
The music you're hearing in the background right now is a song I wrote. I would’ve let you heard Yamaha’s lil demo but it’s so early 90ish. Although I wonder how they’d manage to get a full vocal track inside. Since I think that Yamaha put a special large ROM chip inside to hold the demo song, I don’t feel practical assuming the user can do the same.
Mu2000 Yamaha Manual Parts
I’ve created a demo page for the Yamaha MU2000EX. Just click the link below.