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About the Parts and Voices of the MU128
This section covers basic information about the Parts and Voices of the
MU128. It’s not necessary to absorb all this information at once; yet if you
familiarize yourself with the concepts and details of this section, you’ll be
on your way to quickly mastering the operations of the MU128.
Parts
When the Sound Module mode is set to “XG” or “TG300B,” the tone gen-
erator section of the MU128 is fully multi-timbral and is made up of 64
independent Parts. By assigning different MIDI channels to each of these
64 Parts, you can play back complex song data having up to 64 separate and
simultaneous instrument tracks.
The Parts are designated by their Part group letters (A - D) and numbers
(01 - 16), as well as their individual Part numbers (1 - 64). The chart below
shows the Part numbers and their default MIDI channel settings.
1
A01
A01
Part Number
Part Group
MIDI Channel (default)
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16
A16
A16
17
B01
B01
32
B16
B16
33
B16
B16
48
C16
C16
49
D01
D01
64
D16
D16
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~
~
~
~
~
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When the Sound Module mode is set to “PFM,” the MU128 effectively func-
tions as four tone generators, playing back up to four Parts over a single
MIDI channel.
Voices
Voices are the individual instrument sounds of the MU128. The MU128
features a total of 1342 Normal Voices and 47 Drum Voice “kits.” (The
number of the Voices that can be used differs depending on the selected
Sound Module mode.) A Voice is actually comprised of one or two sound
elements, the “building blocks” of the sound.
Voice
Element 1 Element 2
About the Parts and Voices of the MU128