In praise of the humble Yamaha MU series

Started by Rhcole, August 29, 2014, 10:34:36 AM

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Rhcole

Somewhere around 2000 I purchased a used Yamaha MU-80 for something like $80 online. I wanted General MIDI voices to play MIDI songs.
The MU-80 turned out to be more capable than I expected, and it remained the humble little brother of my fire-breathing synths both hardware and later software such as the Korg M3M, Reaktor, Omnisphere, and more recently the Waldorf Blofeld.

I have now had the MU-80 for 12 years personally and it is about 20 years old. It's in the shop to get the internal battery replaced, but I did that as a precaution due to its age. It has never failed me or let me down. It has a smooth old school sampled waveform sound. Not good for every need, but much better than you'd expect.

The MU series contained some pretty ferocious later synths:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_MU-series

I checked eBay recently and an MU-80 sells for about... $80.  :)
A pretty good investment as it turns out.

Elantric

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I love my old MU-10

Read more about the MU-80 and other hardware Tone generators here

External multi-voice hardware Tone Generators for MIDI Guitarists
https://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=5035.0