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Introduction:
Discover my 20 sets of Cubase 5 mixer maps - designed for Yamaha XG synthesizers !

Take full advantage of the 2,484 controls and 1,592 switches of XG synthesizers !
It's never been so easy to access all MIDI functions of Yamaha synths !
Utilize all XG parameters in Steinberg's Cubase 5.x


Contents:
  1. What are mixer maps ?
  2. Special features
  3. Why 20 mixer maps ?
  4. System requirements
  5. How to install
  6. Where to download
  7. Special thanks
  8. My Patch name script files for Yamaha XG synthies

1. What are mixer maps ?

Introduction:
Mixer maps are used to trigger various MIDI devices (such as synths, mixers, sound modules, soundcards and more) via Steinberg Cubase 5.x mixing tracks. The different elements of the mixer maps are able to transmit the necessary MIDI messages to change any available setting of a connected MIDI devices.
They're like software editors that you might've use with your synths or sequencers on a PC (or maybe your Atari) to edit all the values for your device's MIDI parameters comfortably on screen.

But there are also MIDI devices without any buttons, controllers or switches like, for example, the integrated synthesizers of PC soundcards (EWS64, Yamaha DB50XG/SW60XG and others).
Such devices are mainly controlled by a lot of MIDI data.
For example, the Yamaha XG sound modules come with thousands of controllable sound parameters, the EWS64 too allows you to modify more than 7000 sound parameters !
All these devices have one main problem in common:
All the sound parameters are changed with different MIDI data, but nobody can remember all those different commands simultaneously!
In addition, many commands are based on MIDI SysEx Data. These are lines of hexadecimal code like 'F0,43,10,4C,02,01,40,48,00,F7'.
Any editing of such SysEx data by hand is anything but easy or comfortable.
What this unfortunately means in practice:
Until now, most owners of an EWS64 or Yamaha XG synth could only partially use the advanced features of their synthesizers!!!

...time for my mixer maps to appear.
These mixer maps offer easy access to nearly all available parameters using 'Virtual Surfaces' for instruments, drum kits or master MIDI settings with named switches and knobs.
You don't need to remember obscure MIDI commands anymore - you can now vary any possible setting intuitively.


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2. Special features

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3. Why 20 mixer maps ?

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4. System requirements

These 20 mixer maps require:
  1. A Yamaha XG compatible synthesizer
  2. The program Steinberg Cubase VST 5.x or Cubase SX 3
  3. A screen size of at least 1024 * 768 pixels
  4. A creative and experimental spirit
Important note:
These mixer maps don't work with Cubase VST versions earlier than 5.0 (like VST 3.7), also you can't use them with Cubase SX 1 or 2!

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5. How to install

It is strongly recommended that you read the installation manual and strictly follow the instructions 'as they are'
- otherwise the mixer maps won`t work !
Follow this link for detailed installation instructions :
Installation of the Yamaha mixer maps

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6. Where to download

You can download the mixer maps at page:
Download Yamaha XG mixer maps

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7. Special thanks

Special thanks to Mr. James R. Grit, author of the "Beggars XG-Guide", and the Yamaha support team, especially Mr. Krischker, for their useful information, which was absolutely necessary for me to develop these mixer maps based on XG SysEx MIDI commands.

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8. My Patch name script files for Yamaha XG synthies

At my page Scriptfiles Yamaha XG you'll find useful Patch name script files for the Yamaha XG synthesizers DB50XG, SW60XG, MU10, MU50 and MU80.

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