Yamaha DB50XG Sound Daughter Board Owner's Manual, introduces the features and characteristics of the product, installation and use methods
The Yamaha DB50XG is a Sound Daughter Board designed to attach to compatible Creative Labs SoundBlaster or WaveBlaster expansion port sound cards. It upgrades FM synthesis to high-quality wavetable synthesis using Yamaha's AWM2 tone generation technology and XG-MIDI technology, featuring 676 Normal Voices and 21 Drum Voices.
| Polyphony | 32-note |
|---|---|
| Parts | 16 Parts |
| Normal Voices (XG Mode) | 480 |
| Drum Voices (XG Mode) | 11 |
| Normal Voices (TG300B Mode) | 579 |
| Drum Voices (TG300B Mode) | 10 |
You can easily change the mode by using MIDI System Exclusive messages programmed in your sequencer data at the head of your composition.
The DB50XG is a last-note-priority tone generator; earlier notes will automatically cut off to accommodate the most recent incoming notes.