YAMAHA MU2000 on BUBBLE SYSTEM!?

[nicolaj0154]

how did you make it do the warm up sequence?,

[Neosophist]

ほんとに好きです。 （＾－＾）

[dexx2233]

also... i ordered this box :-) so i can make some COOL music

[xan1242]

Where I can find decent midi modules for a cheap or fair price?

[poopskinTheLiar]

I actually have a old portable computer called the Seequa Chameleon which has Bubble Memory like the Konami bubble system. It has to warm up like the KBS, but doesn't play a nice little tune or display a countdown...

[demofactory]

I have the MU100. It sucks!!! I'm going to sell it to buy something Roland or Korg.

[AlcanTAK]

@demofactory

Software Synthesizer now mainstream.

MU2000 and MU100 are outdated.

[demofactory]

@AlcanTAK I personally have over 200 VSTs (professional and freeware) running in Samplitued. Sometimes haveing to search through so much stuff on the computer slows down my writing process. It's great to be able to turn on less, and turn actual knobs without adding another controller. That's why synth workstations are still so popular. Also, like it or not, computers still break down or lock up more than any hardware synth. Take care friend.

[xan1242]

@demofactory Get a Virtual Sound Canvas!

It just sounds like real one.But LCD Screen messages don't work.

[EgoShredder]

@demofactory

You should have got a MU100R instead and upgraded it with PLG boards, although I have three MU100Rs with six different PLG boards. Monster setup!

[sauermusicDE]

Today I found all these MU2000 videos here on YouTube. I never knew about that little box. What are the differences to a MU128? Looks pretty much the same...

[AlcanTAK]

MU2000 and MU128 differences are as follows:

USB support.

Increase in sound bank expansion.

Additional types of Insertion Effect.

Roland's GS standard official response.

Additional optical digital audio output.

Stereo User Sampling memory 4MB.

3.3V Smartmedia Flash memory Support.

Change front panel color.(Silver -> Gold)

[poopskinTheLiar]

Funny enough, i actually started humming this as i got out of bed and got ready for school this morning. "WARMING UP NOW", indeed.

[poopskinTheLiar]

Morning Music!

Ah, why couldn't i have been alive in the Arcade Era?! Damn you, birth in 1994!

[SuperSmashDolls]

@poopskinTheLiar AFAIK the Bubble System board was discontinued before Gradius even hit the US; the unshielded speaker and degaussing coils in your average arcade cabinet had a tendency to erase the magnetic storage the game was on. Existing Bubble System games were redesigned for regular ROM storage; sometimes reissued under different names (Gradius became Nemesis).

So no, you would have never heard this anyway.

[poopskinTheLiar]

@SuperSmashDolls ah.Well, bubble memory never caught on for a reason, i guess. I do have a old portable computer (the Seequa Chameleon) that operates off Bubble Memory, but it doesn't show a countdown while warming up - The screen's just blank until it's ready to start the RAM tests and boot to DOS.

[SuperSmashDolls]

@poopskinTheLiar The Bubble System board failed for that reason - Bubble Memory in general failed simply because hard drives got cheaper and faster.

(Which incidentally is why flash is starting to replace hard drives in portable devices.)

[everett1911]

@SuperSmashDolls actually, it's also because bubble memory was pretty fragile - it was very sensitive to electromagnetic interference.

[SuperSmashDolls]

@everett1911 I just said that 2 comments ago.

[everett1911]

@SuperSmashDolls oops

[mercuryvapoury]

I was sat at work with a grin from ear to ear watching this, singing along.  Loved the flash of characters, then the ####'s for the grid screen. Nicely done!

[RFrayo]

Are these sounds coming from the MU2000?

[AlcanTAK]

YES.

It's tone PGM# 001-081 SquareLead2(SquarLd2) and NRPN(Opend LPF + Resonance)

[KitsuneDarkStalker]

Nicely done! Bravo! ^.^

[HIROPAPA313]

あー！グラディウスの朝一のメロディーだ！ゲーセンに朝一に行っ­たときに聞いたな。あーあのころに戻りたい。

[gabxrevolution05]

Easter Egg from Yamaha MU2000?

Gradius using Yamaha, but AY-3-8910 Sound Chips (Waveform), replaced by YM2151 in Salamander and Contra in Contra GX Chipset.

Ideal for Connecting to PC for Midi Creating.

[mace1337]

They sure do, cost alot tho, about 750 euro

[Veo5000]

Kind of a stupid question, but exactly what do these things do?

I couldn't understand it all...

[mace1337]

They are a MIDI synthesizer, used to make music.

Basically like a keyboard but without the keys.

[Veo5000]

So this can be connected to a MIDI controller?

[mace1337]

Sure, or, alternatively, a computer, or a sequencer or whatever.

[Veo5000]

Ah, I see, thanks!

I gotta look into these more...

[Veo5000]

Hm, are they only available in Japan?

[Veo5000]

Woah! Do they still make these?

[tmg1968]

What's the point of that! I want to hear the sounds on the module! Stupid!

[AlcanTAK]

It plays MU2000. Is there any problem?

[Marisueksu]

Hahaha. That's a pretty cute easter egg.

Dang I want one of those things. Do they still make them?