Yamaha DB50XG

The Yamaha DB50XG was a daughterboard, released in 1996, that fitted to the 26 pin WaveBlaster expansion port, adding a polyphonic MIDI compliant wavetable sampler. The board is self-contained and easily adapted to create a polyphonic MIDI synthesizer.

Compatible boards
And more listed under Wavetable Soundcards
 * NEC XR385
 * Roland SCD-10
 * Roland SCD-15
 * Yamaha DB60XG

Wavetable connector pin assignments
The Elektor magazine article mirrors the pins because they mount the waveblaster board beneath the host PCB.

Projects

 * The GM Voice Dan Lavin and Thomas Henry thread on Electromusic.com forum
 * Make a Yamaha Synth for less than £25.00
 * Yamaha DB50XG stand alone soundcard by Thorsten Klose, Elektor Electronics, July 1997
 * MIDImal Wavetable-Board als MIDI-Expander by Frank Popp, Carsten Meyer, c't magazine, January 1997
 * MistralXG by Steve Russel, Nuts & Volts February and March 2009
 * Waveblaster module MIDI interface board 'chill limited edition' V2 kit

MIDIbox forum threads
As yet there is no MIDIbox implementation, just connect the DB50XG to MIDI.
 * Put Waveblaster daughter board (Yamaha DB50XG) in a box?, 13 Mar 2007
 * Final design questions, 10 September 2003
 * QS300 mode
 * Programming functions into the MIOS, 1 June 2003
 * DB50XG / SW60XG / NEC XR385 driver code, 22 April 2013
 * A question about YAMAHA XG, 13 October 2005
 * Putting audio cards in a MIDIBox?, 16 July 2005