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*[http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/files/DB50XGE.pdf Yamaha DB50XG Owner's Manual]
*[http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/files/DB50XGE.pdf Yamaha DB50XG Owner's Manual]
*Wikipedia:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Wave_Blaster Creative Wave Blaster]
*Wikipedia:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Wave_Blaster Creative Wave Blaster]
*[http://linuxaudio.org/mailarchive/lau/2010/7/3/171075 "discovery" on db50xg clones (NEC XR385)] by Niels Mayer, linux-audio-user mailing list, 3 July 2010. A simple modification of the NEC XR385 to solve clipping & distortion at full volume.
*A simple modification of the NEC XR385 to solve clipping & distortion at full volume: [http://linuxaudio.org/mailarchive/lau/2010/6/28/170833 turning a consumer soundcard into "prosumer" w/ quasi-balanced outs] by Niels Mayer, linux-audio-user mailing list, 28 June 2010 and [http://linuxaudio.org/mailarchive/lau/2010/7/3/171075 "discovery" on db50xg clones (NEC XR385)] by Niels Mayer, linux-audio-user mailing list, 3 July 2010.
===Projects===
===Projects===
*[http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21634 The GM Voice] Dan Lavin and Thomas Henry thread on Electromusic.com forum
*[http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21634 The GM Voice] Dan Lavin and Thomas Henry thread on Electromusic.com forum

Revision as of 19:33, 13 August 2014

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.[1] The board is self-contained and easily adapted to create a polyphonic MIDI synthesizer.

Compatible boards

  • NEC XR385
  • Roland SCD-10
  • Roland SCD-15
  • Yamaha DB60XG

And more listed under Daughter Boards

Wavetable connector pin assignments

Pins Function[2][3]
2, 13 NC
12 NC, R audio in for DB60XG, XR385
16 NC, L audio in for DB60XG, XR385
8 NC, MIDI through on the XR385[4]
18 +12V
22 -12V
15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25 Analogue ground
6, 10, 14 +5V
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 Digital ground
4 MIDI in (TTL)
20 R audio out
24 L audio out
26 Reset

The Elektor magazine article mirrors the pins because they mount the waveblaster board beneath the host PCB.[5]

References

  1. ^ Yamaha DB50XG PC Soundcard Daughter Board, SOS May 1996
  2. ^ Waveblaster/DB50XG Daughterboard Pinout
  3. ^ MIDImal Wavetable-Board als MIDI-Expander by Frank Popp, Carsten Meyer, c't magazine, January 1997
  4. ^ Final design questions, MIDIbox Forum, 13 October 2012
  5. ^ Put Waveblaster daughter board (Yamaha DB50XG) in a box?, MIDIbox Forum, 28 March 2007

External links

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

MIDIbox forum threads

As yet there is no MIDIbox implementation, just connect the DB50XG to MIDI.