Yamaha DB50XG
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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
- ^ Yamaha DB50XG PC Soundcard Daughter Board, SOS May 1996
- ^ Waveblaster/DB50XG Daughterboard Pinout
- ^ MIDImal Wavetable-Board als MIDI-Expander by Frank Popp, Carsten Meyer, c't magazine, January 1997
- ^ Final design questions, MIDIbox Forum, 13 October 2012
- ^ Put Waveblaster daughter board (Yamaha DB50XG) in a box?, MIDIbox Forum, 28 March 2007
External links
- Yamaha DB50XG Owner's Manual
- Wikipedia:Creative Wave Blaster
- "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.
- QS300 mode, Final design questions, MIDIbox Forum, 10 September 2003
Projects
- The GM Voice Dan Lavin and Thomas Henry thread on Electromusic.com forum
- Put Waveblaster daughter board (Yamaha DB50XG) in a box? thread on Midibox.org forum
- Make a Yamaha Synth for less than £25.00
- Yamaha DB50XG stand alone soundcard, 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