How does the MU100R rate as a wind controller module?
The Yamaha MU100R is a nice synth but it has some serious drawbacks. It does feature VL synthesis which works great with a wind controller. The problem with the MU100R is that you have to jump through hoops to use it’s VL section and the VL section is what wind controller players gravitate towards. It does not permanently store any Custom VL voices you send it. So each time you power it up, you’d have to load in your 6 Custom VL sounds- or just be happy with the preset VL sounds. Also, VL70-m Voices that you send it will not include the effects since the effects processor is different than the one found on the VL70-m.
The Yamaha MU100R is a nice synth but it has some serious drawbacks. It does feature VL synthesis which works great with a wind controller. The problem with the MU100R is that you have to jump through hoops to use it’s VL section and the VL section is what wind controller players gravitate towards. It does not permanently store any Custom VL voices you send it. So each time you power it up, you’d have to load in your 6 Custom VL sounds- or just be happy with the preset VL sounds. Also, VL70-m Voices that you send it will not include the effects since the effects processor is different than the one found on the VL70-m.Our advice is to simply get a Yamaha VL70-m and the Patchman Music TURBO VL upgrade chip.
