Yamaha G50 Owner's Manual - page 6

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G50 Overview

G50 Overview

The G50 is basically an “interface” which converts the

analog output from a G1D Divided Pickup Unit installed

on your guitar (or directly from the guitar’s normal output

if used without the G1D in the mono synthesizer mode) to

corresponding MIDI data which is transmitted to a MIDI

tone generator to produce the “synthesized” sound output.

When you play a note or chord on your guitar, the G50

instantly generates MIDI data corresponding to the note(s)

you play — along with the appropriate pitch bend data if

you bend a note — so that you can use most standard

guitar techniques to play any voice that can be produced

by the connected MIDI tone generator — brass, strings,

organ, percussion … anything! You can play just the

synthesized sound, mix the synthesized sound with the

normal guitar sound played through a standard guitar

amplifier or sound system, or just play the normal guitar

sound.

The G50 has 128 “programs” that you can select and play.

In fact, you can edit each of these programs to provide

precisely the response and playing features you want. You

can, for example, specify the G50’s sensitivity in response

to notes you play on the guitar, the pitch bend range,

which voice on your tone generator will be selected when

the G50 program is selected, and much more. There are

also special “split” functions which let you play different

voices on different strings, or different voices at different

picking positions. You could, for example, play upright

bass on the lowest two strings (5 and 6) while playing

organ on the top 4 strings (1 through 4). The G50 offers

many other features that provide an extraordinary range of

creative possibilities.

Organ

Upright bass

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 “Split” function example

G50

MIDI 

OUT

GUITAR 

DIRECT OUT

G1D

Synthesized Sound

Normal Guitar Sound

MIDI Tone Generator

Guitar