Kawai GMega
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| W × H × D (mm) | 219 × 44 × 189[1] |
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| Rack units | 1U, half-width |
| Weight | 1.5kg [1] |
| Type | GM sound module |
| Manufacturer | Kawai |
| Release date | 1993 |
| Standards | General MIDI |
| Parts | 32[1] |
| Max polyphony | 32[1] |
| Normal presets | 256 (total)[1] 128 (GM)[1] 128 (SP)[1] |
| Drum presets | 7[1] |
| Effects | Reverb (6 types)[2] |
The Kawai GMega is a General MIDI desktop sound module released by Kawai in 1993.
The GMega has three different sound banks to choose from called GM (General MIDI), SP (MT-32), and USER. Each bank consists of 128 tones, 128 percussion sounds, and 7 drum kits. The USER bank is a duplicate of the GM bank by default. The GMega does not come pre-loaded with its own sounds apart from GM and MT-32 compliant sounds with the exception of patches 124-128 in the SP bank called "NewSyn1" - "NewSyn5".
Of the 128 tones in a bank, 64 of them are Single tones, and 64 are Double tones, totaling 192 Singles per bank. A Single tone cannot be converted into a Double tone or vice-versa, but the order of tones can be changed via the Single Edit/COPY menu.