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The Kawai GMega is a General MIDI desktop sound module released by Kawai in 1993.
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.

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Kawai GMega
No Image yet
W × H × D (mm) 219 × 44 × 189[1]
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.

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Kawai GMega Owner's Manual, page 108.
  2. Kawai GMega Owner's Manual, page 93.