Muse Research Musebox manual v1.0 User Manual

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PRESETS are the unique sounds or effects that are in a particular Tag. In your Acoustic Pianos Tag,

you might have presets like Concert Grand Piano, Studio Grand, Rock Piano, Jazz Piano, etc. These

different pianos can be selected by turning the top knob, and pressing the knob to load.

Note: The same preset may be associated with several different Tags. For example, the "Rock

Piano" preset might reside in the "Acoustic Pianos" Tag, as well as the "Jam Night" Tag you created.

PLAY mode makes it super simple to use all the functionality of your MuseBox quicky and easily.

Even someone completely unfamiliar with music technolology can use it! However, it is valuable to

know how the different sounds and effects are organized so you can quickly find the preset you are

looking for.

You already know MuseBox does two basic things: it generates sounds using a MIDI keyboard or

controller, or it processes sounds coming from an audio input of some sort. Because of this, there

are two main categories of TAGs: SOUNDS and EFFECTS.

The Tags for SOUNDS simply state the type of sounds to expect in that particular Tag. For

example, the "Acoustic Pianos" Tag has all the various acoustic piano sounds, the "Strings" Tag has

all sampled string instruments inside it.

The Tags for EFFECTS all have the letters FX before the effect category. Therefore, to hear a

preset with FX in its Tag, you have to have an audio input. In the realm of effects presets,

there are presets that are designed specifically for use with different pre-assigned inputs, as well as

"generic" effect categories for specific types of effects.

Here are some example Tags for the synth and sampled sounds:

TAG Name

TAG contains:

Expected Input:

TAG: Acoustic Guitars

Synth / Sampled Sounds