Summary of PLG100-XG
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2 precautions ● do not expose the plug-in board to direct sunlight, excessive humidity, high temperatures, excessive dust or strong vibrations. ● before handling the plug-in board, be sure to touch a metal surface to discharge any static electricity which may be in your body. ● when holding the plug...
Page 3: About The Xg Plug-In System
3 thank you for purchasing the yamaha xg plug-in board plg100-xg. The plg100-xg is a full-featured xg/gm tone generator providing complete compatibility with commercially available xg/gm song data. The plg100-xg is designed for use in msps (mod- ular synthesis plug-in system) compatible synthesizers...
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4 table of contents overview of the plg100-xg ....................................................................5 main features of the plg100-xg ........................................................5 installing the plg100-xg .....................................................................5...
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5 overview of the plg100-xg main features of the plg100-xg ● exceptionally high-quality awm2 tone generation system, with 480 instrument voices and 12 special drum voices. As a full tone generator in a single board, the plg100-xg features maxi- mum 32-note polyphony and 16-part multi-timbral operati...
Page 6: Or Xg Plug-In Systems
Overview of the plg100-xg 6 required and recommended items in addition to the included items listed above, you should also have the following: ■ synthesizer or tone generator compatible with the modular synthesis or xg plug-in systems in order to use the plg100-xg, you’ll need a synthesizer or tone ...
Page 7: Demonstration Songs
7 overview of the plg100-xg ● xg editor for mac (ver. 2.1) this convenient software allows you to download voice data to your macintosh computer and edit the main xg parameters. You can edit the various xg voice and effect parameters with the xg editor, then and use them (in either smf or xf format)...
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Overview of the plg100-xg 8 installing the software ■ installing xgworks lite 3.0 (for windows 98/95 only) insert the included cd-rom and double-click the “setup.Exe” file in the “xgworks” folder on the cd-rom. Follow the subsequent instructions on the screen to complete the installation. ■ installi...
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9 overview of the plg100-xg 3 set the specific port (and driver) to be used, depending on your particular application or instrument, as described below. ● when playing xg song data from xgworks in the track view window of xgworks, set each track’s port to the appropriate number for use with the plg1...
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Overview of the plg100-xg 10 ● when editing xg voices using the xg editor in xgworks start the xg editor (select “xg editor” in the window menu). From the xg editor, select “xg editor setup” in the setup menu and set “part 1 - 16” to the appropriate midi out port for use with the plg100-xg. This wil...
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11 selecting xg voices (modular synthesis plug-in system) when the plg100-xg is installed to a msps-compatible instrument, the xg voices can be selected in much the same way as the internal voices of the instrument. A different voice can be selected for each of the sixteen parts, corresponding to th...
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12 editing the xg part parameters (modular synthesis plug-in system) keep in mind that the xg part parameter values and settings as edited in the manner below repre- sent offsets of the actual voice settings. This means that adjustments made to the parameters may not result in much change to the act...
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13 parameters performance parameters bank select msb/lsb 0...127 determines the bank number (by msb and lsb) of the part's voice. Program number 1...128 determines the specific voice (by program number) of the part. Receive channel 1...16, off determines the midi receive channel for the performance....
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14 xg voice list (normal voice) ■ bank select msb=00 : same as bank 0 : no sound e : element number ksp stereo single slow fast decay double attack bright dark rsonant attack instrument group pgm# bank 0 bank select lsb=00 bank 0 e bank 1 e bank 3 e bank 6 e bank 8 e bank 12 e bank 14 e bank 16 e ba...
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Xg voice list (normal voice) 15 : same as bank 0 : no sound e : element number release rezo sweep muted detune 1 detune 2 detune 3 octave 1 octave 2 5th 1 5th 2 bend tutti instrument group pgm# bank 0 bank select lsb=00 bank 0 e bank 25 e bank 27 e bank 28 e bank 32 e bank 33 e bank 34 e bank 35 e b...
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16 xg voice list (normal voice) : same as bank 0 : no sound e : element number velo-switch velo-xfade other wave instrument group pgm# bank 0 bank select lsb=00 bank 0 e bank 41 e bank 42 e bank 43 e bank 45 e bank 64 e bank 65 e bank 66 e bank 67 e bank 68 e bank 69 e bank 70 e bank 71 e piano 1 ac...
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Xg voice list (normal voice) 17 instrument group pgm# bank 0 bank select lsb=00 bank 0 e bank 72 e bank 96 e bank 97 e bank 98 e bank 99 e bank 100 e bank 101 e piano 1 acoustic grand piano grandpno 1 2 bright acoustic piano britepno 1 3 electric grand piano el.Grand 2 4 honky-tonk piano hnkytonk 2 ...
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18 xg drum map (drum voice) : same as standard kit : no sound bank msb# 127 127 127 127 127 127 program # 1 2 9 17 25 26 note# note rcv note off alternate group standkit stndkit2 room kit rock kit elctrkit analgkit 13 c # -1 3 surdo mute 14 d -1 3 surdo open 15 d # -1 hi q 16 e -1 whip slap 17 f -1 ...
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Xg drum map (drum voice) 19 bank msb# 127 127 127 127 127 126 126 program # 1 28 33 41 49 1 2 note# note rcv note off alternate group standkit dancekit jazz kit brushkit symphkit sfxkit 1 sfxkit 2 13 c # -1 3 surdo mute 14 d -1 3 surdo open 15 d # -1 hi q 16 e -1 whip slap 17 f -1 4 scratch h 18 f #...
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20 effect parameter list parameters marked with a ● in the “control” column can be controlled from an ac1 (assignable controller 1) etc. However, this is valid only for a variation effect (when selected for insertion). Hall1,hall2 room1,room2,room3 stage1,stage2 plate (reverb, variation block) white...
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Effect parameter list 21 karaoke1,2,3 (variation block) chorus1,2,3,4 celeste1,2,3,4 (chorus, variation block) flanger1,2,3 (chorus, variation block) symphonic (variation block) rotary speaker (variation block) tremolo (variation block) auto pan (variation block) phaser 1 (variation block) no. Param...
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22 effect parameter list phaser 2 (variation block) distortion overdrive (variation block) amp simulator (variation block) 3band eq(mono) (variation block) 2band eq(stereo) (variation block) auto wah (variation block) no. Parameter display value see table control 1 lfo frequency 0.00hz - 39.7hz 0 - ...
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23 effect data assign table table#1 lfo frequency data value data value 0 0.00 64 0.69 1 0.04 65 2.77 2 0.08 66 2.86 3 0.12 67 2.94 4 0.16 68 3.02 5 0.21 69 3.11 6 0.25 70 3.19 7 0.29 71 3.28 8 0.33 72 3.36 9 0.37 73 3.44 10 0.42 74 3.53 11 0.46 75 3.61 12 0.50 76 3.70 13 0.54 77 3.86 14 0.58 78 4.0...
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24 effect data assign table table#6 room size data value 0 0.1 1 0.3 2 0.4 3 0.6 4 0.7 5 0.9 6 1.0 7 1.2 8 1.4 9 1.5 10 1.7 11 1.8 12 2.0 13 2.1 14 2.3 15 2.5 16 2.6 17 2.8 18 2.9 19 3.1 20 3.2 21 3.4 22 3.5 23 3.7 24 3.9 25 4.0 26 4.2 27 4.3 28 4.5 29 4.6 30 4.8 31 5.0 32 5.1 33 5.3 34 5.4 35 5.6 3...
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25 xg parameter list modular synthesis plug-in system xg plug-in system (lcd of cs6x/cs6r/s80/etc.) parameter name parameter name group parameter name bank select msb bank select msb mix*vce bank bank select lsb bank select lsb mix*vce bank program number program number mix*vce number receive channe...
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26 midi data format 1. Channel messages 1.1 note on/note off these messages convey keyboard performance data. Range of note numbers received = 0 (c-2)...60 (c3)...127 (g8) velocity range = 1...127 (velocity is received only for note-on) when the multi part parameter "rcv note message" = off, that pa...
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Midi data format 27 1.2.12 harmonic content this message adjusts the resonance of the filter that is specified for the sound. Control# parameter data range 71 harmonic content 0...64...127 (-64...0...+63) since this is a relative change parameter, it specifies a boost or cut relative to 64. Higher v...
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28 midi data format 1.2.22 rpn (registered parameter number) this message is used to specify part parameters such as pitch bend sensitivity or tuning etc. As an offset value. Use rpn msb and rpn lsb to specify the parameter that you wish to mod- ify, and then use data entry (see 1.2.4) to set the va...
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Midi data format 29 1.5 pitch bend this message conveys movements of the pitch bender. This message is generally used to modify the pitch of a part, but the depth of the following seven effects can be controlled. The effect of this message can be modified by the following parameters. • multi part pa...
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30 midi data format 2.1.3 xg parameter change this message sets xg-related parameters. Each message can set a single parameter. The message format is as follows. 11110000 f0h exclusive status 01000011 43h yamaha id 0001nnnn 1nh n:device number 01001100 4ch model id 0ggggggg ggh address high 0mmmmmmm...
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Midi data format 31 midi parameter change table ( xg system ) address size data parameter description default value (h) (h) (h) (h) 00 00 00 4 00 - 0f master tune -102.4...0...+102.3[cent] 00 04 00 00 01 00 - 0f 1st bit3-0 → bit15-12 02 00 - 0f 2nd bit3-0 → bit11-8 03 00 - 0f 3rd bit3-0 → bit7-4 4th...
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32 midi data format address size data parameter description default value (h) (h) (h) (h) 02 01 30 1 00 - 7f chorus parameter 11 refer to effect parameter list 2e(depends on chorus type) 31 1 00 - 7f chorus parameter 12 refer to effect parameter list 40(depends on chorus type) 32 1 00 - 7f chorus pa...
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Midi data format 33 address size data parameter description default value (h) (h) (h) (h) nn 18 1 00 - 7f low pass filter cutoff frequency -64...0...+63 40 nn 19 1 00 - 7f low pass filter resonance -64...0...+63 40 nn 1a 1 00 - 7f eg attack time -64...0...+63 40 nn 1b 1 00 - 7f eg decay time -64...0...
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34 midi data format nn = part number in the case of a drum part, the following parameters will have no effect. • bank select lsb • mono/poly mode • scale tuning • portamento • pitch eg midi parameter change table ( drum setup ) address size data parameter description default value (h) (h) (h) (h) 3n...
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Midi data format 35.
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36 midi implementation chart yamaha [ xg plug-in board ] date:19-oct-1999 model plg100-xg midi implementation chart version : 1.0 transmitted recognized remarks function... Basic default x 1 - 16 channel changed x 1 - 16 default x 3 mode messages x 3,4 (m=1) *2 altered ************** x note x 0 - 12...
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Midi implementation chart 37 prog x o 0 - 127 change : true # ************** system exclusive x o : song pos. X x common : song sel. X x : tune x x system : clock x x real time: commands x x aux :all sound off x o(120,126,127) : reset all cntrls x o(121) :local on/off x x :all notes off x o(123-125)...
Page 38: Software Licensing Agreement
38 software licensing agreement the following is a legal agreement between you, the end user, and yamaha corporation (“yamaha”). The enclosed yamaha software program is licensed by yamaha to the original purchaser for use only on the terms set forth herein. Please read this licensing agreement with ...
Page 39: Software-Lizenzvereinbarung
39 software-lizenzvereinbarung die folgende vereinbarung ist eine rechtsgültige vereinbarung zwischen ihnen, dem endanwender, und der yamaha corporation („yamaha”). Yamaha erteilt dem ursprünglichen käufer für das beiliegende yamaha-softwareprogramm ausschließlich zu den hier ausgeführten bedingunge...
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40 contrat de licence de logiciel ceci est un contrat entre vous-même, l’utilisateur final, et yamaha corporation (“yamaha”). Le logiciel yamaha ci- inclus est concédé sous licence par yamaha à l’acheteur original et ne peut être utilisé que dans les conditions prévues aux présentes. Veuillez lire a...
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