Yamaha PLG150-VL Getting Started Manual

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    Y motif and the modular synthesis plug-in system plg150-vl virtual acoustic physical modeling plug-in board a getting started guide.

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    The plg150-vl is a single part plug-in board. It is part of the modular synthesis plug-in system (msps) an expansion system that adds synth or signal processing engines to a compatible synthesizer. The mothership, or host, is your synthesizer or module that the plug-in board is placed in. The profes...

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    Vl saxophone to squeak, squawk, scream, honk and growl like the real thing. It is also why you can play with all the ‘mistakes’ and ‘clams’ of the real instrument. You can even create and perform on instruments and sounds that never existed before. Your controls to the model are standard midi contro...

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    To the string. There is an appropriate response in amplitude, pitch and harmonic content. Attack notes while varying control and hear how the sound responds. If you do not have a bc3, it is suggested you play plgpre1 sound bank – because they are setup for expressive play via aftertouch. Let’s look ...

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    • native parameters (those accessible via the front panel of the motif). Learning to ‘master’ a vl instrument is very much about controller assignment and how you set the performance depth. Filter envelope generator depth pressure control change number press control depth embouchure control change n...

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    The 033/002 user bank to create brand new vl sounds that you must also save a bulk file. If you find that some of the parameters have little or no effect on a particular sound it is because the parameters you are adjusting are offsets to the original board voice data. For example, if a parameter is ...

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    Setups and ranges, then working out your performance gestures. Summary: when you create a voice for your plg150-vl using a vl element from the either the custom or board internal set, you must make sure the correct vl bank is loaded into the machine each time you wish to use them. The custom (033/00...

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    Troubleshooting because you have no sound, this is usually the cause. *if you do not want to layer the plg sound with the internal motif voice on that channel, you must turn the midi receive channel to ‘off’ for one or the other sound. You can move between parts while in performance edit by touching...

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    To save a pluginbulk file to smartmedia card • press [file] to enter the card mode • select the save card function • set the type to “pluginbulkx” where x is your slot • name your file (8 characters). • press [enter]; and [yes] to execute • if you name your file in the root directory (literally): au...

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    Programming the va system will put you in the role of instrument designer, and you will need a new paradigm in your approach to creating and editing sounds. Namely, you are no longer directly dealing with the 'sound' itself, but instead are dealing directly with the instrument. Thus you change the c...