Yamaha VL Owner's Manual - Edit/com/misc/controller
VL Version 2
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EDIT/COM/MISC/CONTROLLER
● Touch EG Gain
¯ 0 … 127
Increasing the value of this new parameter raises the lower limit of touch EG
variation, producing relatively higher output and range.
Feature Reference pages: VL1 ➯ 36; VL1-m ➯ 36; VL7 ➯ 34
EDIT/COM/MISC/MICROTUNING
30 new microtuning types have been added: numbers P-55 through P-84. In all
these microtunings extra notes are set to the next lowest note.
55
Zalzal
Modern Arabic scale (white notes; in C).
56
Farabi X
Tuning from Al Farabi (c. 700 A.D.; white notes; in C).
57
Ishfahan
Medieval Arabic 8-tone scale (white keys & B
b
; in C).
58
Al-Kindi
A 10th-century Arabic scale. This version uses C as the tonic. Since
there are 16 notes the tonic moves to different MIDI keys (G
#
0, C2, E3,
G
#
4, C6, E7).
59
Zirafkend
Medieval Arabic 8-tone scale (white notes; in C).
60
Hhidjazi
Medieval Arabic scale using only white notes (in C).
61
Rahawi
Medieval Arabic scale using only white notes (in C).
62
Hhosaini
Medieval Arabic scale using only white notes (in C).
63
African
West African xylophone tuning (white notes; in C).
64
Bagpipes
Scottish highland bagpipe tuning (in B
b
).
65
Yugo Bag
Observed Yugoslavian bagpipe tuning (all notes).
66
Bulgar Bag
Observed Bulgarian bagpipe tuning (all notes).
67
Byzantine
Byzantine palace mode. Mixed tetrachords (white notes; in C).
68
Tibet
12-note Tibetan scale.
69
Ch Flute
Chinese flute observed in 1885. ‘E’ and ‘B’ are additions to the basic
pentatonic scale (white notes; in C).
70
Ch Sheng
Observed Chinese sheng or mouth organ tuning (white notes; in C).
71
Dowland
John Dowland’s lute tuning (17th century). A well-tempered 12-tone
scale.
72
Golden
Based on the golden section, the ratios are successive terms in the
Fibonacci series. (black notes; in D
b
).
73
PelogSlend
Two observed Javanese gamelan scales: Pelog on white notes and
Slendro on black. Both are in C.
74
Singapore
Observed Singapore marimba tuning (white notes, in C).
75
Didymus Di
A just diatonic scale from Didymus (white notes; in C).
76
Aristoxene
Aristoxene’s Chromatic Malakon, or soft tuning (white notes; in C).
77
Eratosthen
Eratosthene’s Enharmonic Ancient Greek. Equal tetrachords (white
notes; in C).
78
Phrygian
Old Phrygian Ancient Greek. Equal tetrachords (white notes; in C).
79
Indian 1
An observed Indian mode (white notes; in C).
80
Indian 2
An observed Indian mode (white notes; in C).
81
Hirajoshi1
Observed pentatonic koto scale (black notes; in D
b
).
82
Hirajoshi2
A second observed pentatonic koto scale (black notes; in D
b
).
83
Korea
The “Delightful” pentatonic scale from Korea (black notes; in D
b
).
84
Thai
Observed scale from Thailand (white notes; in C).
Feature Reference pages: VL1 ➯ 42; VL1-m ➯ 42; VL7 ➯ 39
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