Yamaha PLG150-VL manual

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2 Precautions ● Do not expose the plug-in board to direct sunlight, excessi ve humidity , high temperatures, excessi ve dust or strong vibrations. ● Before handling the plug-in board, be sure to touch a metal surface to dischar ge any static electricity which may be in your body . ● When holding the plug-in board, do not touch the inside area[...]

3 Intr oduction Vir tual Acoustic Plug-in Board PLG150-VL will e xpand your synthesiz er of the Modular Synthe- sis Plug-in System (such as CS6x and S80) by adding 256 VL voices , created b y the unique Vir- tual Acoustic Synthesis (including 137 VL-XG, XG compatible, v oices). It also expands y our tone generator/ sound card of the XG Plug-in Syst[...]

4 Overview of the PLG150-VL Main Features ● Allo ws you to play back the songs which are programmed with the VL-XG voice data (p.13). ● Lets you edit the VL parameters on the synthesizer/ tone generator (a model with LCD screen) (p.19). ● Allo ws you to simulate an acoustic musical instrument and create a “virtual” musical instrument usin[...]

5 Overview of the PLG150-VL VL V oice Edit Editing VL-XG V oices If you want to edit the e xisting MIDI files or create a MIDI song using various VL-XG voices from the PLG150-VL, you need to use a sequencing software which is capable of editing system e xclusiv e messages and transmit bank select/program change messages and/or parameter changes to[...]

Overview of the PLG150-VL 6 Specifications T one Generator : S/V A (Self-oscillating Vir tual Acoustic Synthesis: VLR Algorithm) P olyphon y : 1 note monophonic (latest note prior ity) Sound Module Mode : VL-XG Interface : XG Plug-in Connector (15-pin Digital Connector) Number of V oice : 256 Preset voices (including 137 VL-XG voices) 6 Custom voi[...]

7 Overview of the PLG150-VL 4. Plug-in v oice data (only for the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System synthesizer s) • for the PLG1 slot 01PlgV1A.mid (Wind instruments for T ouchEG) (64 voices) 01PlgV1B.mid (K eyboards) (64 v oices) 01PlgV1C.mid (Wind instruments f or Breath controller) (64 voices) • for the PLG2 slot 01PlgV2A.mid (Wind instruments[...]

Overview of the PLG150-VL 8 Macintosh : English version onl y 1 Double-c lick on the “Install VL Visual Editor” in the “English”/“VL Visual Editor” folder of the CD-R OM. Installer will be started up. 2 Execute the installation b y follo wing the directions appearing on the screen. After the installation, “VL V isual Editor 1.02E” i[...]

9 V irtual Acoustic Synthesis Unlike pre vious tone generation systems which use oscillators, function generators , preset wa ve- f or ms or samples to produce sound, Y amaha Vir tual Acoustic (“V A”) Synthesis applies sophisticated computer-based “physical modeling” technology to musical sound synthesis. In the same way that computer “mo[...]

Virtual Acoustic Synthesis 10 The Instrument The ke y block in this algorithm is the instrument, since it is here that the fundamental tone or “tim- bre” of the sound is defined. The instrument model consists primarily of a dri ver — the reed/mouth- piece, lip/mouthpiece, or bo w/string system — and a resonant system corresponding to the t[...]

11 Virtual Acoustic Synthesis The Controller s The input to an acoustic wind instrument comes from the player’ s lungs, trachea, oral cavity , and lips. In a string instrument it comes from the player’ s arm movement, transmitted to the string via a bo w . These elements actually form an important part of the sound generating system and, in the[...]

Virtual Acoustic Synthesis 12 The Modifiers The modifiers block consists of 4 sections as sho wn in the diagram. Although these may appear to be simple ef fects, they are actually intimately related to the PLG150-VL ’ s sound-producing model and hav e a significant effect on the sound. ● Harmonic Enhancer The Harmonic Enhancer determines the[...]

13 V oice Organization The VL voices hav e each program number and are organized into 12 banks . For the v oice list see page 36. • Banks 112 through 119: VL-XG Banks These banks are used when the PLG150-VL functions as the VL-XG tone generator . The voices from the PRESET 1 and PRESET 2 banks are assigned to MIDI banks and program change numbers[...]

V oice Organization 14 Selecting Banks Use the MIDI bank MSB (control number 00) and LSB (control number 32) numbers listed belo w to select VL banks from an external MIDI device. BANK MSB LSB BANK 112 97 or 81 112 BANK 113 97 or 81 113 BANK 114 97 or 81 114 BANK 115 97 or 81 115 BANK 116 97 or 81 116 BANK 117 97 or 81 117 BANK 118 97 or 81 118 BAN[...]

15 Selecting V oices Modular Synthesis Plug-in System ■ Selecting VL V oices When the PLG150-VL is properly installed on your synthesizer , the VL voices can be selected in the same way as the internal v oices of the synthesizer . For more information see the manual of the synthe- sizer . The e xample displays used in the f ollowing e xplanations[...]

Selecting V oices 16 XG Plug-in System The VL voices can be selected as you do with the XG voices. Ho we ver , you have to select XG Mode or Performance Mode from the “mother” tone generator/sound card Sound Module Mode, first. Y ou also hav e to designate the Part, to which you want to assign the VL voice, in the Utility sub-mode (PLUGIN). ?[...]

17 Selecting V oices When a VL voice is selected VL voice icon will be displayed on the LCD. Y ou ma y unintentionally select a bank n umber of the “mother” tone generator . Be sure to confi rm that the VL v oice icon is displa yed on the LCD . 4 Press SELECT button to place the cur sor at the Program Number . 5 Press V ALUE button to select t[...]

Selecting V oices 18 5 Press V ALUE button to select the P art you want to use. In the XG Mode: 01–16, of f In the Performance Mode: 01–04, of f The VL v oices cannot be assigned to se ver al par ts at the same time since the PLG150-VL is mono- phonic. When y ou use a sound card or a tone generator with no panel buttons... T o select a par t f [...]

19 Editing VL V oice Part Parameters Modular Synthesis Plug-in System The e xample displays used in the f ollowing e xplanations are all taken from the CS6x. ● See the manual of the synthesiz er how to sa v e the edited voices . ● The VL-XG v oices edited using XG Editor Windo w of the "XGworks lite" can be sa ved as a part of the son[...]

Editing VL V oice Part Parameters 20 XG Plug-in System The editings done to the parameters belo w affect all the v oices in the XG mode. In other words the voices cannot be indi vidually edited. The parameter settings are effecti ve e ven when you select a dif- ferent voice. The edited v oices cannot be stored in the INTERNAL v oice bank. Instead, [...]

21 Editing VL V oice Part Parameters VL Part Parameter The parameters belo w can be divided into the follo wing two types: ones for selecting the controller (Control Number) by which the parameter will be controlled and the others for setting the depth of the parameter . Even though you hav e designated the controller , you cannot get audible chang[...]

Editing VL V oice Part Parameters 22 PrsCtrlDpt (Pressur e Control Depth) ...................................................... Settings: -64 … +63 Sets the amount of v ariation produced by the controller assigned to pressure. The higher the v alue the greater the v ariation. Positiv e values cause an increase in pressure in response to higher c[...]

23 Editing VL V oice Part Parameters • Please note that accurate k eyboard pitch is produced only when maxim um tonguing is applied or the tonguing controller is turned off. TngCtrlDpt (T onguing Control Depth) ................................................... Settings: -64 … +63 Sets the amount of v ariation produced by the controller assign[...]

Editing VL V oice Part Parameters 24 6 Breath Noise Bnz CC No. (Breath Noise Contr ol Change Number) ....... Settings: off … 95, A T , VEL, PB “Breath Noise” can be used to add the required amount of breath noise to a voice. The “Bnz CC No. ” parameter specifies the controller to be used for breath noise control. When set to “off” no[...]

25 Editing VL V oice Part Parameters GrlCtrlDpt (Gro wl Control Depth) ......................................................... Settings: -64 … +63 Sets the amount of v ariation produced by the controller assigned to growl. The higher the value the greater the v ariation. Positiv e values cause an increase in gro wl ef fect in response to higher[...]

Editing VL V oice Part Parameters 26 9 Harmonic Enhancer Hrm CC No. (Harmonic Enhancer Control Change Number) .................................................................................................. Settings: off … 95, A T , VEL, PB The Harmonic Enhancer can v ary the harmonic structure of the sound over a wide range. The “Hrm CC No. [...]

27 Editing VL V oice Part Parameters DmpCtrlDpt (Damping Control Depth) .................................................. Settings: -64 … +63 Sets the amount of v ariation produced by the controller assigned to damping. The higher the v alue the greater the v ariation. Positive v alues cause a decrease in damping in response to higher controller[...]

Editing VL V oice Part Parameters 28 12 Breath Mode ................................................ Settings: System, BC/WX, V elocity , T ouch EG Set the control source to be used for "breath" control. This Breath Mode is the same as the one in the VL System Parameters except for the setting, "System." When set to "System[...]

29 Editing VL V oice Part Parameters MIDI Control Number Assignments Control No. Controller off(00) off (used by Bank Select MSB) 01 Modulation Wheel 02 Breath Controller 03 Unassigned 04 Foot Controller 05 P or tamento Time 06 Data Entry MSB 07 V olume Control 08…09 Unassigned 10 P anpot 11 Expression 12…31 Unassigned off(32) off (used by Bank[...]

30 VL System Parameters Modular Synthesis Plug-in System Fi ve System related parameters for PLG150-VL will be added to the “mother” synthesizer . The e xample displays used in the f ollowing e xplanations are all taken from the CS6x. 1 Press the UTILITY button. The Utility Mode display appears. 2 T urn the P A GE knob cloc kwise until “PLG15[...]

31 VL System Parameters 3 Press ENTER. The follo wing display appears. (If necessary) Press SELECT button to place the cursor to PLG150-VL. 4 Press ENTER. The System Parameter Edit display e xclusiv e to the PLG150-VL appears. 5 Press SELECT button to select the parameter y ou want to edit. 6 Press V ALUE button to change its setting. 7 Press the E[...]

VL System Parameters 32 2 WX Lip Mode ............................................................ Settings:Norm (Normal), Expd (Expand) WX-series W ind MIDI Controllers produce pitch bend data ranging from “-16” to “+32” in response to lip (reed) pressure. The “WX Lip” parameter determines whether these v alues are used as is (“Norm?[...]

33 VL System Parameters 4 Breath Control ............................................. Settings:BC (Breath Control), Exp (Expression) Specifies the MIDI control change number to be used for breath control when breath control is applied from a breath controller or WX-series W ind MIDI Controller . When “BC” is selected control change number “[...]

34 Q & A 1 Some v oices sound as if they are in the original octa ve even when shifted down an octa ve. This is because Vir tual Acoustic synthesis accurately simulates the acoustic behaviour of a pipe or string. Simply stated, the har monic balance of the v oice when pla yed in the normal octav e is retained e ven when the v oice is shifted do[...]

35 Q & A 5 Pitch bends pr oduced by a pitc h bend wheel are not alwa ys accurate . Natural acoustic musical instruments ha ve no “pitch parameter . ” Pitch is deter- mined by the properties of the instr ument’ s resonant body as well as the condition of the instrument’ s driver . The same applies to Vir tual Acoustic Synthesis: in the p[...]

36 V oice List ■ VL-XG V oice List Bank Select MSB=81, 97 * When the Bank Select MSB is set to “81, ” the voices of the Bank 112 will be used and pla yed f or the abov e empty spaces of each bank. When the Bank Select MSB is set to “97, ” the v oices of the Bank 1 of the XG tone generator will be used and pla yed f or the above empty spac[...]

V oice List 37 Bank Select MSB=81 * When the Bank Select MSB is set to “81, ” the voices of the Bank 112 will be used and pla yed f or the abov e empty spaces of each bank. When the Bank Select MSB is set to “97, ” the v oices in the abov e list is not av ailable. Instrument Pch# Bank 112 Bank 113 Bank 114 Bank 115 Bank 116 Bank 117 Bank 11[...]

38 V oice List ■ Preset 2 V oice List V oice No. V oice Name Recommended Range 001 V ento C0~C6 002 Floboe C0~C6 003 Sintax F0~G5 004 Eastern E0~C6 005 T rumpet! C0~C6 006 SoprSax! C0~C6 007 LiteAlto E0~C6 008 T r mbone! C0~C6 009 BtlFlute C0~C6 010 Air Sax G0~C6 011 T enrSax! C-1~C5 012 Coca C1~C6 013 JetLpBow A-1~C6 014 Viol Inn C0~C6 015 MuteC[...]

V oice List 39 ■ VL Plug-in V oice Data (pro vided by Flopp y Disk) For PLG1/2 Slot : Wind Instrument Voices (01PlgV1A.mid, 01PlgV1C.mid, 01PlgV2A.mid, 01PlgV2C.mid) For PLG1/2 Slot : Keyboard Voices (01PlgV1B.mid, 01PlgV2B.mid) Br : brass Rd : reed Pi : pipe St : strings Or : organ Gt : guitar Ba : bass Et : ethnic Ld : synth lead Fx : synth eff[...]

40 MIDI Data Format 1. KEY ON / KEY OFF Status: 9nH/8nH If the Part Parameter Rcv NO TE MESSA GE = OFF , that Part will ignore Key ON and K e y OFF messages. 2. PROGRAM CHANGE Status: CnH If the Part Parameter Rcv PR OGRAM CHANGE = OFF , that Part will not receive Pro- gram Change Messages. 3. PITCH BEND Status: EnH If the Part Parameter Rcv PITCH [...]

MIDI Data Format 41 RPN Data-entry LSB MSB MSB parameter Data Range 00H 00H mmH Pitch Bend Sensitivity mm:00H-18H (0-+24) Default:02H 01H 00H mmH Fine Tune mm:00H-40H-7FH (-64-0-+63) Default : 40H 00H 02H 00H mmH Coarse Tune mm:28H-40H-58H (-24-0-+24) Default : 40H 00H 7FH 7FH — Null — 5. CHANNEL MODE MESSAGES <All Sounds Off> 78H Cntrl# [...]

42 MIDI Data Format <T able 1> XG System On Address Size Data Parameter Description (H) (H) (H) 00 00 7E 1 00 XG SYSTEM ON 0:VL-XG 00 00 7F 1 00 ALL P ARAMETERS RESET 0:ON TO T AL SIZE 2 <T able 2> XG System Parameters Address Size Data Parameter Description Default (H) (H) (H) value(H) 00 00 00 4 0000 - 07FF MASTER TUNE -102.4 - +102.3[...]

MIDI Data Format 43 <T able 5> Multi Part Parameters Address Size Data Parameter Description Default (H) (H) (H) value(H) 08 0p 00 1 NO T USED 01 1 00 - 7F BANK SELECT MSB 0 - 127 00 02 1 00 - 7F BANK SELECT LSB 0 - 127 00 03 1 00 - 7F PROGRAM NUMBER 1 - 128 00 04 1 00 - 0F , 7F Rcv CHANNEL ch1 - ch16, OFF 00 05 1 00 - 01 MONO/POL Y MODE 0:MO[...]

44 MIDI Data Format 5A 1 28 - 58 A C1 PITCH CONTR OL -24 - +24[semitones] 40 5B 1 00 - 7F A C1 FIL TER CONTR OL -9600 - +9450[cent] 40 5C 1 00 - 7F A C1 AMPLITUDE CONTR OL -100 - +100[%] 40 5D 1 00 - 7F AC1 LFO PMOD DEPTH 0 - 127 00 5E 1 00 - 7F AC1 LFO FMOD DEPTH 0 - 127 00 5F 1 NO T USED -- 60 1 NOT USED -- 61 1 NOT USED -- 62 1 NOT USED -- 63 1 [...]

MIDI Data Format 45 00 06 1 20 - 7F ELEMENT N AME #7 32 - 127 (ASCII) 00 07 1 20 - 7F ELEMENT N AME #8 32 - 127 (ASCII) 00 08 1 20 - 7F ELEMENT N AME #9 32 - 127 (ASCII) 00 09 1 20 - 7F ELEMENT N AME #10 32 - 127 (ASCII) 00 0A 1 00 - 01 EXPRESSION MODE BC, VOLUME 00 0B 1 00 - 62 PRESSURE CONTR OL NO. of f - 95, A T , VELOCITY , PB 00 0C 2 01 01 - 0[...]

46 MIDI Data Format 1 00 - 7F SCALE TUNING D -64 - +63[cent] 1 00 - 7F SCALE TUNING D# -64 - +63[cent] 1 00 - 7F SCALE TUNING E -64 - +63[cent] 1 00 - 7F SCALE TUNING F -64 - +63[cent] 1 00 - 7F SCALE TUNING F# -64 - +63[cent] 1 00 - 7F SCALE TUNING G -64 - +63[cent] 1 00 - 7F SCALE TUNING G# -64 - +63[cent] 1 00 - 7F SCALE TUNING A -64 - +63[cent][...]

MIDI Data Format 47 <T able 10> Internal V oice Parameters Address Size Data Parameter Description (H) (H) (H) 40 00 nn 1 20 - 7F VOICE N AME #1 32 - 127 (ASCII) 1 20 - 7F V OICE NAME #2 32 - 127 (ASCII) 1 20 - 7F V OICE NAME #3 32 - 127 (ASCII) 1 20 - 7F V OICE NAME #4 32 - 127 (ASCII) 1 20 - 7F V OICE NAME #5 32 - 127 (ASCII) 1 20 - 7F V OI[...]

48 MIDI Implementation Chart YAMAHA [ Virtual Acoustic Plug-in Board ] Date:21-SEP-1999 Model PLG150-VL MIDI Implementation Chart Version : 1.0 Transmitted Recognized Remarks Function... Basic Default x 1 Channel Changed x 1 - 16 Default x 3 Mode Messages x 3,4 (m=1) *2 Altered ************** x Note x 0 - 127 Number : True voice ************** 0 - [...]

MIDI Implementation Chart 49 Prog x o 0 - 127 Change : True # ************** System Exclusive o *3 o *3 : 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) Mes- :Active Sense x o sages:Reset x x Note[...]

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