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Yamaha Virtual Acoustic Plug-in Board
Virtual Acoustic Plug-in-Karte
Carte Plug-in Acoustique Virtuelle
Owner’s Manual
Bedienungsanleitung
Mode d’emploi
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Precautions l Do not expose the plug-in board to direct sunlight, l Before connecting the computer to other devices, turn excessive humidity, high temperatures, excessive dust off the power switches of all devices. or strong vibrations. l Yamaha is not responsible for loss of data through com- l Before handling the plug-in board, be sure to touch a puter malfunctions or operator actions. metal surface to discharge any static electricity which l The plug-in board cont
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Introduction Virtual Acoustic Plug-in Board PLG150-VL will expand your synthesizer of the Modular Synthe- sis Plug-in System (such as CS6x and S80) by adding 256 VL voices, created by the unique Vir- tual Acoustic Synthesis (including 137 VL-XG, XG compatible, voices). It also expands your tone generator/ sound card of the XG Plug-in System (such as MU128 and SW1000XG) as well. Using the included software, VL Visual Editor, you can edit VL voices and create your own voi
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Overview of the PLG150-VL Main Features l Allows you to play back the songs which are programmed with the VL-XG voice data (p.13). l Lets you edit the VL parameters on the synthesizer/ tone generator (a model with LCD screen) (p.19). l Allows you to simulate an acoustic musical instrument and create a “virtual” musical instrument using the “VL Visual Editor,” even if you don't have further musical knowledge (p.7). l Allows you to play the PLG150-VL by WX5 (via BT7) connecte
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Overview of the PLG150-VL VL Voice Edit Editing VL-XG Voices If you want to edit the existing 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 exclusive messages and transmit bank select/program change messages and/or parameter changes to the PLG150-VL. See MIDI Data Format (p. 40) for more information on the system exclusive messages. However, using the XG Editor Window of the mus
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Overview of the PLG150-VL Specifications Tone Generator : S/VA (Self-oscillating Virtual Acoustic Synthesis: VLR Algorithm) Polyphony : 1 note monophonic (latest note priority) Sound Module Mode : VL-XG Interface : XG Plug-in Connector (15-pin Digital Connector) Number of Voice : 256 Preset voices (including 137 VL-XG voices) 6 Custom voices 64 Internal voices Dimensions (W x H x D) : 138.5mm(W) 89mm(D) 8.5mm(H) WEIGHT : 56g * Specifications subject to change witho
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Overview of the PLG150-VL 4. Plug-in voice data (only for the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System synthesizers) • for the PLG1 slot 01PlgV1A.mid (Wind instruments for TouchEG) (64 voices) 01PlgV1B.mid (Keyboards) (64 voices) 01PlgV1C.mid (Wind instruments for Breath controller) (64 voices) • for the PLG2 slot 01PlgV2A.mid (Wind instruments for TouchEG) (64 voices) 01PlgV2B.mid (Keyboards) (64 voices) 01PlgV2C.mid (Wind instruments for Breath controller) (64 voices) See page
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Overview of the PLG150-VL Macintosh : English version only 1 Double-click on the “Install VL Visual Editor” in the “English”/“VL Visual Editor” folder of the CD-ROM. Installer will be started up. 2 Execute the installation by following the directions appearing on the screen. After the installation, “VL Visual Editor 1.02E” is added to the Hard Disk as the default. n Starting up the VL Visual Editor Windows Start up the XGworks lite, and then select [VL Visual Editor] from
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Virtual Acoustic Synthesis Unlike previous tone generation systems which use oscillators, function generators, preset wave- forms or samples to produce sound, Yamaha Virtual Acoustic (“VA”) Synthesis applies sophisticated computer-based “physical modeling” technology to musical sound synthesis. In the same way that computer “models” are used to simulate weather systems or the flight characteristics of aircraft in the design stage, the PLG150-VL simulates the very complex vibrations, reson
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Virtual Acoustic Synthesis The Instrument The key 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 driver — the reed/mouth- piece, lip/mouthpiece, or bow/string system — and a resonant system corresponding to the tube and air column or string.. In all these instruments pressure applied here (the driving point) causes vibration which results in sound. Reed vibration L
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Virtual Acoustic Synthesis The Controllers 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 bow. These elements actually form an important part of the sound generating system and, in the PLG150- VL, are included in the controllers block. The player also influences the sound of the instrument by playing the keys, tone holes, or frets, and this a
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Virtual Acoustic Synthesis The Modifiers The modifiers block consists of 4 sections as shown in the diagram. Although these may appear to be simple effects, they are actually intimately related to the PLG150-VL’s sound-producing model and have a significant effect on the sound. l Harmonic Enhancer The Harmonic Enhancer determines the harmonic structure of the sound to the extent that it can produce radical timbral variations within an instru- Harmonic ment “family” (e.g. saxes). Adjusting the Harm
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Voice Organization The VL voices have each program number and are organized into 12 banks. For the voice 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 conforming to the Yamaha XG format. Since the PLG150-VL does not have a full set of XG-compatible voices, some voice numbers will be skipped (e.g. 22, 23, 25,
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Voice Organization Selecting Banks Use the MIDI bank MSB (control number 00) and LSB (control number 32) numbers listed below 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 BANK 119 97 or 81 119 PRESET 1 33 0 PRESET 2 33 1 CUSTOM 33 2 INTERNAL 33 3 14
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Selecting Voices Modular Synthesis Plug-in System n Selecting VL Voices When the PLG150-VL is properly installed on your synthesizer, the VL voices can be selected in the same way as the internal voices of the synthesizer. For more information see the manual of the synthe- sizer. The example displays used in the following explanations are all taken from CS6x. Therefore, the illustrations may be somewhat different from the LCDs of your instrument. 1 Press the VOICE button. Voice mode will be dis
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Selecting Voices XG Plug-in System The VL voices can be selected as you do with the XG voices. However, you have to select XG Mode or Performance Mode from the “mother” tone generator/sound card Sound Module Mode, first. You also have to designate the Part, to which you want to assign the VL voice, in the Utility sub-mode (PLUGIN). l The sound cards like the SW1000XG do not include “Performance Mode.” Please check the owner’s manual of the “mother” tone generator/sound card whether it includes th
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Selecting Voices When a VL voice is selected VL voice icon will be displayed on the LCD. You may unintentionally select a bank number of the “mother” tone generator. Be sure to confirm that the VL voice icon is displayed on the LCD. 4 Press SELECT button to place the cursor at the Program Number. 5 Press VALUE button to select the Program Number (voice) you want to use. If an invalid Program Change Number is selected while one of the VL-XG Banks (112–119) is chosen, VL voice icon will be replaced
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Selecting Voices 5 Press VALUE button to select the Part you want to use. In the XG Mode: 01–16, off In the Performance Mode: 01–04, off The VL voices cannot be assigned to several parts at the same time since the PLG150-VL is mono- phonic. When you use a sound card or a tone generator with no panel buttons... To select a part for the VL voice you need to use a sequencing software and transmit the follow- ing system exclusive message (part assign parameter) to the “mother” sound card/tone genera
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Editing VL Voice Part Parameters Modular Synthesis Plug-in System The example displays used in the following explanations are all taken from the CS6x. l See the manual of the synthesizer how to save the edited voices. l The VL-XG voices edited using XG Editor Window of the "XGworks lite" can be saved as a part of the song data. 1 Select the desired VL voice, as described in "Selecting Voices" on page 15. 2 Press the EDIT button. The EDIT menu display appears. GEN Name) Ctgry a-Z 0-?
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Editing VL Voice Part Parameters XG Plug-in System The editings done to the parameters below affect all the voices in the XG mode. In other words the voices cannot be individually edited. The parameter settings are effective even when you select a dif- ferent voice. The edited voices cannot be stored in the INTERNAL voice bank. Instead, the VL-XG voices edited using XG Edi- tor Window of the “XGworks lite” can be saved as a part of the song data. 1 Enter the Multi Part Edit Mode. The sub-mode
