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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 Precautions ● Do not expose the plug-in board to direct sunlight, ● Before connecting the computer to other devices, turn excessive humidity, high temperatures, excessive dust off the power switches of all devices. or strong vibrations. ● Yamaha is not responsible for loss of data through com- ● Before handling the plug-in board, be sure to touch a puter malfunctions or operator actions. metal surface to discharge any static electricity which ● The plug-in board contains no user-serviceable parts, so may be in your body. never touch the inside area of the circuit board or ● When holding the plug-in board, do not touch the inside tamper with the electronic circuitry in any way. Doing area of the circuit board or apply excessive pressure to so may result in electrical shock or damage to the plug- the board, and be sure to protect the board from contact in board. with water or other liquids. YAMAHA CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE ● Before installing the plug-in board onto a tone genera- FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY IMPROPER tor/sound card, unplug the power connector of your CARE AND USE OF THE PLUG-IN BOARD. computer. * The company names and product names in this Owner’s Manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. * The screens as illustrated in this owner’s manual are for instructional purposes only, and may appear somewhat different from the ones of your instrument. FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/or another product use only high quality shielded cables. Cable/s supplied with this product MUST be used. Follow all installation instructions. Failure to follow instructions could void your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA. 3. NOTE: This product has been tested and found to comply with the requirements listed in FCC Regulations, Part 15 for Class ”B” digital devices. Compliance with these requirements provides a reasonable level of assurance that your use of this product in a residential environment will not result in harmful interference with other electronic devices. This equipment generates/uses radio frequencies and, if not installed and used according to the instructions found in the users manual, may cause interference harmful to the operation of other electronic devices. Compliance with FCC regulations does not guarantee that interference will not occur in all installations. If this product is found to be the source of interference, which can be determined by turning the unit ”OFF” and ”ON”, please try to eliminate the problem by using one of the following measures: Relocate either this product or the device that is being affected by the interference. Utilize power outlets that are on different branch (circuit breaker or fuse) circuits or install AC line filter/s. In the case of radio or TV interference, relocate/reorient the antenna. If the antenna lead-in is 300 ohm ribbon lead, change the lead-in to co-axial type cable. If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results, please contact the local retailer authorized to distribute this type of product. If you can not locate the appropriate, please contact Yamaha Corporation of America, Electronic Service Divi- sion, 6600 Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park, CA 90620 * This applies only to products distributed by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA. CANADA This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. • This applies only to products distributed by Yamaha Canada Music Ltd. • Ceci ne s’applique qu’aux produits distribués par Yamaha Canada Musique Ltée. 2 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 voices from scratch. Please read through this manual to take full advantage of the PLG150-VL before use and keep the manual in a safe place for future reference. Table of Contents Overview of the PLG150-VL .......................................................... 4 Virtual Acoustic Synthesis ........................................................... 9 Voice Organization ................................................................... 13 Selecting Voices ...................................................................... 15 Editing VL Voice Part Parameters ................................................ 19 VL System Parameters ............................................................. 30 Q & A .................................................................................... 34 Appendix Voice List ............................................................................... 36 MIDI Data Format ..................................................................... 40 MIDI Implementation Chart ......................................................... 48 3 Overview of the PLG150-VL Main Features ● Allows 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). ● 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). ● Allows you to play the PLG150-VL by WX5 (via BT7) connected to the tone generator via MIDI (p.33). About the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System The Yamaha Modular Synthesis Plug-in System offers powerful expansion and upgrade capabil- ities for Modular Synthesis-Plug-in-compatible synthesizers, tone generators and sound cards. This enables you to easily and effectively take advantage of the latest and most sophisticated synthesizer and effects technology, allowing you to keep pace with the rapid and multi-faceted advances in modern music production. About the XG Plug-in System The Yamaha XG Plug-in System offers powerful expansion and upgrade capabilities for XG- Plug-in-compatible tone generators and sound cards. This enables you to easily and effectively take advantage of the latest and most sophisticated synthesizer and effects technology, allowing you to keep pace with the rapid and multi-faceted advances in modern music production. About Sondius XG Products bearing the SONDIUS-XG logo are licensed under patents of Stanford University and Yamaha as listed on the internet web site, <http://www.sondius-xg.com>. About VL-XG The VL Extension for XG (“VL Extension for XG” is abbreviated to VL-XG) included in the PLG150-VL significantly enhances and expands the musical capabilities of the XG format with the superior sound and expressive potential of Yamaha Virtual Acoustic Synthesis. The PLG150-VL provides superior wind and string instrument voices while the XG tone generator/ sound card supplies drums, percussion, keyboard, and other voices. 4 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 music sequencing software, “XGworks lite” (an Win- dows application, provided in the “mother” synthesizer/ tone generator) lets you visually and easily enter the VL program change data and edit its data instead of inputting rather complicated system exclusive messages. Creating Your Own VL Voices Even if you have no experience in voice creation, the “VL Visual Editor” (provided in the included disk) lets you easily create VL voices (p. 7). To use the “XGworks lite” and “VL Visual Editor” you need to connect the “mother” synthesizer/ tone generator/ sound card to your PC, and properly set the “Driver” and “Input/ Output devices.” For the details refer to the owner’s manual of the “XGworks lite.” Installation For the installation of the PLG150-VL see the manual of respectiv “mother” synthesizer/ tone genera- tor/ sound card. Included Items • PLG150-VL • Demonstration & Plug-in Voice Disk (FD) • TOOLS for PLG150-DX/PLG150-VL (CD-ROM) • Owner’s Manual 5 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 without notice. About the Demonstration Data in the Included Floppy