Yamaha PLG150DR User Manual

Plug-in Board Editor

for PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC

Owner’s Manual

Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Starting Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Assigning the PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC to a Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Using the Plug-in Board Editor — Example Operation. . . . . .5

Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

The Library window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

The Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

The Edit window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

The Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

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This owner’s manual is applicable to both the Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR and the Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-PC.

The screen illustrations are mainly taken from the Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR for Windows. This owner’s man ual assumes that you are already f amiliar with basic Windo ws operation. If you are not,

please refer to the owner’s manual which came with your Windows OS software before using Plug-in Board Editor.

For information about hardware requirements, the interconnection of devices and the installation of the Plug-in Board Editor software, refer to the separate “PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Owner’s Manual” as well as the Owner’s Manual for the respective MIDI device.

Introduction

With Plug-in Board Editor, y ou can edit your PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC’s voices and effects via your computer. Its graphical user interface provides for easy editing by presenting each synthesizer parameter on screen as a slider, switch, and so on, which can be manipulated using your computer’s mouse or keyboard. Finally, all the changes you have made to your voices can be saved to your computer.

Library window Save the Library file

Voice

Import a voice

Edit window

PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC

Set the effects parameters

Transmit bulk data

Synthesizer / Tone Generator

Starting Up

After installing the Plug-in Board Editor and making all necessary connections, start up the Editor according to the following instructions.

NOTE

• For the Plug-in Board Editor to work properly, y ou’ll need to mak e appropriate output settings for the MIDI driver (Page 13).

• When using an Modular Synthesis Plug-in System (MSPS) compatible synthesizer (such as the MOTIF or S80), make sure to switch from the Internal Voice bank to the Board Voice bank before starting the Plug-in Board Editor.

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Start the Plug-in Board Editor as a stand-alone application

Select the Plug-in Board Editor from the Start menu. (Programs m Y AMAHA OPT Tools m Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC m Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/ PLG150-PC)

NOTE

The Plug-in Board Editor can also be started by double-clicking on an y Libr ary ﬁle made with the Editor.

Click the [MIDI SETUP] button called up in step #1 above, then set the appropriate MIDI port.

Select the part in the “Select Part” dialog and click “OK”.

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Start the Plug-in Board Editor in the client application as a plug-in software

The Plug-in Board Editor can be used as a plug-in software in any client application compatible with Open Plug-in Technology (OPT). Refer to the owner’s manual of the client application for details on using plug-in software.

About Open Plug-in Technology

Open Plug-in Technology (OPT) is a newly developed software format that allows control over MIDI devices from a music software sequencer. For example, this allo ws y ou to start up and operate various parts of your music system, such as plug-in board editors, and mixing control editors — directly from an OPT-compatible sequencer, without having to use each separately. This also makes it unnecessary to set MIDI drivers for each application, streamlining your music production system and making all operations more convenient and seamless.

OPT Level Implementation for the Plug-in Board Editor

The client application and its compatibility with OPT can be divided into three levels, as shown below. (For more information, refer to the documentation or help ﬁles included with the client application.) This chart shows the OPT-compatibility of the Plug-in Board Editor.

OPT levels of the client

application

VIEWS (Level 3)

PROCESSORS (Level 2)

PANELS (Level 1)

NOTE: Certain operations may not work as expected if there is no corresponding function in the client

application (sequencer, etc.). The highest level of implementation for the client application is indicated in the OPT logo (which appears along with the version information in the application).

Plug-in Board Editor operation

Operation support Operation limits

Yes None

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