Yamaha PLG150VLE, PLG150-VL User Manual
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
Do not expose the plug-in board to direct sunlight,
excessive humidity, high temperatures, excessive dust
or strong vibrations.
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Before handling the plug-in board, be sure to touch a
metal surface to discharge any static electricity which
may be in your body.
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When holding the plug-in board, do not touch the inside
area of the circuit board or apply excessive pressure to
the board, and be sure to protect the board from contact
with water or other liquids.
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Before installing the plug-in board onto a tone generator/sound card, unplug the power connector of your
computer.
* The company names and product names in this Owner’s Manual are the trademarks or re gistered
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.
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Before connecting the computer to other devices, turn
off the power switches of all devices.
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Yamaha is not responsible for loss of data through computer malfunctions or operator actions.
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The plug-in board contains no user-serviceable parts, so
never touch the inside area of the circuit board or
tamper with the electronic circuitry in any way. Doing
so may result in electrical shock or damage to the plugin board.
YAMAHA CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY IMPROPER
CARE AND USE OF THE PLUG-IN BOARD.
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:
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:
”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 Division, 6600 Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park, CA 90620
* This applies only to products distributed by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA.
When connecting this product to accessories and/or another product use only high quality shielded cables.
This product has been tested and found to comply with the requirements listed in FCC Regulations, Part 15 for Class
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.
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Introduction
Virtual Acoustic Plug-in Board PLG150-VL will expand your synthesizer of the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System (such as CS6x and S80) by adding 256 VL v oices, created b y the unique Virtual 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
Virtual Acoustic Synthesis
Voice Organization
Selecting Voices
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Editing VL Voice Part Parameters
VL System Parameters
Q & A
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Appendix
Voice List
MIDI Data Format
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MIDI Implementation Chart
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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 capabilities 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 XGPlug-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.
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VL Voice Edit
Editing VL-XG V oices
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 Windows 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 V oices
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).
Overview of the PLG150-VL
Installation
For the installation of the PLG150-VL see the manual of respectiv “mother” synthesizer/ tone generator/ sound card.
Included Items
• PLG150-VL
• Demonstration & Plug-in Voice Disk (FD)
• TOOLS for PLG150-DX/PLG150-VL (CD-ROM)
• Owner’s Manual
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.”
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Overview of the PLG150-VL
Specifications
Tone Generator :
Polyphony :
Sound Module Mode :
Interface :
Number of Voice :
Dimensions (W x H x D) : 138.5mm(W) 89mm(D) 8.5mm(H)
WEIGHT :
S/VA
(Self-oscillating Virtual Acoustic Synthesis: VLR Algorithm)
1 note monophonic (latest note priority)
VL-XG
XG Plug-in Connector (15-pin Digital Connector)
256 Preset voices (including 137 VL-XG voices)
6 Custom voices
64 Internal voices
56g
* Specifications subject to change without notice.
About the Demonstration Data in the Included Floppy Disk
The demonstration songs, and the performances for XG tone generators and the Plug-in voice data
for "Modular Synthesis Plug-in System" synthesizers are provided in the included floppy disk, which
will give you an idea of some of the PLG150-VL’s capability.
Contents
1. XG Demonstration Songs (only for the XG tone generator)
File Name
COOLJIVA.MID Cool JiVA Katsunori Ujiie
OXYGEN.MID Oxygen Andy Mowat
NOBODY.MID Nobody Knows Akio Suzuki
SILHOUET.MID Silhouettes Tom Scott (GRP Recording Artist)
VAMBIENT.MID VAmbient Katsunori Ujiie
DOGROOVA.MID Do GrooVA Katsunori Ujiie
CLOUDS.MID Clouds Akio Suzuki
XG Demonstration songs can be play ed bac k using the XGw orks lite (sequencing softw are , pro vided in the “mother”
synthesizer/tone generator) or a sequencer like QY700.
Song Name Composer
Daniel Powell (YAHAMA R&D London)
Nate Tschetter
Charles Feilding (YAMAHA Sound Design Office)
2. Performance Data (only for the XG tone generators)
VLPFM1.MID
VLPFM2.MID
VLPFM3.MID
VLPFM4.MID
Performance data : send them as the bulk data to the XG tone generator using the “XGworks lite.”
3. MSPS Demonstration song (only for the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System synthesizers)
02VlDemo.mid
MSPS Demonstration song can be played back using the XGworks lite or an external MIDI data storage device like
MDF3.
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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 39 for the information on each voice.
Plug-in voice data are provided as MIDI files. You can get the voices by playing back the MIDI files using a
sequencer. The voice data will be loaded onto the Plug-in voice data area of your synthesizer.
About the Applications in the Included CD-ROM
A voice editing tool, VL Visual Editor, is provided in the included CD-ROM. You can create VL
voices using the VL Visual Editor.
Contents
• VL Visual Editor (for Windows) : This is a Plug-in software for the XGworks lite, which is included in your
“mother” XG tone generator or “Modular Synthesis Plug-in System” synthesizer.
• VL Visual Editor for Macintosh : This software can run on the models, PowerPC or upper.
• DX Easy Editor : A tool for the PLG150-DX, another Plug-in board.
• DX Simulator : A tool for the PLG150-DX, another Plug-in board.
• OMS (Open Music System 2.3.6) : Enables you to use several MIDI applications on the Macintosh OS at the
same time.
Installing and Starting the VL Visual Editor
Installing the Software
Windows
Double-click on the “Setup.exe” file in the CD-ROM.
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Installer will be started up.
Execute the installation by following the directions appearing on the
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screen.
After the installation, [VL Visual Editor] is added to the [Plug-in] menu on the XGworks lite.
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Macintosh
Double-click on the “Install VL Visual Editor” in the “English”/“VL Visual
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: English version only
Editor” folder of the CD-ROM.
Installer will be started up.
Execute the installation by following the directions appearing on the
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screen.
After the installation, “VL Visual Editor 1.02E” is added to the Hard Disk as the default.
Starting up the VL Visual Editor
Windows
Start up the XGworks lite, and then select [VL Visual Editor] from its [Plug-in]
menu.
The VL Visual Editor window appears.
Macintosh
: English version only
Double-click on the "VL Visual Editor for Mac" icon in the "VL Visual Editor
1.02E" folder.
The VL Visual Editor window appears.
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For the detailed information about the VL Visual Editor see the on-line manual of the VL Visual Editor.
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When using a “Modular Synthesis Plug-in System” synthesizer:
When in the Voice Mode, assign the Part number 1 to the VL Visual Editor.
In the Performance (Multi) Mode, you can not use the VL Visual Editor.
The VL voices created by the VL Visual Editor can be loaded to the Custom Voice Bank (p.13) of the PLG150-VL
and played back. Howev er, the loaded data will be lost once you turn off the “mother” synthesizer/ tone generator.
You need to load the data again if you want to use the voices. You can save the VL voice data in a file as a part of
the “XGworks lite” song data or in an external MIDI data storage device such as MDF3 as a part of bulk data
(voice file).
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Virtual Acoustic Synthesis
Unlike previous tone generation systems which use oscillators, function generators, preset waveforms 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, resonances, reflections
and other acoustic phenomena that occur in a real wind or string instrument.
VA Advantages
The PLG150-VL offers many advantages in terms of musical performance. Not just in terms of
sound, but also in terms of the “behavior” that makes acoustic instruments so … well, musical!
Yamaha Virtual Acoustic Synthesis is simply the most musical tone generation system ever created.
• The PLG150-VL sounds better, has more depth, and is more realistic in the musical sense than any
other tone generation system.
• Simply playing a note in the same way does not always produce precisely the same sound. The
instrument is responsive and “alive”.
• Note-to-note transitions have the same continuity exhibited by acoustic instruments. What goes on
in between the notes is just as important musically as the notes themselves.
• It has extraordinary expressive capability. Rather than simply controlling parameters like volume
or pitch, you can control characteristics such as breath and reed pressure with appropriate complex
effects on the timbre of the sound.
VL Tone Generator Model
The overall VL tone generation model or “algorithm” consists of three main blocks: the instrument,
controllers, and modifiers. In schematic form these blocks are arranged as follows:
Controllers (also envelopes)
Instrument Modifiers
Sound out
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