Yamaha VHEFFECTEDITORE, VHEFFECTEDITOR User Manual
VH Effect Editor
Manual
Important Notices
The VH Effect Editor provides an easy, intuitive way to edit the Harmony effect settings of the
PLG100-VH Vocal Harmony Plug-in Board.
• Do not use any of the panel controls on an external tone generator while editing the Harmony
effect with the VH Effect Editor, since this may inadvertently change the settings of the
PLG100-VH.
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Notices
• Yamaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to the use of the software and
documentation and cannot be held responsible for the results of the use of this manual and
the software.
• The windows and illustrations in this manual are for instructional purposes only, and may
slightly different from the ones shown on your software.
About this manual
• The screens shown in this manual are almost all on Windows systems. Although some
screens may differ for Macintosh systems, the basic operations are the same.
• Keyboard shortcuts referred in this manual are effective for only Windows system.
For Windows users
When you use the VH Effect Editor, set “Font Size” to “Small Fonts” at the “Control Panel | Display | (Settings |)
Advanced” page. If “Large Fonts” is selected, messages in some dialog boxes may not be displayed properly.
Copyright (c) 2001 Yamaha Corporation. All rights reserved.
Version 1.0, 2001
YAMAHA CORPORATION
About the VH Effect Editor
The VH Eff ect Editor is pro viding an e xceptionally simple and con v enient wa y to edit and
control the PLG100-VH Vocal Harmony Plug-in Board. It also features comprehensive,
detailed control of the Harmony effect by giving you access to all of the “hidden” parameters of the PLG100-VH.
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Setting Up
Setting up with XG Plug-in System “mother” device
(MU series, etc.)
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Microphone Setup........................................................
z
Connect a microphone to the A/D INPUT jack.
x
Select Part “A1,” then select the “Mic” preset (bank #000, program
#002).
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MIDI Setup.....................................................................
If you wish to control the Harmony effect from a MIDI keyboard or with song data played
on a MIDI sequencer, make the following MIDI-related settings.
• MIDI is used only when the Harmony Type is set to Vocoder or Chordal. For the Detune and
Chromatic types, Harmony is unaffected by a connected MIDI device.
z
Set up the MIDI keyboard or sequencer.
Connect the MIDI OUT of the MIDI device to MIDI IN of the tone generator/sound
card. Set the device’s MIDI transmit channel to 1 (or to the same channel you’ll be
setting in step #2 below).
x
Set the Harmony Channel.
This determines the MIDI receive channel for the Harmony effect, and should be
set to the same value as set for the MIDI device in step #1 above.
c
Assign the Harmony effect to the desired Part (with the Part parameter).
v
Disable all other Parts set to the same channel as the Harmony Channel.
You'll want to make sure that the connected keyboard or sequencer doesn’t sound
any of the instrument Parts of the tone generator/sound card. If one or more Parts
are set to the same MIDI channel (as set in step #2 above), change the MIDI channel setting of the Part(s), mute them, or set the volume of each Part to 0.
b
Set the Harmony Type to Vocoder or Chordal.
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Easy Setup....................................................................
You can quickly and easily make many of the above settings directly from the VH Effect
Editor, with the Easy Setup dialog box.
Setting up with Modular Synthesis Plug-in System “mother” device
(S80, MOTIF series, etc.)
z
Connect a microphone to the A/D INPUT jack of the “mother” device.
x
Make the appropriate settings on the “mother” device — ensuring that
the signal received via the A/D INPUT jack is properly sent to the
PLG100-VH.
(For details, refer to the owner’s manual of your particular “mother”
device.)
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Harmony Types
About the Harmony Types
The Harmony effect features four separate types: Vocoder, Chordal, Detune, and Chro-
matic.
The Vocoder type produces up to three harmony notes, corresponding to the notes you
play on a connected MIDI keyboard. In other words, you can sing the melody and
“play” the harmony or harmonies from the keyboard (or from a sequencer).
The Chordal type produces up to three harmony notes that correspond to the chords
you play on a connected MIDI keyboard (or chords recorded to a sequencer). Thirtyfour different chord types are recognized in this mode.
The Detune type produces a slightly “detuned” pitch and mixes it with the input signal for
a rich chorusing effect.
The Chromatic type produces a harmony at a predetermined, fixed pitch interval from
the original sound (such as an octave, or a third).
When the Type is set to Thru, no Harmony effect is applied, and the only other available
parameter is Insert Part.
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Harmony Types /
Applying Vocoder Harmony
Applying V ocoder Harmony
The Vocoder type allows you to “play” up to three harmony notes from a connected MIDI
keyboard or sequencer.
z
Click on the Effect tab.
x
Set the Harmony T ype to Vocoder.
c
Set Part to “Ad1.”
• If you are using a Modular Synthesis Plug-in-compatible tone generator or synthesizer, you’ll
need to set the Part Number from the device itself.
v
Click on the System tab.
b
Set the Harmony Channel to match the MIDI transmit channel of the
connected MIDI keyboard or sequencer.
n
Make sure that Harmony Mute is set to “off” and that all three Har-
mony V olume settings are set to appropriate levels (90 or greater).
• When you play the keyboard and sing into the microphone, the harmony or harmonies match
the pitch of the notes you play.
• You can create automatic harmonies for an entire song (on sequencer) by recording the
appropriate notes to one track of the song.
• The Mode parameter gives you access to a wide variety of harmonies by letting you set how
the harmonies are transposed.
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