Yamaha VL-1, Feature Reference

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Feature Reference
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Edit Mode
1: Setting
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Assign Mode
≤
Bottom Note, Top Note, Last Note.
Determines which note(s) will be played when more than one note is played at a
time. Operation is different in the mono, poly, and unison key modes (
≥
Page 31), as
noted below. This parameter also affects how the VL1 responds to external MIDI control.
Common Miscellaneous
Bottom Note The lowest note(s) played sounds.
Top Note The highest note(s) played sounds.
Last Note The last note(s) played sounds.
• The above settings apply when the “
Mono
” key mode is selected.
• When the “
Poly
” key mode is selected, “
Top Note*
” will appear in place
of the “
Last Note
” setting and operation will be the same as when “
Top
Note
” is selected.
• When the “
Unison
” key mode is selected, the lowest and highest notes
played will sound regardless of the Assign Mode setting.
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Pitchbend Mode
≤
Normal, Bottom, Top.
Sets the pitch bend mode. The “
Bottom
” and “
Top
” modes are only effective
when the poly or unison key mode (
≥
Page 31) is selected.
Normal Both notes are effected by the PITCH wheel.
Bottom The lowest of two notes played will be affected by the pitch wheel.
Top The highest of two notes played will be affected by the pitch wheel.
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Sustain
≤
off, on.
Turns the VL1 sustain function on or off. When “
off
” the sustain function will not
work even if sustain is assigned to a footswitch (
≥
Page 156) and a footswitch is
plugged into the appropriate FOOT SWITCH jack or a MIDI sustain message is received.
Off Sustain can not be applied via footswitch or MIDI.
On Sustain can be applied via footswitch or MIDI.