Yamaha VL-1, Feature Reference

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Feature Reference
About the Manuals
The VL1 comes with two manuals — Getting Started and Feature
Reference. If you’re just starting out with the VL1 we urge you to begin
with the Getting Started manual since it describes basic concepts and
procedures that are essential to proper operation of the VL1.
The Getting Started Manual
The Getting Started manual contains seven chapters that take you through
essential information and procedures you will need to know to become familiar
with your VL1:
1. VL1 Basics [
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Page 8]
Basic concepts you’ll need to understand in order to get the
most out of the VL1.
2. The Controls & Connectors [
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Page 16]
Brief descriptions of the VL1 controls and connectors, and their
functions.
3. Setting Up [
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Page 22]
System connections, powering up, playing the demo, calibrating
the Breath Controller, and loading the pre-programmed voices.
4. Voice Selection [
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Page 34]
Several ways to select and play the VL1’s 128 voices.
5. The Controllers [
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Page 38]
The VL1 controllers and how they can be assigned and edited
for optimum control.
6. Mixing & The Modifiers [
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Page 48]
Customizing the sound to suit your own personal needs.
7. Effects [
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Page 58]
An overview of the built-in digital effects that you can use to
add depth and ambience to the VL1 sound.
We recommend that you go through the chapters in sequence and actually
try out the various operations described. Once you’ve gone through the entire
Getting Started manual in this way, you should be familiar enough with the VL1
to need only the VL1 Feature Reference manual in future.