Yamaha VL-1, Feature Reference

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Feature Reference
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Edit Mode
Throat formant intensity key scaling produces natural throat formant intensity
variations across the range of the keyboard by allowing different intensity offset values to
be applied to each of four breakpoints set at appropriate keys.
• The
§
and
¶
buttons (“
Bpag
” and “
Fpag
”) can be used to go directly
backward or forward to the next throat formant key scaling page without
having to return to the main parameter page.
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Intens
≤
-127 … 127.
The “
Intens
” parameter is linked to the main throat formant “
Intens
” param-
eter, and sets the intensity of the throat formant effect. Higher values in both the positive
and negative ranges increase the intensity of the throat formant effect. This value also
determines the main intensity value on which all key-scaled variations are based (indi-
cated by a dotted line on the graph).
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Breakpoint 1 … 4 Key
≤
C-2 … G8.
Allows four separate key scaling breakpoints to be set at any notes between C-2 and
G8. You can position the cursor at the appropriate breakpoint key parameter and use any
of the normal data entry procedures, or use the keyboard. To use the keyboard for break-
point entry, position the cursor at the appropriate breakpoint key parameter, press the
•
button (“
Kbd
”), and then press the key at which you want to set the breakpoint while
“
Kbd
” appears in inverse characters.
No breakpoint can be set to a key lower than the breakpoint to its left.
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Breakpoint 1 … 4 Offset
≤
-64 … 63.
Set the amount of intensity offset for each of the breakpoints defined by the break-
point key parameters, above. Negative values reduce the intensity, and positive values
increase the intensity at the corresponding breakpoint. No matter what offset value is
chosen, the actual intensity will never exceed its minimum or maximum absolute value.
When different offset values are applied to adjacent breakpoints, the intensity varies
smoothly between the breakpoints.
3-3: Throat Formant Intensity Key Scalling
Element Miscellaneous