Yamaha VL, Owner'S Manual

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VL Version 2
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EDIT/COM/MISC/CONTROLLER
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Touch EG Gain
¯ 0 … 127
Increasing the value of this new parameter raises the lower limit of touch EG
variation, producing relatively higher output and range.
Feature Reference pages: VL1
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36; VL1-m
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36; VL7
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EDIT/COM/MISC/MICROTUNING
30 new microtuning types have been added: numbers P-55 through P-84. In all
these microtunings extra notes are set to the next lowest note.
55 Zalzal Modern Arabic scale (white notes; in C).
56 Farabi X Tuning from Al Farabi (c. 700 A.D.; white notes; in C).
57 Ishfahan Medieval Arabic 8-tone scale (white keys & B
b
; in C).
58 Al-Kindi A 10th-century Arabic scale. This version uses C as the tonic. Since
there are 16 notes the tonic moves to different MIDI keys (G
#
0, C2, E3,
G
#
4, C6, E7).
59 Zirafkend Medieval Arabic 8-tone scale (white notes; in C).
60 Hhidjazi Medieval Arabic scale using only white notes (in C).
61 Rahawi Medieval Arabic scale using only white notes (in C).
62 Hhosaini Medieval Arabic scale using only white notes (in C).
63 African West African xylophone tuning (white notes; in C).
64 Bagpipes Scottish highland bagpipe tuning (in B
b
).
65 Yugo Bag Observed Yugoslavian bagpipe tuning (all notes).
66 Bulgar Bag Observed Bulgarian bagpipe tuning (all notes).
67 Byzantine Byzantine palace mode. Mixed tetrachords (white notes; in C).
68 Tibet 12-note Tibetan scale.
69 Ch Flute Chinese flute observed in 1885. ‘E’ and ‘B’ are additions to the basic
pentatonic scale (white notes; in C).
70 Ch Sheng Observed Chinese sheng or mouth organ tuning (white notes; in C).
71 Dowland John Dowland’s lute tuning (17th century). A well-tempered 12-tone
scale.
72 Golden Based on the golden section, the ratios are successive terms in the
Fibonacci series. (black notes; in D
b
).
73 PelogSlend Two observed Javanese gamelan scales: Pelog on white notes and
Slendro on black. Both are in C.
74 Singapore Observed Singapore marimba tuning (white notes, in C).
75 Didymus Di A just diatonic scale from Didymus (white notes; in C).
76 Aristoxene Aristoxene’s Chromatic Malakon, or soft tuning (white notes; in C).
77 Eratosthen Eratosthene’s Enharmonic Ancient Greek. Equal tetrachords (white
notes; in C).
78 Phrygian Old Phrygian Ancient Greek. Equal tetrachords (white notes; in C).
79 Indian 1 An observed Indian mode (white notes; in C).
80 Indian 2 An observed Indian mode (white notes; in C).
81 Hirajoshi1 Observed pentatonic koto scale (black notes; in D
b
).
82 Hirajoshi2 A second observed pentatonic koto scale (black notes; in D
b
).
83 Korea The “Delightful” pentatonic scale from Korea (black notes; in D
b
).
84 Thai Observed scale from Thailand (white notes; in C).
Feature Reference pages: VL1
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42; VL7
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4. New Features & Parameters
EDIT