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Amplifier, Mixer, Connection Problems

Symptom

Possible Cause

• Is the amplifier/mixer power turned on?

• Is the amplifier/mixer volume set to an appropriate level?

• Are the VL1-m outputs properly connected to the amplifier/mixer

inputs?

• Are the connection cables shorted, open, or otherwise faulty?

• Is the VL1-m connected to a high-sensitivity microphone or

instrument input on your amplifier or mixer? Try turning the VL1-
m DOWN controls down to avoid overloading the amplifier/mixer
inputs.

• Check the level and pan controls on the sound system/mixing

console being used with the VL1-m.

No sound.

Distorted sound.

Improper stereo positioning.

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Utility Setting Problems

Symptom

Possible Cause

• Is the local off mode selected (page 154)?

• Are the MIDI transmit channel and receive channels matched to

those of the external MIDI device used (page 154)?

• Is the master tune parameter set properly (page 153)?.

• Is the TG Setting Reverb parameter turned “on” (page 153)?.

• Are the controllers on your MIDI keyboard or other instrument

assigned to the appropriate control change numbers?

No Sound

Wrong pitch.

No reverb.

Improper controller operation.

Summary of Contents for VL1-m

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Page 3: ...ame plate The model number serial number power requirements etc are located on this plate You should record the model number serial nunber and the date of purchase in the spaces provided below and retain this manual as a permanent record of your purchase CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PE...

Page 4: ...re applicable are well secured BEFORE using Benches supplied by Yamaha are designed for seating only No other uses are recommended WARNING When using any electrical or electronic prod uct basic precautions should always be followed These precautions include but are not limited to the following 1 Read all Safety Instructions Installation Instructions Spe cial Message Section items and any Assembly ...

Page 5: ...Owner s Manual 2 Feature Reference Virtual Acoustic Tone Generator ...

Page 6: ...caling 95 3 4 Throat Formant HPF Key Scaling 96 3 5 Throat Formant LPF Key Scaling 97 4 Mixing 98 4 1 Mixing Driver Output Key Scaling 100 4 2 Mixing Pipe String Output Key Scaling 101 About the Manuals 4 The Getting Started Manual 4 The Feature Reference Manual this manual 5 Conventions 5 General Operation The Three Main Modes 8 Finding Functions Parameters 9 Other Navigation Aids 11 Selecting Ed...

Page 7: ...Setting 123 6 Impulse Expander 125 7 Resonator 126 Element Envelope 128 1 Pressure 129 2 Embouchure Pitch 130 2 1 Embouchure Pitch Hold Time Key Scaling 132 2 2 Embouchure Pitch Initial Level Key Scaling 133 2 3 Embouchure Pitch Decay Rate Key Scaling 134 3 Vibrato 135 3 1 Vibrato Delay Time Key Scaling 137 3 2 Vibrato Attack Rate Key Scaling 138 3 3 Vibrato Depth Key Scaling 139 3 4 Vibrato Speed...

Page 8: ... m controls and connectors and their functions 3 Setting Up Page 22 System connections powering up playing the demo calibrating the Breath Controller and loading the pre programmed voices 4 Voice Selection Page 34 Several ways to select and play the VL1 m s 128 voices 5 The Controllers Page 38 The VL1 m controllers and how they can be assigned and edited for optimum control 6 Mixing The Modifiers ...

Page 9: ...that you don t use very often Each section of the Feature Reference manual has its own table of contents so you should be able to locate any particular function quickly and easily Functions and references can also be located by referring to the index at the back of the manual Conventions The following conventions are used through the VL1 m manuals to avoid confusion and make the text easier to rea...

Page 10: ...6 Feature Reference ...

Page 11: ...ogical control interface via which its many functions and parameters can be accessed and edited Once you become familiar with the system operation should be smooth efficient and easy The Three Main Modes 8 Finding Functions Parameters 9 Other Navigation Aids 11 Selecting Editing Parameters 12 ...

Page 12: ...er Views that allow you to check controller assignments the status of several important performance parameters and the quick edit assignments Pages 13 through 20 All voice editing functions are accessed via the EDIT mode controller assignments mixing modifiers effects and more Pages 21 through 150 The UTILITY mode includes a range of functions that affect overall operation of the VL1 m rather than...

Page 13: ...roups COMMON and ELEMENT and that these are further sub divided into related groups of functions The COMMON EFFECT group for example includes all the effect parameters flange reverb etc that apply to the entire voice Here s how you would access the reverb parameters starting from the PLAY mode Example Locate the Effect Reverb Parameters 1 Press E Pressing the E button from the PLAY or UTILITY mode...

Page 14: ... This example illustrates the two methods used to move downward through the EDIT mode levels 1 press the appropriate function button and 2 move the cursor to the desired selection and press From any point within the structure you can move upward toward the topmost level in this case the initial EDIT mode display by pressing the button You move up one level each time the button is pressed until the...

Page 15: ...to the next function every time you want to select a different element control ler page Also note the Para Parameter abbreviation above the button This enables you to go directly to the parameters related to the current page in this case the vibrato parameters From here you can go back to the vibrato controller page by pressing the function button again note that it is now labelled Ctrl or to the ...

Page 16: ...ntains the parameter s you want to edit simply use the cursor buttons to move the cursor to the parameter and then use the data dial or the and buttons to set the parameter as required The data dial is ideal for quickly covering a large range of settings while the and buttons are best for small stepwise changes ...

Page 17: ...ally offers a range of controller views that let you check controller assignments and simple quick edit capability Select the PLAY mode from either the EDIT or UTILITY mode by pressing the P button The Main Play Mode Display 14 Voice Selection 15 Controller Views 17 Quick Editing In the Play Mode 19 The Monitor Mode 20 ...

Page 18: ...Voice mode Voice name Play mode Reverb on or off Stereo output mode Effects in use Pressure Amplitude or D Filter Controller If controllers are assigned to both Pressure and Amplitude the con troller with the highest amplitude depth value will be displayed If neither is assigned the Dynamic Filter controller will be displayed if assigned The abbreviations in the section separated by a line at the ...

Page 19: ...e or key briefly to decrement or increment the voice number by one or hold either key for continuous decrementing or incrementing in the corresponding direction The and buttons also have a largestep function which allows you to skip ahead or backward in increments of 16 press either the or button while holding the other button The bank will switch auto matically if you cross a bank voice number bo...

Page 20: ...ected voice You can also use the cursor keys to move the cursor to the next voice to be selected the voice is not actually selected in this case the cursor will flash then press the key to actually select the specified voice This method lets you switch directly to the specified voice without having to go through all others in between To return to the normal voice display press the or P button The ...

Page 21: ...ress the or P button from any controller view to return to the normal play mode display Cnt1 through Cnt4 Main Controllers through display the assignments for the controller parameters Cnt1 Cnt3 Cnt2 Pressure Page 65 Embouchure Page 66 Pitch Page 67 Vibrato Page 69 Tounguing Page 70 Amplitude Page 71 Scream Page 72 Breath Noise Page 73 Growl Page 74 Throat Formant Page 75 Dynamic Filter Page 77 Ha...

Page 22: ...ess the function button from the play mode you ll see the following controller view Cnt4 The controller parameters listed in this screen are not in the same category as those discussed in the preceding section and therefore need to be introduced separately All of the related parameters will be discussed in detail in the Feature Reference manual pages listed below Damping Page 80 Absorption Page 81...

Page 23: ...correspond to the internal parameters the values of the internal parameters are displayed Quick Editing In the Play Mode Although detailed voice editing is carried out in the EDIT mode the MIDI control lers assigned to the quick edit parameters can be used to change the assigned parameters in real time while playing in the PLAY mode This can be used simply an expressive tool or as a way to actuall...

Page 24: ... change number move the cursor to the number and set as required via the data dial or and buttons The most recently received modulation value 0 127 The most recently received breath controller value 0 127 Data from both the front panel BEATH jack and the MIDI IN connector are displayed last received priority The most recently received foot controller value 0 127 The most recently received main vol...

Page 25: ...ixing modifi ers effects and more Element Selection In the Edit Mode 22 The Edit Compare Function 23 The Copy Function 24 Storing Edited Data 27 Initial Edit Page 30 Common Miscellanous 34 Common Effect 44 Element Controller 64 Element Miscellaneous 84 Element Modifier 106 Element Envelope 128 ...

Page 26: ...ment cannot be selected when a COMMON parameter is selected Of course E2 can only be selected in a voice that uses two elements Single element voices use only E1 Element On Off While editing a 2 element voice it is handy to be able to turn one or the other element off so you can clearly hear the result of edits to the element you are working on The function button and and cursor buttons perform th...

Page 27: ...after making at least one change to the voice data When the Edit Compare mode is engaged the E indicator will flash the inverse E before the voice number will disappear and the sound of the original pre edit voice can be monitored Press the E button again to return to the EDIT mode and the edited version of the voice You can toggle back and forth between the edited and original voices while editin...

Page 28: ...e Data You Want To Copy In the EDIT mode select the display page and function corresponding to the data you want to copy To copy all common data go to the initial EDIT mode display and move the cursor to the Voice Name Key Mode or Voice Mode parameter Example Copy all common data To copy all common miscellaneous data select the miscellaneous directory or to copy all common effect data select the E...

Page 29: ...lement modifier data To copy the data from a single element function select the display page for that function Example Copy the E2 harmonic enhancer data 2 Press C Press the C button to call the COPY display 3 Select the Voice You Want To Copy From Use the cursor buttons data dial or and buttons to select the voice you want to copy the data from and the element when copying element data At this po...

Page 30: ...n alphabetical order Sometimes it may take a few seconds to sort the data as specified the Now Sorting message will appear during the sort operation When copying element data in a 2 element voice E1 or E2 will appear above this will be the name of the element not currently being edited In this case the function button can be pressed to copy the data from the second element to the element being edi...

Page 31: ...d in the meantime Page 172 Procedure 1 Make Sure Memory Protection Is Off Make sure that the UTILITY mode Memory Protect function is turned off press U to select the UTILITY mode make sure the Sys page is selected select 5 Miscellaneous and press move the cursor to Memory Protect and press to turn it off 2 Press S In the EDIT or PLAY Mode If you had to go to the UTILITY mode to turn memory protect...

Page 32: ...nt you can also press the button to cancel the store function If you press the confirmation display will appear Press the button to actually store the data or to cancel Completed will appear on the display when the data has been successfully stored 5 Press Press the button to clear the STORE display and return to the previous mode ...

Page 33: ...29 Feature Reference Edit Mode ...

Page 34: ...ssing the E button The initial EDIT display will appear NOTES If you are re entering the EDIT mode while editing a voice i e you have edited but not yet stored the current voice the last selected EDIT display page will appear ELEMENT EFFECT CONTROLLER MODIFIER ENVELOPE MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS EDIT MODE COMMON ...

Page 35: ...lete E1 Name E2 Name A name of up to 10 characters These parameters allow independent names to be entered for the E1 and E2 ele ments of the current voice only E1 is available in a single element voice To enter a new element name position the cursor at the E1 Name or E2 Name parameter and press or Name The ELEMENT NAME display will appear Procedure is the same as for the Voice Name parameter above...

Page 36: ...mines how the VL1 m s two elements are used to produce sound Single Only the sound of one element will be produced at a time Dual The sound of two elements may be produced simultaneously Various Key Mode and Voice Mode setting combinations produce the following results Key Mono Voice Single Key Poly Voice Single Key Unison Voice Single Key Mono Voice Dual Key Poly Voice Dual Key Unison Voice Dual ...

Page 37: ...Pressing this button exchanges the E1 and E2 data including the element names This function can be used to swap the elements used for the high and low notes when Key Mode is set to Unison and Voice Mode is set to Dual Since E2 always contains data the Swap function can be use to temporarily switch elements even when Key Mode is set to Single Initial Edit Page ...

Page 38: ... ENVELOPE MISCELLANEOUS EDIT MODE COMMON MISCELLANEOUS The COMMON MISCELLANEOUS group includes a miscellaneous range of functions which affect the entire voice 1 Setting 35 2 Controller 36 3 Element Pitch 37 4 Element Level Pan 38 5 Portamento 40 6 Micro Tuning 42 7 Quick Edit Assign 43 ...

Page 39: ...end data Top The highest of two notes played will be affected by pitch bend data Off Sustain can not be applied via MIDI On Sustain can be applied via MIDI 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 select...

Page 40: ...00msec 1 24 sec Sets the response time of the VL1 m Touch Envelope Generator The Touch Enve lope Generator controls the transition from the initial key velocity to aftertouch pressure when a key is played A setting of 5 00msec produces the fastest response 1 24 sec produces the slowest response Polyphony Ctrl off Modulation Wheel 119 The VL1 m allows any physical MIDI controller to be used to swit...

Page 41: ... is set to Single and the Key Mode is set to Unison In the latter case the Element 2 Detune parameter appears because the same voice is being played in the unison mode Element 1 Note Shift Element 2 Note Shift 64 63 Shifts the pitch of Element 1 or Element 2 up or down in semitone increments Minus values lower the pitch while positive values raise the pitch The pitches of both elements can be inde...

Page 42: ...e only one pan parameter for each element placing the sound of the element anywhere from full left to right in the stereo sound field The output from the VL1 m elements and modifier stages is already in stereo so two pan parameters L and R and provided for each element offering maximum panning versatility The Element 1 Pan L parameter for example determines the position of the left channel output ...

Page 43: ...me value the sound of the corresponding element will appear as a mono source at the appropriate position in the stereo sound field If both parameters are set to 0 for example the sound of the element will be heard only in the center of the sound field The Element 2 pan and level parameters will not appear if the Voice Mode parameter is set to Single The pan parameters have no effect if the UTILITY...

Page 44: ...l Time Fingered If the Key Mode parameter Page 31 is set to Poly or Unison the Portamento Mode parameter is fixed at Full Time and cannot be changed Time MIDI Control off on The portamento time the length of slide between notes can be controlled in realtime via MIDI portamento time messages from an external device This parameter turns realtime portamento time control off or on Time 0 127 This para...

Page 45: ...Feature Reference Edit Mode Element 2 off on Turns portamento off or on for element 2 only The Element 2 parameter will not appear if the Voice Mode param eter Page 32 is set to Single Common Miscellaneous ...

Page 46: ... rough spots that were fixed in later improvements The tuning must be matched to the key of the music Werckmeister This and the following two tunings were created to allow transposition to any key without the need for re tuning They have the curious chacteristic however that the tension of the sound increases in proportion to the number of sharps or flats in the key being played Many of the classi...

Page 47: ... parameters Selects the common edit parameters Selects the element 1 edit parameters This setting will appear as E1 if previously set to E2 or Both with the Voice Mode parameter set to Dual then the Voice Mode parameter is switched to Single Selects the element 2 edit parameters Selects element edit parameters that will affect both element 1 and element 2 off Com E1 E2 Both The second rightmost pa...

Page 48: ...CT The COMMON EFFECT parameters provide access to the VL1 m s sophisticated three stage digital signal processing system 1 Setting 45 2 Modulation Effect 46 Flanger 47 Pitch Change 49 Distortion 51 3 Feedback Delay 53 Mono Delay 53 L R Delay 55 L C R Delay 57 4 Reverberation 60 Hall1 Hall2 Room1 Room2 Studio Plate Space Reverse 61 ...

Page 49: ...d the following parameter make it possible to control certain effect param eters in real time via any physical MIDI controller Use this parameter to select the effect parameter you want to control only settings corresponding to the currently selected effects will be available If the currently selected effect stage is turned off isn t used will appear on the display and selection will not be possib...

Page 50: ...ing a variable comb filter effect which results in the familiar swishing flanger sound A dual pitch change effect which can be used in the Mono mode in which both pitch shifted notes appear on both channels or the Stereo mode in which one pitch shifted note appears on the left channel and the other on the right The pitch of the two pitch shifted notes can be set over a two octave range from one oc...

Page 51: ...tage and when off the modulation stage is bypassed The E2 parameter will not appear when editing a single element voice Wave Triangle Sine Random Selects the waveform which will be used to modulate the flanger effect Flanger Common Effect Freq 0 057 40 0 Hz when Triangle or Sine Wave selected 0 229 160 0 Hz when Random Wave selected Sets the speed of modulation and therefore the rate of flanger ef...

Page 52: ...the greater the spread in the sound A setting of 0 produces a centered effect FB Gain 100 100 Determines the amount of effect sound feedback returned to the input of the flanger stage Higher negative or positve values produce a more pronounced effect High 0 1 1 0 Determines the amount of high frequency effect sound feedback returned to the input of the flanger stage Lower values produce more cut i...

Page 53: ...put of the modulation stage and when off the modulation stage is bypassed The E2 parameter will not appear when editing a single element voice Mode Monaural Stereo Selects the monaural or stereo pitch change effect mode In the monaural mode both pitch shifted notes appear on both channels In the stereo mode one pitch shifted note appears on the left channel and the other on the right Stereo Mode B...

Page 54: ...s 1 cent is 1 100th of a semitone When the Stereo mode is selected the L Fine param eter applies to the left channel and the R Fine parameter to the right 1 Output L Output 2 Output R Output 0 100 Set the output level of the corresponding pitch changed note The higher the value the higher the output level When the Stereo mode is selected the 1 Output parameter applies to the left channel and the 2...

Page 55: ...pear when editing a single element voice Overdrive 0 100 Sets the intensity of the overdrive or distortion effect Higer values produce more distortion Device Transistor Vintage Tube Distortion 1 Distortion 2 Fuzz Determines the basic sound of the distortion effect Common Effect The crisp tight distortion of an overdriven transistor amplifier Simulates the warm relatively soft distortion produced b...

Page 56: ...the sound of a direct feed to a recording or sound reinforcement console The powerful expansive sound of stacked speaker cabinets A single 12 speaker unit in an open backed enclosure Two 12 speaker units in a relatively small open backed enclosure The small compressed but pleasant tone of a radio receiver Constricted tone with emphasis on the middle frequencies Flat Stack Combo Twin Radio Megaphon...

Page 57: ... Delay Use the and buttons to switch between the two pages of effect parameters Return 0 100 Determines how much of the delayed sound is mixed with the direct sound Higher values produce higher delay sound levels The Mono delay effect produces a single delay sound which appears in the center of the stereo sound field This variation provides independently programmable delays for the left and right ...

Page 58: ...h 0 1 1 0 Produces a natural decay in the high frequency components of subsequent repeats The lower the value the faster and more pronounced the drop off in high frequencies Delay Time 0 1024 ms Sets the delay time between the direct sound and the first repeat Use the VL1 m Time Calculation function Page 59 to enter delay times based on musical tempo and note lengths Level 0 100 Sets the overall l...

Page 59: ...h and right Rch channels Use the VL1 m Time Calculation function Page 59 to enter delay times based on musical tempo and note lengths Lch Level Rch Level 0 100 Set the overall level of the delay sound Higher values produce higher delay level Independent parameters are provided for the left Lch and right Rch channels Lch FB Gain Rch FB Gain 0 100 Determine the amount of effect sound feedback return...

Page 60: ...0 Produces a natural decay in the in the high frequency components of subsequent repeats The lower the value the faster and more pronounced the drop off in high frequen cies Independent parameters are provided for the left Lch and right Rch chan nels L R Delay L R Delay Effect Block Diagram ...

Page 61: ...eats The higher the value the longer the delay Use the VL1 m Time Calculation function Page 59 to enter delay times based on musical tempo and note lengths FB Gain 0 100 Determines the amount of effect sound feedback returned to the input of the delay stage Higher values produce a greater number of repeats High 0 1 1 0 Produces a natural decay in the in the high frequency components of subsequent ...

Page 62: ...ovided for the left Lch center Cch and right Rch channels Use the VL1 m Time Calculation function Page 59 to enter delay times based on musical tempo and note lengths Lch Level Cch Level Rch Level 0 100 Set the overall level of the delay sound Higher values produce higher delay level Independent parameters are provided for the left Lch center Cch and right Rch channels L C R Delay L C R Delay Effe...

Page 63: ...r 3 Set the Required Tempo Use the data dial or and buttons to specify the tempo you will be playing at quarter note beats per minute The delay time corresponding to one quarter note at the specified tempo will appear in milliseconds below the selected tempo 4 Select the Required Note Length Use the through buttons to select the note length to which you want to match the delay time The correspondi...

Page 64: ...u just want a subtle touch of ambience A larger room than the Room 1 simulation with a correspondingly bigger reverb sound In recording studios it is generally desirable to suppress low frequency reverberation without entirely losing the live sound of the room The Studio program simulates this type of environment The plate reverb unit is a classic tool of the recording trade it was the first mecha...

Page 65: ...0 Determines how much of the reverb sound is mixed with the direct sound Higher values produce higher reverb sound levels Reverb Time 0 05 100 0 sec Sets the amount of time it takes for the reverb sound to decay by 60 dB virtually to silence Reverb Time Boost 0 10 This parameter can be used to extend the tail end of the reverb sound The higher the value the greater the boost Common Effect ...

Page 66: ...fusion 0 10 Adjusts the left right spread of the reverb sound The higher the value the greater the spread Initial Delay 0 405 ms Sets the delay time before the reverb sound begins Feel 0 3 Selects one of four variations in density or overall sound available for each of the VL1 m s reverb types Bass 21 12 Emphasizes the bass frequencies The higher the value the greater the bass empha sis Treble 21 ...

Page 67: ...63 Feature Reference Edit Mode Reverb Effect Block Diagram Common Effect L In R In L Out R Out Reverb ...

Page 68: ...ing 70 6 Amplitude 71 7 Scream 72 8 Breath Noise 73 9 Growl 74 10 Throat Formant 75 11 Dynamic Filter 77 12 Harmonic Enhancer 78 13 Damping 80 14 Absorption 81 Controller Search Replace 82 Pressing the button S R from this page will take you to the CONTROLLER SEARCH REPLACE window allowing you to see which controllers are assigned to which parameters and to modify the assigmments as required Page ...

Page 69: ...tive values cause an increase in pressure in response to higher controller values e g increased breath pressure or higher modulation wheel position while minus values cause a decrease in pressure in response to higher controller values The Depth setting is reflected in the graph to the right of the param eters the horizontal axis represents the controller value and the vertical axis represents pre...

Page 70: ...s the amount of variation produced by the controller assigned to embouchure when the controller is set to its maximum position e g a modulation wheel rolled all the way up The higher the value the greater the variation Positive values cause an increase in embouchure in response to higher controller values while minus values cause a decrease in embouchure in response to higher controller values The...

Page 71: ...page without having to return to the directory Controller off Modulation Wheel Touch EG 124 settings The Pitch parameter changes the length of the air column or string and thereby the pitch of the sound The Controller parameter specifies the controller to be used for pitch control When set to off no pitch variation is produced The actual pitch value applied to the VL1 m tone generator is a mix of ...

Page 72: ...troller is set to it minimum position e g a pitch wheel rolled all the way down The higher the value the greater the variation Positive values cause an increase in pitch in response to lower controller values while minus values cause a decrease in pitch in response to lower controller values Changing the value of the Lower Depth param eter has no effect on the Upper Depth value The Lower Depth par...

Page 73: ... effects The amounts of vibrato applied via pitch and embouchure for example are independently programma ble The Controller parameter specifies the controller to be used for vibrato depth control When set to off no vibrato can be applied Depth 127 127 Sets the amount of variation produced by the controller assigned to vibrato The higher the value the greater the variation Positive values cause an ...

Page 74: ...uing in response to higher controller values e g increased breath pressure or higher modulation wheel position while minus values cause an increase in tonguing in response to higher controller values The Depth setting is reflected in the graph to the right of the param eters the horizontal axis represents the controller value and the vertical axis represents tonguing Curve 16 16 Determines the rel...

Page 75: ...ple Page 51 Depth 127 127 Sets the amount of variation produced by the controller assigned to amplitude The higher the value the greater the variation Positive values cause an increase in amplitude in response to higher controller values e g increased breath pressure or higher modula tion wheel position while minus values cause a decrease in amplitude in response to higher controller values The De...

Page 76: ...minus values cause a decrease in scream effect in response to higher controller values The Depth setting is reflected in the graph to the right of the parameters the horizontal axis represents the controller value and the vertical axis represents scream Curve 16 16 Determines the relationship between the controller value and scream When set to 0 the relationship is linear That is a change in the c...

Page 77: ... can be set via the Value parameter below Depth 127 127 Sets the amount of variation produced by the controller assigned to breath noise The higher the value the greater the variation Positive values cause an increase in breath noise in response to higher controller values e g increased breath pressure or higher modulation wheel position while minus values cause a decrease in breath noise in respo...

Page 78: ...age without having to return to the directory The button Para can be used to go directly to the Growl parameter page Page 141 also available from the ELEMENT ENVELOPE direc tory You can then return to the controller Growl page by pressing Ctrl again Controller off Modulation Wheel Touch EG 124 settings The Growl parameter produces a periodic pressure modulation which produces the growl effect ofte...

Page 79: ... sound changes dramatically at low controller values while higher values produce relatively little effect The Curve setting is reflected in the graph to the right of the parameters the horizontal axis represents the controller value and the vertical axis represents growl Value 0 127 Determines the amount of growl effect produced when the Controller param eter is set to off The higher the value the...

Page 80: ...orizontal axis represents the controller value and the vertical axis represents throat formant depth Curve 16 16 Determines the relationship between the controller value and throat formant depth When set to 0 the relationship is linear That is a change in the controller value produces a corresponding change in throat formant depth As the curve value increases the lower end of the controller range ...

Page 81: ...r page and that from the amplitude filter envelope Page 143 Depth 127 127 Sets the amount of variation produced by the controller assigned to dynamic filter The higher the value the greater the variation Positive values cause an increase in filter cutoff frequency in response to higher controller values e g increased breath pressure or higher modulation wheel position while minus values cause a de...

Page 82: ...hen return to the controller Harmonic En hancer page by pressing Ctrl again Controller off Modulation Wheel Touch EG 124 settings The Harmonic Enhancer can vary the harmonic structure of the sound over a wide range The Controller parameter specifies the controller to be used for harmonic enhancer depth wet dry balance control When set to off no harmonic enhancer depth variation can be applied via ...

Page 83: ...ound while higher controller values produce more dramatic changes Negative curve values have the opposite effect the sound changes dramatically at low controller values while higher values produce relatively little effect The Curve setting is reflected in the graph to the right of the parameters the horizontal axis represents the controller value and the vertical axis represents harmonic enhancer ...

Page 84: ...troller values e g increased breath pressure or higher modulation wheel position while minus values cause an increase in damping in response to higher controller values The Depth setting is reflected in the graph to the right of the param eters the horizontal axis represents the controller value and the vertical axis represents damping Curve 16 16 Determines the relationship between the controller...

Page 85: ...ure or higher modula tion wheel position while minus values cause an increase in absorption in response to higher controller values The Depth setting is reflected in the graph to the right of the parameters the horizontal axis represents the controller value and the vertical axis represents absorption Curve 16 16 Determines the relationship between the controller value and absorption When set to 0...

Page 86: ...ed All parameters assigned to the selected controller are displayed below the controller name or number In this example only the Growl parameter is assigned to the Modulation Wheel In the following example both Pitch and Scream are assigned to the Pitch bend wheel 3 Make a New Assignment As Required You can assign a different controller to the parameters shown by using the data dial or and buttons...

Page 87: ...assignment press the button The controller name will stop flashing and all assigned parameters will appear in highlighted text or you can press the button to cancel the operation and return to the element controller directory 5 Exit When Done Press the button when you re ready to return to the element controller direc tory ...

Page 88: ...PF Key Scaling 90 3 Throat Formant 91 3 1 Throat Formant Pitch Key Scaling 93 3 2 Throat Formant Amount Key Scaling 94 3 3 Throat Formant Intensity Key Scaling 95 3 4 Throat Formant HPF Key Scaling 96 3 5 Throat Formant LPF Key Scaling 97 4 Mixing 98 4 1 Mixing Driver Output Key Scaling 100 4 2 Mixing Pipe String Output Key Scaling 101 4 3 Mixing Tap Output Key Scaling 102 4 4 Mixing Tap Location ...

Page 89: ...ween subsequently played notes The higher the value the longer the transition Nor mally as setting somewhere between 1 and 2 milliseconds produces the most natural sound Interpolate Speed Fastest 0 09msec 6 35msec Determines the response time of the VL1 m to control changes Pressure Embou chure etc The higher the value the slower the response e g the slower the attack when pressure is applied Norm...

Page 90: ...higher the value the higher the level If this parameter is set to 0 no breath noise can be applied via a controller Slit Drive 0 32 Breath noise is produced at the slit portion of the VL1 m s physical model in a reed instrument the space between the reed and the mouthpiece This parameter deter mines the intensity of the breath noise The smaller the value the more intense and rough the breath noise...

Page 91: ...e the specified frequency are cut off Virtually no breath noise sound will be produced if the high pass filter is set to a higher cutoff frequency than the low pass filter Key On Reset off on Determines the feel of the breath noise attack Element Miscellaneous The noise generator is not reset for each note result in a different and therefore natural attack feel for each note played The noise gener...

Page 92: ...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 Breakpoint 1 6 Offset 64 63 Set the amount of level offset for each of the breakpoints defined by the breakpoint key parameters above Negative values reduce the level and positive values inc...

Page 93: ...int 1 2 Key C 2 G8 Allows two 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint entry position the cursor at the appropriate breakpoint key parameter press the button Kbd and then press the key at which y...

Page 94: ...two 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 breakpo...

Page 95: ...f the throat formant tracks the note s played offset by the amount specified by the Pitch parameter below Fixed KeyTrack Pitch 23 1 Hz 48 0 kHz when Fixed and Intens 0 11 4 Hz 24 0 kHz when Fixed and Intens 0 2 00oct 1 98oct when KeyTrack When the Pitch Tracking parameter is set to Fixed this parameter sets the throat formant pitch to a specific frequency When Pitch Tracking is set to KeyTrack how...

Page 96: ...et to 0 no throat formant effect can be applied via a controller HPF Cutoff Frq 31 1 Hz 21 6 kHz Sets the cutoff frequency of the throat formant high pass filter Noise components below the specified frequency are cut off LPF Cutoff Frq 31 1 Hz 24 0 kHz Sets the cutoff frequency of the throat formant low pass filter Noise components above the specified frequency are cut off Virtually no throat form...

Page 97: ...nt pitch above that of the key played This value also determines the main pitch on which all key scaled variations are based indi cated by a dotted line on the graph 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 o...

Page 98: ...ch all key scaled variations are based indicated by a dotted line on the graph 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint entry position the cursor at the appr...

Page 99: ...r 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 breakpoin...

Page 100: ...ey C 2 G8 Allows three 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint entry position the cursor at the appropriate breakpoint key parameter press the button Kbd and then press the key at which you want...

Page 101: ...parate 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 wh...

Page 102: ...the output Pipe String Output 0 127 Adjusts the main output from the instrument s pipe or string The higher the value the higher the output Tap Output 0 127 By tapping the output from a specific point along the instrument s pipe or string and mixing that signal with the Driver and Pipe String signals a range of variations can be produced This parameter adjusts the tap output The higher the value t...

Page 103: ...ting parameter is set to Variable and is used to set the location of the tap at an appropriate point along the instrument s pipe or string Element Miscellaneous Modifiers Mixing Pipe String Driver Driver Signal Pipe Strings Signal Tap Signal Driver signal to Harmonic Enhancer Mixed Output Output ...

Page 104: ... 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 charac...

Page 105: ...points 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 inver...

Page 106: ...6 Key C 2 G8 Allows six 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint entry position the cursor at the appropriate breakpoint key parameter press the button Kbd and then press the key at which you wan...

Page 107: ...caling 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 appe...

Page 108: ...rd by allowing different level offset values to be applied to each of eight break points set at appropriate keys The button Xfd can be used to invert the curve of the Amplitude Key Scaling for the other element when a 2 element voice is being edited to produce a crossfade key scaling effect between elements Xfd will not appear when a 1 element voice is edited Level 0 127 The Level parameter is lin...

Page 109: ...which you want to set the breakpoint indicated by a dotted line on the graph No breakpoint can be set to a key lower than the breakpoint to its left Breakpoint 1 8 Offset 64 63 Set the amount of level offset for each of the breakpoints defined by the breakpoint key parameters above Negative values reduce the level and positive values increase the level at the corresponding breakpoint No matter wha...

Page 110: ...ic Enhancer Carrier Level Key Scaling 112 1 4 Harmonic Enhancer Modulator Index Key Scaling 113 1 5 Harmonic Enhancer Balance Key Scaling 114 2 Dynamic Filter 115 2 1 Dynamic Filter Cutoff Key Scaling 117 2 2 Dynamic Filter Resonance Key Scaling 118 3 Equalizer Auxiliary 119 3 1 Equalizer Auxiliary HPF Key Scaling 120 3 2 Equalizer Auxiliary LPF Key Scaling 121 4 Equlizer Band 122 5 Impulse Expand...

Page 111: ... controller page Page 78 also available from the ELEMENT CON TROLLER directory You can then return to the modifier harmonic enhancer page by pressing Para again An inverse K next to a value means that key scaling can be applied to that parameter Position the cursor at the appropriate parameter and then press the button KSC to go directly to the key scaling page for that param eter You can return t...

Page 112: ...dingly The Slit Friction signal corresponds to the varying are of the reed mouthpiece slit This signal is derived directly from the flexing of the reed Normal Breath Noise Amplitude Flow Rate Satura tion Beat Slit Friction Reed HPF Cutoff 17 0 Hz 11 2 kHz Both the modulator and carrier blocks have high pass filters that can be used to roll off the low frequencies of the corresponding signal This p...

Page 113: ...n be set to fully wet carrier output only since the carrier source and dry signals are essentially the same The Index parameter determines how much modulation is applied so a higher value is generally required to create sufficient variation The second approach is to set the carrier signal to any other than normal and the modulator signal to any of the six possibilities set the dry wet Balance to a...

Page 114: ...igh pass filter Frequency components below the specified frequency are cut off This value also determines the main cutoff frequency on which all key scaled variations are based indicated by a dotted line on the graph Breakpoint 1 2 Key C 2 G8 Allows two 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...

Page 115: ...ers Separate key scaling parameter pages are provided for the carrier and modula tor overdrive parameters The appropriate key scaling page will be selected when you press KSC from the main carrier or modulator parameter page The and buttons Bpag and Fpag can be used to go directly backward or forward to the next harmonic enhancer key scaling page without having to return to the main parameter page...

Page 116: ...ill never exceed its minimum or maximum absolute value When different offset values are applied to adjacent break points the overdrive level varies smoothly between the breakpoints 1 3 Harmonic Enhancer Carrier Level Key Scaling Harmonic Enhancer carrier level key scaling produces natural timbral variations across the range of the keyboard by allowing different carrier level offset values to be ap...

Page 117: ...es natural timbral variations across the range of the keyboard by allowing different modulator index 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 harmonic enhancer key scaling page without having to return to the main parameter page ModIdx 0 127 The ModIdx parameter is linked...

Page 118: ... key scaling page without having to return to the main parameter page Balance 64 63 The Balance parameter is linked to the main harmonic enhancer Balance parameter and sets the balance between the wet and dry sound This value also deter mines the main balance value on which all key scaled variations are based indicated by a dotted line on the graph Breakpoint 1 2 Key C 2 G8 Allows two separate key...

Page 119: ...parameter and then press the button KSC to go directly to the key scaling page for that param eter You can return to the dynamic filter parameter page by pressing the button Element Modifier Filter Mode LPF BPF HPF BEF Selects the filter mode Low pass filter Frequencies below the cutoff frequency are passed while those above are cut off The cutoff slope is 12 dB octave Band pass filter In this cas...

Page 120: ...ff frequency to a specific frequency between 26 9 hertz and 11 9 kilohertz When Cutoff Tracking is set to KeyTrack however this parameter determines how much the cutoff frequency is offset from the frequency of the note played in octave units In the latter case negative values offset the cutoff frequency below the frequency of the note played while positive values offset the cutoff frequency above...

Page 121: ...akpoints 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 inv...

Page 122: ...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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 charact...

Page 123: ...eter page by pressing the button Input Gain 0 127 Adjusts the level of the input signal to the equalizer stage The higher the value the higher the input level HPF Cutoff Freq 17 0 Hz 11 2 kHz Sets the cutoff frequency of the high pass filter Frequency components below the specified frequency are cut off LPF Cutoff Freq 31 1 Hz 24 0 kHz Sets the cutoff frequency of the low pass filter Frequency com...

Page 124: ...three 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 break...

Page 125: ...arate 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 whi...

Page 126: ... 2 00 kHz Bnd4 Freq 646 0 Hz 5 21 kHz Bnd5 Freq 1 54 kHz 10 0 kHz These parameters individually set the center frequencies of the equalizer stage s five bands Note that the bands overlap somewhat for smooth seamless control Bnd1 Bnd5 Q 0 5 20 0 Individually set the Q bandwidth for each of the equalizer s five bands The higher the value the narrower the bandwidth Bnd1 Bnd5 Level 24 0 23 6 Individua...

Page 127: ...t Modifier Ipulse Expander On Off Resonator Input Gain Resonator On Off Resonator Wet Level Resonator Level Balance Dry Level Impulse Expander Wet Level Impulse Expander Level Balance When the cursor is positioned at the IE on off or RSN on off block Para will appear above the button Press this button to go directly to the main Impulse Expander Page 125 or Resonator Page 126 parameter page respect...

Page 128: ...3 Adjusts the left right balance of the wet Impulse Expander signal returned to the stereo signal path Positive values route more signal to the right channel while negative values route more signal to the left channel RSN Inp Gain 0 127 Sets the level of the Impulse Expander output signal received at the input of the Resonator stage The higher the value the higher the input level RSN Wet Level 0 1...

Page 129: ...ent s resonant cavity or sound box It can also be used to simulate the acoustic environment in which the instrument is played Density 0 146 msec 20 77 msec Adjusts the density of the sound and therefore its texture Higher values produce greater density Dispersion 4 028 msec 4 000 sec Determines the resonance time The higher the value the longer the resonance A high dispersion setting produces an e...

Page 130: ... resonance effect Careful adjustment of the resonator s parameters can often bring a not quite right voice to life DL1 DL5 0 29 msec 41 54 msec These parameters independently set the delay times for the Resonator s five delay lines Delay times for natural effects can be calculated by dividing the instrument s body dimensions by the speed of sound 34 centimeters per millisecond For example an instr...

Page 131: ...ncy of the low pass filter Produces a natural decay in the high frequency components of the delay sound Diffusion 0 16 Determines how the resonance sound spreads in the stereo sound field The higher the value the wider the sound Phase 16 16 Sets the phase of the resonance signal changing its position in the stereo sound field Positive values move the resonance sound to the left while negative valu...

Page 132: ...y Rate Key Scaling 134 3 Vibrato 135 3 1 Vibrato Delay Time Key Scaling 137 3 2 Vibrato Attack Rate Key Scaling 138 3 3 Vibrato Depth Key Scaling 139 3 4 Vibrato Speed Key Scaling 140 4 Growl 141 4 1 Growl Speed Key Scaling 142 5 Amplitude Filter 143 5 1 Amplitude Filter Attack Rate Key Scaling 146 5 2 Amplitude Filter Attack 1 Level Key Scaling 147 5 3 Amplitude Filter Decay Rate Key Scaling 148 ...

Page 133: ...lationship between pressure and keyboard velocity When set to 0 keyboard velocity i e how fast or hard the keyboard is played has no effect on pressure At values higher than 1 however high keyboard velocities will increase the pressure and low keyboard velocities will decrease the pressure The higher the value the greater the effect of keyboard velocity on pressure The voice s pressure envelope is...

Page 134: ...ext to a value means that key scaling can be applied to that parameter Position the cursor at the appropriate parameter and then press the button KSC to go directly to the key scaling page for that param eter You can return to the embouchure pitch envelope parameter page by pressing the button VlSns To Lvl 0 16 Determines the relationship between embouchure pitch and keyboard velocity When set to ...

Page 135: ...re pitch envelope That is the length of time the initial envelope level is held before the decay portion of the envelope begins see Initial Lvl below The higher the value the longer the hold time Element Envelope Initial Lvl 64 63 Sets the initial level of the embouchure pitch envelope That is the level of the envelope pitch in the case of the pitch parameter at the instant a key is played The hig...

Page 136: ...on 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 Breakpoint 1 2 Offset 64 63 Set the amount of hold time offset for each of the breakpoints defined by the breakpoint key parameters above Negative values reduce the hold time and positive values increase the hold time ...

Page 137: ...nts 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 ...

Page 138: ... can position the cursor at the appropriate breakpoint key parameter and use any of the normal data entry procedures or use a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 lowe...

Page 139: ... the beginning of the vibrato effect The higher the value the longer the delay Attack Rate 0 127 This parameter produces a gradual increase in vibrato depth when the vibrato effect begins The higher the value the faster the attack rate and therefore the faster the vibrato fade in Sustain Lvl 0 127 Sets the final vibrato depth after the delay time and attack have passed The higher the value the gre...

Page 140: ...o 0 then the vibrato will swing equally above and below the actual pitch of the note played Higher offset values shift the central vibrato pitch upward while lower values shift the pitch downward Randomness 0 10 The Randomness parameter can be used to introduce random variations in the depth and speed of the vibrato effect The higher the value the greater the random varia tion Speed 0 127 Sets the...

Page 141: ...etween 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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...

Page 142: ...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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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...

Page 143: ...tes 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 breakpoin...

Page 144: ...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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 ca...

Page 145: ...0 127 Determines how deeply the settings in this display page affect breath noise The higher the value the greater the effect No growl effect will be produced if this and the Dpth to Pres parameter above are set to 0 Offset 127 127 Sets the central value around which the growl variation occurs For example if the Dpth to Pres parameter is set to a high value and Offset is set to 0 then the growl va...

Page 146: ...o 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 breakpoin...

Page 147: ...n the Env are affected by keyboard velocity Velocity Sens To Level 0 16 Determines the relationship between the Amplitude Filter envelope level and keyboard velocity When set to 0 keyboard velocity i e how fast or hard the keyboard is played has no effect on the envelope level At values higher than 1 however high keyboard velocities will increase the envelope level and low keyboard velocities will...

Page 148: ...envelope on the filter The parameters in this page set the actual shape of the envelope used for ampli tude and filter control The parameters correspond to the envelope as shown in the diagram below Rate Attack1 0 127 Determines the rate at which the envelope level goes from 0 to the level set by the Level Attack1 parameter The higher the value the faster the attack Rate Attack2 0 127 Determines t...

Page 149: ...Attack1 0 127 Sets the envelope level reached by the first portion of the attack as determined by the Rate Attack1 parameter The higher the value the higher the level When set to 127 the attack 1 level becomes the same as the maximum level therefore the second portion of the attack Rate Attack2 parameter will not be produced Level Sustain 0 127 Sets the envelope sustain level The higher the value ...

Page 150: ...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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 ...

Page 151: ... 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 cha...

Page 152: ...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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 ...

Page 153: ...nts 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 ...

Page 154: ...nts 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 a keyboard To use a keyboard for breakpoint 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 ...

Page 155: ...ss to a range of functions that do not necessarity affect the instru ment s sound or how it plays Select the UTILITY mode from either the EDIT or PLAY mode by press ing the U button System 152 MIDI Bulk Dump 160 Disk 162 Edit Recall 172 Demo 174 ...

Page 156: ...152 Feature Reference Utility Mode System UTILITY MODE DEMO EDIT RECALL MIDI BULK DUMP SYSTEM DISK 1 TG Setting 153 2 MIDI Setting 154 3 PGM Change Table 155 4 BC Curve 156 5 Miscellaneous 157 ...

Page 157: ...ocessor for rverberation Output Monaural Stereo Determines whether the VL1 m output is delivered in mono or stereo When the Monaural setting is selected the same signal is output via the both the L and R OUT PUT jacks Also in the mono mode all parameters relating to panning or positioning in the stereo sound field have no effect WX Lip Normal Expand This parameter can be set to Expand when using a...

Page 158: ...oller Local control can be turned off however so that the breath controller does not affect the internal voices but the appropriate MIDI information is still transmitted via the MIDI OUT connector At the same time the internal tone generator responds to MIDI information received via the MIDI IN connector Device Number off 1 16 All Sets the MIDI device number i e the MIDI channel on which all syste...

Page 159: ...ogram change assignment move the cursor to the voice number to be changed use the and buttons to scroll up and down through the table then use the data dial or and buttons to change it as required The initial program change assignments can be restored by pressing the Init button and then the button in response to the Are You Sure prompt When the table has been initialized Completed will appear on ...

Page 160: ... controller while viewing the appropriate curve display the instantaneous breath pressure input and output values will appear on the display both numerically and graphically in the form of markers surrounding the curve graph The relationship between input and output is linear This curve makes it easy to cover a wide dynamic range with light pressure Subjectively this curve produces the widest dyna...

Page 161: ...ormat Bulk data transmit Edit recall Demo data load Program change table initialize Turning the confirmation function off can make operation faster and more efficient by reducing the number of steps required for some operations but it also increases the danger of accidentally erasing important data Use with caution Memory Protect off on Turns internal RAM memory protection on or off When on no ope...

Page 162: ...acters Allows you to enter an original greeting message which will be displayed by the VL1 m when the power is initially turned on Position the cursor at the Greeting Mes sage parameter and press the button Name Then use the name entry procedure described on page 31 ...

Page 163: ...159 Feature Reference Utility Mode System ...

Page 164: ...160 Feature Reference Utility Mode MIDI Bulk Dump UTILITY MODE DEMO EDIT RECALL MIDI BULK DUMP SYSTEM DISK ...

Page 165: ...ted data or to cancel the opera tion The progress of the transmission will be indicated in bar graph form on the display and Completed will appear when all the data has been transmitted System and All Voice transmissions can be cancelled between blocks by pressing the button 5 Press Press the button to clear the Completed display and return to the main bulk transmit display All VL1 m system Data t...

Page 166: ... 4 Rename File 168 5 Delete File 170 6 Format Disk 171 CAUTION Never attempt to remove a disk from the disk drive while the disk drive indicator is lit Doing so can damage the data on the disk The disk write protect tab must be set to the off or write enable position in order to save data to the disk rename a file delete a file or format the disk CAUTION ...

Page 167: ...ntly used in kilobytes The amount of disk space currently free in kilobytes The number of System files on the disk The number of All Voice files on the disk The number of 1 Bank files on the disk The number of 1 Voice files on the disk The number of All files on the disk The number of files on the disk that do not match any of the above categories Total Used Free System All Voice 1 Bank 1 Voice Al...

Page 168: ...pe of file you want to load then press the button 3 Select a File and Press When the file window appears select the file you want to load and press again Depending on the type of data you have selected an additional selection window may appear after you have selected the file you want to load You may have to select an individual bank or voice or specify a destination for the data to be loaded SRC ...

Page 169: ...the display and Completed will appear when all the data has been loaded A load operation in progress cannot be cancelled 5 Press Press the button to clear the Completed display CAUTION Whenever a load operation is performed any previous data in the memory location to which the new data is loaded to will be erased and replaced by the new data Be sure to save important data to disk to minimize the p...

Page 170: ... to save then press the button If you select All System or All Voice a list of the files on disk will appear In this case skip step 3 below and go directly to step 4 If you select 1 Bank or 1 Voice continue with step 3 3 Select a Bank or Voice and Press When the source window appears select the bank or voice you want to save and press 4 Select the Destination File If you want to save the selected ...

Page 171: ...ation prompt appears press the button to save the selected data or to cancel the opera tion The progress of the save operation will be indicated in bar graph form on the display and Completed will appear when all the data has been saved A save operation in progress cannot be cancelled Files are automatically saved with an extension a period followed by three characters which indicates the file typ...

Page 172: ...Disk Make sure the floppy disk containing the file you want to rename is properly inserted in the VL1 m floppy disk drive Also make sure that the floppy disk s write protect tab is set to the off or write enable position 2 Select a File Type and press Position the cursor at the type of file you want to rename then press the button 3 Select a File and Press When the file window appears select the f...

Page 173: ...ou Sure confirmation prompt appears press the button to rename the file or to cancel the operation Now Executing will appear while the file name is being rewritten and Completed will appear when the rename operation is finished 7 Press Press the button to clear the Completed display Disk ...

Page 174: ...e type of file you want to delete then press the button 3 Select a File and Press When the file window appears select the file you want to delete and press 4 Press To Delete When the Are You Sure confirmation prompt appears press the button to delete the file or to cancel the operation Now Executing will appear while the file is being deleted and Completed will appear when the delete operation is ...

Page 175: ...is properly inserted in the VL1 m floppy disk drive Also make sure that the floppy disk s write protect tab is set to the off or write enable position 2 Press and Confirm Press the button When the Are You Sure confirmation prompt appears press the button to begin formatting the disk or to cancel the operation The progress of the format operation will be indicated on the display in bar graph form a...

Page 176: ...172 Feature Reference Utility Mode Edit Recall UTILITY MODE DEMO EDIT RECALL MIDI BULK DUMP SYSTEM DISK ...

Page 177: ...eady made at least one edit to the newly selected voice both the name of the recall memory voice and the current voice will appear on the display with the warning that the current voice will be overwritten by the recall memory voice if you proceed with the recall opera tion Edit Recall Procedure 1 Press and Confirm Press the button When the Are You Sure confirmation prompt appears press the button...

Page 178: ...174 Feature Reference Utility Mode Demo UTILITY MODE DEMO EDIT RECALL MIDI BULK DUMP SYSTEM DISK ...

Page 179: ...op control display should appear 2 Select a Demo Select the demo you want to play Top Song parameter 3 Press To Run Press the button to run the demo The various demo songs will play in sequence until stopped 4 Press To Stop Press the button to stop demo playback NOTES If you run the demo while editing a voice the edited data will be lost Be sure to store the edited voice before running the demo ...

Page 180: ...176 Feature Reference Utility Mode ...

Page 181: ...Appendix VL1 VL1 m Compatibility 178 Troubleshooting 179 Error Messages 182 Specifications 184 Index 186 ...

Page 182: ...is carried out on the VL1 via the BANK SELECT buttons bank selection on the VL1 m is carried out via the and buttons Getting Started manual page 35 VL1 Features Not Available On the VL1 m Keyboard Transpose Octave Buttons Assignable Controllers Velocity Aftertouch Curve VL1 m VL1 Data Compatibility Sytem Exclusive Message Compatibility VL1 and VL1 m system exclusive data are compatible except for ...

Page 183: ...Listen via Headphones Plug a pair of headphones into the VL1 m and play If the headphone sound is OK then the problem is most likely in the amplifier or mixer you are using or the audio connection cables Try moving all controllers modulation wheels foot controlers etc In some cases extreme controller settings can cause unexpected sound or pitch or even no sound at all Try selecting diferent voices...

Page 184: ...void overloading the amplifier mixer inputs Check the level and pan controls on the sound system mixing console being used with the VL1 m No sound Distorted sound Improper stereo positioning Utility Setting Problems Symptom Possible Cause Is the local off mode selected page 154 Are the MIDI transmit channel and receive channels matched to those of the external MIDI device used page 154 Is the mast...

Page 185: ...e pressure EG mode parameters is not set to Disable page 129 Check the element detune note shift and random pitch param eters page 37 Microtuning may be set to a tuning other than equal tempera ment page 42 Check the effect pitch change parameters page 50 Check the pitch controller page 67 Some voices will change pitch when pressure or embouchure control is applied Check the effect distortion sett...

Page 186: ...d not be transmitted or received because the device number of the VL1 m is not matched to that of the second device Check the device number settings Data cannot be saved to floppy disk because the currently loaded disk is full Delete unwanted files to make more space on the disk or use a different disk The currently loaded floppy disk has not been formatted for use with the VL1 m Format the disk b...

Page 187: ...mory but the memory protect function is on Turn memory protect off and try again The MIDI receive buffer is full Reduce the amount of data being transmitted to the VL1 m An error has been detected in the received MIDI data Check the transmitting device and MIDI cables and try again An error has been detected in the received MIDI data Check the transmitting device and MIDI cables and try again You ...

Page 188: ... bit digital signal processor stereo in stereo out Modulation effects flanger pitch change distorion Feed back delay Reverberation Voice mode only Smallest tone generator units elements Voices use 1 or 2 elements Voices are composed on common data and element data 2 notes max Mono Poly Unison Type Modifiers Effects Play Mode Polyphony Assign Modes Memory 128 voices 3 5 2DD or 2HD floppy disk Inter...

Page 189: ...backlit liquid crystal display Connectors Stereo headphones Breath controller Output x 2 L and R MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI THRU Front Panel Rear Panel Output Level 2 5 2 dBm into 10 kΩ 2 0 2 dBm into 33 Ω Line Headphones Power Requirements UL CSA 120V 16W Europe 220 240V 16W General 480 W x 361 D x 132 H mm 7 5 kg Dimensions Weight Accessories Power cable Floppy disk Owners manuals x 2 MIDI cable ...

Page 190: ...57 Controller envelopes 46 Controller search replace ƒ82 Controller parameters 40 Controller views 41 47 ƒ17 Controllers 12 38 Conventions 7 Copy button 17 Copy function ƒ24 Crossfade speed ƒ85 Cursor buttons 18 D Damping ƒ80 Data dial 18 35 ƒ15 Decrement increment buttons 18 35 ƒ15 Demo playback 26 ƒ175 Device number ƒ154 Disk format ƒ171 Disk status ƒ163 Disk delete file ƒ170 Disk load from ƒ164...

Page 191: ...nitial edit page ƒ30 Interpolate speed ƒ85 K Key mode ƒ31 L L C R delay ƒ57 L R delay ƒ55 LCD display 18 Local on off ƒ154 M Manuals about the 6 ƒ4 Master tuning ƒ153 Memory protect ƒ157 Micro tuning ƒ42 MIDI connections 23 MIDI connectors 20 MIDI Indicator 17 MIDI settings ƒ154 Mixing 48 ƒ98 Mixing key scaling ƒ100 105 Mode buttons 17 Modes the 3 main ƒ8 Modifiers 51 Modulation effect type ƒ46 Mo...

Page 192: ...nction ƒ27 Sustain ƒ35 T Throat formant ƒ75 91 Throat formant key scaling ƒ93 97 Time calculation musical ƒ59 Tonguing ƒ70 Touch EG time ƒ36 Transmit channel ƒ154 Trigger mode ƒ85 Troubleshooting ƒ179 V Vibrato envelope ƒ135 Vibrato envelope key scaling ƒ137 140 Vibrato ƒ69 VL1 VLI m Compatibility ƒ178 Voice directory 36 Voice list abbreviated 37 Voice mode ƒ32 Voice name ƒ31 Voice selection 34 ƒ1...

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Page 194: ...Greece Tel 01 364 7111 SWEDEN Yamaha Scandinavia AB J A Wettergrens gata 1 Box 30053 400 43 Göteborg Sweden Tel 031 496090 DENMARK Yamaha Scandinavia Filial Denmark Generatorvej 8B 2730 Herlev Denmark Tel 44 92 49 00 FINLAND Fazer Music Inc Aleksanterinkatu 11 SF 00100 Helsinki Finland Tel 0435 011 NORWAY Narud Yamaha AS Østerndalen 29 1345 Østerås Tel 02 24 47 90 ICELAND Páll H Pálsson P O Box 85...

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