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Precautions l Do not expose the plug-in board to direct sunlight, ex- l Before connecting the computer to other devices, turn cessive humidity, high temperatures, excessive dust or off the power switches of all devices. strong vibrations. l Yamaha is not responsible for loss of data through com- l Before handling the plug-in board, be sure to touch a puter malfunctions or operator actions. metal surface to discharge any static electricity which l The plug-in board contains no user-serviceable pa
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Introduction Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Yamaha PLG100-VH Vocal Harmony Plug-in Board! The PLG100-VH is designed for use with the MU128 Tone Generator (as well as other MU-series instruments and the SW1000XG PCI Audio/MIDI Card), providing automatic and authentic sounding vocal harmony effects. It takes the sound of your voice (via a microphone and one of the A/D inputs) and reproduces it as a harmony vocal — providing up to four-part harmonies, including your original voic
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About the PLG100-VH Overview of the PLG100-VH The PLG100-VH provides a sophisticated harmony effect that takes the sound of your voice (via a microphone and the A/D inputs) and reproduces it as a harmony vocal, provid- ing up to four-part harmonies (including your original voice). Once it is connected, the PLG100-VH automatically becomes another effect block (Har- mony) in the tone generator/sound card, and can be applied to one of the Parts. Although Harmony can be applied to normal instrument
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About the PLG100-VH Required and Recommended Items In addition to the included items listed above, you should also have the following: • An XG tone generator/sound card compatible with the XG Plug-in System In order to use the PLG100-VH, you’ll need an XG tone generator or sound card that is compatible with the XG Plug-in System. Compatible instruments include the MU128, MU100, and the SW1000XG. The tone generator/sound card should also have an avail- able slot or space for installing the PLG1
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About the PLG100-VH Troubleshooting If the harmony effect does not function properly or cannot be heard, check the following points: Is an appropriate XG tone generator/sound card connected to a sequencer or computer? • Refer to the relevant “Setting Up” instructions in the owner’s manual of the tone genera- tor/sound card. Is the HOST SELECT switch set properly? • Refer to the relevant “Setting Up” instructions in the owner’s manual of the tone genera- tor/sound card. If you’re using a computer
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Effect Connection and Harmony Types The PLG100-VH functions as an Insertion effect as the following illustration. The bold lines are stereo lines. Insertion1 is valid for Insertion2 is valid for VH insertion is valid for Variation is valid for only one part. only one part. only one part. only one part. insertion1 part insertion2 part VH insertion part variation part dry INS1 INS2 PLG100-VH VAR rev send reverb reverb part A1 pan return insertion1on/off insertion2 on/off VH insertion on/off vari
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Using the Harmony Effect This section guides you through the steps of setting up and using the Harmony effect. Since the PLG100-VH functions as an Insertion effect, it can be edited in the same fashion as the other Insertion effects in the XG tone generator. • Keep in mind that actual operation procedures may differ depending on which XG device you are using, the MU128 or SW1000XG. In general, the instructions below assume you are using the MU128. On the whole, these instructions are also app
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Using the Harmony Effect C Set the Harmony Channel (Utility mode). This determines the MIDI receive channel for the Harmony effect, and should be set to the same value as set for the MIDI device in step #1 above. Harmony Channel is set in the Utility mode. (For more information on the Utility mode and its parameters, see page 24.) To do this: 1) Select the Utility mode. (Press the [UTIL] button.) 2) Select the “PLUGIN” menu. (Use the [SELECT / ] buttons, and press the [ENTER] button.) 3) Sel
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Using the Harmony Effect 2) Select the “PLG” menu. (Use the [SELECT ] button if necessary, and press the [ENTER] button.) 3) At the “PLG100-VH” (Harmony) menu, press [ENTER] again. 4) Assign the Insert Part parameter to the desired A/D Input. Use the [SELECT ] button to select “Ins Part” (Insert Part), then use the [VALUE / ] buttons to set the value to “AD01” (Input 1) as needed. B Set the Harmony Type. While still in the Harmony Edit menu, select the “Type” parameter (with the [SE- LECT ] but
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About the VH Effect Editor in XGworks All of the settings and parameters of the PLG100-VH can be easily edited from a computer by using the VH Effect Editor software module (included in the optional XGworks or XGworks lite Music Sequencer software). The VH Effect Editor gives you convenient at-a-glance view of all Harmony effect parameters, and lets you easily edit them by typing in values on the computer keyboard or dragging the mouse. It also gives you access to the “hidden” parameters, not co
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Harmony Parameters Path [EFFECT] button → “PLG” → “PLG100-VH” These parameters control the Harmony effect. Other Harmony param- eters not included in this section are set in the System section (page 24). For general information on the Harmony effect and how to use it, see page 8. Since the available parameters depend on which Harmony Type is se- lected, separate parameter charts are given for each of the four types: Vocoder, Chordal, Detune, and Chromatic. Hidden Parameters Some of the Harmon
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Harmony Parameters Vocoder Harmony Parameters The Vocoder type produces up to three harmony notes whose pitches correspond to the notes you play on a connected MIDI keyboard. In other words, you can sing the melody and “play” the harmony or harmonies from the keyboard (or from a sequencer). The Harmony sound can also be transposed (see the Mode parameter below). • When more than four MIDI notes are received, priority is given first to the most recently played notes, then the highest notes. (I
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Harmony Parameters n Parameter Descriptions .................................................................. 1. Mode • no trans No transposition. The harmony notes correspond exactly to the pitch of the incoming MIDI notes. • auto trans Automatic transposition of the harmony notes. This keeps the harmony notes close (around the same octave register; ±600 cents) to the input signal, no matter which octave the MIDI notes are played. For example, if your vocal is at a pitch of C3, playing an E
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Harmony Parameters 3. Lead Gender Type (L.GendrTyp) Settings: off, unis (unison), male, fem. (female) The PLG100-VH also produces a “lead” voice sound that can be mixed with har- mony notes. These settings determine whether the gender of the lead voice can be changed or not. It also lets you set the gender. When this is set to “off,” the gender of the lead voice cannot be changed. When this is set to “unis” (unison), the lead voice is reproduced at the same pitch as the voice; however, the g
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Harmony Parameters 4. Lead Gender Depth (L.GendrDpt) Range: -64 — +63 This determines the quality or character of the lead voice, and depends on the setting made in Lead Gender Type above. (This parameter has no effect when Lead Gender Type is set to “off.”) Extreme negative or positive values result in pronounced distor- tion of the voice quality. Also, the effect may vary according to the quality, character and pitch of the actual voice. Experiment with this to find values that sound most
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Harmony Parameters 7. Auto Lower Gender Threshold (Not selectable from MU128 panel controls.) Range: 0 - 12 (semitones) This determines which harmony notes below the melody will be gender-transformed when Harmony Gender Type is set to “Auto.” More specifically, it sets the range or interval of unchanged harmonies. When set to “0,” the gender of all harmony notes below the melody will be changed. When set to another value, any harmonies within the interval specified will not be changed. For e
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Harmony Parameters 10. Lead/Harmony Balance (Lead/Harm) Range: L63>H (maximum lead level) — L=H (equal level) — LH” or more). 11. Vibrato Depth (Not selectable from MU128 panel controls.) Range: 0 — 127 This determines the depth of the Vibrato effect on the harmony notes and the lead note
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Harmony Parameters Chordal Harmony Parameters The Chordal type produces up to three harmony notes that correspond to the chords you play on a connected MIDI keyboard (or chords recorded to a sequencer). For example, if you play a C major triad on the keyboard (with Chordal Mode set to “trio”) and sing a C note, the resulting harmonies will be C, E, and G. Thirty-four different chord types are recognized in this mode (see list below), giving you an amazingly full and flexible palette of harmoni
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Harmony Parameters n Parameter Descriptions .................................................................. 1. Mode • duet above Produces one harmony note, in a pitch above the lead note. • duet below Produces one harmony note, in a pitch below the lead note. • duet abv+b (duet above + bass) Produces two harmony notes — one in a pitch above the lead note, and one an octave below the other harmony. (The “+b” in the type name stands for “added bass note.”) • trio above Produces two harmony not
