Yamaha Motif and the Modular Synthesis Plug-In System user manual

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POWER USER
Motif and the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System
PLG100-VH
Vocal Harmony Effect Processor
Plug-in Board
A Getting Started Guide
Tony Escueta & Phil Clendeninn
Digital Product Support Group
©Yamaha Corporation of America
• The PLG100-VH board is part of the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System. It is an effect processor that can be
used in Performance mode or ‘live’ in a Song or Pattern to effect a microphone plugged into the A/D input
(analog-to-digital). Please follow all the instruction

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ABOUT THE PLG BOARDS BOARD INSTALLATION The PLG-Modular Synthesis Plug-in To install the PLG100-VH, follow the System: This innovative feature allows instructions in the MOTIF Owner’s Manual. you to add hardware plug-in boards that The PLG100-VH must occupy slot 1 of the can be either complete synthesizers or Motif (All Blue wires, 1 Orange wire) in specialized effect processing, as in the case order to use the microphone input. Be sure of the PLG100-VH. to place the board in the slotted grooves

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appropriate for your microphone. What Are the Four Vocal Harmony This will place your voice in the Types? center of the mix. • Set any effects or pan position to VOCODER HM: This produces up to three taste. synth voice harmony notes whose pitches correspond to the exact notes you play on 3>Applying the PLG 100-VH: the MOTIF. In other words, you can sing • Press the [EDIT] button. the melody and "play" the harmony or • Press the [COMMON] button next to harmonies from the keyboard (or have the Dat

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MIDI note data from the MOTIF or keyboard and sing into the microphone). sequencer has no effect in this mode. Don’t be afraid to sing OUT LOUD. Many people never hear the effect because they EXAMPLE 1 don’t give up enough signal to the This first example will use the PLG 100- microphone. But don’t overload the signal VH’s VOCODER Harmony type and the either. It may take a minute for you to MOTIF A/D Input. adjust to how to sing to get maximum To do this: benefit. Remember you have 3 parts so •

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• Set Upper Gender Depth to “+00”. Backup your data in an ALL Data file to an • Set the ‘Lower Gender Depth to -20 optional SmartMedia Card or SCSI storage (minus values move toward Barry device. Performance data can be stored in the ALL data type file (.w2a), or bulked to White; positive values toward mechanical-man an external device as system exclusive • Lead-Harmony to L63>H data. *The idea of this setting is to get a Can I record this wacky stuff in the monotone, robotic sounding effect. At