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Important Notices

The VL Visual Editor (the Visual Editor) provides an easy, intuitive way to create, edit,

and save basic voices forYamahaVL Plug-in Board.

Do not operate the “mother” synthesizer/ tone generator while editing voices using the

Visual Editor since you may inadvertently change the voice edit parameters by operat-

ing the hardware.

• The software and this owner’s manual are the exclusive copyrights ofYamaha Corporation.

• Copying of the software or reproduction of this manual in whole or in part by any means is

expressly forbidden without the written consent of the manufacturer.

• Copying of the commercially available music sequence data and/or digital audio ﬁles is

strictly prohibited except for your personal use.

Trade Marks and RegisteredTrade Marks

• OMS®and are trademarks of Opcode Systems, Inc.

• The company names and product names in this Owner’s Manual are the trademarks or regis-

tered trademarks of their respective companies.

Notices • Yamaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to the use of the software and

documentation and cannot be held responsible for the results of the use of this manual and

the software.

• The windows and illustrations in this manual are for instructional purposes only, and may

slightly different from the ones shown on your software.

About this manual

The screens shown in this manual are almost all onWindows systems. Although some screens may differ for

Macintosh systems, the basic operations are the same.

VL Visual Editor

Manual

ForWindows users

When you use the VL Visual Editor, set “Font Size” to “Small Fonts” at the “Control Panel | Display | (Settings |)

Advanced” page. If “Large Fonts” is selected, messages in some dialog boxes may not be displayed properly.

For Macintosh users

When you use the VL Visual Editor on MacOS 8.5 or later, set “Large System Font” to “Charcoal” at the “Control

Panels | Appearance | Font” page. Also, uncheck the “Smooth all fonts on screen” check box.

Version 1.0, 2001

YAMAHA CORPORATION

Editing Procedure

The Visual Editor mainly consists of two windows: the Synthesis Window and Edit Win-

dow.

Synthesis

Edit

zSelect the combination of the Driver, Pipe/Strings and Variation

to synthesize in the Synthesis Window.

xSwitch to the EditWindow after the selection.This process auto-

matically creates a voice (a set of new voice parameters).

cMake detailed changes on the parameters in the Edit Window to

complete the new voice.

MIDI Settings

Select [VL Visual Editor MIDI...] from the [Setup] Menu to open the dialog box, which

lets you select the MIDI Port, Device Number and Transmit Channel to send. Set the

same MIDI Port, Device Number and Transmit Channel as the ones you set for the tone

generator.

The Visual Editor is valid for the VL voice assigned to Part 1. Set the VL voice to Part 1

by operating the “mother” synthesizer/ tone generator.

Select [MIDI…] or [Choose Input/Output…] from the [Window] Menu to open the follow-

ing dialog boxes.

Windows

Macintosh

Synthesis Window

Click on any of the “DRIVER” options to the left of the window to select it (the selected

driver will be outlined in red). Next click on one of the PIPE/STRINGS options to the

right of the window — the selected PIPE/STRINGS option will be outlined in red.A com-

posite image representing the selected DRIVER and PIPE/STRINGS options will

appear in the “PREVIEW” window. The “VARIATION” buttons will also appear and be

selectable. If one of the “VARIATION” buttons in the lower part of the window is now

clicked, the corresponding voice data will be transmitted to, and can be played via, the

connected tone generator. The transmitted voice will sound brieﬂy when the data has

been successfully transmitted.

When the transmission process is completed, theVisual Editor informs you of it by play-

ing a broken chord using the transmitted voice.You can audition the edited voice as a

broken chord by clicking the composite image.

The DRIVER Options

The Visual Editor provides 6 DRIVER options. This is the part of the instrument which

generates the energy which will be converted into sound and subsequently “shaped” by

the PIPE/STRINGS section.

• Single Reed

A single-reed woodwind mouthpiece like the type used on a saxophone or clarinet.

• Double Reed

A double-reed woodwind mouthpiece like the type used on an oboe or bassoon. The

“grass ﬂute” also works on this principle.

Synthesis Window

• Lip Reed

In a trumpet, the player’s lips are pressed against a specially-shaped mouthpiece and

forced to vibrate in response to the player’s breath pressure. The trombone, horn, tuba,

and most other brass instruments work on this principle.

• Jet Reed

The ﬂute, pan pipes and shakuhachi all work on the “jet reed” principle: i.e.sound is gen-

erated by the air turbulence produced by blowing across a solid edge.

•Bow

A bow drawn across a string causes the string to vibrate, thereby generating rubbed-

string instrument sound: violin, cello, contrabass, etc.

• Selecting the Bow (DRIVER) and String (PIPE/STRINGS) combination allows you to select

Analog synthesizer waves inVARIATION.

• Pluck

Guitar, mandolin, and harp are all plucked string instruments.“Pizzicato” is plucked violin,

viola, etc.This driver corresponds to plucking a string to produce sound.

Synthesis Window

The PIPE/STRINGS Options

The Visual Editor provides 6 PIPE/STRINGS options.The pipe or string is the section of

the instrument that ampliﬁes and adds distinctive tonal characteristics to the sound

energy generated by the driver.

• Conical (large)

This option simulates the type of conical horn used in instruments like the saxophone —

a small entrance aperture, gradually expanding to a relatively large bell.

• Conical (small)

This conical pipe has a much smaller taper than the above, more like the type of pipe

used in an oboe.

• Straight (double-ended)

A ﬂute pipe, for example, is essentially straight along its length, but is driven at a point

somewhere between its two ends.This type of pipe is “double-ended”.

• Straight (single-ended)

Similar to a clarinet pipe — driven from one end and essentially straight right up to the

ﬂare at the other end.In physical modelling terminology, this type of pipe is considered to

be “single-ended”.

Synthesis Window

• Flare

This is the type of pipe found on the trumpet and other brass instruments. Although it

depends on the type of DRIVER selected, this type of pipe generally produces a rela-

tively bright sound.

• If the Pluck driver is combined with the Flare pipe, the resultant pitch can be unpredictable.

This is because the Flare pipe is inherently ambiguous — e.g. a trumpet player can vary the

pitch of his instrument over a wide range simply by adjusting his embouchure (the way he

uses his lips).

• String

A drawn string, like the type used on a violin or guitar. The ﬁnal result depends on the

DRIVER selected, but the string generally has a relatively long decay.

TheVARIATION Options

Depending on the DRIVER and PIPE/STRINGS combination selected, two or more

VARIATIONs corresponding to different instrument sizes and characteristics may be

available. If the DRIVER and PIPE/STRINGS combination is a standard one (e.g. Lip

Reed with Flare), the corresponding instrument names will appear in the VARIATION

buttons (e.g.Trumpet, Trombone, etc.).

You can also selectVARIATION by double-clicking, and it takes you to Edit window auto-

matically.

Edit Window

Press the [Edit ->] button in the lower right corner of the “Synthesis” window to go to the

“Edit” window.This window allows further editing of the basic voice created in the “Syn-

thesis” window.

The labelled “menu tabs”in the lower section of the “Edit” window provide access to cor-

responding edit pages. By clicking each menu tab you can display various editing

“pages”.

You can audition the edited voice as a broken chord by clicking the composite image.

The Patch Palette

When the “Edit” window is selected, a smaller ﬂoating window labelled “Pickup” will

appear to its left. This is the “Patch Palette” containing 8 menu pages for editing Pickup,

Filter, Resonator, Combination-1, Combination-2, Variation, Chorus, Reverberation.

Click on the left and right facing arrows at the top of the window to switch menus as

required.You can also select a menu by clicking on the solid section showing the menu

name to open the pop-up menu and directly choosing a menu from it.

Edit Window

A menu contains several icons (patches), each of which is assigned with speciﬁc effects.

Editing will be executed by selecting the icons from various menu pages and arranging

them in the patch holder row in the center of the Edit Window (above the labelled “menu

tabs”).

Double-clicking on any of the icons in the “Patch Palette” causes that icon to appear in

the patch holder, and the corresponding effect will be applied to the current voice. The

items in the “Patch Palette”menu icons can also be moved to the patch holder by clicking

and dragging.The icons can be selected, or moved to the patch holder according to the

following rules:

• Only one item can be selected from the same type menu. If one of these icons is selected

while a previous icon of the same type exists in the patch holder, the new selection will

replace the previous selection.

• The selected icons lines up from left to right in the predetermined order: Pickup (left most),

Filter, Resonator, Combination,Variation, Chorus, Reverberation (right most).

• Selecting the Combination item while the Variation, Chorus and/or Reverberation items are

selected resets, or deletes the Variation, Chorus and/or Reverberation items. On the contrary,

simultaneously selecting all three items (the Variation, Chorus and Reverberation) while the

Combination item is selected deletes the Combination item.

• When you are using the synthesizer/ tone generator compatible with Modular Synthesis Plug-

in System, the Combination,Variation, Chorus and Reverberation items have no effects.

To remove an item from the patch holder chain, simply click and drag it to the trash can

icon.

If you want to remove all patch icons and start from scratch, click on the [Clear] button.

Clicking [Recall] button restores the items deleted.

• Please note that when “Clear” is executed the other “Edit” parameters — “Envelope”, “Con-

trol”and “Tweak”, to be described later — are also cleared.

• The “Patch Palette” will always appear in front of any other open windows, but, like any other

window, it can be closed by clicking on its close button. Once closed it can be re-opened by

selecting [VL Show Patch Palette] from the [Window] Menu.

Edit Window

The various patches are described brieﬂy below.

<1> Pickup

Changing pickups is like changing pickups on a guitar or changing the position of

a pickup on a brass or woodwind instrument.The Visual Editor provides 8 pickup

types.

• Single

A simulation of a “single-coil” electric guitar pickup.

• Humbucking

A simulation of a “double-coil” humbucking electric guitar pickup.

• Mouthpiece

The effect produced by attaching a pickup to the mouthpiece of a wind instrument.

• BreathNoiseAmp

This pickup picks up the amplitude of the noise components of the breath noise.

• FlowRate

The saturation component of the air-ﬂow within the instrument’s mouthpiece is con-

verted to sound and ampliﬁed.

• Beatin’

The beating or “buzzing” of the mouthpiece reed is selectively ampliﬁed.

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