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Volume: S80/ USING THE PLG 100-VH PLUG-IN BOARD

Power User

ABOUT THE PLG BOARDS

The PLG-Modular Synthesis Plug-in System:

This innovative feature allows you to add

hardware plug-in boards that can be either

complete synthesizers or specialized effect

processing, as in the case of the PLG100-VH.

The PLG 100-VH

The PLG100-VH provides a sophisticated vocal

effect that takes a microphone input and

reproduces up to 3 harmony parts. These parts

can be voiced under MIDI control to make for

intricate 4 part choruses - (3 + your voice) . This

MIDI control can be real time (as you play) or

controlled from a prerecorded MIDI track. It can

also create effects where you control the pitch of

a "synth voice" from your keyboard, and where

you can transpose the pitch you are singing and

can change the gender of the voice, as well. This

is great, allowing you to talk, grunt or otherwise

make noises into musical pitches or into wild

robot-like sound effects.

Once it is connected, the PLG 100-VH becomes

another effect block in the S80 and can be

applied to one of the Parts within a

PERFORMANCE. Although Harmony can be

applied to normal instrument Parts, it is designed

specifically to work with the A/D Input.

You can pre-program the pitch interval of the

harmony, or you can play the harmony from the

S80 keyboard and even have the harmony

interval change, depending on the chord you

play. As long as your own voice is in pitch and

you play the appropriate chords, the PLG 100VH

ensures that the harmony “voices” will be

enharmonically correct and stay in pitch with the

chord changes of the song.

It also includes a gender changer effect that

turns a male voice into a female voice (or vice

versa), and a vibrato effect that can add vibrato

to your voice.

The VH EFFECT EDITOR

This is a special plug-in software module for

the XGworks Lite v3.0 software, that comes

included with your S80 (the y Tools for

S80 & CS6X/CS6R CD). It gives you

comprehensive control over all PLG 100-VH

settings and parameters. It also provides

exceptionally easy and intuitive editing, with

graphic controls.

INSTALLATION

To install the PLG100-VH, follow the instructions

in the S80 Owner’s Manual (pages 148-150).

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Using a Microphone & the A/D Input

Before we get started with the PLG 100-VH, it is

necessary to understand how to use the A/D

Input of the S80.

This guide will instruct you how to use the A/D

input of the S80 with a microphone, in

conjunction with the PLG 100-VH. You can sing

into a microphone that is plugged into the S80

and apply effects to the vocals.

Before we get started, have a microphone

plugged into the A/D Input of the S80.

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The 4 Easy Steps To Using The A/D Input

and the PLG 100-VH.

Each PERFORMANCE stores A/D input settings.

To start from the beginning you will need to

“initialize” a PERFORMANCE. If you have a

PERFORMANCE that you want to use, skip step 1.

1>Initialize A PERFORMANCE:

• Select the PERFORMANCE you wish

to“Initialize”.

• Push [JOB]. Select the Initialize job.

• Push [ENTER] and then push [INC/Yes]

2>Edit the PERFORMANCE and the A/D

Input Settings:

• Press [EDIT]

• Press [EXT] (next to the [INT] bank

button). Turn the PAGE knob fully

counterclockwise. The display screen

should show:

uMIX

E Template) Src Number

PART AD audio 00[Off ]

3>Select the Source Input Level:

Summary of content (5 pages)

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Volume: S80/ USING THE PLG 100-VH PLUG-IN BOARD y Power User ABOUT THE PLG BOARDS The PLG-Modular Synthesis Plug-in System: This innovative feature allows you to add hardware plug-in boards that can be either complete synthesizers or specialized effect processing, as in the case of the PLG100-VH. The PLG 100-VH The PLG100-VH provides a sophisticated vocal effect that takes a microphone input and reproduces up to 3 harmony parts.
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y Power User • Turn KN B counterclockwise to select “mic”. • Turn KN C to select “01-Mic”–THIS TURNS THE INPUT ON. Adjust the signal “gain” level by turning the small (GAIN) knob (located to the left of the A/D input jack). • Turn KN C or use the [DEC/NO], [INC/YES] to select from these effect presets [02-Reverb, 03-Chorus, 04-Cho + Rev] These will be followed by settings 5-12, reading “InsEF Off”.
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• At this a) b) c) y Power User Follow STEPS 1-4 of “4 Easy Steps To Using The A/D Input and the PLG 100VH”. point, you should be able to: Hear audio through the microphone Play the S80 and hear a piano Voice. Sing into the microphone while playing a chord on the S80. The harmonies produced (up to three harmony notes) are pitches corresponding to the notes you play on the S80. Now let’s turn the piano Voice off so that we can concentrate on the Vocal Harmony board.
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y Power User Turning “off” the piano Voice. • Turn KN 1 to turn Layer “off”. • Turn KN 2 to turn RcvCh “off”. *At this point, you should only hear the original microphone signal and the harmonized parts (when you play the keyboard and sing into the microphone). If not, check the Lead/Harmony balance (L=H). The next objective will be to: • Adjust the settings of the PLG 100-VH to put the finishing touches on the robot-like voice effect.
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• • y Power User Play the S80 and hear a piano Voice. Sing into the microphone while playing the S80 and hear an automatically harmonized vocal part. In general, the Chordal Type will allow you to simply play the chords and have the Harmony effect - automatically sort out the suitable notes. The same method can be applied for using DETUNE and CHROMATIC types. Simply follow Easy Steps 1 through 4, selecting the Harmonization Type in the 4th step.