y S90 and the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System PLG150-DX Frequency Modulation Synthesis Plug-in Board A Getting Started Guide
SIMULATOR software. It would be impossible to include in the S90 architecture all of the parameters for each of the possible plug-in boards available. Each of the PLG150 Series boards is an entirely different technology: The DX is a Frequency Modulation (FM) synth equivalent to a DX7. AN is a physical model of an analog synthesizer. The VL is a physical model of an acoustic blown pipe/bowed string instrument and the DR, PC and PF are sample playback (like the S90).
Voices using any of the board voice data plus you are given 64 all ready made Preset Plug-In (PLGPRE1) Voices that have been made using the S90 routing and effects. In a multi-timbral setup (MIXING) the S90 will have 16 AWM2 (Sample playback) sounds on Parts 1-16. You can replace or layer/split a PLG150 voice with an AWM2 Voice in one of the 16 Parts.
sounds of the DX board are generated using a synthesis method called “frequency modulation” (FM). Yamaha’s FM uses a 6operator arrangement to create sounds. Carriers and Modulators interact to allow for rich, dynamic synthesis. For an excellent background on FM synthesis please visit the Yamaha site. Sixty-four Plug-In Voices can be made available for instant recall from the 912 preset and 64 user Board Voices provided on the PLG150-DX.
• • • example, and you set that Native Parameter to a value of –25, then the parameter will be set to 74. You are simply adding or subtracting values from the preset data. Experiment with making edits – both on the Element level and the Common level. On the Element level check the [F] keys for parameters. You have a dedicated modeled Distortion and EQ. You can add S90 level parameters on the COMMON level. Push the [COMMON] button to edit Common (S90) level parameters. Practice navigating the edit area.
Explore the DX Simulator software, with its original DX7 look – a nice touch of the 80’s. You can view all parameters at once by clicking on an icon in the toolbar: DX EDIT LIST VIEW. You can even insert the system exclusive data for a voice into a sequence from the toolbar: INSERT DX BULK DUMP DATA. When an edit is completed you can store it in the software (click on the disk icon) and/or transfer it to the user RAM of the PLG150-DX as outlined above).
