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Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Yamaha PLG150-PF Piano Plug-in Board! The PLG150-PF is a custom tone generator designed for use with a variety of Yamaha electronic musical instruments. Foremost, the PLG150-PF can be installed to and integrated with instruments of the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System (such as the CS6x, CS6R, S80, etc.) It can also be used seamlessly with the MU128 Tone Generator (as well as other MU-series instruments and the SW1000XG PCI Audio/MIDI Board).
Overview of the PLG150-PF The PLG150-PF is a sophisticated tone generator board that provides realistic piano and other keyboard sounds. Utilizing Yamaha’s state-of-the-art AWM2 tone generation system along with true stereo sampling, the PLG150-PF features exceptionally rich, natural and authentic instrument voices, to augment the sound palette on the “mother” device.
Overview of the PLG150-PF About the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System The Yamaha Modular Synthesis Plug-in System offers powerful expansion and upgrade capabilities for Modular Synthesis-Plug-in-compatible synthesizers, tone generators and sound cards. This enables you to easily and effectively take advantage of the latest and most sophisticated synthesizer and effects technology, allowing you to keep pace with the rapid and multifaceted advances in modern music production.
Parameter Structure Plug-in Board Plug-in Platform System Parameter XG Effect Parameter XG System Parameter Reverb PF Native System Parameter Chorus Variation Part Parameter Insertion1 XG Part Parameter Part Parameter Part Parameter PF Native PartParameter Parameter XG Part Insertion2 XG Part Parameter Part Parameter PF Native Part Parameter PF Native PartParameter Parameter XG Part PF Native Part Parameter Offset PF Voice Parameter Element4 Element3 Element2 Element1 Voice Reverb Voice Chorus
Specifications TONE GENERATOR/MODULES : AWM2 POLYPHONY : 64 notes maximum (latest note priority; polyphony is expandable *1) *1 On the CS6x, for example, two boards can be installed for a maximum of 128 notes; on the MU128, three boards can be installed for a maximum of 192 notes. NUMBER OF VOICES : 136 XG voices (PF-XG/A, PF-XG/B) 128 Preset voices INTERFACE : Plug-in connector EFFECTOR : Reverb, Chorus, Insertion, 2-Band EQ DIMENSIONS (W x H x D) : 138.5 x 89.0 x 8.
About the Included Floppy Disk The included floppy disk contain editing software for the PLG150-PF as well as demonstration songs and Voice data for the “mother” device. To use the editing software and transfer the song/Voice data to your particular “mother” device, you should have a computer (running Windows 95/98) with a MIDI interface, with the MIDI OUT on the interface connected to the MIDI IN of the “mother” device. You should also have XGworks (v3.
Installing the PLG150-PF For detailed instructions on installing the PLG150-PF, refer to the owner’s manual of the Plug-incompatible “mother” device (e.g., CS6x, MU128, etc.). Included Items The following items have been included in the package of your new PLG150-PF. Please make sure that you have them all before starting to setup and use the instrument. If an item is missing, contact the store or dealer from which you purchased the PLG150-PF.
Required and Recommended Items In addition to the included items listed above, you should also have the following: Synthesizer/Tone Generator/Sound Card Compatible with the Modular Synthesis or XG Plug-in Systems In order to use the PLG150-PF, you’ll need a synthesizer, tone generator or sound card compatible with the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System or the XG Plug-in System. Compatible instruments include the CS6x, MU128, and the SW1000XG.
Installing and Starting the Plug-in Editor Software (Windows 95/98) Installing the Software Double-click the “Setup.exe” file in the “Plug_” folder on the floppy disk to start the installation. Click “Next” or “Yes” and follow the subsequent instructions on the screen to complete the installation. Starting the PF Easy Editor 1 Start XGworks (or XGworks lite). 2 Click the “Plug-in” menu and select “PF Easy Editor.” Alternately, press Alt + P, then D, and ENTER. The “Select PF Part” dialog box appears.
Selecting PF Voices (Modular Synthesis Plug-in System) When the PLG150-PF is installed to a CS6x Control Synthesizer, the PF voices can be selected in the same way as the internal voices of the synthesizer. The example displays used in the following explanations are all taken from the CS6x. Enabling and Selecting PF Voices 1 Press the VOICE button.
Editing the PF Native Part Parameters (Modular Synthesis Plug-in System) ● ● Keep in mind that the parameter values and settings below represent offsets of the actual voice settings. This means that adjustments made to the parameters may not make much change in the actual sound, depending on the original settings of the voice. For parameter values, a setting of “0” results in no change, while positive and negative values increase and decrease the value respectively.
Selecting/Editing the PF System Parameters (Modular Synthesis Plug-in System) The example displays used in the following explanations are all taken from the CS6x. 1 Press the UTILITY button. The Utility Mode display appears. MSTR TG) Sys 2 Vol 64 NtShift + 0 + Tune 0.0c Turn the PAGE knob clockwise until “PLG150-PF” is shown at the bottom left of the display. Keep turning the knob to select the different PF System parameters, indicated just above knob C and knob 2.
Selecting PF Voices (XG Plug-in System) The PLG150-PF voices can be selected just like the voices of the XG tone generator. Keep in mind, though, that they can only be selected when the Sound Module Mode is set to XG or Performance. Also, the Part Assign parameter in the Utility mode (see below) must be set to the desired Part. The example displays used in the following explanations are all taken from the MU128. Enabling and Selecting PF Voices 1 Set the Sound Module Mode to “XG” or “PFM” (Performance).
Selecting PF Voices (XG Plug-in System) 4 Select the desired bank number. Move the cursor to the Bank Number parameter with the SELECT buttons and use the VALUE -/+ buttons to select the desired bank. Bank Number parameter 5 Select the desired voice number. Move the cursor to the Voice (Program) Number parameter with the SELECT buttons and use the VALUE -/+ buttons to select the desired voice. Voices (and Voice banks) can also be selected by using the Voice Category buttons.
Editing the PF Native Part Parameters (XG Plug-in System) Any of the PF voices can be freely edited from the front panel with the PF Part parameters. These same parameters can also be edited from a computer using the PF Easy Editor software (in XGworks). Keep in mind that changing the Part parameters does not permanently affect the original voice settings. The edits that you make here temporarily change the settings of the currently selected voice.
Selecting/Editing the PF System Parameters (XG Plug-in System) The parameters that apply to the entire system of the PLG150-PF are included in the Utility mode menu of the XG tone generator. The example displays used in the following explanations are all taken from the MU128. 1 Press the [UTIL] button. The Utility mode menu appears. 2 Select the “PLUGIN” menu. Use the [SELECT >] button to highlight “PLUGIN,” then press the [ENTER] button. 3 Select the PLG150-PF board.
Parameters PF Native Part Parameters Keep in mind that the parameter values and settings represent offsets of the actual voice settings. This means that the actual sound that results from the settings made here depends on the original settings of the voice. Also keep in mind that these are “Part” parameters and as such, are temporary; they simply alter or offset the settings of the currently selected voice. The original voice settings are permanently maintained in memory.
Parameters ■ Bass Freq (Bass Frequency) Range: -64 — +00 — +63 This determines the frequency which is boosted or cut (in the Bass Gain parameter below) for each Part. ■ Bass Gain Range: -64 — +00 — +63 This determines the level of the selected frequency (in “Bass Freq” above). Positive values boost the level of the selected frequency and negative values attenuate it.
Parameters ■ ■ ■ ■ AC1 EL1 Lev (Assignable Controller 1 — Element 1 Level Control) AC1 EL2 Lev (Assignable Controller 1 — Element 2 Level Control) AC1 EL3 Lev (Assignable Controller 1 — Element 3 Level Control) AC1 EL4 Lev (Assignable Controller 1 — Element 4 Level Control) Range: -64 — +00 — +63 (“***”: not available) As explained in EL1 - EL4 Level above, the voices of the PLG150-PF are made up of up to four sound elements.
Parameters ■ INS DryWet (Insertion Dry/Wet Balance) Range: -127 — +127 (“****”: not available) This determines the balance between the direct, unprocessed signal (dry) and the Insertion-processed sound (wet). ■ INS Offset (Insertion Offset) Range: -64 — +63 (“****”: not available) This parameter is used to change one specific parameter of the effect; the particular parameter depends on the effect type.
Parameters PF System Parameters ■ Part Assign Settings: 01 — 16, off This determines the Part to which the PLG150-PF voice is assigned. If a Part is not properly assigned here, none of the PLG150-PF voices can be selected for the Part. (This applies to XG Plug-in System compatible “mother” devices.) The PLG150-PF voices can only be assigned to a single Part.
Appen- Voice List ■ Preset Voice List No.
