Yamaha PLG100-VH User Manual

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Introduction

Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Yamaha PLG100-VH Vocal Harmony Plug-in Board!

The PLG100-VH is designed for use with the MU128 Tone Generator (as well as other MU-series
instruments and the SW1000XG PCI Audio/MIDI Card), providing automatic and authentic sounding
vocal harmony effects. It takes the sound of your voice (via a microphone and one of the A/D inputs)
and reproduces it as a harmony vocal — providing up to four-part harmonies, including your original
voice. The actual harmony notes can be controlled from a MIDI keyboard or sequencer, allowing you
to perfectly match the harmony to chord changes.

The settings and parameters of the PLG100-VH can also be conveniently edited with a Windows PC
computer by using the VH Effect Editor software module (included in the XGworks Music Sequencer
software).

Table of Contents

About XG Plug-in System

With Yamaha XG Plug-in System you can expand your tone generation system by simply mounting
an optional board onto the “mother” tone generator/sound card. For example, you will be able to use
extra voices from a different sound synthesis such as Virtual Acoustic Synthesis, apply completely
new dimensional facet of effects to your music and/or add the latest technology to your music.

About VH-XG

This XG Plug-in Board produces automatic harmony effects for vocals (via a microphone and the A/
D inputs). It features four harmony effect types, and allows you to control the harmony notes by
playing notes or chords on a MIDI keyboard. It also allows you to control the harmony automati-
cally by note or chord data recorded to a sequencer. Other features include a gender changer for
changing the input voice between male and female, and detuning for a natural chorus effect.

About the PLG100-VH

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Overview of the PLG100-VH ...................................... 4

Installing the PLG100-VH ........................................... 4

Included Items ............................................................. 4

Required and Recommended Items ......................... 5

Specifications ............................................................. 5

Troubleshooting .......................................................... 6

Effect Connection and Harmony Types

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Demonstration

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Using the Harmony Effect

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Operation ..................................................................... 8

About the VH Effect Editor in XGworks

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Opening the VH Effect Editor ................................... 11

Harmony Parameters

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Harmony Type ........................................................... 12

Vocoder Harmony Parameters ................................. 13

Chordal Harmony Parameters ................................. 19

Detune Harmony Parameters ................................... 21

Chromatic Harmony Prameters ............................... 22

Harmony System Parameters

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Appendix

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XG Effect Map ........................................................... 25

MIDI Data Format ...................................................... 26

MIDI Implementation Chart ...................................... 30

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