User manual YAMAHA VL7

[. . . ] Getting Started Owner's Manual 1 Getting Started Contents Precautions . 6 s s s The Getting Started Manual (this manual) . 8 Essential Concepts for the VL7 User s s s What Are the Advantages?16 A Brief Introduction To the VL7 Interface s s Front Panel . [. . . ] The bank d button indicator will flash until the voice number 7 button is pressed and the D7 voice is actually engaged. Note that when you select a different bank (or even press the current bank button) the voice directory for the selected bank will appear on the display, showing the names of all voices in that bank with the cursor located at the currently selected voice number. The VL7 returns to the normal voice display as soon as you specify the voice number. You can also press the [ button if you want to stay with the same voice number. Voice Selection To select a different voice within the same bank it is only necessary to press the appropriate voice number button. To select a different bank, however, you'll always have to press both a bank button and a voice number button (or the [ button). This prevents unwanted voices from being selected until you've actually specified both the bank and number of the voice you want to use. Alternate Voice Selection Methods q The - and = Buttons are best used for small, step-wise changes -- e. g. selecting adjacent voice numbers, or numbers that are only a few steps away. Press the = or - button briefly to decrement or increment the voice number by one, or hold either button for continuous DEC INC decrementing or incrementing in the corresponding direction. Extra-fast increment or decrement operation can be achieved by pressing the opposite button while holding either the - or = button. The bank will switch automatically if you cross a bank voicenumber boundary. q The Data Dial provides a fast, efficient way to cover a broad range of voice numbers when, for example, you're looking for a voice but don't know the voice number. Simply rotate the data dial clockwise for higher voice numbers or counter-clockwise for lower voice numbers while watching the display. The banks are automatically switched when necessary as the voice numbers are changed. 35 Getting Started q Voice Selection 3. Play Try playing the selected voice on the keyboard. Select a number of different voices and try them out. Assuming that you have loaded either of the "FULLCNT1:All" or "FULLCNT2:All" files as directed in the preceding section, you will have to apply breath pressure to the breath controller and/or press the foot controller forward to produce sound with many of the voices. A complete list of the pre-programmed voices and their controller assignments is provided in the Voice List & MIDI Data Format. The VL7 also provides "controller views", described in the next chapter, that let you check the current controller assignments via the VL7 display. NOTES s If you don't get any sound at this point: Make sure your sound system is turned ON and the volume is turned up to a reasonable level, make sure that the VL7 VOLUME control is turned up to a reasonable level, and check all connections carefully. Using the Voice Directory Although the voice directory appears automatically any time you select a different bank, you can have the directory displayed continuously if you find it more convenient than the normal voice display. To switch to the voice directory display, press the · button -- located directly below "Dir" on the display. Voices are selected using the same methods described in the preceding section, and the cursor or data dial will move to the selected voice. To return to the normal voice display press the ] button. 36 Getting Started q Voice Selection Voice Selection 37 Getting Started q The Controllers The Controllers Natural Musical Nuance and Expressive Control If you've read the "VL7 Basics" section (if you haven't, please do so -- page 8) you should understand the concept of "controllers" as applied to the VL7. The "controller parameters" correspond to simulated characteristics of the instrument model -- e. g. breath pressure, embouchure or tonguing. [. . . ] Independent delays are provided for the left and right channels, plus a center delay. Since the goal in producing a delay effect is often to match the delay time to a musical time value, the VL7 includes a "time calculation" function that makes it easy to convert standard note values to their corresponding delay times in milliseconds. 59 Getting Started q Effects s The Time Calculation Pop-up Page NOTES s Refer to page 51 of the Feature Reference manual for full details on the Feedback Delay effects and parameters. Reverb Effects You'll probably want to apply the effects in this stage to some degree to all your voices. These are the effects that will give your sound ambience and a sense of dimension, adding warmth and depth to an otherwise dry sound. Hall 1 Hall 2 Room 1 Room 2 A simulation of the reverbation characteristics of a fairly standard concert hall. This hall simulation produces a richer low-frequency reverb sound than the Hall 1 program. The ambience of a small room rather than a large hall. [. . . ]