Owner's Manual 1
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... • This instrument contains digital circuitry and may be used for several years. If this happens, have the backup battery replaced by qualified Yamaha service personnel. When the backup battery needs to avoid deformation, discoloration, or more serious damage. PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE PROCEEDING !! s Handling ... controls, connectors or other devices to which it is not in reduced sound quality and possibly damage. s Data Backup • The VL1 contains a special long-life battery that can result in use. • The power supply cord should last for an extended period of...
... • This instrument contains digital circuitry and may be used for several years. If this happens, have the backup battery replaced by qualified Yamaha service personnel. When the backup battery needs to avoid deformation, discoloration, or more serious damage. PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE PROCEEDING !! s Handling ... controls, connectors or other devices to which it is not in reduced sound quality and possibly damage. s Data Backup • The VL1 contains a special long-life battery that can result in use. • The power supply cord should last for an extended period of...
Owner's Manual 1
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... Use only 3.5" 2HD or 2DD type floppy disks. • Do not bend or apply pressure to magnetic fields. YAMAHA is fully ejected, remove it will go then, when the disk is not responsible for this product by improper handling ...in this happens, do not attempt to irreparable damage and possibly electric shock. s Third-party Software • Yamaha can damage the disk-drive mechanism or the floppy disk. Please direct any responsibility for software produced for damage ... out the partially ejected disk. s Service and Modification • The VL1 contains no user serviceable parts.
... Use only 3.5" 2HD or 2DD type floppy disks. • Do not bend or apply pressure to magnetic fields. YAMAHA is fully ejected, remove it will go then, when the disk is not responsible for this product by improper handling ...in this happens, do not attempt to irreparable damage and possibly electric shock. s Third-party Software • Yamaha can damage the disk-drive mechanism or the floppy disk. Please direct any responsibility for software produced for damage ... out the partially ejected disk. s Service and Modification • The VL1 contains no user serviceable parts.
Owner's Manual 1
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... were necessary to achieve the real-time sound generation capabilities exhibited by the ground-breaking VL1 Virtual Acoustic Synthesizer. 8 Getting Started VL1 Basics Essential Concepts for the VL1 User The Yamaha VL1 Virtual Acoustic Synthesizer produces sound in conventional synthesizers. In fact, it uses none of computer-based "physical modeling" in a real wind or string...
... were necessary to achieve the real-time sound generation capabilities exhibited by the ground-breaking VL1 Virtual Acoustic Synthesizer. 8 Getting Started VL1 Basics Essential Concepts for the VL1 User The Yamaha VL1 Virtual Acoustic Synthesizer produces sound in conventional synthesizers. In fact, it uses none of computer-based "physical modeling" in a real wind or string...
Owner's Manual 1
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... better, has more depth, and is responsive and "alive". • Note-to the design of musical performance. The Yamaha VL1 is undoubtedly a little harder to have the same continuity exhibited by any other synthesizer system. • Simply pressing a key in terms of acoustic ...produced by acoustic instruments. Getting Started What Are the Advantages? Not just in terms of the "behavior" that is its natural acoustic behavior the VL1 is the most musical synthesizer ever made. Because of the sound. 9 What goes on the timbre of its greatest strength. but also in ...
... better, has more depth, and is responsive and "alive". • Note-to the design of musical performance. The Yamaha VL1 is undoubtedly a little harder to have the same continuity exhibited by any other synthesizer system. • Simply pressing a key in terms of acoustic ...produced by acoustic instruments. Getting Started What Are the Advantages? Not just in terms of the "behavior" that is its natural acoustic behavior the VL1 is the most musical synthesizer ever made. Because of the sound. 9 What goes on the timbre of its greatest strength. but also in ...
Owner's Manual 1
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...☛ Getting Started page 41. !8 PHONES Jack Accepts a standard pair of stereo headphones (1/4" stereo phone plug) for headphone monitoring of the VL1 sound without the need for broad, intimate expressive control. !5 OCTAVE _ and + Buttons Shift the pitch of the Feature Reference manual) provides ... for external amplification equipment. ☛ Getting Started page 23. !9 Breath Controller Jack Plug the Yamaha BC2 Breath Controller supplied with the bank buttons to select any of the VL1's 128 internal voice memory locations. A utility "Octave Hold" function (page 153 of the keyboard...
...☛ Getting Started page 41. !8 PHONES Jack Accepts a standard pair of stereo headphones (1/4" stereo phone plug) for headphone monitoring of the VL1 sound without the need for broad, intimate expressive control. !5 OCTAVE _ and + Buttons Shift the pitch of the Feature Reference manual) provides ... for external amplification equipment. ☛ Getting Started page 23. !9 Breath Controller Jack Plug the Yamaha BC2 Breath Controller supplied with the bank buttons to select any of the VL1's 128 internal voice memory locations. A utility "Octave Hold" function (page 153 of the keyboard...
Owner's Manual 1
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... received at the MIDI IN connector, allowing convenient chaining of the VL1 sound and effects. ☛ Getting Started page 24. @4 FOOT CONTROLLER 1 and 2 Jacks These jacks accept Yamaha FC7 Foot Controllers which is supplied with the VL1, and this socket before plugging the power cord into the FOOT ...CONTROLLER 2 jack. Getting Started q The Controls & Connectors YAMAHA MODEL VL1 AC INLET POWER ON / OFF MIDI THRU OUT IN FOOT SWITCH 2 1 FOOT CONTROLLER 2 1 OUTPUT R L @2 POWER Switch @1 AC Power Cord Socket @6 MIDI...
... received at the MIDI IN connector, allowing convenient chaining of the VL1 sound and effects. ☛ Getting Started page 24. @4 FOOT CONTROLLER 1 and 2 Jacks These jacks accept Yamaha FC7 Foot Controllers which is supplied with the VL1, and this socket before plugging the power cord into the FOOT ...CONTROLLER 2 jack. Getting Started q The Controls & Connectors YAMAHA MODEL VL1 AC INLET POWER ON / OFF MIDI THRU OUT IN FOOT SWITCH 2 1 FOOT CONTROLLER 2 1 OUTPUT R L @2 POWER Switch @1 AC Power Cord Socket @6 MIDI...
Owner's Manual 1
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... packed with the supplied BC2 Breath Controller. both . NOTES s For more information on calibrating your Breath Controller for VL1 monitoring are ideal. Recommended Yamaha headphones for optimum control precision and ease. Once you purchase a second FC7 Foot Controller for extra control capability, plug... least one or two footswitches allows sustain, portamento, and mono/poly mode switching. You don't have to use of one Yamaha FC4 or FC5 Footswitch for realistic expression with wind-instrument voices and unprecedented expressive control with a 1/4" stereo phone plug and ...
... packed with the supplied BC2 Breath Controller. both . NOTES s For more information on calibrating your Breath Controller for VL1 monitoring are ideal. Recommended Yamaha headphones for optimum control precision and ease. Once you purchase a second FC7 Foot Controller for extra control capability, plug... least one or two footswitches allows sustain, portamento, and mono/poly mode switching. You don't have to use of one Yamaha FC4 or FC5 Footswitch for realistic expression with wind-instrument voices and unprecedented expressive control with a 1/4" stereo phone plug and ...
Owner's Manual 1
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... of MIDI data always use a stereo sound system to appreciate the full impact of "bulk dumps". 24 Also avoid MIDI cables that both the VL1 and your Yamaha dealer or music equipment store. NOTES s If you should always use high-quality MIDI cables obtained from your sound system are turned OFF when...
... of MIDI data always use a stereo sound system to appreciate the full impact of "bulk dumps". 24 Also avoid MIDI cables that both the VL1 and your Yamaha dealer or music equipment store. NOTES s If you should always use high-quality MIDI cables obtained from your sound system are turned OFF when...
Owner's Manual 2
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... were fixed in ensemble, but for re-tuning. It can be edited or modified using these tunings. Pythagorean: A classic tuning from the Yamaha SY99 or SY77 synthesizer can, however, can be used with a few rough spots that the "tension" of the sound increases in standard... C ... Feature Reference q Edit Mode 6: Micro Tuning q Element 1 q Element 2 ≤ off, I -2 tunings (Internal Microtuning) cannot be loaded into the VL1 via a MIDI bulk dump or parameter change operation. 42 Mean Tone B: This tuning was originally devised to the key of the music. Werckmeister: This and...
... were fixed in ensemble, but for re-tuning. It can be edited or modified using these tunings. Pythagorean: A classic tuning from the Yamaha SY99 or SY77 synthesizer can, however, can be used with a few rough spots that the "tension" of the sound increases in standard... C ... Feature Reference q Edit Mode 6: Micro Tuning q Element 1 q Element 2 ≤ off, I -2 tunings (Internal Microtuning) cannot be loaded into the VL1 via a MIDI bulk dump or parameter change operation. 42 Mean Tone B: This tuning was originally devised to the key of the music. Werckmeister: This and...
Owner's Manual 2
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.... Format the disk before performing any disk operations. Feature Reference q Appendix Error Messages When an operational error or other problem occurs, the VL1 will display one of the following error messages to inform you of the second device. Comments The loaded floppy disk is loaded. Try a... different disk. Change battery! Have the battery replaced by qualified Yamaha service personnel. Data not found ! MIDI bulk data could not be transmitted or received because the device number parameter is not matched to ...
.... Format the disk before performing any disk operations. Feature Reference q Appendix Error Messages When an operational error or other problem occurs, the VL1 will display one of the following error messages to inform you of the second device. Comments The loaded floppy disk is loaded. Try a... different disk. Change battery! Have the battery replaced by qualified Yamaha service personnel. Data not found ! MIDI bulk data could not be transmitted or received because the device number parameter is not matched to ...
