Yamaha VL Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
VL Version 2
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5: Experiments
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14.When done set the Filter Mode to LPF.
15.Select the Cutoff Freq. parameter and set it to 2.94
oct.
16.Press (Ctrl) to go back to the controller page.
17.Press = once to turn the Controller parameter off.
18.Press ].
12
: Harmonic Enhancer
1. Use the cursor buttons to highlight the 12: H.Enhnc
item in the element edit display.
2. Press [ to go to the HARMONIC ENHANCER
parameter display.
3. If necessary, use the cursor buttons to highlight the
current setting of the Controller parameter.
4. Press - once to set the Controller parameter to
Modulation Wheel.
5. Press the (Para) function button to go to the har-
monic enhancer parameter page.
6. Use the cursor buttons to highlight the Balance param-
eter.
7. Use the data dial to set the Balance parameter to 63.
8. Try operating the modulation wheel (MW1) while playing
the keyboard, and note how the sound changes.
The harmonic enhancer works by varying the
harmonic content of the sound.
9. When done, reset the Balance parameter to -64.
10.Press (Ctrl) to go back to the controller page.
11.Press = once to turn the Controller parameter off.
12.Press ].
11
: Dynamic Filter
1. Use the cursor buttons to highlight the 11: D.Filtr item
in the element edit display.
2. Press [ to go to the DYNAMIC FILTER parameter
display.
3. If necessary, use the cursor buttons to highlight the
current setting of the Controller parameter.
4. Press - once to set the Controller parameter to
Modulation Wheel.
5. Press the (Para) function button to go to the dynamic
filter parameter page.
6. Use the cursor buttons to highlight the Cutoff Freq.
parameter.
7. Use the data dial to set the Cutoff Freq. parameter to
-1.00 oct.
8. Try operating the modulation wheel (MW1) while playing
the keyboard, and note how the sound changes.
The effect you hear should be that of varying the
cutoff frequency of a low-pass filter.
9. Use the cursor buttons to highlight the Filter Mode
parameter.
10.Press - to set the Filter Mode parameter to BPF.
11.Try operating the modulation wheel (MW1) while playing
the keyboard again. Now you have a variable-frequency
bandpass filter.
12.Press - again to set the Filter Mode parameter to
HPF.
13.Try operating the modulation wheel (MW1) while playing
the keyboard again. This time you have a variable-
frequency high-pass filter.
Use the = and - buttons to select the various
filter types and compare their sound.