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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............................................... 4
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 ................. 7
Demonstration ...............................................................7
Using the Harmony Effect..........................................8
Operation .....................................................................8
About the VH Effect Editor in XGworks.............11
Opening the VH Effect Editor................................... 11
Harmony Parameters ................................................ 12
Harmony Type ........................................................... 12
Vocoder Harmony Parameters.................................13
Chordal Harmony Parameters ................................. 19
Detune Harmony Parameters...................................21
Chromatic Harmony Prameters ............................... 22
Harmony System Parameters ................................. 24
Appendix .......................................................................25
XG Effect Map ...........................................................25
MIDI Data Format ...................................................... 26
MIDI Implementation Chart ...................................... 30