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- Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 1
Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Owner's Manual Contents Introduction 2 Starting Up 3 Assigning the PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC to a Part 4 Using the Plug-in Board Editor - Example Operation . . . . . .5 Menu Bar 6 The Library window 8 The Toolbar 10 The Edit window 16 The Toolbar 19 Troubleshooting - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 2
Introduction With Plug-in Board Editor, you can edit your PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC's voices and effects via your computer. Its graphical user interface provides for easy editing by presenting each synthesizer parameter on screen as a slider, switch, and - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 3
Editor from the Start menu. (Programs m YAMAHA OPT Tools m Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC m Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/ PLG150-PC) NOTE The Plug-in Board Editor Board Editor. OPT levels of the client application Plug-in Board Editor operation Operation support Operation - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 4
Assigning the PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC to a Part In order to play and edit the PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC, the DR/PC voice must be assigned to a Part on the tone generator/sound card. q w e NOTE If you need to select a Part after starting the Plug-in Board Editor, use the "Setup" dialog box. q Select Part - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 5
to be edited in the KEY Unit. Adjust the tonal characteristics of the voice using the filter and other settings. You can use the graph editors in each dialog to visually edit the parameters. NOTE By enabling the "Compare" button in the toolbar in the Edit window, you can make A/B comparisons - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 6
which are unavailable are grayed out. NOTE The most commonly-used menus in the Menu Bar are available as buttons in the Plug-in Board Editor's toolbar. File New Creates and opens a new Library file. Open Library This is the same as the "Open" button in the Toolbar (Page 10). Save - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 7
grayed out. Paste Copies the voice from the clipboard to Plug-in Board Editor. Initialize Resets the selected voice parameters to the default. If nothing is in the toolbar (Page 19). Setup Setup This is the same as the "Editor Setup" button in the toolbar (Page 13). Transmit Bulk This is the same - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 8
Library window When you start the Plug-in Board Editor, you will first see the Library window consisting a Library file (*.DRK/*.PCK). q w e q Toolbar This area holds the buttons controlling Plug-in Board Editor (Page 10). w Tabs Click one of these to view the voice list for that group. e Voice list - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 9
Viewing Just the Voice Names You can view just the names of all voices in the group without their "Number" information. To do this, right-click on any part of the voice list and choose "List." This may be useful when choosing voices quickly, since you will have less scrolling to do. NOTE To switch - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 10
the "Open" dialog and select a Library file to open. "Open" Dialog q w e t r y q "Look in Click this and choose the folder containing the Plug-in Board Editor files. w List box Shows the contents of the current folder. e "File name Shows the name of the files selected from the List. r "Files of - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 11
w "Save" button Click this to save the existing Library file with your new settings. If you are working on a new file, this button will open the "Save As" dialog, where you can name and save your settings as a new Library file (*.DRK/*.PCK). "Save As" Dialog You can store the list of edited voices as a - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 12
e Save As SMF Click this to open the "Save As SMF" Dialog. "Save As SMF" Dialog Voice data can be saved as an SMF format file. NOTE If you choose multiple voices in the Library window, only one voice (lowest Voice No.) is saved. q w e t r y q "Save in Click this and choose the folder in which - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 13
this dialog, refer to the owner's manual or documentation for the particular "mother" number of the "mother" device to which the PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC is installed. t "Dump Interval:" ...... Click the DR/PC voice. u "Board No Click this and choose the plug-in board to which the Plug-in Board Editor - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 14
t "Transmit" button Click this to open the "Transmit" dialog to transmit all settings to your plug-in board. "Transmit" Dialog Voice data can be transmitted in bulk to your plug-in board. Click the [Start] button to begin transmitting the data. The progress bar shows how much of the data has been - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 15
be transferred to your plug-in board for monitoring. NOTE Monitoring will not be possible if the MIDI Out port and other parameters in the Editor Setup are not set correctly. For further details, see page 13. y [Close] button........... Click this to close the Import dialog. 15 - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 16
Edit window can be stored in the Library file. • For details on individual parameters, refer to the PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC owner's manual. Edit window t e r q w EFFECT Unit y i !0 !3 !5 u o !1 !2 !4 !6 @1 @2 @3 !7 !8 !9 @0 q KEY Shows the note name to be edited. w Keyboard Click on the - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 17
t VOLUME Sets the output level of the signal from Insertion Effect and the bypassed signal sent to the Reverb Effect Unit. y COARSE Sets the pitch in coarse increments (semitones). u FINE Fine-tunes the pitch. i RESO Sets the LFO Resonance level. o CUTOFF Sets the LFO Cutoff Frequency. !0 ATTACK - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 18
s Effect Unit q e ty o w r i u q INSERTION Click on the text box and choose the type of Insertion Effect. w DRY/WET Sets the Dry/Wet balance. e DETAIL Click this to set the exact parameters for the respective Insertion Effect via the "INSERTION EFFECT" dialog. r REV SEND Sets the send level - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 19
The Toolbar This area contains the buttons for controlling the Edit window. q "Editor Setup" button See item e in "The Toolbar" of "The Library window" (Page 13). qwe r w "Library" button Click this to bring the Library window back into - Yamaha PLG150-DR | PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR/PLG150 - Page 20
Troubleshooting If you encounter problems such as no sound output or abnormal behavior, verify the connections before checking the following. If you are using Plug-in Board Editor in the client application, refer to the client application's owner's manual as well. Sound does not change when using
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1
Plug-in Board Editor
for PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC
Owner’s Manual
Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Starting Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Assigning the PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC to a Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using the Plug-in Board Editor — Example Operation. . . . . .5
Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
The Library window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
The Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The Edit window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
The Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
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This owner’s manual is applicable to both the Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR and the Plug-in
Board Editor for PLG150-PC.
The screen illustrations are mainly taken from the Plug-in Board Editor for PLG150-DR for Windows.
This owner’s manual assumes that you are already familiar with basic Windows operation. If you are not,
please refer to the owner’s manual which came with your Windows OS software before using Plug-in
Board Editor.
For information about hardware requirements, the interconnection of devices and the installation of the
Plug-in Board Editor software, refer to the separate “PLG150-DR/PLG150-PC Owner’s Manual” as well
as the Owner’s Manual for the respective MIDI device.