Yamaha Motif and the Modular Synthesis Plug-In System, PLG100 - VH 3Applying the PLG 100-VH

appropriate for your microphone. This will place your voice in the center of the mix.

•Set any effects or pan position to taste.

3>Applying the PLG 100-VH:

•Press the [EDIT] button.

•Press the [COMMON] button next to the Data Wheel to enter Common level parameters

•Press [F6] Effects/ [SF1] Connect. The PLG100-VH is an effect processor and logically this is where you will program all of its parameters. (Your PLG1 button will not work. The PLG100-VH is an effect processor and does not have Voices, per se).

•In the upper left corner of the screen you will see a diagram with two signals coming in from the left. The upper one is VCE INS or Voice Insertion Effect (the Part with the Insert Effects active). The lower one is reserved for the PLG-EFFor Plug-In Effect Processor. That’s us! It reads “off’ in the diagram below. Move the cursor down to highlight the word “off”.

•Use the [DEC/NO] button to set the EFFECT PART as “PART A/D” (your Microphone)

•Highlight the PLG-EF box to view the various VH board modes: Thru (bypass), Vocoder HM, Chordal HM, Detune HM, Chromatic HM. Use the Data Wheel to make selections.

Important navigation tip: The screen above is very informative and changes when you activate or highlight particular areas. Notice in the screen shot above both F6 (Effect) and SF1 (Connect) are currently selected. When you install a PLG board that is an effect board, the “PLG-EF” box (which represents the VH board in this case), SF2 will display a button that will allow you to drop down and see the native PLUG IN EFFECT parameters. To return to this screen while editing the Vocal Harmony parameters remember to hit SF1 Connect.

What Are the Four Vocal Harmony Types?

VOCODER HM: This produces up to three synth voice harmony notes whose pitches correspond to the exact notes you play on the MOTIF. In other words, you can sing the melody and "play" the harmony or harmonies from the keyboard (or have them follow from a sequencer track). The Harmony sound can be edited. The Lead voice can be synthesized, as well (Pitch Correct = ON). This is very useful when you want to Pitch Correct your voice, forcing the sound of your voice to the notes you play on the keyboard. You can edit this synth lead voice from 'almost' natural to robot-like to munchkin-like (Lead Gender Depth). You can use your mouth shape and the sound of your voice to create unusual and bizarre out-of-this- world vocal effects. Changing the gender of the Voice uses one of the harmony voices and reduces the number of synth backing voices to 2.

Chordal HM: This produces up to three harmony notes that correspond to the chord-type you play on the MOTIF (or chords recorded to a sequencer).

For example, if you play a C major triad on the keyboard and sing a ‘C’ note (and Chordal Mode is set to “trio”), the resulting harmonies will be ‘C’, ‘E’, and ‘G’. Thirty-four different chord types are recognized in this mode - giving you an amazingly full and flexible palette of harmonies, suitable for nearly any music style. The number of harmonies produced and their position above or below the melody is set in the Mode parameter.

In general, the Chordal Type is best suited when you want to simply play the chords and have the Harmony effect automatically sort out the suitable notes.

DETUNE HM: This produces a slightly “detuned” pitch and mixes it with the input signal for a rich, chorusing effect. The amount of the detuning is editable via the MODE parameter.

MIDI note data from a keyboard or sequencer has no effect in this mode.

CHROMATIC (CHROMAT.HM): This produces a harmony at a fixed pitch interval from the original sound (such as an octave, or a third). The amount of the pitch shift is set with the MODE parameter.