The Supplied Demo Disk
The VL70-m is supplied with a demonstration data disk which contains several songs which demonstrate some of the VL70-m’s advanced musical
capabilities. The songs on this disk can be reproduced using any sequencer or computer-based sequence software which can handle SMF (Standard MIDI File
— format 0) song files.
All of the demo songs use the VL70-m for the main melody line, while a second XG tone generator (Yamaha MU50 or MU80 for example) supplies the backing.
■NOTES
•The supplied disk is a 2DD type (720 kilobytes) using MS-DOS format. The disk can be read by Macintosh computers by using the PC Exchange application and an application such as ResEdit which can change the file’s file type.
The VL70-m Voice Editing Software
— What It Is & Where To Get It —
The range of parameters accessible via the VL70-m programming interface is limited to the simplest “upper level” of virtual acoustic synthesis parameters. The “core” parameters which are the true foundation of physical modeling are extremely complex, and were therefore not made directly accessible.
The VL70-m Expert Editor voice editing software provides full access to the complete range of physical modeling parameters. It can be used alone to create new voices, or edit voices loaded from the VL70-m. The VL70-m Expert Editor is basically a refined version of the editing software Yamaha voicing professionals use to create original voices for VL-series synthesizers and tone generators. It therefore gives you full professional-level programming power and potential. Another handy VL editing software is the VL Visual Editor. The VL Visual Editor makes it easy for anyone to create new VL voices via a graphic, easy-to- use editing interface. The VL70-m Expert Editor can read voice files created by the VL Visual Editor, allowing further in-depth programming.
The VL Voice Editing Software can be obtained via Yamaha’s XG
home page on the World Wide Web, “http://www.yamaha.co.jp./english/xg/html/ libhm.html”.