Yamaha Motif and the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System Professional Piano Plug-in Board PLG150-PF - Manual (Page 5)

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PLG150-PF is in slot 2, then the PLG2USR
bank will be addressed by bank numbers
63/25, etc.
PLGPRE1 bank = the 64 Preset PLUG-IN
VOICES loaded on detection of the
PLG150-PF; (These are loaded
automatically on power up). When used in
a MIX, look for MSB/LSB numbers, and
“Pp1” below the Part, as follows:
If PLG150-PF is in slot 1: 63/70 Pp1
If PLG150-PF is in slot 2: 63/73 Pp1
If PLG150-PF is in slot 3: 63/76 Pp1
What this means is that if your PLG150-PF
board is in slot 1, then the PLG PRE1 bank
will be bank 63/70. If you select that
MSB/LSB in your MIXER you will be in
touch with the Plug-in Preset1 bank (Pp1).
The Preset Bank for the PLG150-PF will
always be PLG PRE1 no matter which slot.
032/000 = 128 preset Board Voices.
These are the resident sounds of the
PLG150-PF. Use these waveforms to build
finished Motif Plug-in Voices. You can
either build Motif level Voices and store
them to one of 64 PLG USR locations or
you can access these sounds directly
through a SONG or PATTERN MIX. If you
call these up directly through a MIX, they
will still use the effect (if any) that is pre-
programmed on the PLG150-PF Board
Voice, but they will not have any Motif
Voice level effects assignments. You can
apply the System Effects (Rev, Chorus)
and Variation effect of the MIX. You can
apply controller and other parameters via
the PART parameters of the MIX – this lets
you customize any Board Voice for each
“local” Song or Pattern. If you use them
directly in a MIX you will see the MSB/LSB
032/000 and PB below the Part.
If PLG150-PF is in slot 1: 032/000 PB
If PLG150-PF is in slot 2: 032/000 PB
If PLG150-PF is in slot 3: 032/000 PB
When addressing Plug-in Board Voices
directly in a MIX you must be careful when
you have multiple boards of different
technologies. Voice parameters must
match the technology of the board in the
slot. If you point PLG150-PF parameters to
a PLG150-AN you will get a “TYPE
MISMATCH” message and you will get no
sound.
XG Banks: *Other banks are for XG
extension. These begin with MSB/LSB
080/xxx and 096/xxx. These are PF-XG
extensions for use in XG/GM systems.
These are basically the preset board Voices
rearranged into various banks for use in
XG products that can also access sounds
on the PLG150 series boards. They are the
same 128 sounds found in 32/00 just
rearranged for GM/XG category use. You
can ignore these when using the board in
the Motif.
How the PLG150-PF Works
Let’s go through the steps of tweaking a
PLG150-PF sound. You cannot build a
sound “from scratch”, you must start with
the programming provided by the original
programmer of this data. The samples
have been looped and meticulously
mapped and the elements have been built.
Effects and/or EQ has already been applied
to make these sounds “ready-to-play”. 3
The chip set on the PLG150-PF allows
limited access to specific effects. In other
words, if a sound is routed through an
effect that effect is available for you to
tweak – but its assignment is fixed. You
cannot reprogram the effect assignment on
the board. That assignment is fixed – you
can control it but you cannot re-assign it.
You can add the Motif effects Reverb,
Chorus, and Dual Insertion Effects in
addition to those that may be provided on
with the PLG150-PF programming. Consult
the documentation that accompanies the
PLG150-PF for the type of Insertion Effect
that is active (if any) on each of the
provided sounds. For example, Voice #17:
AmbiGrand is a 2 element Voice with a
“Cross Delay” Insertion Effect assigned. Or
check out #90: WurliAmp, a classic
Wurlitzer sound in an “Amp Simulator”.
#68: Sample is an electric piano in a
Rotary Speaker. These are effects that are
on the PLG150-PF board itself and will be
active in a MIX when you select the
PLG150-PF for a PART. This is not a Motif
effect – it refers to the effect processing
available on the PLG150-PF board itself.
Let’s take a closer look so that this is clear.
We are going to do a step-by-step tweak of
the “Wah Clav” Board Voice and turn it
into a finished Motif Plug-in Voice.
3 Of course, you wouldn’t want to buy a PLG
board and have to do all that work yourself.