
Volume: Modular Synthesis Plug-in System PLG150-DX
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PLG150-DX Advanced DX/TX Board
The PLG150-DX is a single part board.
It has 912 preset voices and board RAM for 64
user board voices. These 64 user board voices
are created and/or loaded in with the provided
computer DX Easy Editor or DX Simulator
software and exist in a volatile RAM bank on the
board. Think of the PLG150-DX as a separate
synthesizer - in this case a DX7. (In fact, Voice
data can be loaded from any Yamaha 6-operator
DX/TX series product. Simply make SYSEX INFO
AVAILABLE in the DX product.) The DX is the
same FM or Frequency Modulation synthesis
found in the classic synthesizer. When you place
the PLG150-DX board in the mothership you can
address it via offsets from the front panel and/or
in detail with the Voice Editor software. You can
load in custom Voice sets, you can make
variations from the preset data and with the
software, you can create your own sounds from
scratch. The PLG150-DX has its own 16-notes of
polyphony.
Checking Installation
Check to make sure your board or boards are
properly installed. Here’s how:
On the host: Press [UTILITY]
Use the MENU feature (SHIFT+PAGE) or PAGE
knob to navigate to the PLG Status screen
vPLG Status> PLG1:PLG150-DX Expand
Plugin PLG2:PLG150-PF 4----
Figure 1: Your screen may differ according to what
boards you have plugged into which slots. The
“Expand” parameter will be active only when you have
2 boards of the same type installed and polyphony
expansion is possible. A second PLG150-DX will give
you a maximum of 32 notes of FM polyphony in Expand
‘poly’ mode. Because the System is modular, this
polyphony does not take away from the 64-note
polyphony of the mothership host.
PLG Voices on Disk
Load the Plug-in Voices that come with the
PLG150-DX. On the diskette that accompanies
your board find the appropriate file:
“01PlgVc1.mid” or “01PlgVc2.mid” depending
on whether your board is in slot 1 or slot 2.
Playing this file to the S/CS will bulk the Plug-In
Voice data to the 64 [PLG] locations for that
board.
Play through the S/CS PLG bank (Plug-in
Voices). Press [PLG1] or [PLG2] and select the
first sound A01, the sound called ‘DX E.Piano’.
There are 64 Plug-in Voices (A01-D16). Once
loaded you can save these to an optional
SmartMedia card as an ALL (or ALL_VOICE) type
file.
To SAVE an ALL file to SmartMedia card
• Press [CARD] to enter the Card mode
• Use the PAGE knob to select the SAVE Card
function
• If necessary set the TYPE to “all”
• Name your file (8 characters).
• Press [ENTER]; and [YES] to execute
• If you name your file in the root directory
(literally): AUTOLOAD.S2A the synthesizer
will automatically load this file when you
switch it ON. (Obviously, there can only be
one such file).
It is important to note that an “ALL” file will save
the S/CS Voice and Performance Banks including:
128 [INT] Voices + 2 [INT] Drum Voices
128 [INT] Performances
128 [EXT] Voices + 2 [EXT] Drum Voices
64 [EXT] Performances
64 [PLG1] Plug-in Voices
64 [PLG2] Plug-in Voices
It does not save custom Board Voice data,
however, that is a separate bulk. (See “To Save
a PLUGIN file to SmartMedia Card” section.
What is a Plug-in Voice and what is a Board
Voice?
The Plug-in Voices are found from the front
panel of the host S/CS synth under the [PLG1]
and [PLG2] buttons, when you have a PLG board
properly installed. The host can store 64 Plug-in
Voices per board (A01-D16). The PLG150-DX
comes with a disk file that will load 64 Plug-In
Voices to your synth. They use the mothership’s
(S/CS) parameters, routing and effects but call
PLG150-DX TUTORIAL
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