This amazing plug-in board lets you equip the SW1000-XG with an entirely different synthesiser - a "Virtual Acoustic" synthesiser that creates voices with the powerful physical modelling tone generation system. These monophonic voices are breathtakingly dynamic and natural, and - because of the enormously expressive performance controls - are perfect for soloing.

Yamaha's Modular Synthesis Plug-in System is a revolutionary expansion system that adds a COMPLETE SYNTHESIZER or SOUND PROCESSING ENGINE to any Modular-Synthesis-Plug-in- compatible synthesizer. Yamaha's amazing plug-in board lineup, which includes the PLG150 Professional Series not only gives you new sounds, but also new synthesis architecture, new effects processors, extra polyphony and more. It's like placing an additional synthesizer or digital effects processor inside your existing keyboard but at a fraction of the cost!

Once a plug-in board is installed, you can directly access any of its voices and edit them from the front panel of the host synthesizer. You can also use a PC-based software editor (bundled with each plug-in board) to edit any of the voices in detail. Many voice parameters can be controlled by a MIDI sequencer, which enables you to record realtime edits, such as filter cutoff frequency and effect levels, for automated voice transformation during playback.

With the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System, you can customize your Yamaha synthesizer with the exact synthesis or processing power you need … whenever you need it.

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Features:

• Full hardware physical modeling.
• Tone generation system using the accalimed Yamaha's VL70-m.
• Tone generator architecture
• Yamaha's S/VA (Self-oscillating/Virtual Acoustic Synthesis: VLR Algorithm) Synthesis Technology to simulate the complex vibrations, resonances, reflections and other acoustic phenomena that occur in a real wind or string instruments.
• The ability to design 'hybrid' sounds such as powerful new analogue style instruments that do not exist in reality.
• 256 presets.
• 256 preset, 6 custom and 64 internal voices.
• VL Visual Editor: A software Plug-in module for Yamaha's XGworks MIDI/audio sequencer to control the huge potential of the VL sound. The Synthesis screen displays available driver and pipe/strings selections. After selecting the driver and pipe/string, the screen returns a number of selectable variations. Then proceed to the Edit screen, where a number of parameters can be controlled with intuitive faders.

Technical Specifications:

• Plug-in board for the Yamaha SW1000XG musicians sound card
• Tone Generation Method: S/VA (Self-oscillating Virtual Acoustic Synthesis)
• VLR algorithm
• Maximum Simultaneous Polyphony: 1-note (monophonic)
• Sound Module Mode: VL-XG (VL Extension for XG)
• Voices: 256 in Preset (137 in VL-XG), 64 in Internal, 6 in Custom
• Interface: XG Plug-in Connector (15 pin Digital I/F connector)
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 138.5 x 89 x 8.5 mm
• Weight: 56g

System Requirements:

• An SW1000XG sound card installed and running in your computer

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