Yamaha VL70-m User Manual

The UTILITY SYSTEM sub-mode includes parameters that affect overall operation of the VL70-
m.

• Master Tuning
• Settings: -102.4c … +102.3c

Fine tunes the overall pitch of the VL70-m in 0.1-
cent steps (a “cent” is 1/100th of a semitone). The
maximum minus and plus settings produce a
downward or upward pitch shift of just over a
semitone. A setting of “+000.0” produces no pitch
change.

• System Exclusive Receive
• Settings: off, on

This parameter determines whether or not the
VL70-m will receive MIDI system exclusive
messages. System exclusive data is received when
this parameter is “on”, and ignored when this
parameter is “off”.

• MIDI Transmit Channel
• Settings: 1 … 16

Selects the MIDI channel via which data corre-
sponding to operation of a breath controller
connected to the VL70-m will be transmitted.

• WX Lip Mode
• Settings: Norm, Expd

WX-series Wind MIDI Controllers produce pitch
bend data ranging from “-16” to “+32” in response
to lip (reed) pressure. The “WX Lip” parameter
determines whether these values are used as is
(“Norm”), or expanded to a full “-64” through
“+63” range (“Expd”). When the “Expd” mode is
selected, the expanded pitch bend data is also
transmitted via the MIDI OUT and TO HOST
connector. The “Expd” setting is recommended
when using a WX controller in the “tight lip”
mode. The “Norm” setting is recommended when
using the WX controller “loose lip” mode.

• WX Lip Lock
• Settings: off, on

When this parameters is “off” the VL70-m “WX
Lip” parameter (above) will be automatically set to
“Norm” whenever a MIDI “XG SYSTEM ON” or
“VOICE MODE ON” message is received. Turn
this parameter “on” if you do not want received
MIDI messages to affect the “WX Lip” setting.