Yamaha VL70-m User Manual
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Setting Up
Breath Controller
If you will be using the VL70-m with a keyboard, a breath controller is an
essential expressive tool — both for realistic expression with wind-instru-
essential expressive tool — both for realistic expression with wind-instru-
ment voices and unprecedented expressive control with string voices. Plug an
optional Yamaha BC3, BC2 or BC1 Breath Controller into the front-panel
breath controller jack. If the controlling MIDI keyboard has a breath controller
jack, it might be more convenient to plug the breath contoller in there rather
than directly into the VL70-m. The Breath Controller is ideal for controlling
parameters that would normally be affected by a wind player’s breath: dynam-
ics, timbre, pitch, and others.
optional Yamaha BC3, BC2 or BC1 Breath Controller into the front-panel
breath controller jack. If the controlling MIDI keyboard has a breath controller
jack, it might be more convenient to plug the breath contoller in there rather
than directly into the VL70-m. The Breath Controller is ideal for controlling
parameters that would normally be affected by a wind player’s breath: dynam-
ics, timbre, pitch, and others.
■ IMPORTANT!
• If you will be using a BC3, BC2, or BC1 breath controller plugged into the BREATH jack,
• If you will be using a BC3, BC2, or BC1 breath controller plugged into the BREATH jack,
the “Breath Mode” parameter must be set to “BC/WX” (page 96). This is also necessary if
you plug the breath controller into the keyboard’s breath controller jack.
you plug the breath controller into the keyboard’s breath controller jack.
PHONES
WX IN
BREATH
POWER/VOL
PUSH ON/OFF
PART
MIDI
BANK/PGM# VOL EXP PAN REV CHO VAR KEY
BC/WX
VELOCITY
TOUCH EG
VELOCITY
TOUCH EG
VOICE
VL-XG
VL-XG
PLAY EDIT
UTIL EFFECT
BREATH
MODE
MIDI/
WX
ENTER
EXIT
PART
SELECT
VALUE
ALL
VIRTUAL ACOUSTIC TONE GENERATOR
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
BREATH
BC3
VL70-m
MIDI keyboard