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PLG100-XG —XG Plug-in Board
Add XG and General MIDI compatibility to your existing synthesizer! This modular synthesis plug-in board gives you over 400 professional-quality sampled voices, from bread-and-butter instruments to familiar sound effects, as well as 12 extraordinary drum kits. Plus it provides 32 additional notes of polyphony and 16 extra multitimbral parts, allowing for the creation of fully orchestrated sequences. And because it supports the XG MIDI standard, you can use it to faithfully play back XG or General MIDI files using a MIDI sequencer. Home recording hobbyists in particular will find this plug-in board an indispensable addition to an existing keyboard setup.
What is the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System?
Powerful Expansion Boards That:
Expand your sound generation capabilities
Increase your available polyphony
Give you more multitimbral parts and effects
Can be controlled from the host keyboard
Come bundled with PC software for detailed voice editing
PLG100 Standard Series Plug-in Boards
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. The PLG100 Standard 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.
Note: Bundled editors are software plug-ins developed for XGworks sequencing software (Windows 95/98).
These plug-in boards offer high-quality voices and/or effects that are essential for any music genre. All PLG100 Series plug-in boards are compatible with Yamaha's XG format to ensure versatile music production.
Note: PLG150 Series plug-in boards and the PLG100-VH and PLG100-XG plug-in boards can be installed together in any combination in the S80 or CS6x/6R. Using previously released plug-in boards (PLG100-VL and PLG-DX), however, may result in 1) loss of edited voice data when the power is off, or 2) no sound output; therefore it is recommended to install the tuned-up versions (PLG150-VL and PLG150-DX) in these synthesizers.
