MATRIXSYNTH: Yamaha VL-1


Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Yamaha VL-1

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"Yamaha VL-1 Virtual Acoustic Synthesizer in very good condition. Includes manuals on CD in pdf format, power cable and gig bag.
VL-1 SPECIFICATIONS
• 49 key, C-to-C, keyboard with Velocity and Channel Aftertouch sensitivity
• Pitch Bend, Modulation, Assignable Wheels
• Octave shift up/down buttons
• 2 Continuous Slider controls
• Breath Controller input
• 2 Foot Controller Pedal inputs
• Data Entry Wheel
• Synthesis method: Self-oscillating Virtual Acoustic (S/VA) synthesis. Voice made up from 1 or 2 separate Elements.
• Modifiers: Harmonic Enhancer, Resonant Dynamic Filter (Low-pass, High-pass, Band-pass & Notch), 5-band Parametric Equaliser, Impulse Expander, Resonator.
• Built-in S/VA-specific Effects processor (32-bit DSP, stereo in/out): Modulation (flanger, pitch change, chorus), Delay (Echo), Reverberation, Distortion.
• Polyphony: 2 notes maximum.
• Internal RAM storage: 128 voices.
• External Storage: 3.5 inch DD / HD disk drive.
• 240 x 64 dot backlit LCD
• Output Level: Stereo, 2.5 +/- 2 dBm into 10k Ohms.
• Dynamic Range: Not available (but uses two 20-bit DACs).
• MIDI Response Time: Measured at 5 +/- 0.5 milliseconds"

4 comments:

  1. I remember all the press around the VL-1 when it came out. I never played one... they sure look nice.

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  2. HA HA! The front panel looks like the dash on my Town Car!

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  3. Dang, why don't these things ever show up when I've got spare cash!

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  4. I've bought and subsequently sold 4 of these. Every time I don't have one in the studio, I pine for one. As soon as I get one, I end up having no use for it.

    I've always made a profit, though, and I now have a bunch of breath controllers.

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