Yamaha VL7 (version 2) Virtual Acoustic Synthesizer with BC3 SN KPO1679

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"The Yamaha VL7 is a monophonic Virtual Acoustic Synthesizer with 49 keys. The unit is in excellent condition, and the OS is version 2 . I have included a Yamaha BC3 Breath Controller. I am also including a bottle of mouthpiece disinfectant; had to make sure the BC3 worked, but also needed to keep it sanitary! Please spray the mouthpiece before using it the first time. I downloaded the manuals and printed them. I realized when the printing was almost finished I hadn't set the printer pages for 'double-sided' printing, so the manuals are a bit thick.

The VL7 is a beautiful monophonic digital synthesizer that I've had for several years (over 10); I'm the second owner. It has been in a smoke-free environment. The VL7 is capable of many exotic digital synthesizer sounds in addition to reed/brass/plucked string models. I formatted a few floppy discs, and have loaded/saved successfully. I have very old (1990s!) floppies at home; I included two, with the system on one, and the voices on another. Occasionally when formatting one of the disks, I got a "can't read the disk" message; I hit yes a couple of times and the formatting went well.

I set the VL7 to respond to keyboard velocity (without the need of a breath controller) out of the box. Using a breath controller really makes the instrument soar. To make it work with the BC3 (or if you have another breath controller already), press the "utility" button, then soft key F1 (system), cursor over to 6 (breath mode), press enter, and select 'BC/WX'. I've set the display for "normal" viewing. You can also set it for "reverse"; the background will be dark, with light text. You can see that in the pic of the manuals and the copyright screen. That function is under 'utility', '(7) miscellaneous', then 'display'.

From Yamaha's website:

'The VL7... creates a computer physical model of an actual instrument inside the synthesizer. The VA instrument has a sound-producing device. This can be either a Pipe or a String. This is sounded by a driver: a pair of lips, a reed or a bow. The sound is then passed through modifiers before going to the internal effects. Both the instrument sound and the modifier parameters can be controlled by the Controller section.

Virtual Acoustic Synthesis
It creates a computer physical model of an actual instrument inside the synthesizer. The VA instrument has a sound-producing device. This can be either a Pipe or a String. This is sounded by a driver: a pair of lips, a reed or a bow. The sound is then passed through modifiers before going to the internal effects. Both the instrument sound and the modifier parameters can be controlled by the Controller section.

Control of the instrument
A large number of factors can modify the sound-in the case of a wind instrument, the player's breath and mouth and lips (among others) affect the sound. In the case of a bowed string instrument, the player's arm movements, expressed in bow pressure and velocity, affect the sounds. With a VL synthesizer, the following parameters of an instrument can be changed: pressure, embouchure, pitch, vibrato, tonguing, amplitude, scream, breath noise, growl, throat format, dynamic filtering, Harmonic enhance, damping, and absorption.

Modifiers
A high degree of control can be exercised over the final timbre by using the 5-section modifier block: Harmonic Enhancer, Dynamic Filter, Frequency Equalizer, Impulse Expander, Resonator.

A synthesizer that doesn't sound like a synthesizer?
Changing a controller while a note is playing actually changes the behavior of the "instrument" and the way it is played.

An unparalleled degree of control
In addition to the velocity, aftertouch-responsive keyboard, pitchbend and modulation wheels, the VL7 has an additional control wheel (MW2), two continuous sliders, connectors for two foot pedals, connectors for two foot controllers, and a connector for a BC-2 breath controller.

Playing imaginary instruments
The VL7 supplies you with voices such as a saxophone mouthpiece attached to a trumpet body. The joy of Virtual Acoustic Synthesis is that you can experience imaginary instruments of this type, and express what you want to say in a musical way.'"