Physical Controllers - Yamaha VL70-m Owner's Manual

Physical Controllers

First, here's a list of some of the physical controllers you might want to use
with the VL70-m:
Breath Controller A natural candidate for controlling pressure, tonguing, throat
(MIDI control formant, growl, and other parameters.
change no. 02)
Pitch Bend Wheel The pitch bend wheel on your keyboard or other MIDI device
can be assigned to a range of parameters, but it's "standard"
function is pitch control. A controller parameter such as Embou-
chure can also be assigned to the pitch bend wheel for more
realistic pitch variations.
Modulation Since the modulation wheel on your keyboard or other MIDI
Wheel device can be assigned to any controller parameter, it can be an
(MIDI control important tool for musical expression. Use it in conjunction with
change no. 01) a breath controller or a foot controller for broad expressive
variation.
Like the modulation wheel, a foot controller connected to your
Foot Controller
(MIDI control keyboard or other MIDI device can be assigned to any VL70-m
controller parameter.
change no. 04)
Keyboard aftertouch allows you to control any controller
Aftertouch
parameter by the pressure you apply to a key after it is initially
pressed. This is perhaps the most "intimate" type of keyboard
expression control.
Although normally assigned to pressure (particularly in plucked
Velocity
string voices), keyboard velocity can also be assigned to any
other controller parameter.
The MIDI protocol provides 119 control change numbers, some
Others
of which are pre-assigned to specific controllers — as noted
above, "01" is "Modulation Wheel", for example. 95 of these
are available for assignments to the VL70-m controller param-
eters, so any available MIDI control devices can be used to full
advantage. A complete list of the available MIDI control change
numbers is given below.
Control No.
off(00)
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08~09
10
11
12~31
MIDI Control Change Number Assignments
Controller
off (used by Bank Select MSB)
Modulation Wheel
Breath Controller
Unassigned
Foot Controller
Portamento Time
Data Entry MSB
Volume Control
Unassigned
Panpot
Expression
Unassigned
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