Yamaha Electone EL-900 Owner's Manual page 35

A bout t he V i rt ual A coust i c Synt hesi s ﾑ V A voi ces of t he L ead
V oi ce 2 Sect i on
U nl i ke previ ous t one generat i on syst em s w hi ch use osci l l at ors, funct i on
generat ors, preset w aveform s or sam pl es t o produce sound, Y am aha
V i rt ual A coust i c (V A ) Synt hesi s appl i es sophi st i cat ed com put er-based
ﾒphysi cal m odel i ngﾓ t echnol ogy t o m usi cal sound synt hesi s. In t he sam e
w ay t hat com put er ﾒm odel sﾓ are used t o si m ul at e w eat her syst em s or t he
fl i ght charact eri st i cs of ai rcraft i n t he desi gn st age, t he V i rt ual A coust i c
Synt hesi s si m ul at es t he very com pl ex vi brat i ons, resonances, refl ect i ons
and other acoustic phenom ena that occur in a real w ind or string
i nst rum ent .
V A A dvant ages
The V A voi ces of f er m any advant ages i n t er m s of m usi cal per f or m ance. N ot j ust
i n t erm s of sound, but al so i n t erm s of t he ﾒbehavi orﾓ t hat m akes acoust i c
i nst r um ent s so ﾉ w el l , m usi cal ! Y am aha V i r t ual A coust i c Synt hesi s i s si m pl y t he
m ost m usi cal t one gener at i on syst em ever cr eat ed.
･ The V A voi ces sound bet t er, have m ore dept h, and are m ore real i st i c i n
t he m usi cal sense t han any ot her t one generat i on syst em .
･ Si m pl y pl ayi ng a not e i n t he sam e w ay does not al w ays produce preci sel y
t he sam e sound. T he i nst rum ent i s responsi ve and ﾒal i ve. ﾓ
･ N ot e-t o-not e t ransi t i ons have t he sam e cont i nui t y exhi bi t ed by acoust i c
i nst rum ent s. W hat goes on i n bet w een t he not es i s j ust as i m port ant
m usi cal l y as t he not es t hem sel ves.
Driver — generates physical energy
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Calculates the
speed of the
Mouthpiece
resonated air
Embouchure
Bow
Pipe/strings — simulates resonation
Single-ended
pipe (saxophone)
Double-ended
pipe (flute)
Strings
N O T E :
See page 119 for t he i nform at i on on t he
A W M / FM .
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