Yamaha PLG150-AN Manual page 3

the correct location to be recalled properly.
"Volatile means that the custom Board data (like
RAM samples) disappears when you power down.
But as with internal VOICE data you can create an
"autoload" file to restore custom Board data.
The screen shot below is where the action takes
place. If you are familiar with sample-based
Voices (internal sounds) you will recognize this
page as the screen where the Voice points to an
oscillator waveform. There are over 1800 sampled
waveforms in the internal ROM of the Motif ES.
Here on your PLG150-AN board, the Voice data is
pointing to an oscillator waveform resident on the
PLG board itself.
When you start to create your own Motif ES
Voices and Performances using the PLG150-AN
board as the wave source, you will want to have a
consistent layout for your PLG150 Boards. For
example, when you create a PLUG-IN VOICE and
use it in a Motif
Performance will remember what VOICE locations
are used, not the VOICE data itself. If PRESET
VOICES are used, nothing can go wrong because
the Presets are in a predictable location...but if
you use USER VOICES (either internal or from the
PLUG-IN bank) they have to be restored to the
proper locations for the Performance to find them.
This is why data for this tutorial is (painstakingly)
provided for the particular SLOT you have your
PLG150-AN board
different sets of data – one appropriate for each of
the three SLOTS. Please use the data for your
PLG150-AN SLOT.
Loading The Provided Data
Back up your own data prior to loading this data,
as it will overwrite your settings and internal data.
To do this make sure you save as an ALL data file
(.w7a) – this will ensure that you have saved
everything. And can restore everything when you
are finished experimenting with this set of data.
Transfer the appropriate files to a SmartMedia
card (or to a USB drive): "PHAT_ESx.w7a/.w8a
(x = 1, 2, or 3 depending on your slot) and the
"PHATTY~.w2b". For example, if your PLG150-AN
is in Slot 1 you should use: PHAT_ES1.w7a/.w8a
and PHATTY.w2b.
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The .w8a file is "hidden" file. Always copy both w7a
and the w8a file together.
ES Performance
placed. There are
The .w7a & .w8a file is an ALL data file and will
load all the VOICES and PERFORMANCES and
System settings necessary for this bank. An ALL
data file was necessary because it includes Foot
Switch settings, the Motif ES User Arpeggios in
addition to all the PLG_USR Voices, internal Voices
and, of course, the Performances. The .wb2 is
necessary to load the custom PLG150-AN Board
Voices to the PLG150-AN board.
Load the .w7a file from the "ALL" type and the
.w2b file via the "PluginAllBulk" type numbered for
the slot
example, if your PLG150-AN board were in slot 1,
you would use the "PluginAllBulk1" Type to load
the .w2b data.
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– the
To select the sounds from Voice mode:
• Press the PLG1, 2, or 3 buttons containing
your PLG150-AN board.
• Press F2 BANK and use the DATA WHEEL to
select Bank 036/002. (User Board VOICE
bank)
• Press F1 PLAY
• The first USER BOARD Voice in this bank
three
should be "Phatty". If not, please check that
you have selected BANK 036/002 and that the
.w2b file is loaded (see troubleshooting at the
end of the article).
• Shown below is a screen shot for Slot 3:
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The BOARD VOICE data:
Px-B: --Phatty (where 'x' is the slot containing
your PLG150-AN. For example: if you have your
PLG150-AN board in slot 1 the screen will read
"P1-B -–Phatty". If your board is in slot 2, the
screen will read "P2-B –Phatty".) These are the
'raw' data.
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that contains you
You are also provided the data contained in the
.w2b file as an AN EXPERT EDITOR type file
(.ans). This is provided so that you can open
the data in the AN EXPERT EDITOR to see and
learn how these custom Voices were made. So
alternatively you could use this .ans file to load
the custom Board data to the PLG150-AN from
your computer. It is the same data.
Place your Motif ES in VOICE mode. Make sure
your USB connection to the computer is in
place and working, then open the AN Expert
Editor. You are provided a file for the AN Expert
Editor so that you can see how the data was
created. Open the "Phatty.ans" file
PLG150-AN. For