Plugin (Plg) - Harmony Parameters - Yamaha MU100R Owner's Manual

Plugin (PLG) — Harmony Parameters
Path: [EFFECT] button
These parameters control the Harmony effect. Other Harmony param-
eters not included in this section are the MIDI channel settings for the
harmony and melody, which are set in the Utility mode (see page 171).
For general information on the Harmony effect and how to use it, refer to
the Guided Tour section, page 77.
Type
Settings: THRU,
CHORDAL HM, DETUNE HM,
CHROMAT.HM (Chromatic)
This determines the Type of the Harmony
effect (as explained below). For infor-
mation on how each of these Types can
be set, refer to the Mode parameter (page
148), which features different settings de-
pending on the Type. Other Harmony
parameters may or may not be available,
depending on the Type selected here.
Thru
No Harmony effect is applied.
NOTE
When Thru is selected, the only other avail-
able parameter is Insert Part (page 151).
Vocoder
This produces up to three harmony notes
whose pitches correspond to the notes you
play on a connected MIDI keyboard. In
other words, you can sing the melody and
"play" the harmony or harmonies from
the keyboard (or from a sequencer). The
Harmony sound can also be transposed
(see the Mode parameter below).
VOCODER HM,
Effect Edit Mode
Plugin (PLG) — Harmony Parameters
"PLG" "PLG100-VH"
NOTE
When more than three MIDI notes are received
(or two notes, when the Lead Gender Type param-
eter is set to any setting but "off"), priority is given
first to the most recently played notes. (In other
words, the harmonies of earlier notes are cut off.)
Hint
The Vocoder Type is best suited when:
• You want to determine the precise harmony
notes yourself, including their octave reg-
ister and whether they are above or below
the original melody note.
• You want to use harmony notes and voicings
that fall outside the standard chords avail-
able in the Chordal type (below).
• You can play the harmony part on the key-
board, or have it played on a sequencer.
• You want to precisely control how the har-
mony note or notes change pitch around a
fixed melody pitch.
Chordal
This produces up to three harmony notes
that correspond to the chords you play on
a connected MIDI keyboard (or chords
recorded to a sequencer). For example,
if you play a C major triad on the key-
board and sing C note (and Chordal Mode
is set to "trio"), the resulting harmonies
will be C, E, and G. Thirty-four different
chord types are recognized in this mode
(see list below), giving you an amazingly
full and flexible palette of harmonies,
suitable for nearly any music style. The
number of harmonies produced and their
position above or below the melody is set
in the Mode parameter (page 148).
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