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VL1-m Basics
Essential Concepts for the VL1-m User
T
he Yamaha VL1-m Virtual Acoustic Tone Generator produces sound
in an entirely new way. It has no oscillators or function generators,
no preset waveforms or samples. In fact, it uses none of the sound
generation concepts employed in conventional synthesizers. The VL1-m
applies sophisticated computer-based "physical modeling" technology to
musical sound synthesis.
In the same way that computer models are used to simulate weather
systems or the flight characteristics of aircraft in the design stage, the
VL1-m simulates the very complex vibrations, resonances, reflections and
other acoustic phenomena that occur in a real wind or string instrument.
This requires a tremendous amount of computer processing power
(weather and aerodynamic modeling require room-filling super comput-
ers), and radical advances in microprocessor speed and capability plus
some very sophisticated Yamaha technology were necessary to achieve the
real-time sound generation capabilities exhibited by the VL1-m Virtual
Acoustic Tone Generator.
Getting Started
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