Breath Controller - Yamaha VL70-m Owner's Manual

Breath Controller

If you will be using the VL70-m with a keyboard, a breath controller is an
essential expressive tool — both for realistic expression with wind-instru-
ment voices and unprecedented expressive control with string voices. Plug an
optional Yamaha BC3, BC2 or BC1 Breath Controller into the front-panel
breath controller jack. If the controlling MIDI keyboard has a breath controller
jack, it might be more convenient to plug the breath contoller in there rather
than directly into the VL70-m. The Breath Controller is ideal for controlling
parameters that would normally be affected by a wind player's breath: dynam-
ics, timbre, pitch, and others.
IMPORTANT!
• If you will be using a BC3, BC2, or BC1 breath controller plugged into the BREATH jack,
the "Breath Mode" parameter must be set to "BC/WX" (page 96). This is also necessary if
you plug the breath controller into the keyboard's breath controller jack.
BC3
MIDI OUT
MIDI keyboard
WX IN BREATH
BREATH PHONES POWER/VOL
PART MIDI
PUSH ON/OFF
MIDI IN
MIDI/ PART
VIRTUAL ACOUSTIC TONE GENERATOR PLAY EDIT WX
ALL
UTIL EFFECT ENTER SELECT
BC/WX
VELOCITY
TOUCH EG
MODE BREATH EXIT VALUE
VOICE
VL-XG
BANK/PGM# VOL EXP PAN REV CHO VAR KEY
VL70-m
Setting Up
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