3: Pitch - Yamaha VL-1 Feature Reference

Feature Reference
"Lower Depth" parameter is not available when the "Mode" parameter, below, is set
to "Minimum Base".
Mode
Selects the controller value (position) which will produce "normal" embouchure.
When set to "Center Base" a central controller position will produce normal embou-
chure, allowing both downward and upward variation. A setting of "Minimum Base"
will produce normal embouchure when the controller is set to its minimum position,
allowing only upward variation.

3: Pitch

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Controller
The "Pitch" parameter changes the length of the air column or string, and thereby
the pitch of the sound. The "Controller" parameter specifies the controller to be used
for pitch control (normally this is "Pitch Bend — the VL1 PITCH wheel). When set
to "off" no pitch variation is produced.
• The actual pitch value applied to the VL1 tone generator is a mix of the pitch
value from the controller and that from the embouchure and pitch envelopes
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• For the same type of simple pitch control available in conventional synthesiz-
ers, assign only the Pitch parameter to controller you intend to use for pitch
control (normally the pitch bend wheel). For more natural, realistic pitch bend
effects, it is sometimes effective to assign both the Pitch and Embouchure
parameters to the same controller.
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