Yamaha released two classes of plugin boards, the PLG100 and newer PLG150. PLG100 boards will work in newer synthesizers such as the Motif ES, but voice data and/or patch storage may not be right.
PLG150-AN: Analog physical modelling based on the AN1x synthesizer engine. Adds 5 notes of polyphony.
PLG150-AP: Acoustic piano with 29MB of waveform data and 32 patch presets. Adds an extra 64 notes of polyphony.
PLG150-DR: Drums with 22MB of waveform data. Adds 80 drum kits and 32 notes of polyphony.
PLG150-DX: FM, adds 16 voices of 6-operator FM synthesis to polyphony. Updated version of the PLG100-DX.
PLG150-PC: Latin groove factory with 19MB of waveform data. Adds 80 Latin drum kits and 32 notes of polyphony.
PLG150-PF: Piano, with 29MB of grand piano waveform data and 32 patch presets. Adds an extra 64 notes of polyphony plus effects.
PLG150-VL: Virtual acoustic, adds one voice of physically modelled wind instrument sounds. Updated version of the PLG100-VL.
PLG100-DX: FM, adds 16 voices of 6-operator FM synthesis to polyphony.
PLG100-VH: Vocal harmony with real-time voice effects including vocoding and gender-bending.
PLG100-VL: Virtual acoustic, adds one voice of physically modelled wind instrument sounds.
PLG100-SG: Formant singing (called "formant synging" in the documentation). This board was the predecessor to the Vocaloid software and was only available in Japan.
PLG100-XG: Contains an XG compatible sound set. Adds 16 parts of multitimbrality and 32 voices of polyphony.
Yamaha PLG150-DR and PLG150-PC Manual
Yamaha PLG 100 Vocal Harmony Plug In Board plg100 vh ( motif serie, s90 s90es ) ($344)
Yamaha Motif Rack + 2 plug-in boards PLG150-DX & PLG150-AN ($1,500)
Yamaha PLG 150 DR - early 2000's ($682.32)
Yamaha PLG100-XG ($202.03)
Yamaha PLG150-VL Virtual Acoustic Plug-in Board [Three Wave Music] ($499.99)
Yamaha PLG100 VH 1998 ($165)
Yamaha PLG150-AN Plug-in Board | Analog Physical Modeling ($509.83)
Yamaha PLG100-SG Formant Synging expansion card for MU CS S-series synths FS1 ($180)
Yamaha PLG100-DX (DX7) Expansion Board 1998 - RARE ($474.18)
Yamaha PLG150-AN ($653.63)
Yamaha PLG150-DX ($713.05)
Yamaha PLG150 An plug in board Mid 90’s - Green ($550)
YAMAHA PLG150-PF Plug-in Board ($313.38)
Yamaha PLG150-VL Virtual Acoustic Plug-in Board MU Motif S CS XG ($480)
Yamaha PLG100-XG ($220)
Yamaha PLG150-DX Advanced DX/TX Plug-in Board MOTIF S90 ($550)
YAMAHA PLG100-SG Plug-in Board ($183.26)
Yamaha PLG100-VL Virtual Acoustic Plug-in Board for the SW1000XG ($240)
Yamaha PLG150-AN 90s ($653.63)
Yamaha MU128 Tone Generator w/ Upgraded Card Power Supply PLG-150 Card ($488)
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