SynthsYamaha ⇝ Yamaha PLG Expansion Boards

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 Series

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 Series

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.

Specifications

User Demo Videos

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File Downloads

Yamaha PLG150-AN Manual

Yamaha PLG150-AP Manual

Yamaha PLG150-DR and PLG150-PC Manual

Yamaha PLG150-DX Manual

Yamaha PLG150-PF Manual

Yamaha PLG150-VL Manual

Yamaha PLG100-DX Manual

Yamaha PLG100-VH Manual

Yamaha PLG100-VL Manual

Yamaha PLG100-XG Manual

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