Yamaha
VL70m Virtual Acoustic Synthesizer
July 12, 1996 Yamaha, the company that pioneered Virtual
Acoustic synthesis, has introduced an affordable half-space rack module that puts
this ground-breaking technology within financial reach of most musicians.
Virtual Acoustic synthesis is entirely new sound technology which, for the first
time, provides access to the physical characteristics of an actual acoustic instrument
by way of a computer model. Aggressively priced at $799.95, the new sound
module, called the VL70m, uses the same physical modeling technology as the first
commercially available Virtual Acoustic synthesizer - the Yamaha VL1, introduced
in 1994 - but at a fraction of the cost. By blowing into a breath controller
attached to the front panel of the VL70m and triggering pitch with any MIDI keyboard,
the musician can create startling expressive lead and melodic voices with unprecedented
realism. Alternatively, the musician can use the unit in conjunction with the
Yamaha WX11 MIDI Wind Controller, making the ideal "first choice" for wind controller
players. "This is everyman's VL," said Avery Burdette, product manager, Yamaha
Corporation of America. "Virtual Acoustic Synthesis represents a quantum leap
in sound technology, and the VL70m serves as the new price-to-performance reference
point from which all other physical modeling synthesizers will be judged." For more information
on the Yamaha VL70m Virtual Acoustic Tone Generator, write Yamaha Corporation
of America, Audio, Guitar and Synthesizer Division, P.0. Box 6600, Buena Park,
CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011; fax (714) 739-2680. Visit their web site at
www.yamaha.com. | 
