VL70-m Utilities

• Windows Utilites

  • VL70-m Expert Editor For Windows. There are two packages here:
    vled-all.zip (506133 bytes) if you haven't used the editor before at all, and
    vled-new.zip (64055 bytes) which is an update with VLEDITOR.EXE, README.TXT, and VLED-FAQ.TXT for those who already have all the runtime DLL's from previous versions. This program can be used as a librarian for the Patchman Music VL70-m soundbanks.
    Made by David A. Rice and Aaron Michael. Updated April 13, 1999.
  • Another VL70-m editor is available here that deals more with editing the effects. (This link will take you to another site, somewhere in Germany.)
  • VL70MP~1.ZIP -- A Cakewalk Studioware panel for VL70-m. (Mitch Imhoff (cmug@compuserve.com), added 08/18/97)
  • tuningcommands.txt -- some tuning commands for changing the scales on the VL70m. (Mitch Imhoff (cmug@compuserve.com), added 08/18/97)
  • vl70mins.zip -- An instrument definition file for VL70-m for Cakewalk. (Ken Suddaby (kensuddaby@bigfoot.com), added 08/26/97)

• DOS Utilities

  • vveutil3.zip Newest version of vve-util for DOS, with the LIB2CUS.exe fixed so it works with large files. (Aaron Michael)
  • vve-util.zip (48K bytes)
    

    This ZIP file contains a set of utilities for transferring custom voices for the VL70-m:

    VVE-UTIL TXT  File descriptions and syntax.
    LIB2CUS  EXE  Library to Custom voice translator.
    CUS2SYX  EXE  Custom voice to SysEx translator.
    SYX2CUS  EXE  SysEx to Custom voice translator.
    SEND     EXE  A simple DOS SysEx send utility. [see below]
    RASTFLUT LIB  A Library file
    RASTFLUT CMT  The Library comment file.
    RASTFLUT CUS  A Custom voice file
    RASTFLUT SYX  A Custom SysEx file
    

    Create a directory on your drive, save this file there, then unzip it. The file 14hornz.zip contains a Mac Expert Editor/Visual Editor format library that you can try it out with. Thanks to Aaron Michael (aaronm@datasys.com.mx) for creating these utilities.

  • send.zip -- new version of send.exe included above. Sends sysex file to MPU port. Also by Aaron Michael.
  • VVE-UTIL.TXT -- Updated version of VVE-UTIL.TXT from the above zip file.
  • crt2cust.zip -- contains crt2cust.exe, which converts VL70-m Current voice sysex to your choice of Custom locations... and the readme file. By David Rice (drice@astro.sensis.com). Thanks Dave!

• Mac Utilites

  • The Yamaha UK VL70-m site has the Mac Expert Editor and other Mac utilities. Look under the "Goodies to Download" section. A link to the actual Expert Editor file is here.