Yamaha S-YXG50 Control Panel

A Reaper JSFX midi effect that allows to control the Yamaha S-YXG50 synth, this effect is a modified version of Shiru's control panel.

Description

The following features were added:

• Default values for every parameter (obtained from the XG Specifications manual).
• A new editor tab that allows the user to edit common voice parameters (filter, envelope, vibrato, portamento, etc).
• Instruments are now saved per channel (parameters from the editor tab are saved per channel as well).
• Adds the few missing reverb, chorus and variation effects.
• UI improvements:
  • New UI colors and bigger font for increased readability.
  • Highlight user-changed parameters.
  • When changing channel the instrument category switches accordingly.
• Serialize parameter values instead of slider positions to avoid inconsistencies due to float precision loss.

💡 This modified version is NOT compatible with Shiru's original version due to serialization changes, if you need to open old projects then you should keep both versions installed.

Download & Install

Download the zip file from the Releases page, extract it and copy its contents to your Reaper effects folder.

Usage

In order to enable variation effects the Control Panel sends the variation connection sysex message, however this happens once during instantiation so variation effects won't work unless the FX Chain is created in the following order:

1. Add the S-YXG50 plugin into the FX Chain.
2. Drag the Control Panel from the FX Browser and drop it ABOVE the S-YXG50 plugin.

Mouse Controls

Sliders

• Left click to change value.
• Right click or Ctrl+Left click to reset to default value.
• Scroll wheel to change value by small increments/decrements.

Channel

• Left click to select next channel.
• Right click to select previous channel.
• Scroll wheel to select next/previous channel.
• Number keys to change channel (from 1 to 10).

FAQ

Why are variation effects not working?

The FX Chain needs to be setup in a specific way, please see the Usage section for more details.

Why does the S-YXG50 synth occasionally produces stuck midi notes and/or misses midi notes?

This seems to be an issue when bridging 32-bit plugins within the 64-bit version of Reaper. Since the S-YXG50 synth is a 32-bit plugin it is recommended to either:

• Use the 32-bit version of Reaper.
• Use an alternative bridging solution like jBridge (make sure to use version 1.77beta or newer).

Development & Contributing

If a new parameter needs to be serialized please add it after the previous ones to avoid breaking compatibility.

Making Commits

All commits should be made using the conventional commits specification, to help with this a git hook that validates commit messages can be installed with:

 cp -r -T .githooks .git/hooks