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Panel Controls and Terminals

SHIFT

EXIT

The

)

button allows you to return

to the previous display page, or leave
a particular function.

The function buttons (

) are used to select corresponding

menu items and pages from the display.

The

(

button is used to access

certain secondary functions.

RECORD

TOP

RUN

SEQUENCER

STOP

The

button enables

recording (sets to standby).
The lamp lights when recording
is enabled.

The

button stops

playback or recording.

These are used to move through
the measures of a Song, Pattern,
or Phrase.

The

button returns to

the beginning of the current
Song or Phrase.

The

button starts recording

or playback (depending on
whether or not recording is
enabled). The lamp flashes at
the current tempo during
recording or playback.

Sequencer Controls

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These are used to control recording and playback, as well as perform certain
location functions, in the Song, Pattern, and Phrase modes.

(

Button / Function Buttons (

) /

)

Button

............

The

(

button is used with some buttons (in certain situations) to access

some secondary or alternate functions. The function buttons —

through

— are special “soft” keys that change in function depending on the current

display. They select the corresponding menu items that appear directly above
them in the display. The

)

button allows you to return to the previously

selected display page, or to “escape” from a particular operation or function.

Summary of Contents for QS300

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Page 5: ...f your own The sequencer section features 16 tracks for recording your own performances either in real time or manually by Step recording Punch in recording allows you to re record any portion of an already recorded track Sophisticated editing functions let you perform various transformations on the recorded data such as transposing quantizing changing note length and velocity copying and much mor...

Page 6: ...5 Template Copy Amp Filter and Pitch 57 Tuning Parameters 58 LFO Parameters 59 Other Voice Functions Drum Set 60 Voice Name 63 Voice Store 63 Voice Compare 64 Voice Job Edit Recall 64 Song Mode 65 Loading a Song 66 Song Playback Loop Playback 67 Transport Location Controls 67 Measure Beat Parameter 68 Mark Jump Function 68 Tempo 69 Mute 69 Play Effect Bypass 70 Multi Controls Storing the Multi Con...

Page 7: ...152 12 Thin Out 153 13 Create Measure 154 14 Delete Measure 155 15 Copy Track 156 16 Mix Track 157 17 Clear Track 158 18 Expand Backing 158 19 Init Initialize Play Effect 159 20 Normalize Effect 159 21 Copy Song 160 22 Clear Song 160 23 Song Name 161 Pattern Jobs 163 00 Undo Redo 164 01 Copy Pattern 165 02 Append Pattern 166 03 Split Pattern 167 04 Init Initialize Play Effect 168 05 Clear Pattern ...

Page 8: ... normal use for optimum sturdiness and reliability avoid subjecting it to strong physical shocks such as dropping or hitting it Since the QS300 is a precision made electronic device also avoid applying excessive force to the various controls When moving the instrument first unplug the power adaptor and all other cables to prevent damage to cords and jacks Always unplug cables by gripping the plug ...

Page 9: ... when the disk is fully ejected remove it by hand Do not attempt to eject a disk while the disk in use indicator is lit The disk may not be ejected properly if the eject button is pressed too quickly or it is not pressed in as far as it will go the eject button may become stuck in a half pressed position and the disk extends from the drive slot by only a few millimeters If this happens do not atte...

Page 10: ...some of the basic opera tions 4 Tutorial This very important section gets you started using your new QS300 It helps you set up the QS300 play it and use some of the fundamental functions and features The hands on experience you gain in this section will help you navi gate easily through more advanced sections of the manual later 5 Reference Once you re familiar with everything above skim through t...

Page 11: ...gle Voice can be created by combining up to four different waveforms or Elements These are the basic sonic building blocks of the QS300 and there are 205 waveforms available These can be assigned to different sections of the keyboard played at differ ent velocities with different envelopes and be given completely independent filter pitch EG tuning and LFO settings page 43 This flexibility allows y...

Page 12: ...iting Recorded Data The QS300 also features comprehensive and flexible editing controls that make it easy to correct mistakes or change recorded tracks and generally help you to refine your sound These controls let you individually modify the timing pitch note gate time length and velocity loudness of each recorded note They also allow you to change the data values of other recorded events such as...

Page 13: ...res of the QS300 give you authentic sounding rhythm bass and chordal backing in a wide variety of musical styles which are perfect for practicing and playing along with Use material from the vast library of GM and XG com patible song data or create your own songs then play the keyboard while the songs play back Com pared to a metronome it s a much more exciting and effective way of practicing Comp...

Page 14: ...add9 m7 m7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7sus4 7 CHORD ROOT 5 9 9 9 9 11 5 5 9 9 13 13 11 SHIFT EXIT NO YES INTRO ENDING MAIN A MAIN B FILL AA FILL BB FILL AB FILL BA Front Panel e r u q y t w PITCH MODULATION PITCH Wheel For continuously raising or lowering the pitch of a Voice MODULATION Wheel For continuously changing the amount of modulation in a Voice The actual modulation effect depends on the Voice s setting...

Page 15: ... creating accompaniment Phrases used in Patterns See page 125 j When the Song Voice Pattern or Phrase mode is selected this calls up the corresponding set of Jobs important functions related to each mode See page 139 VOICE SONG MODE PATTERN UTILITY JOB EDIT DISK STORE PHRASE COMPARE e When the Song Voice or Phrase mode is selected this calls up the corresponding Edit mode See page 23 S Not strictl...

Page 16: ...MAIN A MAIN B FILL AA FILL BB FILL AB FILL BA The rotary dial is used for incrementing decrementing values It is handy for quickly scrolling through a large range of values The E button is used to actually enter a specified value It is also used to execute certain functions The minus button is for entering negative values Press before or after typing a value on the keypad The keypad can also be us...

Page 17: ...ent Song or Phrase The R button starts recording or playback depending on whether or not recording is enabled The lamp flashes at the current tempo during recording or playback u Sequencer Controls These are used to control recording and playback as well as perform certain location functions in the Song Pattern and Phrase modes y Button Function Buttons Button The button is used with some buttons ...

Page 18: ...trol play record to that device from the QS300 MIDI THRU is for daisy chain connections of additional QS300s or other MIDI instruments r SUSTAIN Jack For connecting a pedal switch such as the optional Yamaha FC4 or FC5 When connected the switch controls sustain on off t FOOT CONTROLLER Jack For connecting a foot controller such as the optional Yamaha FC7 When connected the foot controller can be u...

Page 19: ...to or edit a Voice then save that Voice for future recall Record a Song using the Patterns and automatic ac companiment as well as your own keyboard perfor mance Use some of the other convenient features of the se quencer Save your original song for future recall Master the basics in these sections and you ll have the experience and know how necessary to confidently use any of the more advanced fu...

Page 20: ...he amplifier speaker system as shown in the illustration below VOLUME VOICE SONG MODE F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 PITCH MODULATION RECORD TOP PATTERN RUN SEQUENCER UTILITY JOB EDIT DISK STORE PHRASE STOP COMPARE ENTER 7 8 9 4 5 6 1 2 3 0 3 3 INC DEC 3 M M7 6 7 m m7 m6 mM7 m7 dim aug sus4 Madd9 M7 6 7 madd9 m7 m7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7sus4 7 CHORD ROOT 5 9 9 9 9 11 5 5 9 9 13 13 11 SHIFT EXIT NO YES INTRO ENDIN...

Page 21: ...e turned down Then turn on the power of the QS300 After the greeting display one of the following displays will appear depend ing on the mode last selected Voice mode Song mode Pattern mode Phrase mode 4 Finally set the volume control on the QS300 to roughly the 3 4 position set the volume on the amplifier to a suitable level and then turn on the ampli fier Setting Up CAUTION To avoid possible dam...

Page 22: ...and the AWM2 tone generation system of the QS300 Operation 1 Insert the included Demo Disk into the disk drive 2 Press the d button The following display is shown 3 Select Load by pressing 4 Select 1 All Data with the cursor buttons or the rotary dial and press E 5 Press E again and answer the prompt below by using the D No and I Yes buttons ...

Page 23: ... you wish to playback all Demo Songs continuously use the Song Chain function by pressing Chain See page 95 for details Auto Load The Auto Load function automatically loads the contents of a floppy disk to internal memory when the power is turned on To use Auto Load With the power off insert an appropriate disk into the disk drive then turn on the power of the QS300 An Auto Loading message appears...

Page 24: ...nge You can use the Quick Program Change function to quickly select program numbers within a group of ten from the numeric keypad To do this 1 Press v from the Voice Play mode so that the Quick Program Change indication below appears 2 Press the button on the numeric keypad corresponding to the last digit of the program you wish to select For example from the condition above pressing 0 9 directly ...

Page 25: ...SFX sound effect Preset and User Banks To browse through the Voice directory and call up different Voices in a specific Bank Press Dir Use the cursor buttons or the rotary dial to move through the list highlighting different Voices and then playing them The highlighted Voice is automatically selected for playing Selected Voice Indicates scrolling position of displayed Voice names Voice Bank and nu...

Page 26: ...h the Banks The QS300 searches through successive Banks at the selected program number and automatically stops at the first Voice it finds that is different from preceding ones in the search Voice Categories You can also browse through the Voices according to their general categories To do this press Catg then use and to step through the Voice categories Remember that you can still use and from th...

Page 27: ...he newly edited Voice with the original Change the Envelope Generator setting the shape of the sound in time Store the newly created Voice for future recall Changing the Amount of Reverb Selected parameter name and value Reverb Send dial Built into the QS300 are three separate effect sections Reverb Chorus and Variation Here you ll learn how to change the amount of Reverb that is applied to the Vo...

Page 28: ... the Voice again and hear the difference in the Reverb sound Changing the Amount of Chorus Chorus Send Then set the value to about the halfway point or higher using the rotary dial Finally play the Voice again to hear how Chorus affects the sound The Chorus effects of the QS300 modulate the sound and are capable either of adding subtle enhancement or creating wild special effects Just as you did w...

Page 29: ...on Variation and how to change the Variation settings see page 47 in the Reference section The third set of effects on the QS300 are the Variation effects Variation pro vides all of the effects found in Reverb and Chorus plus many additional effects such as Distortion Delay Rotary Speaker and others In this short section you ll learn how to change the Variation effect 1 From the display page in th...

Page 30: ...Pitch Bend controls The PITCH wheel at the left of the keyboard lets you bend the pitch of a Voice up or down as you play With the Pitch Bend controls you can change how the wheel affects the sound in a variety of ways In this short section we ll explore two of them For more details on the Pitch Bend controls see page 46 in the Reference section 1 From the display page in the last section or from ...

Page 31: ...heel Pitch Modulation slider Editing a Voice Comparing the Edited Voice with the Original The QS300 has a convenient Compare function that allows you to hear the changes you ve made to a Voice and instantly compare them with the sound of the original Voice To use Compare you must be in the Edit mode and have made at least one change to a parameter When you ve made any change to a Voice the letter ...

Page 32: ...e the edited sound with the original Pressing e toggles between the original Voice and edited Voice Changing the Envelope Generator Setting Before we save the new Voice let s make a couple of final edits Here we ll change the Rate parameters of the sound level which make up what is called the Envelope Generator EG These parameters allow you to shape the sound of the Voice or in other words set how...

Page 33: ...lement 1 Rate dial 1 EG Attack Rate 4 Use the cursor buttons to select the fourth Rate dial of Element 1 EG Release Rate and also change this value to around 15 Amplitude level EG Release Rate parameter value Now play the Voice again Use the e button to turn the Compare function on and off and listen to how much the sound has changed from the original Voice Editing a Voice GUIDED TOUR Element 1 Ra...

Page 34: ...me The following display with the list of characters appears 3 Change the character at the highlight by using the rotary dial or the D I buttons Here we ll select a capital W for the first letter by moving the highlight in the character set to W 4 Select the other characters in the name by pressing the right cursor button Then use the rotary dial as in step 3 above to change the character at the h...

Page 35: ... Voice to the selected User memory number 3 Answer the prompt above by pressing the I button for Yes or the D button for No Pressing the I button stores the Voice When the operation is finished a Completed message appears and the display returns to the Voice Play mode All the settings you ve made in the above sections including the amount of Reverb Chorus and the Variation effect are saved with th...

Page 36: ...o Enter the Song mode and select an empty song for recording Record some accompaniment Patterns and chords Record your own keyboard performance Enter the Song Mode and Select an Empty Song 1 Press s to enter the Song mode VOICE SONG MODE SONG lamp lights 2 Select an empty song Move the highlight to the Song number with the cursor buttons and use the D I buttons or rotary dial to change the number ...

Page 37: ...attern number and name Line of asterisks indicates blank pattern 3 Move the highlight to the Pattern bank Usr and change it to Preset Pre 4 Now select the musical style of the Pattern For this example we ll select 007 Casa First move the highlight back to the Pattern number You can then select the style quickly by pressing num ber 7 on the numeric keypad and then E Preset Pattern bank NOTE Using p...

Page 38: ...you more time to make the pattern and chord changes you will be recording To do this highlight the tempo parameter in the display and enter an appropriate tempo Press R to play the pattern and feel your way to the desired tempo 6 Now you re ready to record the patterns Press r The lamp lights Then press R to start recording The lamp flashes The metronome sounds and after a two measure lead in the ...

Page 39: ...ction param eter is highlighted simply press the appropriate button as shown below to change to the desired section ENTER 7 8 9 4 5 6 1 2 3 0 3 3 3 INTRO ENDING MAIN A MAIN B FILL AA FILL BB FILL AB FILL BA Intro Main A Fill AA Fill AB Fill BB Fill BA Main B Ending 8 To end the song select the Ending section or press T The Mute dot in the display for the Pattern track is now solid indicating that ...

Page 40: ...mode and start recording again If you only need to make some minor changes to the recorded track you can use the Step Recording functions to edit the track manually See page 101 Now that you have recorded some basic accompaniment sections you can add some chord changes to your song We ll suggest some simple chord changes to use here but feel free to try out your own ideas using these instructions ...

Page 41: ...rd of the song Press the lowest D key D1 to select D as the root note The Chord name in the display flashes 6 Now press r and then R to start recording Enter chord changes on the fly changing the chord type and or root note as the pattern plays back For this example song try changing between M7 9 and 6 chords keys C 3 and D2 Also try changing the root note to G and use 6 and m6 chords for that roo...

Page 42: ...yboard Performance Now that you ve recorded some accompaniment backing parts with a chord progression try recording your own keyboard performance over the backing 1 Select one of the numbered tracks Here we ll select track 1 2 Select a Voice for the track Move the highlight to the Voice number in the Voice window and select 012 Vibes Voice window with Voice number name HINT Turning Off the Metrono...

Page 43: ...use the Mix Track Job page 157 to mix data from two tracks and place the result on a single track 4 If you re satisfied with the newly recorded track go on and record to other tracks as desired Repeat steps 1 through 3 above to record additional tracks HINT Tempo Changes Within a Song The sequencer also has a Tempo track that allows you to make tempo speed changes within a song This lets you creat...

Page 44: ... k l buttons steps backward or forward through the mea sures of a Song holding either button down allows you to rewind or fast forward through the measures of a Song and the operation increases in speed the longer the button is held The k l buttons can also be used during playback Mark Jump The Mark Jump function lets you mark memorize up to 10 locations within the current song and jump to any one...

Page 45: ...w track For instructions on using the Mute function refer to page 69 Song Jobs The Song Jobs contain various functions for changing the recorded data in a Song For example Copy Track page 156 allows you to duplicate a recorded track Once you ve copied a track you can give it a different Voice from the original or change it in other ways to make it complement the original such as by changing its pi...

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Page 47: ...aphic EG Edit Parameters 55 Template Copy 57 Tuning Parameters 58 LFO Parameters 59 Drum Set 60 Voice Store 63 Voice Compare 64 Voice Job Edit Recall 64 The Voice Edit mode provides a wide range of controls and parameters for changing the sound and performance response of the Voices These controls allow you to either subtly enhance a Voice or com pletely alter its character NOTE The Voice Edit mod...

Page 48: ...e instruments Br Brass Rd Reed Pi Pipe Woodwinds Ld Synth lead Pd Synth pad Fx Synth sound effects Et Ethnic instruments Pc Percussive instruments Se Sound effects Dr Drums Sc Synth comping Vo Vocal Co Combination Wv Material Wave This determines the Voice category under which the Voice is to be stored Grouping your original Voices according to categories helps in organizing the Voices and makes i...

Page 49: ...er values the velocity affects a volume range from minimum to medium loud For higher values velocity affects a range from medium soft to maximum Level 0 96 127 64 32 127 Velocity at 96 at 64 at 32 HINT For best results set this parameter after setting Velocity Depth below NOTE Depending on the Voice used if Velocity Offset is set to too low of a value the Voice may not sound no matter how strong t...

Page 50: ...reversed moving the controller to the maximum results in a lowering of the pitch Pitch Modulation Depth Pch slider Range 0 127 This determines how widely the pitch is modulated by the LFO low frequency oscillator producing a vibrato effect The higher the value the deeper the pitch modulation and hence the more pronounced the vibrato effect Filter Cutoff Bias Fltr dial Range 64 100 63 100 This dete...

Page 51: ...Type is set to No Effect no sound is output When set to THRU the Variation effect is canceled and the sound of the Voice is output without any Variation effect Wet Dry Range W D63 0 W D 64 W63 D 127 NOTE Numbers in parentheses indicate the corresponding values which can be entered directly from the numeric keypad to change the settings Range 0 127 This determines the balance between the original s...

Page 52: ...ces that can shift in texture and pitch and change dynamically according to how you play There is a limit to the total amount of Elements that can be used for all User Voices specifically if all of the User Voices use the maximum four Elements only 70 Voices will be available for playing Practically however this should not be a problem since the individual Elements are rich and complex sounds in t...

Page 53: ...igh NoteL H Range C 2 G8 This determines the range of notes over which an Element can be played Notes played outside the range will not be sounded by the Element In the display the left parameter is Note Limit Low which determines the lowest responding note and the right is Note Limit High which determines the highest responding note You can use the D I buttons or rotary dial to change the setting...

Page 54: ... the Element number to which the existing Voice s Element will be copied 2 Press 3 Select the desired Voice Bank Use and to select the XG Preset and User Banks respectively Use and to step through the Bank numbers 4 Select the desired Voice number Use any data entry method to select the Voice You can also browse through the Voices according to their general categories To do this press Catg then us...

Page 55: ... High which determines the hardest responding velocity Amplitude EG Rate Parameters Rate The Amplitude EG envelope generator parameters allow you to shape how the level of the Voice changes over time By pressing from this page you can select the graphic Amp EG Edit page for more detailed editing of the EG parameters See page 55 Keep in mind that the EG parameters affect each other and are affected...

Page 56: ... Elements depending on how softly or strongly you play Each curve is represented by a corresponding icon in the display as shown below The Hard 1 and 2 curves are good for when you want to have strong volume even at medium playing strength The Soft 1 and 2 curves are good for when you want greater more subtle control when playing softly The Cross 1 and 2 curves are specifically for crossfade appli...

Page 57: ...reate a thinner brighter tone Filter EG Rate Parameters Rate The Filter EG envelope generator parameters allow you to shape how the tone or timbre of the Voice changes over time By pressing from this page you can select the graphic Filter EG Edit page for more detailed editing of the Filter EG parameters See page 55 Keep in mind that the EG parameters affect each other and are affected by how long...

Page 58: ... 2 1 2 4 octaves This determines the overall pitch range in octaves of the Pitch EG Pitch EG Rate Parameters Rate The Pitch EG envelope generator parameters allow you to shape how the pitch of the Voice changes over time By pressing from this page you can select the graphic Pitch EG Edit page for more detailed editing of the Pitch EG parameters See page 55 Keep in mind that the EG parameters affec...

Page 59: ...evel Decay 1 Rate D1 Rate Range 0 63 This determines the first Decay rate of the EG This determines how rapidly the sound tone pitch goes to the Decay 1 Level setting See page 56 Decay 2 Rate D2 Rate Range 0 63 This determines the second Decay rate of the EG This determines how rapidly the sound tone pitch goes to the Decay 2 Level setting See page 56 In this page you should 1 Select an Element nu...

Page 60: ...1 Lvl Range 0 127 Amplitude EG 63 63 Filter EG and Pitch EG For the Amplitude EG this determines the level setting that follows the maximum level reached at the end of the Attack For the Filter and Pitch EGs this determines the level setting that follows the Attack Level Decay 2 Level D2 Lvl Range 0 127 Amplitude EG 63 63 Filter EG and Pitch EG This determines the level setting that follows the De...

Page 61: ...Data supplement If you want to restore the original edited EG setting select User 3 Press E to actually copy the Template 4 Press to return to the previous Voice Edit page The EG Templates are pre programmed Amp Filter Pitch EG settings that let you quickly and easily get the type of EG you need Once you ve copied a Template you can return to the page of EG parameters Parm then tweak it with the i...

Page 62: ... the keyboard A setting of 0 results in normal scaling in other words conventional pitch intervals are used A setting of 100 results in constant pitch across the keyboard all notes sound at the same pitch Intermediate settings provide microtonal scaling For example a 5 setting results in a 24 note octave in other words a one octave interval corresponds to two octaves on the keyboard Detune Range 5...

Page 63: ...determines the amount of time before the onset of the LFO modulation This only affects Pitch modulation Wave Settings sawtooth triangle sample hold S H This determines the particular waveform for the LFO The modulation characteristics differ depending on the wave form selected The sample hold setting produces a random modulation effect Speed Range 0 63 This determines the speed of the LFO modulati...

Page 64: ... the note number instrument for editing This can also be done directly from the keyboard no matter which other parameter is highlighted Simply play a key and the note number changes and the instrument name appears at the bottom of the display 5 Edit the drum sound as desired Edit other sounds by repeating steps 4 and 5 NOTE There is no Store operation for the User Kit the Kit is saved to internal ...

Page 65: ...ch full volume when a note is played For more information about EG parameters see page 55 Amplitude EG Decay Rate Amp Dcy Range 0 127 This determines the Decay Rate of the level EG or how rapidly the sound dies down as the note is held Higher values result in a longer Decay rate For more information about EG parameters see page 55 NOTE This parameter may little or no effect for certain short percu...

Page 66: ... should be set to off so that the drum sound plays back in its entirety is not cut off Alternate Group Mode Alter Range off 1 127 This determines the group assignment of the selected drum sound Drums assigned to the same group cannot be sounded simultaneously In other words if one drum in a group is sounding while a second in the same group is played the first drum sound will be cut off and the se...

Page 67: ...d the display returns to the Voice Play mode Pressing D returns operation to the Store page Number of free Elements Newly edited Voice Number Name Destination Voice Number Voice Store Path v e S Operation 1 Move the highlight in the name to the desired posi tion with the left right cursor buttons 2 Change the character at the highlight by using the rotary dial 3 After entering the name press to le...

Page 68: ... original parameter values are also shown Pressing e again returns to the newly edited Voice and C changes to V You can continue editing other parameters pressing the e button as needed to compare the edited sound with the original Pressing e toggles between the original Voice and edited Voice NOTE In the Compare condition all parameters are locked and cannot be changed Voice Job Edit Recall The E...

Page 69: ...unction 68 Tempo 69 Mute 69 Play Effect Bypass 70 Multi Controls pages 73 pages 76 pages 82 Controller Edit Portamento 86 Real time Controllers 87 Song Playback Effects Per Track 89 Quantize 90 Swing 91 Transpose Clock Shift 92 Gate Time Velocity 93 MODULATION Wheel PITCH Wheel After Touch Foot Controller Track Transmit Channel 94 Song Chain 95 ...

Page 70: ...n Song mode page press Load 2 From the Load page select the desired Song then press E After the operation is completed the display returns to the Load page Press s or to return to the main Song page If a Song is already in memory and the display below appears answer the prompt with the D No or I Yes buttons Pressing I loads the Song and pressing D cancels the operation In either case the display r...

Page 71: ...D TOP RUN SEQUENCER STOP Stops playback or recording Returns to the beginning of the Song Also recalls the User stored Multi settings except when pressed during playback See page 72 Starts playback or recording when RECORD lamp is lit Transport Location Controls Enables record stand by See pages 98 and 101 for details on recording Rewind Fast forward The r T and R buttons are self explana tory and...

Page 72: ... Song Play display This calls up the Mark Jump display To jump to a marked location 1 Press Mark 2 Move the highlight to the appropriate Mark Jump number or enter the number via the numeric keypad and press E The display immediately returns to Song Play at the specified location To clear a marked location 1 Press Mark 2 Move the highlight to the desired Mark Jump number or enter the number via the...

Page 73: ...hile the rest contain no data NOTE The Chord Chd and Tempo Tmp tracks cannot be muted To simultaneously mute un mute all tracks 1 Move the highlight to any mute dot in the display 2 Simultaneously hold down the button and press the D or I button I to mute and D to un mute HINT This function can be very handy when you want to solo monitor a track First mute all tracks then turn on only the track yo...

Page 74: ...ll tracks or I to set the track for normal playback Minus sign _ in mute dots indicates Play Effect Bypass is on for the track To use Play Effect Bypass on a recorded track 1 Move the highlight to the desired mute dot in the display 2 Press the D button once or twice until a minus sign _ appears in the mute dot to turn off the effects for the selected track A minus sign _ appears in the mute dot i...

Page 75: ...ant parameters at a glance To call up the Multi controls Press s to enter the Song mode Then from the main Song Play display shown below press Multi F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 The tree chart below shows all parameter pages for the Multi controls The three main paths are the Mixer pages which include Voice and volume settings the Effect pages and the Instrument pages which include tuning filter veloci...

Page 76: ...es for instant recall The func tion below lets you store all current Multi values to a single User set which can be instantly recalled each time the t button is pressed To store a User set of Multi parameter values 1 After changing any of the Multi parameters return to the main Song display by pressing s or 2 To call up the function simultaneously hold down the button and press S 3 Press I Yes to ...

Page 77: ...l when you want to quickly assign different instrument tracks to be heard from different random parts of the stereo image Volume Range 0 127 This determines the volume setting for the individual channel track Master Volume Range 0 127 This determines the overall volume setting of all channels tracks Song Multi Volume Path s Multi Mixer Volume Pressing this may not be necessary if the appropriate p...

Page 78: ...XG 0 101 Fx SFX Pr Preset Us User TG300B mode TB 0 60 This determines the Voice bank for the individual channel track Song Multi Voice Path s Multi Mixer Voice Pressing this may not be necessary if the appropriate page has already been called up Voice category Voice number name appear at top right Channel Track numbers Voice bank ...

Page 79: ...neously press either or Bank to quickly select the XG SFX Preset and User Banks Use the rotary dial or D I buttons to select Voices within the current bank Press Catg to call up the Category page below then use and to browse through the Voices according to their general categories SHIFT F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 Press one of these to directly select the corresponding Bank XG Preset User Hold this do...

Page 80: ...e for the individual channel track that is sent to the Chorus effect Variation Mode Settings Insertion Ins System Sys This determines how the Variation effect is connected in the signal chain When set to Ins Insertion the Variation effect is applied to only one of the channels When set to Sys System the Variation effect is applied to all channels according to the amount of Variation Send below set...

Page 81: ...ge left 63 63 center 0 right 63 63 This determines the stereo position for the Reverb effect sound of the individual channel track Reverb Return Range 0 127 This determines the level of the Reverb sound for the individual channel track in the overall mix Chorus Type Settings No Effect Chorus 1 4 Celeste 1 4 Flanger 1 3 This determines the effect type used for the Chorus effect The Chorus Type can ...

Page 82: ...for the Type no Variation effect is applied The No Effect setting cancels the Variation effect When set to THRU the sound of the Voice is output without any Variation effect Variation Pan Range left 63 63 center 0 right 63 63 This determines the stereo position for the Variation effect sound of the individual channel track This parameter is available only when Variation Mode in the Effect Send pag...

Page 83: ... the sound of the Reverb effect For more details on the Reverb effects and descriptions of these parameters refer to the separate Sound Lists and MIDI Data supplement Chorus Chors Chorus Type Chorus Parameters Chorus Type This parameter is the same as that in the Effect Type page above page 77 Chorus Parameters These various parameters let you adjust and change the sound of the Chorus effect For m...

Page 84: ...ON Wheel as a kind of effect level control for the Variation effect A setting of 0 results in no MODULA TION Wheel control This parameter is not available when Variation Mode is set to System It is also not available for the 3 band EQ and 2 band EQ effect types when Variation Mode is set to Insertion Foot Controller Depth Foot Ctr Range 63 63 This determines the depth of the effect that is control...

Page 85: ...the Voice to the channels for which Variation Send is set to on This function is only available when The Variation Mode is set to Insertion See page 76 The Variation Send for a channel is set to on See page 76 Pressing calls up the Copy From Voice function Use the D I buttons to execute or cancel the operation Song Mode ...

Page 86: ...t above which other frequencies are filtered out Lower cutoff values create a deeper more rounded tone while higher values create a thinner brighter tone Song Multi Tuning Filter Path s Multi Inst Tun Fl Pressing this may not be necessary if the appropriate page has already been called up Filter Resonance Resonance Range 64 63 This determines the amount of filter resonance or emphasis of the Filte...

Page 87: ... Multi Inst Md Vel Pressing this may not be necessary if the appropriate page has already been called up Velocity Sensitivity Offset Offset Range 0 127 This determines the volume range over which velocity affects For lower values the velocity affects a volume range from minimum to medium loud For higher values velocity affects a range from medium soft to maximum Assign Mode Velocity Sensitivity Of...

Page 88: ...cted channel s Voice dies down as the note is held Higher values result in a longer Decay rate For more information about EG parameters see page 55 Amplitude EG Release Time Release Range 64 63 This determines the Release Time of the level EG or how rapidly the sound of the selected channel s Voice dies out after the note is released For more information about EG parameters see page 55 Song Multi ...

Page 89: ...ibrato especially while playing long notes The Delay parameter is useful in recreating this effect producing a more natural lifelike sound Higher values result in a longer Delay time Vibrato Depth Range 64 63 This determines the depth of the Vibrato effect Higher values result in a stronger more pronounced Vibrato sound Song Multi Vibrato Path s Multi Inst Vibrat Pressing this may not be necessary...

Page 90: ... to another NOTE Portamento has no effect on Drum Voices Portamento Switch Settings off on This determines whether Portamento is on or off for the selected channel s Voice Portamento Time Range 0 127 This determines the time of the Portamento effect or how long it takes to glide the pitch from one note to the next Higher values result in a longer pitch glide time Song Controller Portamento Path s ...

Page 91: ...o select the desired controller Use this to call up the Modulation parameter page Amplitude EG Bias Depth AmpBias Range 64 100 63 100 This determines how the controller affects the Amplitude or volume of the sound For positive values the volume level increases as the controller is moved toward the maximum For negative values the effect is reversed moving the controller to the maximum results in a ...

Page 92: ...e pronounced the vibrato effect Filter Cutoff Modulation Depth Flt Mod Range 0 127 This determines how widely the filter is modulated by the LFO low frequency oscillator producing a regular wah wah filter sweep effect The higher the value the deeper the filter modulation and hence the more pronounced the filter sweep effect NOTE The default settings for the above controller parameters are as follo...

Page 93: ...anspose Clock Shift Gate Time Velocity window Gate Time Rate Velocity Rate Velocity Offset The Per Track page shows and allows you to modify all Playback Effect parameters for a single track at a time The Per Track page contains all the same Playback Effect parameters that are in the other four pages The reason for this duplication is that in the Per Track page you can see at a glance all settings...

Page 94: ... for example a note that does not fall precisely on an 8th note beat will be shifted about halfway to the nearest 8th note beat To set all tracks to the same value simultaneously hold down and change the value Strength Quantize Value Setting Effect Off No quantization Swing settings also ignored Aligns to the nearest 32nd note Aligns to the nearest 16th note triplet Aligns to the nearest 16th note...

Page 95: ...he lower and higher velocity values A setting of 100 maintains the original relationship between the notes while lower values produce a narrower dynamic range and higher values produce a broader dynamic range To set all tracks to the same value simultaneously hold down and change the value Swing Gate Time Gat Range 0 200 This determines how much the note durations are affected by the Swing effect ...

Page 96: ...hich the all notes in a track are shifted in time forward or backward by the specified number of clocks 96 clocks per 1 4 note To set all tracks to the same value simultaneously hold down and change the value HINT Since the Clock Shift parameters shift the timing of all notes and other events in the specified track forward or backward they can significantly alter the feel of the song You could mov...

Page 97: ...igher velocity values A setting of 100 maintains the original relationship between the notes lower values produce a narrower dynamic range minimum 1 and higher values produce a broader dynamic range maximum 200 To set all tracks to the same value simultaneously hold down and change the value Velocity Offset V Ofs Range 99 99 This determines the amount of velocity change Negative settings reduce th...

Page 98: ...erator channel this is unrelated to the MIDI channel will be controlled by the corresponding sequencer track This setting is provided because in some cases it may be necessary to control a single channel of the internal tone generator from two or more sequencer tracks MIDI Channel Range off 1 16 This determines which MIDI channels are assigned to the corresponding tracks for both reception and tra...

Page 99: ...n the chain will play through in sequence then the third song will be repeated twice 3 Play the Chain While still in the Chain page above press the R button to play back the programmed chain Playback will stop after the last song You can also press T to stop playback at any time You can also use loop playback to continuously loop or repeat playback of the entire Song Chain To do this simultaneousl...

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Page 101: ... also lets you record extremely fast or com plex passages that would be difficult or impossible to play in real time Realtime Recording on the other hand is best for capturing the natural feel of a performance since it allows you to record as you are playing and simultaneously hear what you are record ing Which method you use depends partly on the type of music you wish to create and partly on you...

Page 102: ... you want to start recording with an empty song use the Clear Song Job described on page 22 to clear a song for recording If you want to save the existing song data to floppy disk before clearing see Disk Operations on page 135 IMPORTANT Realtime recording is replace recording meaning that any previous data in a track will be erased and replaced when new data is recorded to that track This is in c...

Page 103: ... standby select the Punch in Record mode by pressing Punch 3 Select a track for recording NOTE Selecting a different Voice from the one used in the originally recorded track automatically changes the Voice assignment for the entire track not just the Punch in measures 4 Specify the Punch in and Punch out points The Punch in point is the measure and beat at which recording will begin and the Punch ...

Page 104: ...rding or Punch in Recording 3 Press AllTr to enable All track Recording F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 Press to enable All track Recording Channel Track bar appears in reverse display indicating All track Recording is active 4 To record follow the steps described in Realtime Recording steps 4 and 7 9 or Punch in Recording steps 4 7 above The record procedure is exactly the same as that described for real...

Page 105: ...Signature and change the values Tempo 25 0 300 0 Time Signature 1 16 16 16 1 8 16 8 1 4 8 4 1 Select a Song Highlight the Song parameter and change the value Measure Beat parameter Change this when recording subesquent tracks at different points in the Song See HINT on page 99 3 Select a track Highlight the desired track 4 Select a Voice Highlight the Voice parameter and change the value F1 F2 F3 ...

Page 106: ...always appears as a 1 4 note regardless of the actual note entered chords are also indicated by the 1 4 note symbol You can change the octave setting for keyboard entry by using and Oct You can enter chords simply by moving the note pointer back to a note and entering a note of a different pitch at the same location this can be repeated as many times as necessary For details on moving the note poi...

Page 107: ...board Displays Each dash represents a 32nd note 12 clocks Note pointer 1st beat 2nd beat 3rd beat 4th beat The keyboard display shows the pitch es of the note s at the current note pointer position In the example below the keyboard displays that a chord C major consisting of three notes exists at the current note pointer location These dots indicate the note pitches that have been recorded at the ...

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Page 109: ...u specify The QS300 features 100 Preset Patterns in a wide variety of musical styles You can also create your own Patterns by combining individual Phrases each of which is a single part of a Pattern such as the drum or bass part For this you can use the 3 093 Preset Phrases of the QS300 or record your own Phrases Remember that the Preset and User Patterns can be used freely in song recording letti...

Page 110: ...se instrument parts is called a Phrase The QS300 contains 3 093 different Phrases and has memory space for 100 original User Phrases For more details on Phrases see page 125 The individual Patterns do not stop there however Just as a piece of music is made up of different sections so are the Patterns of the QS300 Each Style actually contains several Section Patterns an introduction two main themes...

Page 111: ... Pattern playback by pressing R Remember that you can also select different Patterns and Sections during playback Whenever a new Pattern or Section is selected the word next appears to the right of the Pattern name and the newly selected Pattern Section will begin playing from the top of the next measure Note that the Meas measure parameter in the display includes two numbers e g 1 of 4 The first ...

Page 112: ...ng E the chord name flashes on the display The chord is not actually entered until E is pressed M major M7 major seventh 6 sixth 7 seventh m minor m7 minor seventh m6 minor sixth mM7 minor major seventh m7 b5 minor seventh flatted fifth dim diminished aug augmented sus4 suspended fourth Madd9 major added ninth M7 9 major seventh ninth 6 9 sixth ninth 7 9 seventh ninth madd9 minor added ninth m7 9 ...

Page 113: ...cify the bass phrase chord 1 Highlight the Chord window in the display 2 Enter a chord type For this example enter Cm7 3 Simultaneously hold down and press the desired note on the lowest octave of the keyboard C1 B1 For this example enter Ab Specifying the Bass Phrase Chord Type Harmonization 4 Continue to hold down and select a chord type by pressing the appropriately marked key from C2 to Eb4 Re...

Page 114: ...ings Phrase Phr Pattern Pat This allows you to switch between the Pattern and Phrase Voice assignments Voice Range 1 128 D1 D12 129 140 off 141 Values in parentheses can be entered from the numeric keypad Same as the corresponding parameter in the Song mode See page 73 Pattern Multi Volume Path p Multi Mixer Volume Pressing this may not be necessary if the appropriate page has already been called ...

Page 115: ...lled up Voice bank Channel Track Voice Range 1 128 D1 D12 129 140 off 141 Values in parentheses can be entered from the numeric keypad Same as the corresponding parameter in the Song mode See page 74 Bank Range Normal XG mode XG 0 101 Fx SFX Pr Preset Us User Same as the corresponding parameter in the Song mode See page 74 The Search pages provide an easy and quick way to browse through and select...

Page 116: ...to System The Effect Send page in the Pattern mode provides effect level controls for the Patterns These are the same as the corresponding pages in the Song mode See page 76 Dry Level Range 0 127 Same as the corresponding parameter in the Song mode See page 76 Reverb Send Range 0 127 Same as the corresponding parameter in the Song mode See page 76 Chorus Send Range 0 127 Same as the corresponding ...

Page 117: ...justing all the note velocities in a track Pattern Playback Effect Per Track Path p P Efct perTR Pressing this may not be necessary if the appropriate page has already been called up Channel Track Quantize window Quantize Value Strength Swing window Swing Velocity Swing Gate Time Swing Rate Transpose Clock Shift window Transpose Clock Shift Gate Time Velocity window Gate Time Rate Velocity Rate Ve...

Page 118: ... The Quantize function aligns notes in the specified track to the nearest specified beat For more details on the Quantize page see the corresponding section in the Song mode page 90 Quantize Value Val Settings off Same as the corresponding parameter in the Song mode See page 90 Strength Str Range 0 100 Same as the corresponding parameter in the Song mode See page 90 ...

Page 119: ...ails on the Swing page see the corresponding section in the Song mode page 91 Swing Velocity Vel Range 0 200 Same as the corresponding parameter in the Song mode See page 91 Swing Gate Time Gat Range 0 200 Same as the corresponding parameter in the Song mode See page 91 Swing Rate Rat Range 50 no swing to 75 maximum swing for even note lengths 66 to 83 for triplet note lengths 50 to 66 for even pl...

Page 120: ...sponding parameter in the Song mode See page 92 Pattern Playback Effect Gate Time Velocity Path p P Efct GT Vel Pressing this may not be necessary if the appropriate page has already been called up Velocity Offset Velocity Rate Gate Time Rate Gate Time Rate G Rat Range 0 200 Same as the corresponding parameter in the Song mode See page 93 Velocity Rate V Rat Range 0 200 Same as the corresponding p...

Page 121: ...elected Pattern s tracks This makes it possible to play the accompaniment sounds on external MIDI tone generators Simply match the channel settings here to the appropriate receive channels on the tone generators MIDI Channel Range off 1 16 This determines which MIDI channels are assigned to the corresponding Pattern tracks for transmission MIDI Channel Pattern Mode ...

Page 122: ...sing one of these mutes or un mutes the corresponding track The Track Mute page allows you to quickly and easily mute un mute the Pattern tracks by using the function buttons Press the appropriate button to alternately mute or un mute the corresponding Pattern track ...

Page 123: ...mory for recording additional data to the other sixteen tracks A Tempo track is also available for recording tempo changes to a Song As with normal recording page 97 accompaniment recording has two different record modes Realtime and Step Recording The realtime method is the fastest and easiest letting you record pattern and chord changes on the fly The step method gives you more detailed control ...

Page 124: ... Pre Preset Select the Pattern number by highlighting the Pattern number and changing the value Since Pattern selection is automatically off by default when you call up an empty Song you must first turn it on Then you can select the Pattern bank and Pattern number 5 Select a Section 6 Press r to set record to standby F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 Press to enable Realtime Recording RECORD TOP RUN STOP RE...

Page 125: ...asure lead in Since you selected Chord recording with the Chd track the cursor will automatically move to the Chord window when you start recording All you have to do to record chord changes is to enter the desired chords see page 124 HINT Chord changes normally occur on quarter note divisions so try to press the E button to enter each chord either exactly on the beat or a fraction of a section be...

Page 126: ...ng that already contains data if you want to make changes or additions 2 Press r to set record to standby 3 Select Step Recording by pressing Step 4 Select the Pattern track or Chord track F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 3 Press to select Step Recording 4 Select the Pattern or Chord track 5 Press R to call up the Pattern Entry or Chord Entry display and begin recording the data Refer to the corresponding ...

Page 127: ...arker highlight it and press Clear or the D button Erase any entered data at the highlight by press ing Clear NOTE Tempo Tmp track data is entered in the Edit mode see page 186 Pattern Entry Press to clear the highlighted data F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 Select a Section Highlight the Section parameter and change the value Select a Pattern Highlight the Bank or Number parameter and change the value En...

Page 128: ...o press E in Step Recording here Specifying the Bass Note For a Chord This function allows you to specify the bass note other than the normal root to be used with the current chord To specify the bass note 1 Highlight the chord block in the display Specifying the Bass Phrase Chord Type Harmonization This function takes the Bass Note function above one step further by allowing you to specify the ch...

Page 129: ... QS300 has 3 093 Preset Phrases and 100 User memory locations for your original Phrases In the Phrase mode you can listen to the Preset Phrases as well as record User Phrases of your own These can then be combined to create complete Patterns in the Pattern mode Phrase Selecting and Playing Phrases 126 Combining Phrases in the Pattern Mode 127 Recording Original Phrases 129 Realtime Phrase Recordin...

Page 130: ...y Then highlight and change the desired section of the Phrase Category Beat Type or Number see chart below The Category Beat and Type are abbreviated in the parameter itself but are also listed in full in the display just below the parameter Category Beat Type DR Drums 08 8 Beat M Main PC Percussion 16 16 Beat O Fill Loop BA Bass 34 3 4 Beat X Fill Cross GC Guitar Chord I Intro GR Guitar Riff E En...

Page 131: ... the Pattern length parameter can be set from 1 to 8 measures for the Intro Main A Main B and Ending sections the Fill sections can only have a length of 1 measure Highlight is at top of first measure in the first track Use the cursor buttons to move the highlight around in the display selecting different measures and tracks as desired Use normal data entry methods to enter different Phrases at th...

Page 132: ...e operation see page 137 or do the same operation from the Disk mode see page 197 11 Repeat the above steps for other Sections as desired HINT Keep in mind that if you have User Patterns in memory you don t have to start from scratch in creating new Patterns You can call up a previous User Pattern and use that as the basis for a new Pattern This is especially helpful in maintain ing musical consis...

Page 133: ...hrase recording does not replace previous data but adds to it This means that you can do loop recording a conve nient function often found on rhythm machines which lets you build up a Phrase note by note as it loops You can easily delete any mistakes as the Phrase loops as well To use Realtime Phrase Recording 1 Select a User Phrase You can select either an empty Phrase to start from scratch or an...

Page 134: ...hat of the PITCH wheel Sustain pedal MODULATION wheel and so on can also be recorded as to the Phrase HINT Since the recorded Phrase will be re harmonized with the automatic accompaniment there are a few simple rules of thumb you should follow when recording to ensure the best results Keep it simple Complex passages may not be musically appropriate when re harmonized In general use primarily the r...

Page 135: ...laying for their specified length re harmo nized to match the new chord Retrigger is not avail able when Drums Dr is selected in the Type parameter below Type Settings Melody Mel Chord Chd Bass Bas Drums Dr This determines how the Phrase will be harmonized to the specified chords Mel produces harmonization appropriate for melody or single line Phrases Chd produces harmonization ideally suited to c...

Page 136: ...the Source Chord Use the designated keys on the keyboard to specify the chord root and type See page 108 You can also use the Bass Note and Bass Phrase Chord Type functions on page 124 The Source Chord parameter is very important since it determines how the Phrase will be re harmonized when used later in a Pattern with the automatic accompaniment features NOTE The Thru chord type cannot be specifi...

Page 137: ...an change the octave setting for keyboard entry by using and Oct You can enter chords simply by moving the note pointer back to a note and entering a note of a different pitch at the same location this can be repeated as many times as necessary For details on moving the note pointer see Moving Around In the Note Display below 10 Complete recording on the rest of the Phrase Repeat steps 8 and 9 unt...

Page 138: ...ear The Note Keyboard Displays Each dash represents a 32nd note 12 clocks Note pointer 1st beat 2nd beat 3rd beat 4th beat The keyboard display shows the pitch es of the note s at the current note pointer position In the example below the keyboard displays that a chord C major consisting of three notes exists at the current note pointer location These dots indicate the note pitches that have been ...

Page 139: ...anized personal floppy disk data library IMPORTANT The QS300 uses 2DD double density or 2HD high density 3 5 inch floppy disks When formatted a single disk provides a total data capacity of about 713 kilobytes Any new disk you intend to use with the QS300 must be formatted first The format operation is described on page 202 Disk Load Operation 136 Save Operation 137 Disk Operation Disk Operations ...

Page 140: ...the file name under which it will be saved on disk When loading you specify the song file to be loaded and the song number to which it is to be loaded Disk Load Operation Path s p P Load Source data Destination location Size of selected file in kilobytes Number of files on disk To load the desired data 1 Enter the appropriate mode Song Pattern or Phrase by pressing the corresponding MODE button 2 ...

Page 141: ...hlighted the name operation popup page below is automatically called up See page 197 for instructions on entering names 5 Press E If the destination location already contains data a Delete Old Data prompt appears in the display Answer the prompt by pressing the I button to go ahead with the Save operation or pressing D to cancel After the operation is completed press to return to the previous mode...

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Page 143: ...152 12 Thin Out 153 13 Create Measure 154 14 Delete Measure 155 15 Copy Track 156 16 Mix Track 157 17 Clear Track 158 18 Expand Backing 158 19 Init Initialize Play Effect 159 20 Normalize Effect 159 21 Copy Song 160 22 Clear Song 160 23 Song Name 161 CAUTION Keep in mind that the Song Jobs perma nently alter the data of the Song unlike the playback effects covered on page 89 For example the Quanti...

Page 144: ...ten by the Undo Job whenever the Song or Phrase step record mode is engaged even if the step record mode is exited without actually recording any data The Undo operation cannot be used with the following jobs Song Name page 23 Style Name in Pattern Jobs page 168 and Phrase Name in Phrase Jobs page 177 To use the Song Jobs 1 Enter the Song mode by pressing s 2 Press j to call up the Song Jobs page ...

Page 145: ...ats the note data in the corre sponding track will be aligned If you select for example all notes in the track will be aligned to the nearest 16th note beat to a degree determined by the Strength parameter below Strength Range 0 100 This determines how strongly the notes are attracted to the specified quantize value At a setting of 0 no quantization will occur while a setting of 100 will cause all...

Page 146: ...fected by the Swing effect This parameter sets the ratio between the lower and higher velocity values A setting of 100 maintains the original relationship between the notes while lower values produce a narrower dynamic range and higher values produce a broader dynamic range Press E to execute the Quantize Job A Completed message appears briefly when the Job is done Swing Rate Range 50 no swing to ...

Page 147: ...Velocity x Rate 100 Offset If the right side of the equation is less than 0 the new Velocity becomes 1 Press E to execute the Modify Velocity Job A Completed message appears briefly when the Job is done HINT The Modify Velocity Job is a great way to soften the sound of material that has too great a variation between the softest and loudest notes or conversely to add extra punch to dull sounding ma...

Page 148: ...e duration according to the following formula New Gate Time Original Gate Time x Rate 100 Offset If the right side of the equation is less than 0 the new Gate Time becomes 1 Press E to execute the Modify Gate Time Job A Completed message appears briefly when the Job is done HINT The Modify Gate Time Job can be used to produce a more staccato or legato feel as required Experiment with the parameter...

Page 149: ...ected Measure Range Crescendo Range Crescendo Range Range 99 99 This determines the range of velocity values over which the crescendo will occur A setting of 24 for example will cause the MIDI velocity values to increase by 24 over the specified measure range Negative values will produce a decrescendo or cause velocity values to decrease The MIDI velocity value range is from 1 to 127 Crescendo Ran...

Page 150: ...o be affected Measure Range Transpose First measure Last measure First beat Last beat Transpose Range 99 99 semitones This determines the pitch transposition of the specified data up or down in semitone increments Press E to execute the Transpose Job A Com pleted message appears briefly when the Job is done HINT Of course you can transpose all parts as required to shift the entire song to a differ...

Page 151: ...affected Measure Range Source note Destination note Source Note Destination Note Range C 2 G8 The source note parameter determines which notes in the specified measure range will be shifted and the destination note parameter determines to what note they will be shifted to The notes can be entered directly from the keyboard when the parameter is highlighted as well as from the panel controls Press ...

Page 152: ...ted Positive settings shift the notes forward toward the end of the song and negative settings shift the notes backward toward the beginning of the song Press E to execute the Clock Shift Job A Com pleted message appears briefly when the Job is done NOTE The Shift Clock Job will not shift data beyond the specified measure range Events near the beginning and end of the specified range may therefore...

Page 153: ...ure Range Measure Range is actually four separate settings as shown below These determine the range of the play data that is to be affected Measure Range Type Settings Normal Norm Reverse Rev This determines whether the chords in the specified range are arranged from lowest to highest note Norm or from highest to lowest note Rev Press E to execute the Chord Sort Job A Com pleted message appears br...

Page 154: ...niment chord track Tmp is for the tempo track and All is for all tracks in the selected song When any of the latter four are selected the Source Track param eter is automatically set to the same setting Source Range Range is actually four separate settings as shown below These determine the range of the play data that is to be affected First measure Last measure First beat Last beat Source Song an...

Page 155: ...equent measures are not moved back to fill the blank space Track Range 01 16 This determines the track to be affected by the Erase Event Job Measure Range Measure Range is actually four separate settings as shown below These determine the range of the play data that is to be affected Measure Range Press E to execute the Erase Event Job A Com pleted message appears briefly when the Job is done Firs...

Page 156: ...ast measure First beat Last beat NOTE Range C 2 G8 all notes All Note events When this event type is selected the Value parameter appears determining the specific note name to be extracted PRGM Program change events P BEND Pitch bend events CTRL Range 000 127 all control numbers All Control change events When this event type is selected the Value parameter appears determining the specific control ...

Page 157: ...ur separate settings as shown below These determine the range of the play data that is to be affected Measure Range First measure Last measure First beat Last beat Event Type and Value This determines the event type to be extracted and where applicable the value P BEND Pitch bend events CTRL Range 000 127 all control numbers All Control change events When this event type is selected the Value para...

Page 158: ...to be created Press E to execute the Create Measure Job A Completed message appears briefly when the Job is done NOTE All existing measures after the point at which the new measures are created will be moved forward to make room for the new measures If you use the Create Measure Job with an empty song the specified new measures will be placed in track 1 only HINT Use Create Measure when you want t...

Page 159: ... to be affected Last measure First measure Press E to execute the Delete Measure Job A Completed message appears briefly when the Job is done HINT Delete Measure is a great way to completely cut out unwanted data from the song It s important to remember however that a delete operation affects all tracks simulta neously and that measures following the deleted range are moved back to take the place ...

Page 160: ...ks in the selected song When any of the latter four are selected the Destination Track parameter is automatically set to the same setting Destination Song Track Settings Song 01 10 Track 01 16 Pattern Pat Chord Chd Tempo Tmp All This determines the song and track or tracks to which the source data selected above is to be copied In the Track parameter Pat is for the accompaniment pattern track Chd ...

Page 161: ...a from the first is simply copied to the second minus the time signature Press E to execute the Mix Track Job A Com pleted message appears briefly when the Job is done Source First Song and Track HINT In many situations you may want to overdub or add new material to a single track without deleting the previous material This is dangerous however since you can ruin one or more layers of good materia...

Page 162: ...n and Chord track data which cannot be edited to that of standard MIDI format which can be edited The resulting expanded data is placed in the normal sequencer tracks 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 and 16 see chart below Pattern Track Sequencer Track 1 8 2 9 3 11 4 12 5 13 6 14 7 15 8 16 HINT The main use for Expand Backing is when you want to make small changes in the accompaniment that cannot be made otherw...

Page 163: ...ay Effect settings to the sequence data modifying the sequence data accord ingly The Play Effect settings are initialized after execu tion Track Range 01 16 All This determines the track or tracks for which the Play Effect settings are to be modified The setting of All selects all tracks in the selected song Press E to execute the Normalize Effect Job A Completed message appears briefly when the J...

Page 164: ...rom all tracks of the currently selected song It also initializes the play effect voice and output settings Song Range 01 10 This determines the song whose data is to be cleared Press E to execute the Clear Song Job A Com pleted message appears briefly when the Job is done Destination Song Range 01 10 This determines the song to which the source data selected above is to be copied Press E to execu...

Page 165: ...ermines the song name up to eight characters Operation 1 Move the highlight in the name to the desired posi tion with the left right cursor buttons 2 Change the character at the highlight by using the rotary dial or the D I buttons Insert This inserts a blank space at the highlight position Delete This deletes the character at the highlight position After entering the name press the button to retu...

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Page 167: ...riety of important and useful functions Pattern Jobs 00 Undo Redo 164 01 Copy Pattern 165 02 Append Pattern 166 03 Split Pattern 167 04 Init Initialize Play Effect 168 05 Clear Pattern 168 06 Style Name 168 CAUTION Keep in mind that the Pattern Jobs permanently alter the data of the selected Patterns Pattern Jobs ...

Page 168: ...tern Jobs page 3 Select the desired Job number title Enter the Job number directly from the numeric keypad or select the Job by moving the highlight in the normal manner 4 Press E to call up the desired Job 5 For help in using a specific Job refer to the appro priate explanation in this section To exit from the Pattern Jobs press the button or any of the MODE buttons ...

Page 169: ...be copied A setting of All selects all tracks for copying The Destination Track parameter is automatically set to All if All is selected here Destination Style Range 001 100 This determines the style number to which the source data selected above is to be copied Destination Section Settings Intro Main A Main B Fill AA Fill BB Fill AB Fill BA Ending All This determines the style section s to which ...

Page 170: ...data is to be copied Destination Style Range 001 100 This determines the style number to which the source data selected above is to be appended Destination Section Settings Intro Main A Main B Ending This determines the style section to which the source data selected above is to be appended Fills cannot be selected as the destination since they can be only one measure in length Press E to execute ...

Page 171: ...1 is selected the entire section will be moved to the specified destination Destination Style Range 001 100 This determines the style number to which the source data selected above is to be moved Source Pattern parameters Style Section Starting Measure for split Destination Section Settings Intro Main A Main B Ending This determines the style section to which the source data selected above is to b...

Page 172: ...ll AA Fill BB Fill AB Fill BA Ending All This determines the section to be cleared A setting of All selects all sections for clearing Press E to execute the Clear Pattern Job A Com pleted message appears briefly when the Job is done NOTE When All is selected the Multi parameter data is cleared as well 06 Style Name This operation allows an original name of up to eight characters to be assigned to ...

Page 173: ... Redo 170 01 Quantize 171 02 Modify Velocity 171 03 Modify Gate Time 171 04 Crescendo 172 05 Transpose 172 06 Shift Note 172 07 Shift Clock 173 08 Copy Phrase 173 09 Append Phrase 174 10 Split Phrase 174 11 Get Phrase 175 12 Put Phrase 176 13 Clear Phrase 177 14 Phrase Name 177 CAUTION Keep in mind that the Phrase Jobs permanently alter the data of the Phrase Phrase Jobs ...

Page 174: ...t in the normal manner You can also scroll up and down through the list in pages by simultaneously holding down the button and pressing the appropriate cursor button or 4 Press E to call up the desired Job 5 For help in using a specific Job refer to the appro priate explanation in this section To exit from the Phrase Jobs press the button or any of the MODE buttons 00 Undo Redo Same as the corresp...

Page 175: ...increases or decreases the velocity values of all notes in the specified user phrase The basic parameters functions and operations are the same as for the corre sponding Job in the Song mode see page 143 for details 03 Modify Gate Time This operation increases or decreases the gate times dura tion of all notes in the specified user phrase The basic parameters functions and operations are the same ...

Page 176: ...e 145 for details 05 Transpose This operation transposes all notes in the specified user phrase up or down by the specified number of semitones The basic parameters functions and operations are the same as for the corresponding Job in the Song mode see page 146 for details 06 Shift Note This operation changes the pitch of all specified notes within the specified user phrase The basic parameters fu...

Page 177: ...t Type and Number Name L Instrument Category Settings User US Preset Drums DR Percussion PC Bass BA Guitar Chord GC Guitar Riff GR Keyboard Chord KC Keyboard Riff KR Select US for the User Phrases any other for Preset Phrases L Beat Settings 8 beat 08 16 beat 16 3 4 time 34 L Type Settings Main M Fill Loop O Fill Cross X Intro I Ending E Specific S General G L Number Name Range 001 100 Source Chor...

Page 178: ...re and moves the latter half to another specified user phrase Source Phrase Range 001 100 This determines the user phrase which is to be split Starting Measure Range 1 8 depending on length of source phrase This determines the starting measure for the split The selected measure and all that follow will be split If a value of 1 is selected the entire phrase will be moved to the specified destinatio...

Page 179: ... is actually two separate settings as shown below These determine the range of the play data that is to be copied Destination Phrase This determines the user phrase to which the data is to be copied Press E to execute the Get Phrase Job A Com pleted message appears briefly when the Job is done HINT The Get Phrase Job is a convenient way to create new phrases by copying a few appropriate measures f...

Page 180: ...re Range is actually two separate settings as shown below These determine the range of the play data that is to be copied 12 Put Phrase Last measure First measure Destination Song Range 01 10 This determines the song to which the data is to be copied Destination Track Range 01 16 This determines the track to which the data is to be copied Press E to execute the Put Phrase Job A Com pleted message ...

Page 181: ...e as for the corresponding Job in the Song mode see page 160 for details 13 Clear Phrase This operation allows an original name of up to eight characters to be assigned to the specified user phrase The method of entering the name is the same as the correspond ing Job in the Song mode see page 161 for details 14 Phrase Name Phrase Jobs ...

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Page 183: ... Edit Insert The Edit Change mode lets you individually modify the timing pitch note gate time length and velocity loudness of each recorded note It also allows you to change the data values of other recorded events such as pitch bend program change and after touch The Edit Insert mode on the other hand allows insertion of note pitch bend program change control change after touch or exclusive even...

Page 184: ...dited the Edit mode cannot be called up when a Preset Phrase is selected The Edit mode is available only in the Song and Phrase modes 2 Move the highlight to the desired Event line To do this Use the cursor buttons to select indi vidual Event lines and scroll through the notes and measures Highlight the Measure parameter and use any data entry control to change the current measure Use the k l butt...

Page 185: ...the velocity loudness of the note The range is from 001 to 127 A simple and efficient way to enter note velocities is by using the numeric keypad pressing the button correspond ing to the desired dynamic value The dynamic values are printed directly above the buttons To Change Controller Data You can also change controller data values from the Edit Change mode Controllers include pitch bend after ...

Page 186: ...ation send level 096 DatI Data entry increment 097 DatD Data entry decrement 098 NRPL NRPN LSB 099 NRPM NRPN MSB 100 RPNL RPN LSB 101 RPNM RPN MSB 120 SnOf All sound off 121 RstC Reset all controllers 124 OmOf Omni off 125 OmOn Omni on 126 Mono Mono 127 Poly Poly Number Display Controller Name Ctl Indication For System Exclusive data Highlight the Data parameter When the Data parameter is highligh...

Page 187: ...s automatically highlighted 2 Use any data entry method to select a track 1 16 or the Tempo track For details on editing the Tempo track see page 186 3 Press E or again or to change to the newly selected track Track Name TrNam This lets you specify a name for the track For instruc tions on entering names see page 161 When done entering the name press Other Functions F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 Track N...

Page 188: ...n of value Event parameters Previous Event line 4 Highlight Event Type and select desired type of event 3 Highlight and change Insert Location if desired Insert Location is displayed as Measure Beat Clock 5 Set the Event parameters as desired Refer to the explanations below for each event type and its parameters Note Pitch Bend Program Change Control Change Channel After Touch Key After Touch and ...

Page 189: ...an be used to apply channel monophonic aftertouch in which pressure on any key controls all notes being played by the same amount The range is 0 to 127 The amount of after touch pressure is also represented graphically by a bar in the display Graphic indication of value Graphic indication of value Control Change number Channel after touch value Control Change value Editing Songs and Phrases Graphi...

Page 190: ...s below Editing the Tempo Track Tempo Insert Location 2 Press Insrt to call up the Edit Insert mode for the Tempo track 6 Enter the event by pressing E A click sounds as the event is entered When a note is entered the actual note sounds 7 Press to return to the Edit Change mode and continue editing as desired Events that you ve inserted with the exception of system exclusive can be edited in the E...

Page 191: ... general operation These functions include MIDI data handling interfacing with external equipment global sequencer settings and controls ABC system operation and more Utility Synthesizer Setup 188 MIDI Setup 190 MIDI Input Filter 191 Sequencer Setup 192 Fingered Chord Zone 193 Others Setup 194 Utility Mode ...

Page 192: ...ects the Voice played in the Voice mode data recorded to the sequencer and the data transmitted via the MIDI OUT terminal Utility Synthesizer Setup Path u Synth Master Tuning Range 99 99 cents 1 semitone This determines the overall tuning of the instrument At a pitch of 440 Hz 4 cents equals approximately 1 Hz Velocity Curve Settings normal soft 1 soft 2 easy wide hard cross 1 cross 2 This determi...

Page 193: ...System Mode Settings norm normal TG B TG300B This determines the basic tone generation mode of the QS300 The norm setting provides compatibility with GM and XG song data while the TG B setting provides semi compatibility with popular computer music software The TG B setting is indicated in the display by a B in the mode bar at the top left as shown below Indicates TG300B mode NOTE When the System ...

Page 194: ...S300 a kind of MIDI identification number used to distinguish between multiple units For example if you are using more than one QS300 in a MIDI chain set a different Device Number for each unit When all is selected here MIDI data is received over channel 1 Utility MIDI Setup Path u MIDI Voice Mode Keyboard Transmit Channel TrnsCh Range 1 16 This determines which MIDI channel the QS300 transmits ov...

Page 195: ...polyphonic aftertouch data Channel Similar to Key After Touch however this filter After Touch blocks reception of monophonic channel Ch AT after touch data Control This filter can be used to block reception of Change all control change events modulation breath controller volume sustain pedal etc Control change bank select numbers 0 and 32 are affected by the Bank Change filter below not this filte...

Page 196: ...ines whether MIDI control of the sequencer is on or off Normally this should be set to on When set to off the sequencer will not respond to or transmit the following MIDI messages Song Position F2h Song Select F3h Timing Clock F8h Start FAh Continue FBh and Stop FCh Interval Time Intrvl Time Range 0 9 x 100 milliseconds This determines the delay time between exclusive data blocks between 0 and 900...

Page 197: ...gnized chords see the separate Sound Lists and MIDI Data supplement Range parameters Low Key Range parameters High Key Fingered Chord Switch Utility Mode Range Parameters Low Key Range C 2 G8 High Key Range C 2 G8 These two parameters determine the range over which ABC chords are recognized These can be set with the panel controls or directly from the keyboard itself Keep in mind that the Low Key ...

Page 198: ...ontrast of the display LCD If the contrast setting makes the display unreadable you can reset the contrast to 0 from any mode by simultaneously pressing the and u buttons F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 Greeting Message Press to insert a blank space at the highlight position Press to delete the character at the highlight position From the Others Setup page shown above press to call up the following Greeti...

Page 199: ...dition to save and load operations the Disk mode allows you to format new disks as well as delete and rename existing files Disk Save Operation 197 Load Operation 198 Delete Operation 200 Rename Operation 201 Format Operation 202 Disk Mode ...

Page 200: ... Voice data Phrase Range 001 100 File Extension Q3H This comprises a single specified user Phrase Style Range 001 100 File Extension Q3P This comprises a single specified Style Song Range 01 10 File Extension Q3S This comprises a single specified Song The Voice output select play effect and pattern chord tempo track data is also saved Voice Range 001 128 Max 280 elements Load only File Extension Q...

Page 201: ...ata from tracks 1 16 is saved Pattern Chord and Tempo track data is not saved When saving the Song data type number 5 User Patterns and User Phrases in the Song data are not saved NOTE File names can be up to 8 characters in length Spaces will be converted to hyphens when the file is saved Entering all spaces for a name will result in an Illegal File Name message The last entered file name is auto...

Page 202: ...e display select the specific data file you wish to load Do this by highlighting the desired number title in the left source data box or select the number of the data directly 2 Select the destination location right box Note This step is unnecessary for the All Data and All User Voice types 3 Press E If the destination location already contains data a Are you sure prompt appears in the display Ans...

Page 203: ...essing D to cancel Source data Size of selected file in kilobytes Number of files on disk 2 From the above display select the desired set of Voices and press E After the Voice directory is loaded the following display appears 3 From the display above select a Voice and press E You can also use the Category function to quickly browse through the Voices by pressing and then using and to jump among t...

Page 204: ...n to go ahead with the Delete operation or pressing D to cancel After the operation is completed press to return to the previous mode display or press any of the MODE buttons NOTE You can use the button to leave the Delete display at any time except while the operation is actually in progress Files Selected file will be deleted Size of selected file in kilobytes Number of files on disk To use the ...

Page 205: ...nation location is highlighted the name operation page below is automatically called up See page 161 for instructions on entering names If the same file name is specified the following display appears If this happens press to return to the Rename page and enter a new file name 4 Press E to execute the Rename operation After the operation is completed press to return to the previous mode display or...

Page 206: ... disk write protect slide must be in the write enable position to perform a Format operation If it is not the Write Protected error message will appear when you attempt to execute the Format operation 2HD disks having 2DD format cannot be used To format a disk 1 Insert the disk to be formatted 2 Press E An Are you sure prompt appears in the display Answer the prompt by pressing the I button to go ...

Page 207: ...203 Q S 3 0 0 APPENDIX Troubleshooting 204 Warning and Error Messages 206 Specifications 208 Index 209 APPENDIX ...

Page 208: ...ge108 Move the highlight elsewhere to prevent inadvertent chord changes Is System Mode Utility page 189 set to TG B Is Click Mode Utility page 192 set properly Is Record set to standby If RECORD lamp is on you cannot enter other modes press STOP first to take record out of standby Did you set the Type to drums Dr when recording the Phrase page 131 Are you pressing EDIT in Pattern mode Pattern mode...

Page 209: ...Instrument Tuning Filter Multi controls page 82 and Master Tuning Utility page 188 Does the Phrase already contain data See page 132 Has an end mark page 123 been set somewhere within the Pattern track Has an Ending Section page 123 been set somewhere within the Pattern track Is the Phrase Retrigger parameter page 131 set to off Have any of the Play Effects page 89 been changed Use the Play Effect...

Page 210: ...edit a Preset Pattern Only User Patterns can be edited No Data There is no data in the specified track measures etc and the job function cannot be executed Select a track or range of measures having data and attempt the operation again Illegal Backup Data The memory backup battery may have been too low to back up the data properly resulting in corrupted backup data Have the battery changed by your...

Page 211: ...Set the tab to the write position and attempt the operation again Disk Full Cannot write additional data to the disk because the disk s data capacity or director capacity has been exceeded Delete unnecessary files from the disk and attempt the operation again or use another blank disk Illegal File Type Attempted to read a file type not supported by the QS300 The QS300 supports SMF and ESEQ files o...

Page 212: ... Chords 28 including Thru Note Resolution 96 clocks quarter note Edit modes Song Edit Phrase Edit Jobs Song 24 Pattern 7 Phrase 15 Song Chain 10 Songs Sequence File Format SMF Standard MIDI File ESEQ QY300 General Keyboard 61 keys with initial touch and after touch Display 240 x 64 dot graphic liquid crystal display backlit with contrast control External Memory 3 5 2DD 2HD type floppy disk drive C...

Page 213: ... Pattern Pattern Job 165 Copy Phrase Phrase Job 173 Copy Song Song Job 160 Copy Track Song Job 156 Create Measure Song Job 154 Crescendo Phrase Job 172 Song Job 145 D Delete Disk 195 Delete Measure Song Job 155 Demo Song playing 18 Disk mode 195 202 Disk operations 135 Drum Set 60 E Edit Change mode 180 Edit Insert mode 184 Edit Recall Voice Job 64 editing Songs and Phrases 179 186 Voice 23 43 Eff...

Page 214: ...ttern track 33 120 122 Patterns 106 Patterns selecting and playing 107 Per Track Pattern Playback 113 Song Playback 89 Phrase edit 179 186 Phrase Jobs 169 177 Phrase mode 125 Phrase Name Phrase Job 177 Phrase recording 129 134 Phrases 106 Phrases combining Pattern 127 Realtime recording 129 selecting and playing 125 Step recording 132 Pitch Bend 26 Pitch EG 54 Play Effect Bypass 70 Playback Effect...

Page 215: ...0 Track Mute Pattern 118 Track Transmit Channel Pattern 117 Song 94 tracks muting unmuting 41 118 transport location controls 67 Transpose Phrase Job 172 Song Job 146 Transpose Clock Shift Pattern Playback 116 Song Playback 92 Tuning Voice Edit 58 Tuning Filter Song Multi 82 Type Phrase 131 U Undo Redo Pattern Job 164 Phrase Job 170 Song Job 140 Utility mode 187 194 V Variation Effect Voice Edit 4...

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