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Page 4: ...contained in a newly designed package The Style Sequencer functions that were so popular on the QY300 etc have been enhanced and made easier to use A large LCD display also makes operation easier and more intuitive In order to take full advantage of the QY700 s functionality please make good use of this owner s manual Once you have read it keep it in a safe and convenient place for reference shoul...

Page 5: ...highly practical music production environment that lets you use patterns and phrases to create your song Easy operation with large display dials function buttons and direct buttons The large 320 240 dot full graphic display provides you with plenty of information for efficient music making For example playback data can be viewed not only as an event list but also graphically in a track view or pia...

Page 6: ...ines the arrangement of voices in a tone generator and its MIDI functionality ensuring that data can be played back with substantially the same sounds on any GM compatible tone generator regardless of its manufacturer or model Tone generators and song data that meet the GM System Level 1 bear this GM logo XG XG is a tone generator format that expands the voice arrangement of the GM System Level 1 ...

Page 7: ...itted In such cases the appropriate page of chapter 2 SONG MODE is indicated so that you can refer to it Owner s Manual QY700 Reference Listings This is a booklet that contains various lists such as the Voice list Preset Phrase list Effect list Chord Type list MIDI data format and MIDI implementation chart Printing conventions in this manual This manual uses the following icons to indicate buttons...

Page 8: ...ds to be performed while doing something else For example s y means hold down s and press y This icon means or For example n ymeans that you should press either thenor theykey This icon indicates the sequence in which buttons must be pressed For example numeric keys e means that you must use the numeric keys to select a value and then press the e button This icon indicates the result of an operati...

Page 9: ... 12 Here you can read about the name and location of each button and control and read about their function Function tree p 34 This lets you locate the desired information within the structure of the command hierarchy Glossary p 324 This section contains unfamiliar terms or phrases in alphabetical order with their explanations Index p 328 This lets you search alphabetically for unfamiliar terms to ...

Page 10: ...to the demo playback 22 Restoring the factory settings 23 Chapter 1 BASIC CONCEPTS 1 Mode structure 26 2 Function tree 34 3 How the QY700 is organized 36 4 Sequencer block 37 5 The tone generator block 43 6 Controller block 46 7 Effect block 47 8 Basic operation 51 9 Song creation procedure 56 Create pattrens 57 Editing a pattern 59 Pattern track recording 60 Chord track recording 61 Voice setting...

Page 11: ...er 4 EFFECT MODE About effect mode 188 1 Connection 190 2 Reverb edit Chorus edit Variation edit 193 Chapter 5 PATTERN MODE PATTERN MODE Overview 198 1 PATCH 200 Phrase Table 209 2 Play Effects 212 Groove Quantizing 214 Clock Shift Gate Time and Velocity 217 Transposition 219 Drum Table Edit 222 3 Pattern Voice submode 225 Mixer 227 Voice Edit 232 Drum Setup Edit 235 4 Pattern Effects 239 Connecti...

Page 12: ...Chapter 7 DISK MODE About floppy disks 302 About Disk mode 304 1 Save 307 2 Load 310 3 Rename 312 4 Delete 314 5 Format 316 APPENDIX 1 Specifications 318 2 Troubleshooting 320 3 Error messages 322 4 Glossary 324 5 Index 328 ...

Page 13: ...ong mode p 70 p key Switch to Pattern mode p 198 u key Switch to Utility mode p 288 v key Switch to Voice mode p 168 e key Switch to Effect mode p 188 d key Switch to Disk mode p 302 7 PLAY indicator CONTRAST OUT B OUT A IN B IN B MIDI MIDI OUT B OUT A IN A IN A PLAY REC VOICE SHIFT F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 SHIFT EXIT MAX VOLUME EFFECT DISK SONG PITCH ASSIGNABLE PATTERN UTILITY FOOT SW R L MONO OUTPUT MU...

Page 14: ...to select from the menu that appears in the bottom line of the screen 11 e key This key moves from a sub mode or page display to the next higher level in the command hierarchy 12 d D1 d D5 direct keys Use these keys to move the cursor to the setting items that are shown in the right side of the display 13 MIDI Data monitors The corresponding indicator will blink when MIDI data is transmitted or re...

Page 15: ...y In Song mode these keys are used to move to a previously specified measure Use s 1 2 to store the current measure in the corresponding locate key OCT DOWN OCT UP OCT DOWN OCT UP ON BASS F E F G A B C D M add9 M7 add9 a m mM7 m6 c C D REST TRACK DOWN TRACK UP SOLO MUTE EDIT JOB LOC 2 LOC 1 TIE 7 5 7 b5 7 9 7sus4 sus4 SECTION A Gb D b E b 7 b9 m7 b5 M7 9 6 6 9 7 7 9 m7 9 m7 dim Z W V H G F U T S R...

Page 16: ... settings on off These keys are also used to reply YES or NO to an Are you sure prompt 23 Numeric keypad Use these to enter numerical values or note values 24 e Enter key Use this key to finalize a number entered by the numeric keypad to enter the job selected by the cursor or to execute a job etc 25 Octave keys These keys modify the pitch of the microkeyboard in steps of an octave In addition the...

Page 17: ...ed by the Volume control p 19 5 DC IN Power supply jack Connect the included PA 5B AC adaptor to this jack p 18 Before connecting the AC adaptor make sure that the power switch of the QY700 is turned off First connect the AC adaptor to the power supply jack and then plug it into an AC outlet Use only the included PA 5B AC adaptor Using other AC adaptors will cause malfunctions Also be sure to unpl...

Page 18: ...oppy disk Disks must be inserted or removed gently and firmly and only while the access indicator is dark The back of a floppy disk contains a write protect tab as shown in the following illustration When this tab is in the downward position with the window open it will not be possible to modify add or delete data When you wish to protect important data you should leave the tab in this position Be...

Page 19: ...s while the power is on you risk damag ing external equipment such as the amp or speakers Power supply connections 1 Make sure that the power switch of the QY700 is turned off and connect the included AC adaptor PA 5B to the power supply jack 2 Plug the AC adaptor into an AC outlet and turn on the QY700 power switch Use only the included PA 5B AC adaptor Using other AC adaptors will cause malfunct...

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Page 21: ... connector on the rear panel Connecting a tone generator module QY700 song and pattern playback data can be used to play an external tone generator module Use a MIDI cable to connect the MIDI OUT A or OUT B connector on the rear panel to the MIDI IN connector of the external MIDI device IN A IN B OUT A OUT B MIDI MIDI OUT A B C D IN A IN B OUT A OUT B MIDI MIDI IN A D INPUT PHONES POWER VOL PUSH O...

Page 22: ...Db Eb 7 b9 m7 b5 M7 9 6 6 9 7 7 9 m7 9 m7 dim Z W V H G F U T S R Q P O N C B A M L K _ S E D _ Y X aug 7 b13 7 13 7 11 J I m7 11 ORG BASS CAPS SHIFT SPACE 3 DEL YES NO c G Ab A Bb 7 8 9 4 5 6 1 2 3 0 VOICE SHIFT F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 SHIFT EXIT 1 1 MAX VOLUME EFFECT DISK SONG PITCH ASSIGNABLE PATTERN UTILITY 3 B C D E F G H FOOT SW R L MONO OUTPUT MUSIC SEQUENCER MTR MTC MMC compatible MIDI OUT MIDI ...

Page 23: ...y contains any important data that you wish to keep save the data before load ing the demo 1 With the label facing upward insert the disk into the floppy disk slot Insert the disk all the way until it clicks into place 2 Press d You will enter Disk mode 3 Press 2 Load You will enter Load sub mode and the top line of the dis play will indicate DISK LOAD 4 Press d D1 All Data The Load All Data page ...

Page 24: ...back By changing the song number in step 8 you can playback other songs Restoring the factory settings Here s how to restore the QY700 to the factory settings When you load STYLE from the disk all internal memory will be rewritten to the factory settings If in ternal memory contains any data that you wish to keep save the data before loading the STYLE data 1 With the label facing upward insert the...

Page 25: ...A message of Are You Sure Y N will appear asking whether it is OK to erase the data in internal memory and load the data from disk If you do not wish to erase the data currently in memory press n to halt loading Then save the data in memory to a disk and perform the loading procedure once again p 307 6 Press y The display will indicate Executing and the data will be loaded ...

Page 26: ...e fore use such as the mode structure and the internal structure of the QY700 1 1 Mode structure 26 2 Function tree 34 3 How the QY700 is organized 36 4 Sequencer block 37 5 The tone generator block 43 6 Controller block 46 7 Effect block 47 8 Basic operation 51 9 Song creating procedure 56 ...

Page 27: ...s contain groups of related parameters within a sub mode If the bottom line of the sub mode display shows a tab shaped menu you can press the corresponding function button to switch pages In some sub modes you can select sub pages within a page or move to a special page to make settings The following example shows the Song mode Play Effect sub mode Groove Quantize page display Modes and sub modes ...

Page 28: ...er this sub mode Play Effect Here you can make temporary adjustments to the note timing and dynamics for song playback p 80 In Song Play press 1 PlayFx to enter this sub mode Track View This display shows the measures in which data has been input in each track p 100 In Song Play press 2 TrView to enter this sub mode Out Channel Here you can set the output channel for each of the tracks and pattern...

Page 29: ...mode press 2 Tune to enter this sub mode Voice Edit Here you can modify parameter values for each part to modify the voice p 176 InVoice mode press 3 VoicEdit to enter this sub mode Drum Setup Edit Here you can edit Drum Setup 1 and 2 to indirectly modify drum voices p 182 After selecting Drum Setup 1 or 2 as the voice category inVoice mode press 4 or 5 to enter this sub mode Effect mode Here you ...

Page 30: ...ettings for the Variation effect p 193 In Effect mode press 4 Vari to enter this sub mode Pattern mode Here you can create and playback patterns or phrases p 200 Press p to enter this mode Patch Here you can select and playback patterns Patterns are created by assigning phrases to each track of the pattern p 200 This is the sub mode that you will enter when you first press p Play Effect Here you c...

Page 31: ...ording Here you can record musical data into the selected User Phrase p 247 In Patch move the cursor to User Phrase and press e to enter this sub mode Phrase Edit Here you can modify or insert data in a Preset Phrase or User Phrase It is possible to enter Edit mode even with a preset phrase but the data cannot be edited p 254 In Patch move the cursor to User Phrase and press e to enter this sub mo...

Page 32: ...MIDI related settings p 291 In Utility mode press 2 MIDI to enter this sub mode MIDI Filter Here you can specify whether or not various categories of MIDI message will be transmitted or received via the MIDI connec tors p 293 In Utility mode press 3 MIDI Fltr to enter this sub mode Sequencer Here you can make basic settings related to the sequencer block p 295 In Utility mode press 4 Seqencr to en...

Page 33: ... enter this mode Save Here you can save internal memory data to floppy disk p 307 In Disk mode press 1 Save to enter this sub mode Load Here you can load data from floppy disk into internal memory p 310 In Disk mode press 2 Load to enter this sub mode Rename Here you can change the filename of a file on floppy disk p 312 In Disk mode press 4 Rename to enter this sub mode Delete Here you can delete...

Page 34: ...33 BASIC CONCEPTS Chapter 1 1 Format Here you can format a floppy disk p 316 In Disk mode press 6 Format to enter this sub mode ...

Page 35: ...y Event p 154 12 Erase Event p 155 13 Extract Event p 155 14 Thin Out p 157 15 Time Stretch p 158 16 Create Measure p 158 17 Delete Measure p 159 18 Copy Track p 160 19 Mix Track p 161 20 Clear Track p 162 21 Expand Backing p 162 22 Normalize Play Effect p 163 23 Copy Song p 164 24 Clear Song p 164 25 Song Name p 165 Voice mode v p 168 1Mixer p 170 2Tune p 174 3Voice Edit p 176 4Drum Setup 1 Edit ...

Page 36: ...5 09 Chord Separate p 266 10 Shift Event p 267 11 Copy Event p 268 12 Erase Event p 269 13 Extract Event p 269 14 Thin Out p 271 15 Time Stretch p 272 16 Copy Phrase p 272 17 Mix Phrase p 274 18 Append Phrase p 275 19 Split Phrase p 276 20 Get Phrase p 277 21 Put Phrase p 278 22 Clear Phrase p 279 23 Phrase Name p 279 24 Clear Track p 280 25 Copy Pattern p 281 26 Append Pattern p 282 27 Split Patt...

Page 37: ...lock and from the MIDI IN connectors Settings for this block can be made inVoice mode p 168 This is a 32 part 32 note polyphonic multi timbral XG com patible tone generator Controller block p 46 This block contains the microkeyboard pitch wheel assign able wheel and foot switch that you use to perform and from which MIDI messages are transmitted to the sequencer block and to the tone generator blo...

Page 38: ...t lets you specify chords for the phrases or patterns created in Pattern mode creating an accompaniment that is played back automati cally The accompaniment created using theAuto Accompaniment function consists of three types of elements phrases pat terns and songs Phrases are musical accompaniment phrases for a single instrument such as a rhythm pattern for the rhythm part a bass line for the bas...

Page 39: ...ates the chord with which the phrase was originally recorded The source chord plays an impor tant role in the chord conversion of phrases This is because the original chords must be known in order for the chords of a phrase to be converted into the specified chords In other words chord conversion is performed by reading relative pitch differences between the source chord and the specified chord fr...

Page 40: ...G7 For details on inputting chords refer to 7 Chord input methods p 42 5 Patterns Patterns are created by joining two or more Phrases hori zontally or by joining up to 16 parts vertically to create an accompaniment with drums bass and chord backing While phrases contain musical data for a single instrument pat terns combine two or more phrases to create a single back ing pattern Patterns are the b...

Page 41: ... other parts to complete the song Track structure of a song Each song consists of 32 sequence tracks TR1 TR32 a pattern track PATTERN a chord track CHORD and a tempo track TEMPO The sequence tracks are used to record musical data Data can be recorded from the controller block etc using realtime recording or step recording etc The QY700 has 32 sequence tracks and each track can record musical data ...

Page 42: ... connectors on the channels specified by the MIDI OUT A MIDI OUT B settings Since the tone generator block has only 32 parts it is not able to simultaneously produce the sounds for the sequence tracks of the sequencer block 32 tracks as well as all of the pattern tracks 16 tracks However if you use an exter nal tone generator you can make Out Channel settings so that any 16 of the tracks are playe...

Page 43: ...inal Bass at the same time that you play the chord A single note that you play below the Fingered Chord Zone will be de tected and set as the On Bass and a chord will be detected as the Original Bass The fingered chord function can be used not only from the QY700 s microkeyboard but also from a MIDI keyboard connected to the MIDI IN connector Turning the Fingered Chord Zone on off In order to use ...

Page 44: ...Program Number and Bank Number Voice Category The Voice Category is a broad classification of the type of voice The QY700 uses four voice categories normal voices SFX voices SFX kits and drum voices In addition to these four voice categories you can select drum setup 1 and drum setup 2 in Voice mode and drum setup 3 in Pattern mode These three categories are used to select drum setups and are used...

Page 45: ...r to the List Book Bank number Bank number is effective only for parts whose voice cat egory is set to Normal voice The Bank number specifies the XG expansion banks to se lect variation voices relative to the 128 voices of the XG basic bank GM System Level 1 For example with program number 17 DrawOrgn varia tion voices can be selected by changing the bank number to 64 to select Organ Ba 65 to sele...

Page 46: ... idea to make Element Reserve set tings for musically important parts such as the melody or bass whose notes must not be interrupted Connections between the sequencer block and the tone generator block The sequencer block is internally connected to the tone gen erator block via MIDI The connections between each track of the sequencer block and each part of the tone generator block can be specified...

Page 47: ...cks In Song mode and Pattern mode the controller block is con nected to the various parts of the tone generator and to the MIDI OUT connectors via the keyboard track recording track of the sequencer block Data from the controller block passes from the keyboard track to the parts of the tone generator block and to external MIDI devices in accordance with the Out Channel settings TO TG MIDI OUT A an...

Page 48: ...nt than when in Pattern mode However you can make Voice mode settings so that the ef fects specified in Effect mode are applied to a pattern When Pattern Setup ON the Pattern Effect settings will be used and the Effect mode settings will be ignored Also the effect settings will change each time the pattern is switched In this case the Pattern Effect settings will be transmitted as MIDI data to the...

Page 49: ...ect and then return the processed signal to the mixer In the case of an insertion effect the effect is connected in series between the instrument and the mixer and adjusted using the Dry Wet Balance On the QY700 an insertion effect can be used on any one specified Part System effects and insertion effects are defined within XG This means that if you use a tone generator bearing the XG logo you can...

Page 50: ...e effect output is determined by the Effect mode settings Reverb Pan 7 Chorus Pan 8 and Variation Pan 9 If Variation Mode System three bus lines will be con nected Send Chorus To Reverb 0 is a bus line that connects the Chorus Effect to the Reverb Effect Send Variation To Chorus A is a bus line that connects the Variation Effect to the Chorus Effect Send Variation To Reverb B is a bus line that co...

Page 51: ...50 BASIC CONCEPTS Chapter 1 3 2 1 Voice mode Mixer Effect mode Effect Connection 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B ...

Page 52: ... select pages use the function keys that correspond to the tab menu 1 Moving the cursor You will notice a black highlighted location in the display This is referred to as the cursor and the location of the cur sor will be the currently selected command or data Use the cursor keys to move the cursor The direction s in which the cursor will move is fixed for each screen and the cursor will not move ...

Page 53: ... is of selecting a job from the Song Job list Jobs can be selected in the following four ways u d e Use the cursor keys to move the cursor up or down to select the desired job and press e Data dial e Rotate the data dial to move the cursor to the desired job and press e Rotating the data dial clockwise will move the cursor in the order of 00 01 02 etc Rotating it counterclockwise will move in the ...

Page 54: ...ard will be input as a lowercase character If you hold down the left d OCT DOWN CAPS key as you press the microkeyboard the character will be input as an uppercase character If you hold down the left u OCT UP SHIFT key as you press the microkeyboard the symbol printed at the left of the microkeyboard will be input You can use the numeric keypad to enter numerals The right d OCT DOWN SPACE key will...

Page 55: ...ld down s and press j After a recording editing or job operation has been per formed it will always be possible to execute Undo Like wise it will always be possible to execute Redo after Undo has been executed and Undo and Redo will alternate This procedure does the same thing as the Undo Redo job in Song Job p 141 and Pattern Job p 259 10 Initialization If you wish to reset the QY700 s settings t...

Page 56: ... continue holding them the value or item being con trolled by the key will change continuously r f In Song mode or Pattern mode these keys will rewind fast forward measures regardless of the cursor location s s data dial or s n y will increase de crease common parameters in the display by the same value s numeric keypad e will specify the same value for common parameters in the display ...

Page 57: ...ollowing procedure to create a song Create patterns Edit patterns Input the pattern track Input the chord track Specify voices Realtime recording of track 2 Step recording of track 1 Edit tracks 1 and 2 Edit voices Save to disk 106 Track 1 Melody Track 2 Organ D3 E3 F3D3 E3 F3 D3 E3 Î Î Î G3 G3 F3 A3 D3 G3 G3 F3 A3 A3 G3 F3 E3 D3 E3 F3 D3 A3 G3 A3 G3C4 A3 G3 A3 F3 D3 A3 G3 C3 A3 G3 D3 E3 F3 D3 E3 ...

Page 58: ... yor the numeric keypad e to select Style 01 and Section A 3 Specify the number of measures in the pattern 1 Press d D1 twice to move the cursor to the number of measures 2 Use the data dial n y or numeric keypad e to set the number of measures to 02 4 Set the Section Connection p 202 1 Move the cursor to Section Connection 2 Use the jog dial or n y to set the Section Connection to C 5 Move the cu...

Page 59: ...o access the Pattern Name display 4 Move the cursor to the Style Name and enter FunkDeGo Use the microkeyboard to enter characters For details refer to 8 Basic operation p 53 5 Move the cursor between the Section and Pattern Name and enter the pattern names for each section A F Refer to Patterns to be created and input the appropriate pattern names intro ending 6 Press e twice to return to the Pat...

Page 60: ...s a function that allows you to apply cer tain rules to the timing velocity and gate time of the note data producing subtle feelings of rhythmic nuance or groove in the playback data 1 Access the Play Effect Groove Quantize display 1 In Pattern mode Patch press 1 PlayFx to access Play Effect 2 In Play Effect press 1 Groove to access the Groove Quantize display 2 Move the cursor Move the cursor to ...

Page 61: ...ve the cursor to the Pattern track 4 Press e to enter Recording Standby condition 5 Press 6 STEP to select Step Recording as the recording mode 6 Press r to start step recording on the Pattern track 7 Move the cursor Move the cursor to the locations for entering Style and Sec tion First move the cursor to the Section for measure 001 8 Enter the styles and sections Use the data dial or n y to enter...

Page 62: ...eat steps 5 6 to enter all of the items in the fol lowing table of chords 7 When all enter has been completed press s to stop recording Now let s playback Press the sequencer key r and the song will playback After you have finished entering the Pattern track and Chord track return to Song Play and playback 001 Dm7 9 002 003 Em7 9 A7 b13 004 Dm7 9 G7 13 005 Em7 9 A7 b13 006 Dm7 9 G7 13 007 Em7 9 A7...

Page 63: ...2 The play indicator will blink in time to the tempo and after a count of several measures recording will begin With the default settings there will be one measure of quarter note clicks While listening to the previously record patterns record your performance Before you start recording press t to set the measure to 001 1 6 Press s to end recording Press p to playback In Voice mode you will specif...

Page 64: ...ion pointer If the cursor is located elsewhere than the song position pointer you must first press l to move the cursor to the song position pointer You can move in steps of 1 measure by pressing r f Since the first note of track 2 is in the first beat of measure 3 press f twice 6 Select the note length 1 Press d D2 to move the cursor to the note value 2 Use the numeric keypad to select the type o...

Page 65: ...diately before press 5 BkDelete The note that was entered will disap pear and the song position pointer will move back allow ing you to re enter the note To delete any undesired note move the cursor to the note that you wish to delete and press 6 Delete All notes located at the same timing will be deleted Using Jobs In track 1 measures 3 10 are identical to measures 23 30 In such cases you can use...

Page 66: ...cute the job For track 2 set TR 02 and Quantize Play Effect Groove Quantize settings The same type of Groove Quantization that you used on the pattern can also be applied to song tracks 1 and 2 1 Access the Play Effect Groove Quantize display 1 From Song Play press 1 PlayFx to access Play Ef fect 2 In Play Effect press 1 Groove to access the Groove Quantize display 2 Move the cursor Move the curso...

Page 67: ...ameter that you wish to modify 5 Modify the value Use the data dial n y or the numeric keypad e to modify the value Use the following table as a guideline for modifying the values Now let s playback Press the sequencer key p to playback the song Playback the song while you modify the voice and notice how the voice changes Portamento Data display EG attack Resonance Cutoff Mono Poly PORTAMENT FILTE...

Page 68: ...mode For the formatting procedure refer to Chapter 7 DISK MODE p 306 4 Save the data 1 Press 1 Save and then press d D1 All Data to access the Save All Data page 2 Use the microkeyboard to input the filename Pressing 6 will enter ALL DATA as the filename 3 Press e The display will indicate Executing and the data will be saved With this procedure all data of the song that you created has been saved...

Page 69: ...68 BASIC CONCEPTS Chapter 1 Memo ...

Page 70: ...de to play edit and record your songs This chap ter explains all SONG mode operations 2 SONG MODE Overview 70 1 SONG PLAY 72 2 Play Effects 80 3 Track View 100 4 Output Channels 103 5 Song Recording 106 6 Song Editing 129 7 Song Jobs 138 ...

Page 71: ... PATTERN track a CHORD track and a TEMPO track If you wish to record songs in the same way as on a conven tional sequencer you can do so by working with the se quence tracks only But in many cases you will want to use the auto accompaniment feature to set up a backing You can then play the backing while creating the melody and other parts Track Configuration As mentioned above each song comprises ...

Page 72: ...oduce data from all 32 sequence and 16 pat tern tracks at the same time But you can reproduce all 48 tracks at once by assigning any 16 of the tracks to an exter nal MIDI tone generator SONG MODE Overview Sequence tracks TEMPO track PATTERN track CHORD track TR 1 Phrase TR 2 Phrase TR 3 Phrase TR 16 Phrase M001 M002 Part 1 Part 16 Part 17 Part 32 MIDI OUT A MIDI OUT B Sequencer block patterns TR 1...

Page 73: ...d track Sets location measure for start of song playback and monitors current playback location Selects use or nonuse of looped play a Sets jump points within song by measure number To jump press 1 or 2 b For looped play sets start and end points for loop Sets tempo for song play Shows meter of selected song Selects use of acoustic click Selects the click interval Sets number of lead in measures t...

Page 74: ...ng the data dial n y or the numeric keypad 3 Press p to start playback The PLAY indicator comes on and playback begins 4 To stop the playback press s If you start song replay from a point other than the begin ning you may find that some of the song s PATTERN track and CHORD track data drops out You can solve the problem by moving the start point to a measure at which a full pattern change occurs 1...

Page 75: ...a The symbol appears to indicate that a track is muted You can use the m key to mute one or more tracks The symbol appears to indicate that the track is selected for solo play When you select a track for solo play by press ing the s key all other tracks are switched off The underscore under other tracks changes appearance to a dashed line to indicate that these tracks are switched off SOLO and MUT...

Page 76: ... on the screen Select the desired style using the data dial n y or the numeric keypad 2 Move the cursor onto the section indicator Select a new section using the data dial n y or a microkeyboard key between E2 and E3 If you are working with sequence tracks only TR1 toTR32 you should set the style number to 00 off 6 Chord root and type This area sets the chord root and type for the initial back ing...

Page 77: ...er 1 p 42 7 Fingered chord switch This setting enables or disables the fingered chord feature If you enable this feature by setting the value to FINGRD you will be able to enter chord values directly by playing the appropriate chord either at the microkeyboard or at a remote MIDI keyboard Specifically you can enter the root and type by playing the keys within the keyboard s fingered chord zone p 2...

Page 78: ...s the start point for song playback The measure and beat values increment during playback indicating the current song location 0101 1101 Measure 001 999 Beat View only 1 Press d D1 to move the cursor to the measure setting area 2 Set the measure value using the data dial n y or the numeric keypad You can change the measure value while song playback is in progress Playback will immediately jump to ...

Page 79: ...Each song stores its own tempo value The meter setting area shows the meter for the current meas ure 0101 1101 Tempo 25 0 300 0 q Meter View only 1 Press d D3 to move the cursor to the tempo area 2 Set the appropriate value using the data dial n y or the numeric keypad The meter values are set in Song Recording p 111 12 Click mode click beat and count These parameters set up the sequencer s click ...

Page 80: ... song being played The transposition is set in semitone increments The setting operates on pattern tracks as well as sequence tracks Transposition has no effect on drum voices and SFX kits Transposition does not operate on bypassed pattern phrases that is on phrases whose type is set to Bypas 0101 1101 24 00 24 1 Press d D5 to move the cursor to the transposi tion area 2 Set the value using the da...

Page 81: ...80 Chapter 2 SONG MODE 2 Play Effects 2 Play Effects 1ÊGroove Quantize 4ÊGroove View 3ÊTranspose 2ÊClock Shift Gate Time and Velocity 4ÊDrum Table Edit sSONG PLAY 1ÊPlay Effects ...

Page 82: ...d ing values Again values are set separately for each track 3 Transpose selects the Transpose page You use this page to set transposition values for each track You also use it to access the Drum Table Edit page see be low 6 TR1 16 or TR17 32 switches the tracks dis played on the current page 4 GrovView accessible only from the Groove Quantize page switches the display to the Groove View page You u...

Page 83: ...ng 4 Play effects THRU setting 5 Groove template 6 Quantizing value 7 Strength 8 Groove timing 9 Groove gate time 10 Groove velocity SHIFT F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 SHIFT EXIT SHIFT F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 SHIFT EXIT Data display 11 Grid 12 Clock shift 13 Gate time multiplier 14 Velocity offset sSONG PLAY 1ÊPlay Effects 1ÊGroove Quantize 4ÊGroove View ...

Page 84: ...g Sets location measure for beginning of song playback and in dicates current playback location Identifies the voice program as selected under VOICE mode Sets the play effects ON or OFF for each track Sets the groove template for each track Timing interval used as basis for quantization Selectable in Groove View screen only if template type US Sets degree by which notes are pulled toward nearest q...

Page 85: ...G PLAY screen Viewing or Creating a Groove Template 1 From the Groove Quantize page press 4 GrovView The QY700 displays the Groove View page 2 Press u or d as necessary to se lect the appropriate track Each screen displays 16 tracks tracks 1 to 16 or tracks 17 to 32 You can toggle between these two groupings by press ing 6 3 Move the cursor to the TEMPLATE setting Select the template using the dat...

Page 86: ...y back as follows Press d D1 to move the cursor to the measure display area and then change the value as described above Rotate the shuttle dial or press r or f Press t to return to the top of the song measure 001 beat 1 When you select a new song the measure value automati cally switches to 001 3 Voice program The icons indicate the voice program assigned to each track You select the voices using...

Page 87: ...late 1 Move the cursor to the TEMPLATE line for the track you want to set 2 Select the template icon using the data dial n y or the numeric keypad 6 Quantizing value Accessible only on user templates The quantizing value sets the interval between the quantizing lines If you select an eighth note as the value for exam ple then a quantizing line will exist at every eighth note interval with the firs...

Page 88: ...ic keypad 9 Groove gate time This value determines how strongly the groove template s gate time multiplier see Section 13 below affects the note gate timing The formula for the applied gate time adjustment at each interval is as follows Adjusted gate time original gate time 100 gatetime multi plier 100 GROOVE GATETIME If GROOVE GATETIME is 100 the QY700 will adjust the note gate times for each int...

Page 89: ...lues sufficient to cover eight beats 1 1 to 1 8 If the song s time signature selects less than eight beats per measure the excess template val ues are not used If the signature is 4 4 for example the template values for beats 5 to 8 are meaningless The template parameters determine the adjustments carried out at each quantizing interval The template may call for increased velocities and strong tim...

Page 90: ... the velocity values Again off sets can be different for each interval If you are using a preset template you can not change these values If you are using a user template you can edit the values as described below This offset is only one of the factors determining the final velocity adjustment Specifically the velocity is adjusted by the combined action of the offset and the GROOVE VE LOCITY setti...

Page 91: ...inal velocity values Offset value applied to the original velocities View only View only 1 32 001 999 View only T 999 999 000 200 000 200 99 99 1 Track number Track name Keyboard track 2 Measure beat 3 Voice program 4 THRU setting 15 Clock shift 16 Gate time modifier 17 Velocity rate 18 Velocity offset Parameter Values Function See page P 84 P 85 P 85 P 85 P 91 P 91 P 92 P 93 SHIFT F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 ...

Page 92: ...isted in the table above are identical to those on the Groove Quantize page and are explained on pages 84 and 85 The remaining parameters are described below 15 Clock shift You use this parameter to shift the playback timing by a specified number of clock cycles On the QY700 one clock cycle is equivalent to 1 480 quar ter note A negative value shifts the timing backward toward the beginning of the...

Page 93: ...e the cursor to the VELOCITY RATE setting of the track you want to adjust 2 Set the value using the data dial n y or the nu meric keypad In electronic music applications velocity indicates how forcefully a note is struck The term velocity is used be cause in keyboard instruments the force is determined by measuring the speed at which the key is depressed Chang ing the velocity may affect both the ...

Page 94: ... set 2 Set the value using the data dial the n y key or the numeric keypad TheVELOCITY OFFSET described here and theVELOC ITY RATE described above work together to determine the actual adjustment applied to the track s velocities The relation is Playback velocity original velocity VELOCITY RATE VELOCITY OFFSET If an adjusted velocity is less than 1 the QY700 automati cally uses a velocity of 1 If ...

Page 95: ...Sets track transposition in semitone increments View only View only 1 32 001 999 View only T none 1 8 99 99 1 Track number Track name Keyboard track 2 Measure beat 3 Voice program 4 THRU setting 19 Drum table 20 Transposition Parameter Values Function See page P 84 P 85 P 85 P 85 P 95 P 95 Data display 1 Keyboard track 1 Track number and name 1 Track number 2 Measure and beat 20 Transposition 19 D...

Page 96: ...ile song playback is in progress The first four parameters listed in the table above are identical to those on the Groove Quantize page and are explained on pages 84 and 85 The remaining parameters are described below 19 Drum table Drum tables are required to handle sequence data produced by drum machines that are not XG or GM compatible As these machines may use different numbering arrangements t...

Page 97: ...sposition is in semitone increments Setting the value to 12 therefore will raise the pitch of all notes on the track by exactly one octave A setting of 12 would drop the pitch by exactly one octave 0101 1101 99 99 1 Move the cursor to the TRANSPOSE setting for the track you want to transpose 2 Set the value using the data dial n y or the nu meric keypad 2 Play Effects ...

Page 98: ... allows you to correct for volume imbalance that may be caused by the replacement View only View only 1 32 001 999 View only View only T none 1 8 000 100 200 1 Track number Track name Keyboard track 2 Measure Beat 3 Voice program 4 THRU setting 19 Drum table 21 Replacement list 22 Velocity rate Parameter Values Function See page P 84 P 85 P 85 P 85 P 95 P 98 P 98 Data display 1 Keyboard track 1 Tr...

Page 99: ... designated in the From column when encountered in the performance data for that track with the instrument named in the corre sponding To line A No entry in the From column actually means All but A No Snares entry for example instructs the QY700 to substitute the to instrument for all voices other than snare voices An All specification in the From column for example All Shakers tells the QY700 to ...

Page 100: ...rom and the To entries for that line If you press 1 while the cursor is in the To column only the To item will be deleted If the To entry is left blank the From instrument will be muted 1 Move the cursor to the appropriate entry 2 Press 1 Clear 2 Default Press 2 Default to reset the drum table to its default values All of the From To and Velocity Rate settings will return to their defaults Press 2...

Page 101: ...s tempo for song play Shows meter for each measure View only View only 1 32 no data data exists MUTE SOLO View only 001 999 25 0 300 0 View only 1 Track number Track name Keyboard track 2 Track status data SOLO MUTE 3 Voice program 4 Measure 5 Tempo 6 Meter Parameter Values Function See page P 101 P 101 P 102 P 102 P 102 P 102 3 Voice program 2 Track status data MUTE SOLO 1 Track number and name 1...

Page 102: ...track is internally connected to the QY700 controller section 0101 1101 1 32 You can set the keyboard track using the u d cur sor key or the u or d key The keyboard track is indicated by highlight 2 Track status data SOLO MUTE The space to the immediate right of the track number shows you the track s status If there is no entry then the track is empty A mark indicates that the track contains data ...

Page 103: ...1101 001 999 1 Press d D1 to move the cursor to the measure setting area 2 Set the measure value using the data dial n y or the numeric keypad e You can change the measure value while song playback is in progress Playback will immediately jump to the new location There are three ways to change the measure during play back as follows Press d D1 to move the cursor to the measure display area and the...

Page 104: ...Off 1 16 1 Track number Track name Keyboard track 2 Measure Beat 3 TO TG Channel setup 4 MIDI OUT A Channel setup MIDI OUT B Channel setup Parameter Values Function See page P 104 P 104 P 105 P 105 SHIFT F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 SHIFT EXIT SHIFT F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 SHIFT EXIT 4 MIDI OUT B channel setup 4 MIDI OUT A channel setup 3 TO TG channel setup Data display Data display 1 Track number 1 Keyboard trac...

Page 105: ...to the SONG PLAY screen 1 Track numbers track name and key board track Each track is identified by a track number The highlighted track number identifies the keyboard track The keyboard track is internally connected to the QY700 controller section 0101 1101 Sequence track 1 32 Pattern track 1 16 Press u or d until the track number for the desired track is highlighted Use 6 as necessary to switch b...

Page 106: ...g MIDI OUT channel identification data to each track s perform ance data and sends the result to the corresponding MIDI OUT connector A or B Refer to the illustration below If you do not want to transmit the track data to the MIDI OUT connectors set both MIDI OUT values MIDI OUT A and MIDI OUT B to Off Note that you can still produce the track data through the tone generator block by setting an ap...

Page 107: ...g Standby Select the ap propriate recording values p 109 3 Record the styles and sections for the PATTERN track Use either the realtime method p 112 or the step method p 120 4 Record the chords into the CHORD track using either the realtime method p 112 or the step method p 120 5 Enter VOICE mode and make provisional mixer set tings for all of the parts that will be used to reproduce your recorded...

Page 108: ...altime method you can listen to track 1 as you record Then proceed to record the subsequent tracks in the same way 6 Go to SONG mode s Play Effects submode and ad just the play effect settings to get the right rhythms and nuances You can listen to the recording as you make the adjustments p 80 7 Go to SONG EDIT mode and edit the sequence tracks as necessary p 129 8 If necessary use appropriate son...

Page 109: ... type Selects use or nonuse of fingered chord input Sets location for start of recording and indicates current recording playback location Sets tempo for recording Sets meter for selected song Selects use of acoustic click Sets the click interval Sets number of lead in measures to recording start Sets transposition for song playback in semitones 3 REPLACE 4 OVERDUB 5 PUNCH 6 STEP 1 MULTI 01 20 Vie...

Page 110: ...p 138 7 When you are satisfied with the results save your re corded song to disk p 307 If you press e while in Recording Standby the QY700 returns to SONG PLAY screen Most of the parameters listed in the table above are described in the explanations for the SONG PLAY screen p 72 Below are described only those parameters that have not yet been explained the recording mode the multitrack switch the ...

Page 111: ...nstrument such as a MIDI guitar that outputs over multiple channels 0101 1101 The Multitrack function is OFF The QY700 records to one selected track only The Multitrack function is ON 1 At the Recording Standby page select one of the realtime recording modes REPLACE OVERDUB or PUNCH 2 Press 1 MULTI to set the Multitrack feature ON The 1 indicator appears highlighted to indicate that multitrack rec...

Page 112: ...s you can record the whole song in a standard meter such 4 4 and then make the required adjustments later You can use step recording of the PATTERN track p 125 to adjust each measure s meter value 0101 1101 1 16 16 16 1 8 16 8 1 4 8 4 1 Press d D3 to move the cursor to the meter set ting area 2 Set the value using the data dial or the n or y key To change the meter at some internal point within th...

Page 113: ...e a remote MIDI keyboard for the input Before recording onto the QY700 from a remote keyboard go to UTILITY mode and set the MIDI echoback setting to RecMonitor p 292 You use this function to record a performance in real time You can input the performance using the QY700 microkeyboard a remote MIDI keyboard or some other type of remote MIDI device This section describes the 3 REPLACE and 4 OVERDUB...

Page 114: ... of a measure In other words the screen always indicates the style and section to be recorded into the upcoming measure 7 When you are ready to stop recording press s The QY700 returns to the SONG PLAY screen You use this function to select patterns styles and sections in real time This section describes the 3 REPLACE realtime method When you record with this method you overwrite any data already ...

Page 115: ...meter click beat click mode count and trans position before beginning the recording p 109 It is a good idea to select a slow tempo This will make it easier to enter the style and section values at the right time Set the style number at the end of the song to 65 end If you set a different value the song will not end p 113 You can use step recording of the PATTERN track to re view or modify the reco...

Page 116: ...he original bass Hold down the left side u OCT UP and press a microkeyboard key between E2 and D 3 followed by a key between E3 to F4 Press e at the precise time that you want to record the chord onto the track The chord is recorded at the instant that this is pressed You use this function to record chord values root type on bass and original bass onto the CHORD track in real time This section des...

Page 117: ...get an eighth note lead in enter the chord at least one eighth note ahead of the beat To get the 16th note syncopation enter the chord one 16th note ahead of the beat You can use song job 00 UNDO REDO to cancel a re cording that you have just made This allows you to recover data that you have inadvertently over recorded p 141 Remember to set the appropriate parameters such as meas ure tempo meter ...

Page 118: ...cord with this method you overwrite any data already existing on the track Note that it is not possible to select the 4 OVERDUB method for TEMPO track recording 0101 1101 Tempo q 25 0 300 0 1 Starting from the SONG PLAY page press e The QY700 displays the Recording Standby page The RE CORDING indicator comes on 2 Press 3 REPLACE 3 Press u or d as necessary to set the recording track to TEMPO 4 Pre...

Page 119: ...asure and beat With punch recording you record over replace a specific area in an already recorded track You begin by setting up the start and end points the punch in and punch out points for the area you want to replace You then record over the area in real time You set the punch in and punch out points by specifying the measure and beat With the exception of the punch in and punch out settings t...

Page 120: ...ORD at the punch in point then returns to PLAY at the punch out point 5 Song Recording If settings are 013 1 016 1 Then Punch in point Operation switches from playback to recording at Measure 13 Beat 1 of the song Punch out point Recording stops and playback resumes at Measure 16 Beat 1 Record Play Play ...

Page 121: ... the use of the m and s keys You use this method to create a recording one note at a time setting appropriate values for each note s length velocity and so on 1 Starting from the SONG PLAY screen press e The QY700 displays the Recording Standby page The RE CORDING indicator comes on 2 Press 6 STEP to select step recording 3 Press u or d as necessary to se lect the sequence track you want to record...

Page 122: ... at the current input location If you move the location pointer so that it comes above one of the note markings on the beat graph the QY700 will play out the corresponding note s When selected by the cursor the pointer appears highlighted on the screen When the pointer is in this condition you can move it using the l or r key the data dial or the n or y key Regardless of the cursor position you ca...

Page 123: ...into the corresponding dotted note by pressing 0 once Or you can change it to a double dotted note by pressing 0 twice When you select the note type the clock cycle value in the lower setting area sets accordingly The lower part of the step time entry area sets the step time by clock cycles You can set to any value from 0001 to 9999 If the input value matches the cycle length of any of the notes i...

Page 124: ...r the nu meric keypad Gate Time This value sets the note length time that the note is actually sounded as a percentage of the step time For example you can set the note to play staccato so that its sound switches off well before its step time is over Or you can hold it right up to the start of the next step so that it slurs into the next note You can use the upper part of the entry area to set the...

Page 125: ...st note in the tie and entering the note You then set the step time for extension note You then press s Example Assume that you want to set up the tie illustrated below 1 Set the step time to quarter note 2 Enter the C 3 Set the step time to eighth note 4 Press s TIE The original quarter note is extended by an eighth note in terval The note bar on the piano roll indicates the extended length 5 BkD...

Page 126: ...e meter the style and the section 1 Starting from the SONG PLAY screen press e The QY700 displays the Recording Standby page The RE CORDING indicator comes on 2 Press 6 STEP to select step recording 3 Press u or d as necessary to set the recording track to PATTERN 4 Press p The PLAY indicator comes on The QY700 displays the step recording page for PATTERN track recording 5 Select the measure you w...

Page 127: ...1 16 16 16 1 8 16 8 1 4 4 4 Style and Section These columns select the style and section for each meas ure If you want to continue the style or section from the previ ous measure leave the entry space blank If you leave the Style or Section column completely empty the Q700 will use the style or section selected at the SONG PLAY screen 0101 1101 Style 00 off 01 64 65 end Section A H 6 Clear This fu...

Page 128: ...key and press a key between E2 and D 3 followed by a key be tween E3 to F4 You use this method to write chord data into the CHORD track There are five data types chord type chord root on bass original bass and syncopation 0101 1101 Chord root C C D Eb E F F G Ab A Bb B Chord type M M7 6 7 m m7 m6 mM7 m7 b5 dim aug sus4 add9 m7 9 6 9 7 9 madd9 m7 9 m7 11 7 b5 7 5 7 b9 7 9 7 13 7 b13 7sus4 7 11 THRU...

Page 129: ... and type for each beat p 127 If you want to continue the chord from the preceding beat you can leave the entry space blank You can use the fingered chord feature to simplify chord input On Bass The on bass value sets a fixed pitch for bass type phrases Bass type phrases will produce this single tone only p 39 You can set this value separately for each chord entry p 115 Original Bass The original ...

Page 130: ...of the track Shows sets cursor location measure and beat Shows changes time of indicated event Shows sets MIDI event Event related arguments Mark appears if View Filter is ON Mark appears if XG Viewer is ON Mark appears if mute or solo is ON 01 32 PATTERN CHORD TEMPO character string 001 999 001 999 1 8 000 239 Note Bend PC CC ChAT KeyAT Excl Tmp Varies by event type 1 Track number Track name 2 Lo...

Page 131: ...e cursor rapidly across the screen using the shuttle dial or the r or f keys If you move the cursor more slowly with the shuttle dial the QY700 will play out note events as the cursor passes You can move up or down one event at a time by press ing u or d Again the QY700 will reproduce note events when the cursor lands on them 4 When you reach an event that you want to edit use l or r to move the c...

Page 132: ...new timing values are shown If you move the cursor while the line is still flashing the change is canceled 4 Event name and parameter values When you record a performance onto a sequence track you are recording it as a series of MIDI events Each event cor responds to a specific MIDI action The striking of a note is a note event the switching of a voice is a program change event and so on Most even...

Page 133: ...ou are editing You can set or re lease the mute by pressing the m key The SOLO mark indicates that you have switched the track you are editing to SOLO play You can set and release SOLO operation by pressing the s key 2 XGView XG Viewer ON OFF The XG Viewer lists XG defined events such as RPN NRPN and XG system exclusives by their XG parameter names This feature is useful when you are working with ...

Page 134: ...lear or restore all checkmarks at one time 3 When you are finished press e to return to the Edit List page 5 Delete You use this function to delete an unwanted event 1 Move the cursor to the event that you want to delete 2 Press5 Delete 6 Insert You use this function to insert a new event into the event list When inserting an event you need to set the event name the event time measure beat and clo...

Page 135: ...ent You can then go back to the event list page and edit these entries as neces sary If you wish to set up and insert another event return to Step 2 above 5 When you have finished press e to return to the EVENT LIST page Check the listing to make sure that the events were correctly inserted Entering a System Exclusive at the INSERT window Use the following procedure to insert a system exclusive wh...

Page 136: ...ty values pitchbend events and control changes The page is divided into three different graphs a beat graph a piano roll and a point graph In addition an event line along the bottom of the screen indi cates the values for the currently selected event The screen presents two cursors The graph cursor in the graphical part of the screen selects the event to be edited The edit cursor along the bottom ...

Page 137: ...piano roll up or down an octave by press ing u OCT UP or d OCT DOWN 3 Point Graph This area illustrates the numerical values for note velocities and for pitchbend and control change events For velocity and controller events the scale runs from 0 or 1 bottom to 127 top For pitchbend events the scale runs from 8192 to 8191 with the center of the graph the dashed line cor responding to 0 Note that th...

Page 138: ...use the CONTRL box to select the type as well as to enable or disable the display You enable disable the display by setting or removing the checkmark You select the event type by entering the control change number for example 001 to show modulation wheel events or 011 to display expression events Occurrences of the selected con trol change event are indicated on the graph by the sym bol The scale ...

Page 139: ...138 Chapter 2 SONG MODE 7 Song Jobs 7 Song Jobs 00 Undo Redo 25 Song Name sSONG PLAY jSong Job ...

Page 140: ... all events over selected range into specified target P 154 12 Erase Event Erase all events over selected range and replace with rests P 155 13 Extract Event Move events of specified type from selected range of one track into same range on another P 155 14 Thin Out Reduce data quantity utilized by specified event type in specified track P 157 15 Time Stretch Expand or compress all timing over spec...

Page 141: ...umeric keypad Do not press the e key until you are ready to execute the job Even when entering values with the numeric keypad you do not need to press e 5 When you have entered all the values and are ready to execute the job press e The QY700 executes the job The screen displays Execut ing and then Completed 6 Press e twice to return to the SONG PLAY screen Most jobs operate on a specified segment...

Page 142: ...he SONG NAME and PATTERN NAME jobs carried out under SONG PATTERN and PHRASE modes It is also effec tive on PATTERN mode patch operations The UNDO job is effective only on the most recent data changes If you run a recording session and then an editing session for example the UNDO will be available only for the editing session But note that if you move to a record ing editing or job screen and then...

Page 143: ...ing of a performance you recorded in real time Before running the job you must set the musical interval or quantizing value that you want to use This value sets the distance between adjacent quantizing lines The figure below illustrates the concept for quarter note and eighth note quantizing values The quantizing strength determines how closely notes are pulled toward the nearest quantizing line w...

Page 144: ...trength for example then all notes over this range would be pulled exactly onto the quantizing line If you set Sensitivity to 100 or 100 then all notes within the range are pulled toward the quantizing line If you set the value to 50 then quantizing applies only to the notes in the half interval span surrounding the line start ing 1 4 interval to the left of the line and extending to 1 4 interval ...

Page 145: ...on Higher values shift the interval to the right The maximum setting is 83 which shifts the interval by an amount equal to one half the quantizing value Notice that in this case the 100 scale represents three times the quantizing length 7 Song Jobs In the case of normal plus triplet quantizing values the QY700 applies the shift only to the non triplet part of the rhythm as illustrated above In thi...

Page 146: ...nated track Remember that velocity refers to the force with which a note is struck The precise effect of a velocity change var ies according to the voice in most cases a higher velocity produces a louder sound Using this job you can choose to set all targeted notes to an identical velocity value or you can apply a relative linear adjustment to the original velocity values If making a relative adju...

Page 147: ...o make the linear adjustment instead set the value to Off Note that if the setting is other than Off the Rate and Offset values are ignored 0101 1101 Off 0 001 127 4 Rate The Rate parameter applies a proportional change to the velocities of all targeted notes A setting of 100 produces no change a setting of 50 cuts the velocities in half a setting of 200 causes the velocities to double 0101 1101 0...

Page 148: ... all targeted notes to some fixed gate time or you can apply a relative linear adjustment to the original gate times If making a relative adjustment you use two parameters the Rate and the Offset The Rate value applies a propor tional change to the gate time while the Offset value which is applied after the Rate adjustment adds a fixed value The relation is as follows Adjusted gate time original g...

Page 149: ...t the track segment over which the crescendo or di minuendo is created The first box sets the measure and beat for the start point the second box sets the end point The Note boxes select the range of notes pitches to be targeted by the adjustment notes with pitches outside this range are not affected 0101 1101 Measure beat 001 1 999 8 Note range C 2 G8 3 Range You use the Range parameter to set th...

Page 150: ... track segment containing the notes to be transposed The first box sets the measure and beat for the start point the second box sets the end point The Note boxes select the range of notes pitches to be targeted notes with pitches outside this range are not affected 0101 1101 Measure beat 001 1 999 8 Note range C 2 G8 3 Transposition amount The Transpose value sets the number of transposition inter...

Page 151: ...f the selected sequence track with some other pitch 1 Track setting TR This parameter selects the track 0101 1101 01 32 2 Segment and notes M The two boxes to the right of the M select the track segment over which notes are to be changed The first box sets the measure and beat for the start point the second box sets the end point 0101 1101 Measure beat 001 1 999 8 JOB 07 SHIFT CLOCK This job execu...

Page 152: ... the end of the song while negative events shift them back Note that there are 480 cycles per beat 0101 1101 9999 0000 9999 7 Song Jobs JOB 08 CHORD SORT This job sorts chord events simultaneous note events by order of pitch The sort is reflected in the EDIT page list ing and determines the separation sequence used by the CHORD SEPARATE job see next page Sorting is by pitch If notes E3 C3 and G3 a...

Page 153: ...ng of elements C3 E3 G3 will be played as a C3 at the chord s original timing followed 30 cycles later by the E3 and then another 30 cycles later by the G3 This feature is useful for example when you want to open up guitar strokes Note that it is not possible to break chords over the next measure boundary or into the next chord 1 Track setting TR This parameter selects the target track 0101 1101 0...

Page 154: ...r designated event type Although the event type itself is replaced the accompanying argument param eter value is retained and applied to the new event type As an example you can use this function to change breath controller events into channel aftertouch events while leav ing the magnitude of the event unchanged 1 Track setting TR This parameter selects the target track 0101 1101 01 32 2 Segment T...

Page 155: ...and segment to a specified destination overwriting any data already existing at the destination This job is useful when you want to copy data from one song to another or when you want to copy or move data from one area of a track to another Note that this job does not operate on voice settings and play effect settings You can choose to copy more than one iteration of the source data If you select ...

Page 156: ...all instances of specified event data from a selected segment of a sequence track to the same segment on a different sequence track Following the operation the targeted events no longer exist in the source segment You can use the Spot Clock setting to target only those events that occur within a certain interval of each of the segment s measures For example you can choose to extract only events th...

Page 157: ...racted 0101 1101 Note PC PB CC 000 127 All CAT PAT EXC Note Note events C2 G8 All PC Program change PB Pitch bend CC 000 127 All Control change Any single control change message type 000 to 127 or all control change messages CAT Channel aftertouch PAT Polyphonic aftertouch EXC System exclusive 6 Argument range The lowest two boxes on the screen select the argument range The QY700 will extract only...

Page 158: ...ast 60 clock cycles 1 Track setting The TR value selects the target track 0101 1101 01 32 Tmp 01 32 Sequence track Tmp TEMPO track 2 Segment The two boxes to the right of the M select the track segment to be thinned 0101 1101 Measure beat 001 1 999 8 3 Event The bottom pair of boxes select the targeted event type Note that these settings are available only when you are working on a sequence track ...

Page 159: ...e gate times 1 Track setting The TR value selects the target track 0101 1101 01 32 All 01 32 Corresponding sequence track All All sequence tracks JOB 16 CREATE MEASURE This job inserts one or more empty measures into the same location on all tracks all 32 sequence tracks as well as the PATTERN CHORD and TEMPO tracks 1 Insertion point The M value sets the position for the insertion Specifically the...

Page 160: ...4 3 Number of measures to insert The final box on the screen sets the number of measures to be inserted 0101 1101 01 99 7 Song Jobs JOB 17 DELETE MEASURE This job removes a segment consisting of one or more meas ures The segment is removed from all tracks all 32 se quence tracks as well as the PATTERN CHORD and TEMPO tracks The area that trails the deleted segment shifts forward to ward the start ...

Page 161: ...ode settings The checkmark settings have no meaning if the track is set to Pat Chd or Tmp 0101 1101 Copy the corresponding data type Do not copy this data type This job copies all data or a selected type of data see be low from one track onto another The source and destina tion tracks may be in the same song or in different songs Note that the source track s transmission channel and me ter setting...

Page 162: ...ion is completed the source track remains unchanged while the destination track contains both its original data and a copy of the source track s data 1 Source song The first Song value selects the song containing the source track 0101 1101 01 20 2 Source track Track a The first TR value selects the source track This is the track containing the data to be mixed into the destination track Following ...

Page 163: ... To select a data type for deletion place a checkmark in the corresponding box If you select Event the job will delete all event data from the track If you select Play Effect the job will initialize all play ef fect settings for that track If you selectVoice the job will initialize the track sVOICE mode settings 1 Track The TR setting selects the track to be cleared JOB 21 EXPAND BACKING This job ...

Page 164: ... NORMALIZE PLAY EFFECTS This job rewrites the data in the selected sequence track so that the new data incorporates the current play effect set tings p 80 In other words the external play effect val ues are internalized into the track s MIDI event data After rewriting the track s sequence data the job reinitializes the track s play effect parameters 1 Track The TR value selects the track to be nor...

Page 165: ...y operation causes loss of any data already existing in the destination song 1 Source song The first Song value selects the song to be copied 0101 1101 01 20 2 Destination song The second Song value selects the destination 0101 1101 01 20 JOB 24 CLEAR SONG This job deletes all data from the selected song and reinitializes the song s play effects and VOICE mode set tings 1 Song The Song value selec...

Page 166: ...pad and the microkeyboard to in put each character You can use the l and r keys to move the cursor left and right as necessary For information about how to input characters refer to Chap ter 1 p 53 2 When you have finished entering the name press e twice to return to the SONG PLAY screen Check that the name appears correctly on the second line of the display Note that you do not need to press e to...

Page 167: ...166 Chapter 2 SONG MODE 7 Song Jobs Memo ...

Page 168: ...E 3 About Voice mode 168 1 Mixer 170 2 Tune 174 3 Voice Edit 176 4 Drum Setup Edit 182 This chapter explains mixer tune and voice edit settings Voice mode is where you will select the voices used by a song and edit voices ...

Page 169: ...be selected only if Drum Setup 2 is selected as the voice category for the part where the cursor is located About voice mode Voice mode is the mode in which you can select and edit the voices that are used in a song Voice mode does not have a single fixed top display which will always appear when you press the MODE key The last selected display will appear In the QY700 the tracks of the sequencer ...

Page 170: ...ge or exclusive messages which set program changes the settings of Voice mode will be ignored If you want your Voice mode settings to be reflected in the data highlight the XG Header item in the Save page of Disk mode when saving the song to a Standard MIDI File etc p 307 About voice mode ...

Page 171: ... Bank Select LSB value Adjust the level sent to the Reverb effect from each part Adjust the level sent to the Chorus effect from each part Specify the part that will use the Variation effect Adjust the level sent to the Variation effect from each part Specify the position of the sound when stereo playback is used Adjust the volume setting of each part Adjust the expression setting of each part dis...

Page 172: ...or the part where the cursor is located The lower line shows the name and value of the parameter where the cursor is located 2 Location Location indicates the playback location of the song in meas ures and beats To change the playback location of the song press d D1 to move the cursor to Location and use n y the data dial or numeric keypad e to specify the desired measure 3 Part number This indica...

Page 173: ...sound effects Sounds effects in this category produce a different type of sound effect for each note of the keyboard similarly to a drum voice Specify a Bank Select MSB of 126 DrumVoice is the voice category that specifies drum voices In this category you can specify Drum Voice for two or more parts and select a different drum set voice for each part However it is not possible to modify the drum s...

Page 174: ...d on If the Effect mode Variation Mode p 190 is set to Sys tem this setting functions as the Variation Send Level set ting the amount that will be sent from each part to the Vari ation effect and thus adjusting the depth of the effect When making this setting take into consideration the Ef fect mode Variation Return setting 0101 1101 Variation Switch Off On Insertion Variation Send Level 000 127 S...

Page 175: ...e for each part This indi cates the Bank Select MSB value Select the voice for each part Specify the voice bank for each part This indicates the Bank Select LSB value Detune the tuning relative to standard pitch 440 Hz Modify the pitch of each part in semitone steps Modify the pitch of all parts in semitone steps display only 001 999 1 32 _ Off 001 128 000 101 12 8 00 0 12 7 24 00 24 24 00 24 Para...

Page 176: ...ong Play mode You can use these keys to listen to the playback while you modify the settings in realtime s data dial or s n y will increase or decrease the setting of all parts by the same value s numeric keypad e will set all parts to the same value Operations for 1 Data display 7 Bank number are the same as in the Mixer page For details on these parameters refer to the explanations for the Mixer...

Page 177: ... must be reserved for each part so that the sound does not disappear when the maximum polyphony is exceeded Specify how velocity will affect the volume Increase or decrease the overall effect of velocity on the volume Specify whether or not portamento will be applied to each part Specify how portamento will be applied to each part Specify for each part how deeply the LFO effect controlled by the m...

Page 178: ...ng recording p 106 is set either to Realtime Record ing Replace or Overdub or to Punch Recording song re cording can also be performed in Voice mode Operation of 1 Data display 3 Part number is the same as in the Mixer page For details on these parameters refer to the ex planation for the Mixer page p 170 4 Mono Poly This selects either Mono mode or Poly mode for each part In Mono mode only one no...

Page 179: ...ontrols the depth slope of the change that occurs in the tone generator relative to the ac tual velocity value that is received Higher settings of Depth will cause the tone generator to respond more greatly to changes in the received velocity values Lowering the Depth setting will cause the tone gen erator to respond less to changes in the received velocity values With a Depth setting of 0 the ton...

Page 180: ...will cause the pitch to change more slowly Lower values will produce a faster change Portamento will not apply to drum voices or SFX kit voices 0101 1101 Portamento Switch Off On Portamento Time 000 127 8 Modulation Wheel LFO depth pitch modulation Modulation Wheel LFO depth filter modulation Modulation Wheel LFO depth amplitude modulation For each part these parameters specify the depth of the LF...

Page 181: ...r attack Decay Time adjusts the time over which the volume falls from the maximum to reach the sustain level Smaller values will produce a more sharply defined sound 3 Voice edit Release Time adjusts the time over which the volume falls from the sustain level when the note is released to reach a level of 0 Smaller values will cause the sound to reach silence more quickly 0101 1101 EG Attack Time 6...

Page 182: ...pitch change will be inverted 0101 1101 24 00 24 13 Dry level This parameter can be set only if the Effect mode Variation Mode is set to System IfVariation Mode is set to Insertion this parameter will not be displayed For each part this sets the amount that will be sent to the dry line of the effect Increasing the Dry Level will decrease the effect Decreasing the Dry Level will cause the stereo po...

Page 183: ...sly from sounding simultaneously Specify how multiple MIDI Note On messages of the same note which are received while a note is sounding will be handled by each instrument Specify whether or not MIDI Note Off messages will be received by each instrument Adjust the filter cutoff frequency for each instrument to modify the tone Adjust the filter resonance for each instrument to modify the tone Adjus...

Page 184: ...original values of the voice 1 Press v The indicator located above v will light and you will enter Voice mode 2 In the Mixer page select either Drum Setup 1 or Drum Setup 2 as the Voice Category Either DrsS1Edit or DrsS2Edit will be displayed above 4 or 5 3 Press either 4 DrsS1Edit or 5 DrsS2Edit to access the Drum Setup Edit page 4 Move the cursor to Drum Kit and select the drum kit that will be ...

Page 185: ... will also be affected by the mixer setting Chorus Send p 170 and by the Effect mode setting Chorus Return p 192 As you adjust this pa rameter keep in mind the relationship to these other param eters 0101 1101 000 127 7 Variation send When the Effect mode parameterVariation Mode p 191 is set to System this parameter functions as the Variation Send Level This specifies the amount that will be sent ...

Page 186: ...ote will continue sounding and the next note will be played together with the currently sounding note This effect is particularly noticeable for sounds with a slow decay such as cymbals In general a Key Assign setting of Multi will sound more natural 0101 1101 Single Multi 14 Receive note off Specify whether or not MIDI Note Off messages will be received by each instrument If this is on MIDI Note ...

Page 187: ...e maximum volume is reached until it falls to the decay level Decay 2 Adjust the time from when the decay level is reached until the volume falls to zero Increasing the value will result in slower change and de creasing the value will result in faster change Level is fixed for each instrument and cannot be adjusted For some voices these settings may have no effect SFX type voices will not be affec...

Page 188: ... chapter explains connections reverb chorus and variation In Effect mode you can select the effects used in a song and modify effect settings About effect mode 188 1 Connection 190 2 Reverb edit Chorus edit Variation edit 193 4 ...

Page 189: ...rus accesses the Chorus Edit page Here you can select the Chorus Type and make chorus pa rameter settings p 193 Pressing 4 Vari accesses the Variation Edit page Here you can select the Variation Type and make variation parameter settings p 193 The structure of the QY700 s effects is greatly dependent on the Variation Mode setting of the Connection page If exclusive messages such as GM Mode On or X...

Page 190: ...ssion REVERB CHORUS PAN Although some freedom is sacrificed this structure is easier to understand part 1 VARIATION REVERB send chorus to reverb send variation to chorus send variation to reverb DRY LINE PAN reverb return reverb pan OUTPUT thick line indicates a stereo signal CHORUS part 2 part 3 part 32 chorus return chorus pan variation return variation pan var send var send var send rev send re...

Page 191: ...m the variation effect Set the stereo location of the sound processed by variation Specify the amount sent from variation to chorus Specify the amount sent from variation to reverb display only Insertion System 11 types 000 127 Left63 Center Right63 11 types 000 127 Left63 Center Right63 000 127 43 types 000 127 Left63 Center Right63 000 127 000 127 Parameter Values Function See page P 191 P 191 P...

Page 192: ...heel or foot controller can be used to control specified parameters If the Variation effect is used as a system effect it can be used by all parts in the same way as the Reverb and Chorus effects with adjustable Send Level and Return Level In this case it will not be possible to use controllers to control specific parameters 0101 1101 Insertion System Insertion The Variation effect will function a...

Page 193: ...E 2 CELESTE 3 CELESTE 4 FLANGER 1 FLANGER 2 FLANGER 3 SYMPHONIC ROTARY SP TREMOLO AUTO PAN PHASER 1 PHASER 2 DISTORTION OVERDRIVE AMP SIM 3 BAND EQ 2 BAND EQ AUTO WAH 11 Variation return Available only if variation mode System This sets the amount that is returned from the variation ad justing the overall variation effect for all parts 0101 1101 000 127 12 Variation pan Available only if variation...

Page 194: ...193 Chapter 4 EFFECT MODE 4 2 Reverb edit Chorus edit Variation edit 2 Reverb edit Chorus edit Variation edit eEffect mode 1ÊConnection 2Reverb edit 3Chorus edit 4Variation edit ...

Page 195: ...ou will enter Effect mode 2 Press 2 Reverb 4 Vari to access the edit page for the desired effect 3 Move the cursor to the parameter that you wish to set 4 Use n y the data dial or numeric keypad e to specify the value In Effect mode keys such as p s t and r f will function in the same way as in Song Play Using these keys you can modify settings in realtime while you listen to the playback 1 Effect...

Page 196: ...can be controlled using control change messages WhenVariation Type is set to Insertion this can be used for parts whose Variation switch is ON 5 AC1 control only for Variation edit This specifies the depth with which AC1 assignable con troller can be used to control the parameter indicated by the control symbol With a setting of 0 control will not be possible As this setting is increased a greater...

Page 197: ...196 Chapter 4 EFFECT MODE Memo ...

Page 198: ...ng 254 7 Pattern Jobs 256 5 You use PATTERN mode to record and edit user phrases to assem ble preset and user phrases into patterns and to set up the pattern playback characteristics This chapter describes all PATTERN mode operations pattern ar rangement style and sections pattern play effects voice and ef fects settings phrase recording and editing and pattern jobs ...

Page 199: ...ist of up to 16 tracks or parts with each part producing its own phrase sequence Although each phrase reproduces a single instrument voice the pattern combines these phrases to produce a multivoice accompaniment which may include for example multiple drum phrases a bass phrase chord comps and so on The pattern is the basic unit of song accompaniment At any given instant the QY700 can play a single...

Page 200: ...en by pressing 1 2 3 e e or j Key operation from the PATCH screen is as follows 1 PlayFx Move to Play Effects submode p 212 2 Voice Move to Pattern Voice submode p 225 3 Effect Move to Pattern Effects submode p 239 4 PhrSolo Select phrase solo operation The QY700 begins repeated playback of the cursor selected phrase 5 Rest Enter a rest at the cursor selected phrase position 6 Clear Delete the cur...

Page 201: ...h Pattern length in measures 25 0 300 0 1 16 16 16 1 8 16 8 1 4 8 4 Off Rec Ply All x e q h ú Off 1 8Ms View only 1 16 M001 pattern length MUTE SOLO 050 066 075 100 133 150 200 32 00 32 x Da Db Fa Fb Fc DP PC PF Ba Bb GC GA GR KC KA KR PD BR SE US 16 08 34 001 256 preset 001 099 user 1 Style number Style name 2 Section Pattern name 3 Section connection 4 Chord root Chord type 5 Fingered chord swit...

Page 202: ...ERN mode The PATTERN indi cator lamp comes on 2 Select the pattern that you want to work on Move the cursor to the style number and section letter ar eas on the screen and make your selection using the data dial n y or the numeric keypad 3 Set the pattern length and time signature p 204 Press d D1 or d D2 to move the cursor into the appropriate setting area Set the values using the data dial n y o...

Page 203: ...ack is in progress the QY700 will change the sound at the begin ning of the next measure 3 Section connection This setting sets up automatic section switching If the QY700 encounters this section during SONG replay it plays the section once and then automatically switches into the section indicated at the right of the arrow unless explicitly instructed otherwise by a PATTERN track entry Note that ...

Page 204: ...on bass pitch Hold down the left side d OCT DOWN key and press a key from E2 to D 3 or To set an original bass Hold down the left side u OCT UP key and press a key from E3 to F4 6 Press e to register your entries If you want to use fingered chording 1 Go to UTILITY mode and set up the fingered chord zone p 299 2 Move the cursor to the fingered chord switch area and set the value to FINGRD see next...

Page 205: ...l play while using the rest of the keyboard for your chord input But remember that all keyboard area from the chord downward is reserved for chord input only 6 Current measure pattern length The top value sets the measure from which playback be gins The value then increments as playback proceeds The lower value indicates the pattern s length in measures There are three ways to jump to a different ...

Page 206: ... the value using the data dial or n y For the click beat you can also set the value by pressing the appropriate note key on the numeric keypad 9 Data display This area shows the name of the currently selected phrase or the value of the currently selected scale time or beat shift setting 10 Track number 11 Measure The lower half of the PATCH screen presents a matrix show ing the pattern s phrase ar...

Page 207: ...ically canceled 4 You can also use the solo feature to select multiple tracks solo so that only the selected tracks are pro duced with all other tracks silent Begin by setting one of the tracks to SOLO as described above Then move to each of the other tracks and press s s To cancel all of these solo selections at once Move the cursor to any one of the tracks and press s To switch off only one of t...

Page 208: ...mmedi ately below Note that the data area above the matrix shows the phrase number phrase name and instrument category for the cursor selected phrase The QY700 provides two types of phrases preset phrases and user phrases The phrase number for a preset phrase consists of three fields the instrument category the beat value and a sequen tial number You select the phrase by choosing values for each o...

Page 209: ...track becomes silent The track remains silent until the next phrase entry appears 6 Clear Use this function to delete any entry phrase or rest from the matrix Simply move the cursor to the entry and then press 6 Clear 4 PhrSolo The phrase solo feature lets you play a single phrase re peatedly Just move the cursor to the phrase you want to hear and then press 4 PhrSolo All other phrases immediately...

Page 210: ...ss phrase types only Shows selects the voice used for playing the phrase Phrase s original key chord View only View only Mldy1 Mldy2 Chrd1 Chrd2 Bass Bypas Para OFF ON Low C 2 G8 High C 1 G8 C B 001 128 000 127 Chord root and type 1 Phrase number name 2 Length 3 Phrase type 4 Retrigger 5 Low and high limits 6 High key 7 Voice category Program number Bank number 8 Source chord Parameter Values Func...

Page 211: ...hord types Chrd1 Chrd2 generate relatively large changes in the playback sound For Mldy1 and Chrd1 transpositions the QY700 first con verts the original phrase line according to the chord type and then transposes according to the chord root For Mldy2 and Chrd2 transpositions the QY700 attempts to remain closer to the original sound so that the chord change is some what smoother The Bass type is us...

Page 212: ...ther categories 0101 1101 Voice category Normal voice Bank Select MSB 000 SFX voice Bank Select MSB 064 This type of SFX voice sound effects voice has the same character over the full range of the keyboard but different keys pro duce the sound in different pitches as with a normal voice SFX kit Bank Select MSB 126 This type of voice exists as a collection of different sounds so that each key produ...

Page 213: ...212 Chapter 5 PATTERN MODE 2 Play Effects 2 Play Effects 1Groove Quantize 2Clock Shift Gate Time and Velocity 1ÊPlay Effects 4Groove View 3Transpose 4Drum Table Edit pPATCH ...

Page 214: ...rhythm quantizing for each track 2 Shf GT Vel selects the Clock Shift Gate Time andVelocity page You use this page to set the correspond ing values Again values are set separately for each track 3 Transpose selects the Transpose page You use this page to set transposition values for each track You also use it to access the Drum Table Edit page see below 5 Voice switches you into PatternVoice submo...

Page 215: ...iew only off T on off 1 100 US Selectable only if template type US 1 Track number 2 Measure 3 Voice program 4 THRU setting 5 Groove template 6 Quantizing value Parameter Values Function See page P 216 P 85 P 85 P 85 P 86 P 86 SHIFT F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 SHIFT EXIT 2 Measure 1 Track number 1 Track numbers 10 Groove velocity 9 Groove gate time 8 Groove timing 7 Strength 6 Quantizing value 5 Groove templ...

Page 216: ...re of recorded data Quantizing is executed by reapplying the tem plate values to each measure of the track Because you can select a different template for each track you can combine a wide variety of different rhythms within a single pattern You can also select how strongly each track s template will act on the track s data so that you can get a wide range of variations even when working with the ...

Page 217: ...Measure 3 Voice program 4 Play effects THRU setting 5 Groove template 6 Quantizing value 7 Strength 8 Groove timing 9 Groove gate time 10 Groove velocity 11 Grid 12 Clock shift 13 Gate time multiplier 14 Velocity offset 5 CopyTmp appears on Groove View only The parameters listed above as well as the 5 CopyTmp switch are functionally equivalent to the iden tically named items in the SONG mode s Pla...

Page 218: ... ments Mutiplier applied to all gate times on track Multiplier applied to all velocities on track Offset applied to all velocities on track 1 16 001 256 off T on 999 999 000 200 000 200 99 99 1 Track number 2 Measure 4 THRU setting 15 Clock shift 16 Gate time modifier 17 Velocity rate 18 Velocity offset Parameter Values Function See page P 216 P 216 P 216 P 218 P 218 P 218 P 218 18 Velocity offset...

Page 219: ...ng the data dial or pressing n or y Adjustment Shortcut 2 To set the cursor selected param eter to the same value on all tracks hold down s and enter the value at the numeric keypad 15 Clock shift 16 Gate time modifier 17 Velocity rate 18 Velocity offset The parameters listed above are functionally equivalent to the identically named parameters in the SONG mode s Play Effects submode Refer to Chap...

Page 220: ...otes on track Applies chord based transposition Opens or closes chord voicings produced by track 1 16 001 256 off T on none 1 8 99 99 64 00 63 15 00 15 1 Track number 2 Measure 4 THRU setting 19 Drum table 20 Transposition 21 Inversion transposition 22 Open harmony Parameter Values Function See page P 220 P 220 P 220 P 220 P 220 P 220 P 221 SHIFT F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 SHIFT EXIT 1 Track number 1 Track...

Page 221: ...ble separately for each track You can also use the drum table to experiment with your own customized substitutions This can be an easy way to try out different instrument combinations The QY700 stores eight different drum tables To view or edit the contents of a drum table you must press 4 DrTabEdit to move into the Drum Table Edit page p 222 0101 1101 none 1 8 1 Move the cursor to the DR TABLE se...

Page 222: ...the track This feature lets you adjust chord resonance characteristics without changing the essential character of the chords 0101 1101 15 00 15 1 Move the cursor to the OPEN HARMONY setting for the track you want to adjust 2 Set the value using the data dial n y or the nu meric keypad 2 Play Effects ...

Page 223: ...ce replacements Adjusts the velocity of the replacement voice This parameter allows you to correct for volume imbalance that may be caused by the replacement 1 16 001 pattern length View only off T on none 1 8 000 100 200 1 Track number 2 Measure 3 Voice program 4 Play effects THRU setting 19 Drum table 23 Replacement list 24 Velocity rate Parameter Values Function See page P 223 P 223 P 223 P 223...

Page 224: ...nue to function while you are adjusting the settings so that you can monitor the results of your changes as you make them Adjustment shortcut To select the same drum table for all tracks hold down s and select the value at any one of the tracks with the numeric keypad To change all drum table settings by an equal amount hold down s and use the data dial or n y The first five parameters listed in t...

Page 225: ...the Velocity Rate icon for the list entry you want to adjust 2 Set the value using the data dial n y or the nu meric keypad 1 Clear Press 1 Clear to delete the entry on the selected line of the table If you press 1 while the cursor is in the From column the QY700 deletes both the From and the To entries for that line If you press 1 while the cursor is in the To column only the To item will be dele...

Page 226: ...view or revise these settings p 103 When you change the pattern or the voice settings for a track the new voice settings overwrite the voice parameters for the corresponding tone generator part You can see the new settings reflected in the VOICE mode screens see Chapter 3 The Pattern Voice submode consists of three pages You access these pages using function keys 1 2 and 3 1 Mixer selects the Mixe...

Page 227: ...ress 1 Mixer 2 VoicEdit or 3 DrS3Edit to move to the page you want to work on 3 Move the cursor to any parameter you need to change and set the value using the data dial n y or the numeric keypad 4 When you have finished working at these pages press e to return to the PATCH screen 3 Pattern Voice submode ...

Page 228: ...sitioning for stereo playback Sets sound volume View only 001 256 1 16 MUTE SOLO Phr Pat 001 128 001 101 000 127 000 127 On Off 000 127 Random Left 63 Center Right 63 000 127 1 Data display 2 Location 3 Track numbers 4 Track status 5 Voice select 6 Voice category 7 Program number 8 Bank number 9 Reverb send level 10 Chorus send level 11 Variation switch if mode insertion Variation send level if mo...

Page 229: ... line of this area identifies the voice for the cur rently selected track by voice category program number bank number and voice name The second line of the area shows the current numerical value of the cursor selected parameter 2 Location The location area shows the pattern s current playback lo cation You can jump to a different location during playback by changing this value Press d D1 to move ...

Page 230: ...the value to Pat Pattern then all phrases on the track are produced using voice selected by the mixer s voice category program number and bank number settings see below 0101 1101 Phr Pat 6 Voice category This value selects the general voice category as given by the bank select MSB the most significant byte of the two byte bank value Available choices are as follows The icon selects the normal voic...

Page 231: ...gnal sent to the reverb block Use this value in conjunction with the PATTERN EFFECTS reverb return setting p 241 242 0101 1101 000 127 10 Chorus send level This value sets the level of the signal sent to the chorus block Use this value in conjunction with the PATTERN EFFECTS chorus return setting p 241 242 0101 1101 000 127 11 Variation switch variation send level The type of setting you can make ...

Page 232: ...1 Chapter 5 PATTERN MODE 5 13 Volume This parameter sets the volume for the part During replay the volume changes in accordance with the track s MIDI volume data 0101 1101 000 127 3 Pattern Voice submode ...

Page 233: ...ak volume to sustain level Sets time that sound continues after note is released View only 001 256 1 16 64 00 63 64 00 63 64 00 63 64 00 63 64 00 63 1 Data display 2 Location 3 Track number 4 Filter Cutoff Resonance 5 EG Attack Decay Release Parameter Values Function See page P 228 P 228 P 228 P 233 P 234 Voice Edit 1 Data display 3 Track number SHIFT F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 SHIFT EXIT 2 Location 4 Filt...

Page 234: ...emaining parameters are described below 4 Filter cutoff and filter resonance The CUTOFF value sets the cutoff frequency for the QY700 s low pass filter Adjusting this value changes the voice s timbre Settings are stored separately for each track Note that the filter is a low pass type it filters out the fre quencies above higher than the cutoff point Setting the cutoff to a high value will allow t...

Page 235: ... at the moment when the key is first struck Low values pro duce a rapid volume rise while higher values produce a more gradual climb The decay time sets the time it takes for the volume to drop from its peak level to its sustain level Lower values pro duce crisper clearer sounds The release time sets the time it takes for the volume to fall to 0 following the physical release of the note The lower...

Page 236: ...01 StandKit 002 Stnd2Kit 009 Room Kit 017 Rock Kit 025 ElectKit 026AnalgKit 033 Jazz Kit 041 BrushKit 049 ClascKit 001 SFX1 Kit 002 SFX2 Kit 000 127 000 127 000 127 Random Left 63 Center Right 63 000 127 64 00 63 64 00 63 64 00 63 64 00 63 64 00 63 64 00 63 64 00 63 Parameter Values Function See page P 236 P 236 P 236 P 237 P 237 P 237 P 237 P 237 P 237 P 237 P 237 P 238 P 238 1 Data display 2 Loc...

Page 237: ...splay the Mixer page 2 Move the cursor to a track whose voice category is set to drum setup 3 If necessary move the cursor to the VOICE CAT line and set the category to this value The 3 DrS3Edit switch appears on the bottom line of the screen 3 Press 3 DrS3Edit to move to the Drum Setup Edit page 4 Move the cursor to the drum kit setting and select the drum voice you want to use 5 Now edit each of...

Page 238: ...w Provided that the mode is system you can use this feature to set a different variation effect level for each instrument in the kit Note that the actual effect application depends also on the EFFECT mode s variation return setting If the variation mode is system then the level to the vari ation effect block varies according to the numerical value you set here If the mode is insertion however then...

Page 239: ... sets the time it takes for the sound to rise to its peak volume starting from its initial level of 0 at the mo ment when the drum is first struck Note that exces sively high values can produce an unnatural sound since the peak may be delayed until after the waveform has reached its end DECAY 1 This value sets the time it takes for the sound to fall from its peak level to the internally set decay ...

Page 240: ...This page selects the chorus effect type and sets the various chorus parameters p 244 4 Vari calls the Variation Edit page This page selects and sets up the variation effect p 244 5 PlayFx switches you into Play Effects submode where you can set up the playback effects applied to each style p 212 6 Voice switches you into PatternVoice submode where you can set up the voicing for each style p 225 T...

Page 241: ...riation on off PAN volume expression PAN volume expression PAN volume expression PAN volume expression REVERB CHORUS PAN Easy to set up but less flexible than system type Where variation mode System part 1 VARIATION REVERB send chorus to reverb send variation to chorus send variation to reverb DRY LINE PAN reverb return reverb pan OUTPUT Bold line indicates stereo transmission CHORUS part 2 part 3...

Page 242: ...11 types 000 127 Left 63 Center Right 63 Any of 11 types 000 127 Left 63 Center Right 63 000 127 Any of 43 types 000 127 Left 63 Center Right 63 000 127 000 127 Parameter Values Function See page P 242 P 242 P 242 P 242 P 242 P 242 P 242 P 242 P 243 P 243 P 243 P 243 P 243 P 243 1 Data display 2 Variation mode 3 Reverb type 4 Reverb return 5 Reverb pan 6 Chorus type 7 Chorus return 8 Chorus pan 9 ...

Page 243: ...rol one of the parameters for the effect in real time If you set the value to System then the variation effect op erates in the same way as the chorus and reverb effects so that you can apply it to all parts and set values for the send and return levels But in this case you can not use a controller to control the effect 0101 1101 Insertion System Insertion Variation effect is handled as an inserti...

Page 244: ...1 Variation return Available only if variation mode System This parameter sets the signal level returned from the vari ation effect block You use this setting to adjust the varia tion effect level for all parts at the same time 0101 1101 000 127 12 Variation pan Available only if variation mode System This parameter sets the stereo positioning the signal from the variation effect block 0101 1101 L...

Page 245: ...lay 2 Effect type 3 Effect parameters 1 Data display 2 Effect type 3 Effect parameters 1 Data display 2 Effect type 5 Controllable parameter indicator 4 Dry wet balance 6 AC1 control depth 3 Effect parameters 3Pattern Effects 1ÊEffect Connection Setup 2ÊReverb Edit 3Chorus Edit 4Variation Edit pPATCH ...

Page 246: ... to the main PATCH screen press e The playback keys p s t r f continue to function while you are adjusting the settings so that you can monitor the results of your changes as you make them 1 Data display The data display area shows the name and current value of the parameter selected by the cursor 2 Effect type This parameter selects the effect type Note that you can also view or change these valu...

Page 247: ... sign means that upward displacement ofAC1 raises the value of the controllable parameter while a negative sign means that upward displacement reduces the value Note that an assignable controller is a controller such as a control wheel whose function can be set by the user The QY700 provides two assignable controllers AC1 and AC2 You select the function by assigning the appropriate con trol number...

Page 248: ...e at a time almost as if you were writing the notes down on a music sheet This allows you to create complex phrases without having to play them in real time at the keyboard 1 Go to the PATCH screen p 200 and select the phrase number for the user phrase that you want to record The phrase number consists of the prefix US followed by a sequential number 2 Go to the Recording Standby screen and set th...

Page 249: ...se Shows name of selected voice Phrase s original key chord Selects the recording method View only 001 256 Mldy1 Mldy2 Chrd1 Chrd2 Bass Bypas Para OFF ON Low C 2 G8 High C 1 G8 C B 001 128 000 127 Chord root and type 4 REPLACE 5 OVERDUB 6 STEP 1 Phrase number name 2 Length 3 Phrase type 4 Retrigger 5 Low and high limits 6 High key 7 Voice category Program number Bank number Voice name 8 Source cho...

Page 250: ... the kind of chord conversion used when modulating transposing the phrase Different type settings result in different conversion results as follows The Melody types Mdly1 Mldy2 generate relatively slight subtle changes in the playback sound The Chord types Chrd1 Chrd2 generate relatively large changes in the playback sound For Mldy1 and Chrd1 transpositions the QY700 first con verts the original p...

Page 251: ...program number This value is effective only with respect to voices in the normal category the value is fixed at 000 for all other categories 0101 1101 Voice category Normal voice Bank Select MSB 000 SFX voice Bank Select MSB 064 This type of SFX voice sound effects voice has the same char acter over the full range of the keyboard but differ ent keys produce the sound in different pitches as with a...

Page 252: ...its previ ous data in place The phrase continues to loop while re cording is in progress so that you can add a new layer of performance data with each round while listening to the results as they accumulate This is the method to use when you need to create a complex multilayer phrase See next page The 6 STEP mode lets you compose your perform ance by writing it down one event at a time This is a n...

Page 253: ... out the specified number of lead in measures as set by the COUNT parameter see page 78 and then starts recording The QY700 loops over the recording area until you press s to stop so that you can record multiple layers in a sin gle session The QY700 starts recording at measure 1 con tinues to the final measure of the phrase then jumps back to measure 1 and begins another round If you input an inco...

Page 254: ...res and screen parameters are the same For more detailed operational information refer to the explanation of song recording that begins on page 106 5 Phrase Recording You use this recording mode to create a recording one note at a time setting appropriate values for each note s length velocity and so on 1 Starting from the PATCH screen press e The QY700 displays the Recording Standby page The RE C...

Page 255: ...99 001 999 1 8 000 239 Note Bend PC CC ChAT KeyAT Excl Tmp Varies by event type 1 View Filter mark 2 Location 3 Measure Beat Clock count 4 Event name 5 Event parameters Parameter Values Function See page P 132 P 130 P 131 P 131 P 131 SHIFT F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 SHIFT EXIT 2 Location 3 Measure Beat Clock count 1 View Filter mark 4 Event name 5 Event parameters eÊPhrase Edit 4View Filter 2XG View 5Delet...

Page 256: ...or position you can always move the cursor rapidly across the screen using the shuttle dial or the r f keys If you move the cursor more slowly with the shuttle dial the QY700 will play out note events as the cur sor passes You can move up or down one event at a time by pressing u d Again the QY700 will reproduce note events when the cursor lands on them 4 When you reach an event that you want to e...

Page 257: ...256 Chapter 5 PATTERN MODE 7 Pattern Jobs 7 Pattern Jobs 00 Undo Redo 30 Style Icon jÊPATTERN JOB pPATCH ...

Page 258: ... events in specified segment to designated destination P 268 12 Erase Event Erase all events over selected segment and replaces with rests P 269 13 Extract Event Move events of specified type from specified segment of one phrase to same segment in another P 269 14 Thin Out Reduce repetitions of specified event type within specified segment P 271 15 Time Stretch Expand or compress timing over speci...

Page 259: ...cution screen and enter the required values using the data dial n y or the numeric keypad Do not press the e key until you are ready to ex ecute the job Be especially careful when using the numeric keypad do not press e until you have fin ished inputting all values 5 When you have entered all the values and are ready to execute the job press e The QY700 executes the job The screen displays Execut ...

Page 260: ...ASE NAME jobs The UNDO job is effective only on the most recent data changes If you run a recording session and then an editing session for example the UNDO will be available only for the editing session But note that if you move to a record ing editing or job screen and then quit without making any changes this does not count as a session As soon as you execute an UNDO the job name changes to RED...

Page 261: ...a user phrase rather than a sequence track and the maximum segment length is 256 measures 1 Phrase The Phrase value selects the user phrase to be quantized 0101 1101 01 99 2 Segment and notes 0101 1101 Measure beat 001 1 256 8 Note range C 2 G8 3 Quantizing value 0101 1101 32nd note intervals 16th triplet intervals 16th note intervals 8th triplet intervals 8th note intervals Quarter note triplet i...

Page 262: ...tive adjustment you use two parameters the Rate and the Offset The Rate value applies a propor tional change to the velocity value while the Offset value which is applied after the Rate adjustment adds a fixed value The relation is as follows Adjusted velocity original velocity X Rate Offset If the adjustment result is less than 1 the QY700 sets the value to 1 If the result is higher than 127 the ...

Page 263: ... the Rate and the Offset The Rate value applies a propor tional change to the gate time while the Offset value which is applied after the Rate adjustment adds a fixed value The relation is as follows Adjusted gate time original gate time X Rate Offset If the adjustment result is less than 1 the QY700 sets the value to 1 For full information about this job s parameters and opera tion refer to the e...

Page 264: ... the beginning of the segment with the offset increasing gradually up until the end of the seg ment For full information about this job s parameters and opera tion refer to the explanation for the SONG mode version of the job on page 148 But note that the PATTERN mode job applies to a user phrase rather than a sequencer track and that maximum segment length for a phrase is 256 measures 1 Phrase Th...

Page 265: ...e 0101 1101 99 00 99 7 Pattern Jobs Job 06 Shift Note This job replaces all occurrences of a specified pitch within the selected segment of the selected user phrase with some other selected pitch 1 Phrase The Phrase value selects the user phrase 0101 1101 01 99 2 Segment and notes M The two boxes to the right of the M select the phrase seg ment over which notes are to be changed The first box sets...

Page 266: ...ected phrase The shift is executed in clock cycle increments If you wish to move by one or more full beats or measures you may find it easier to use the COPY EVENT job p 268 Note that this job will never move an event past the desig nated segment s start or end points any event that would otherwise move past this point is instead deposited at the segment s border 1 Phrase The Phrase value selects ...

Page 267: ...en a block chord consisting of elements C3 E3 G3 will be played as a C3 at the chord s original timing followed 30 cycles later by the E3 and then another 30 cycles later by the G3 This feature is useful for example when you want to open up guitar chords stroking Note that the QY700 will shorten chord breaks as neces sary to avoid playing over the next measure boundary or into the next chord 1 Phr...

Page 268: ...nt type Although the event type itself is replaced its accompanying argument parameter value is retained and applied to the new event type As an example you can use this function to change every breath controller event into a channel aftertouch event while leaving the magnitude of the event unchanged 1 Phrase The Phrase value selects the user phrase 0101 1101 01 99 2 Segment The two boxes to the r...

Page 269: ...d one after the other 1 Style The Style value selects the style containing the desired phrase 0101 1101 01 64 2 Phrase The Phrase value selects the user phrase 0101 1101 01 99 3 Source segment The upper M values select the phrase area that you want to copy 0101 1101 Measure beat 001 1 256 8 4 Start point of destination The lower M value selects the start point of the copy des tination 0101 1101 Me...

Page 270: ...a different user phrase Following the operation the targeted events no longer exist in the source segment You can use the Spot Clock setting to target only those events that occur within a certain interval of each of the segment s measures For example you can choose to extract only events that fall between the second and third beats of each of the targeted measures If data already exist at the des...

Page 271: ...0 127 All CAT PAT EXC Note Note events C 2 G8 All PC Program change PB Pitch bend CC 000 127 All Control change Any single control change message type 000 to 127 or all control change messages CAT Channel aftertouch PAT Polyphonic aftertouch EXC System exclusive 6 Argument range The lowest two boxes on the screen select the argument range The QY700 will extract only those events whose ar gument fa...

Page 272: ...clock cycles The job will not remove an event that is separated from the previous occurrence by at least 60 clock cycles 1 Phrase The Phrase value selects the target phrase 0101 1101 01 99 2 Segment The two boxes to the right of the M select the phrase area to be thinned 0101 1101 Measure beat 001 1 256 16 3 Event The lower pair of boxes selects the targeted event type 0101 1101 PB CC 000 127 All ...

Page 273: ... of the selected user phrase The operation affects all event timing note step times and note gate times 1 Phrase The Phrase value selects the target phrase 0101 1101 01 99 Job 16 Copy Phrase This job copies a selected phrase either user phrase or pre set phrase to the designated user phrase The source side Style parameter is meaningful only if you are copying from a user phrase If the destination ...

Page 274: ...he style that will contain the destination phrase 0101 1101 01 64 4 Destination phrase The second Phrase value selects the destination phrase user phrase 0101 1101 01 99 5 Data type The final two items on the screen let you select the type of data to be targeted You can select one or both types by plac ing a checkmark into the corresponding box es If you select Event the job copies all event data ...

Page 275: ... into the second of these phrases 1 Source style The first Style value selects the style containing the source phrase phrase a 0101 1101 01 64 2 Source phrase Phrase a The first Phrase value selects the source phrase This is the phrase containing the data to be mixed into the destination phrase Following the mix the content of the source phrase remains unchanged 0101 1101 01 99 3 Destination style...

Page 276: ...ase This job attaches the content of a selected user phrase phrase a onto the end of another user phrase phrase b After completion of the job phrase a remains unchanged If you attempt to append data such that phrase b would become longer than 256 measures the maximum phrase length the QY700 returns the Illegal Input message and the job does not execute 1 Source style The first Style value selects ...

Page 277: ...it remains in its original location while the remainder of the phrase moves into the specified destination The job overwrites any data already existing in the destina tion phrase The phrase table from the original phrase is copied to the destination phase 1 Source style The first Style value selects the style containing the user phrase to be split 0101 1101 01 64 2 Source phrase The first Phrase v...

Page 278: ...ccur within subse quent measures of the source segment are ignored Maximum phrase length is 256 measures If you attempt to copy a segment that is longer than 256 measures the screen returns the Illegal Input message and the job does not execute The job overwrites any data already existing in the destina tion phrase The job does not copy voice and tempo settings 1 Source song The Song value selects...

Page 279: ... not copy meter voice or tempo settings The phrase s meter time signature has no effect on the copy 1 Source style The Style value selects the style containing the source phrase 0101 1101 01 64 2 Source phrase The Phrase value selects the user phrase to be copied 0101 1101 01 99 3 Destination song The Song value selects the destination song 0101 1101 01 20 4 Destination track The Track value selec...

Page 280: ...and reinitializes the phrase table Job 23 Phrase Name You use this job to set or change the name for a non empty user phrase The name can be up to 12 characters long 1 Phrase The Phrase value selects the user phrase to be named You cannot assign a name to an empty phrase If you select an empty phrase a string of asterisks ap pears in the name entry area 0101 1101 01 99 7 Pattern Jobs ...

Page 281: ...e entry in the matrix and check that the name appears correctly in the data display area Note that you do not need to press e to enter the name 7 Pattern Jobs Job 24 Clear Track This job deletes all data of the selected type from the se lected pattern track or from all pattern tracks 1 Track The TR setting selects the track to be cleared 0101 1101 01 16 All 2 Data type Check the box containing the...

Page 282: ... style The copy operation overwrites any data previously existing on the destination track s 1 Source style section and track The first three settings select the source track s If you set Section or Track to All the QY700 automati cally sets the corresponding destination value to All If you change an All setting to a number or letter the QY700 automatically deselects the All setting at the destina...

Page 283: ...Y700 returns the Illegal Input message and the job does not execute 1 Source pattern pattern a The first Style and Section settings select the source pat tern 0101 1101 Style 01 64 Section A H 2 Destination pattern pattern b The second Style and Section settings select the pattern to which the source pattern is attached 0101 1101 Style 01 64 Section A H 3 Play Effect selection The Play Effect entr...

Page 284: ... selected pattern into two patterns The job splits the pattern at the first beat of the specified measure The initial portion of the pattern up to the split point remains in its original location while the portion start ing after the split point is moved and becomes the destina tion pattern If no phrases start after the split point the destination pattern becomes empty The job overwrites any data ...

Page 285: ... and pattern voice settings for all styles Note that it is not possible to UNDO a total deletion Be sure that you really want to delete all patterns before ex ecuting a Style All deletion If you set Style to a numerical value and set Section to All the job deletes all sections all patterns within the selected style It also reinitializes all play effect and pattern voice settings for that style If ...

Page 286: ...necessary 0101 1101 Supported characters 0 9 a z A Z _ space 1 Move the cursor into the name entry area for the name you want to set 2 Use the numeric keypad and the microkeyboard to enter each character You can use the l and r keys to move the cursor left or right as necessary For information about how to enter characters refer to Chap ter 1 p 53 3 When you have finished entering the names press ...

Page 287: ...286 Chapter 5 PATTERN MODE Memo ...

Page 288: ... chapter explains Utility mode Utility mode is where you can make system settings and MIDI related settings About Utility mode 288 1 System 289 2 MIDI 291 3 MIDI filter 293 4 Sequencer 295 5 Click 297 6 Fingered chord zone 299 6 ...

Page 289: ...ction keys Pressing 1 System will access the System page p 289 Pressing 2 MIDI will access the MIDI page p 291 Pressing 3 MIDI Fltr will access the MIDI filter page p 293 Pressing 4 Seqencr will access the sequencer page p 295 Pressing 5 Click will access the click page p 297 Pressing 6 FngZone will access the fingered chord zone page p 299 The settings made in Utility mode are backed up by the in...

Page 290: ...ecified time elapses to conserve the lifespan of the backlight 0101 1101 Off 1 Hours 2 Hours 3 Hours 4 Hours 5 Hours 6 Hours 7 Hours 8 Hours 1 System Here you can make settings for system related parameters such as Master Tune and controller settings 1 Press u The indicator located above u will light and you will enter Utility mode 2 Press 1 System to access the system page 3 Move the cursor to th...

Page 291: ...h was pressed will be sustained until the footswitch is released 4 Pitch bend wheel Assignable wheel These settings specify the MIDI messages that are output when the PITCH wheel and ASSIGNABLE wheel located on the QY700 s top panel are operated Since the PITCH wheel will automatically return to the center position when it is released it is suitable for control ling Pitch Bend The ASSIGNABLE wheel...

Page 292: ...onization or if you are using the QY700 together with an external device such as an MMC compatible multi track recorder 0101 1101 Internal MIDI A MIDI B MTC MIDI A MTC MIDI B 2 MIDI The MIDI page lets you make MIDI settings for the QY700 1 Press u The indicator located above u will light and you will enter Utility mode 2 Press 2 MIDI to access the MIDI page 3 Move the cursor to the parameter that ...

Page 293: ... from the MIDI OUT B con nector Out A B MIDI will be output from both the MIDI OUT A and B connectors 4 MIDI echo back In A In B Echo Back is a function by which data received at a MIDI IN connector is re transmitted from a MIDI OUT connec tor These parameters are the echo back settings MIDI Echo Back In A sets echo back for data received at the MIDI IN A connector and MIDI Echo Back In B for data...

Page 294: ...the MIDI Filter page 3 Move the cursor to the parameter that you wish to set 4 Use n y or the data dial to make the setting 1 Note Specify whether or not MIDI Note On and Note Off mes sages will be passed MIDI Note On messages are produced when a note of the keyboard is pressed and Note Off messages when a note is released If these MIDI messages are cut there will be no sound 2 Pitch Bend Specify ...

Page 295: ...sages used to select voices 5 Polyphonic After Touch Specify whether or not MIDI PolyphonicAfter Touch mes sages will be passed 6 Channel Aftertouch Specify whether or not MIDI ChannelAftertouch messages will be passed 7 System Exclusive Specify whether or not MIDI System Exclusive messages will be passed MIDI System Exclusive messages are used to reset the tone generator and to operate internal p...

Page 296: ...speed will be slower If Event Chase is set to ALL large amounts of MIDI data will be transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector which can cause MIDI errors to occur on the external MIDI de vice that is receiving this data 0101 1101 Off PC PC PB Ctrl ALL Off Event Chase will not be performed PC Program Change messages PC PB Ctrl Program Change Pitch Bend and Control Change messages ALL All events othe...

Page 297: ... errors By setting an appropriate Interval Time you can transmit bulk data at a rate that the receiving device is able to process In sequence tracks each unit of system exclusive data is recorded in a single location of time However when this data is played back the Interval Time function will insert a delay between each 1 KB of data The delay is specified in units of 100 ms 1 10 second If MIDI er...

Page 298: ...you wish to set 4 Usen y the data dial or numeric keypad e to set the value The initial settings are as shown in the screen above 1 Channel Specify the part and the tone generator on which the click will be played Find a part for which a drum voice is selected and set this channel setting so that that part will be played So that you can check whether or not the click will sound set the song play C...

Page 299: ...note and level for the second and later beats If you are using a drum voice to sound the click you can use the Note setting to select instruments within the drum voice For the correspondence between notes and instrument re fer to the separate QY700 Reference Listings Level sets the volume by specifying the velocity 0101 1101 Note C 2 G8 Level 000 127 5 Click ...

Page 300: ...h the Fingered Chord settings displayed in Song mode Song Play and in Pattern mode Patch 0101 1101 OFF Off FINGRD On 2 Zone low high The Fingered Chord Zone is specified by the lowest Low and highest High note Fingered Chord will operate in the keyboard area between the Low and High Zone settings Notes below the Zone Low are used to specify On Bass or Original Bass Zone settings can be made using ...

Page 301: ... Fingered chord zone 3 MIDI port channel When using an external MIDI keyboard for Fingered Chord input specify the MIDI IN connector s to which the key board is connected 0101 1101 MIDI Port In A In B In A B MIDI Channel ALL 01 16 ...

Page 302: ...ISK MODE This chapter explains Disk mode Disk mode is where data can be transferred to and from floppy disk About floppy disks 302 About Disk mode 304 1 Save 307 2 Load 310 3 Rename 312 4 Delete 314 5 Format 316 7 ...

Page 303: ...emes or in excessively damp or dusty locations Do not allow floppy disks to come near objects that have a strong magnetic field such as televisions or speakers Before turning off the power remove the floppy disk from the disk drive Leaving a floppy disk in the drive for a long period with the power turned off can cause the disk to be come dirty producing read write errors On the QY700 floppy disks...

Page 304: ...which contain important data move the write protect slide to the write protect position the window open so that data can not be written to the disk Data backup The data on a floppy disk can be damaged by unforeseen accidents If you have especially important data that you wish to keep we suggest that you take the time to make a backup copy write protect slide write permit write prohibit ...

Page 305: ... and the QY700 Disk mode contains the following five groups of operations which are accessed by the function keys 1 save 6 Format 1 Save lets you save data to floppy disk p 307 2 Load lets you load files from floppy disk p 310 4 Rename lets you modify a filename p 312 5 Delete lets you delete a file from floppy disk p 314 6 Format lets you format initialize a floppy disk p 316 The various operatio...

Page 306: ...o players are protected for reasons of copy right and cannot be loaded into the QY700 5 Song SMF SMF Standard MIDI File is defined as a suggested format for MIDI musical data and is a sequencer data format used by many musical instrument manufacturers and computer software companies Devices that are Standard MIDI File compatible can exchange sequence data via floppy disk etc Song SMF handles one S...

Page 307: ...up data will again be inserted at the be ginning of the song resulting in duplicate data For this rea son before saving the data for the second time you should use the Song job Delete Measure to delete the previous setup measures that were added When a file saved with an XG header is loaded and played back the tempo may lag slightly during measures 1 2 This is because the setup measures that were ...

Page 308: ...filename 1 Select the Song to be saved 2 Turn XG Header on off 3 Format 0 1 4 Specify the filename D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 All Data Save all data from QY700 memory to floppy disk Style Save all data included in one Style of Pattern mode to floppy disk Song Save all data included in one song of Song mode to floppy disk Song ESEQ Save only the musical data of TR1 TR16 and the tempo track of one song of Song ...

Page 309: ...d If you press 4 XG HEADR to highlight the display 1 2 measures of setup data will be added to the beginning of the playback data when it is saved For details on the XG header refer to XG header p 306 4 If Song SMF was selected as the data type use 1 FORMAT0 or 2 FORMAT1 to select the for mat of the Standard MIDI File For details on Standard MIDI File formats refer to Types of file used by the QY7...

Page 310: ...styles or songs a message of No Data will appear and it will not be possible to execute the Save operation It is not possible to use or characters in a filename If a filename includes characters such as spaces or periods which are not permitted by MS DOS computers or other devices may not be able to read that file MS DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation 1 Save ...

Page 311: ...e 1 Select the file to be loaded 2 Select the loading destination song D1 D2 D3 All Data A file that was saved as QY700 All Data format will be loaded from floppy disk into internal memory Style A file that was saved as QY700 Style format will be loaded from floppy disk into internal memory Song A file that was saved in QY700 Song format or as ESEQ format or SMF format will be loaded from floppy d...

Page 312: ... you wish to load The load execute page will appear 3 In the left side of the display select the file that you wish to load Preplay function If you have selected Song as the data type and if a Standard MIDI File format 0 song file is selected you can press 6 Preplay to playback the file before you execute loading This is a convenient way to check the contents of the file 4 Press r to move the curs...

Page 313: ... disk The area below this shows the number of files of the se lected type that are on the floppy disk the total size and the size of the selected file 1 Press 4 Rename The top line of the screen will indicate DISK RENAME 2 Press d D1 All Data d D3 Song to select the type of data that you wish to rename The Rename execute page will appear 3 In the left side of the display select the file that you w...

Page 314: ...heck the settings and press e The display will indicate Executing and the filename will be changed If you press e without modifying the filename the dis play will indicate Can t Change File Name and the Re name operation cannot be executed 6 Press e to close the Rename execute page If the filename extension of an ESEQ SMF file is renamed it may become impossible to load the file ...

Page 315: ...re on the floppy disk the total size and the size of the selected file You can refer to this area when deciding which files to delete If Delete is executed the specified file will be lost for ever and cannot be recovered Before executing this operation be sure that you really want to delete the file 1 Press 5 Delete The top line of the screen will indicate DISK DELETE 2 Press d D1 All Data d D3 So...

Page 316: ...t the file that you wish to delete 4 Check the display and press e A message will ask for confirmation 5 Pressy The display will indicate Executing and the file will be deleted To cancel without deleting press n 6 Press e to close the Delete execute page ...

Page 317: ... begin After the disk has been formatted you will return to the Format page To cancel without formatting press n The QY700 can use two types of floppy disk 3 5 inch 2HD and 3 5 inch 2DD The QY700 will format 2HD disks to 18 sectors 1 44 mega byte MS DOS format and 2DD disks to 9 sectors 720 kilo byte MS DOS format MS DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation When the Format operation ...

Page 318: ...APPENDIX 1 Specifications 318 2 Troubleshooting 320 3 Error messages 322 4 Glossary 324 5 Index 328 APPENDIX INDEX ...

Page 319: ...obs 25 Pattern jobs 30 Play effects Groove Quantize Clock Shift Gate Time Velocity Transpose Fingered Chord functions Chord Root Chord Type On Bass Original Bass Sequence file formats QY700 native sequence format ESEQ SMF formats 0 1 Tone generator block Type AWM2 tone generator Maximum polyphony 32 notes Multi timbral capability 32 timbres with DVA Preset voices Normal voices 480 Drum voices 11 E...

Page 320: ...green MIDI OUT B x 1 green Connectors PHONES stereo phone jack Nominal output 7 0 2 dBm output impedance 33 ohms OUTPUT phone jack 2 L MONO R Nominal output 6 5 2 dBm output impedance 1 k ohm FOOT SWITCH DC IN MIDI 4 IN A IN B OUT A OUT B Floppy disk drive 3 5 inch 2HD MF2HD and 2DD MF2DD types Power supply AC adaptor PA 5B Dimensions 353 W 305 D 90 H mm Weight 3 5 kg Included items STYLE DEMONSTR...

Page 321: ... is different than the keyboard note that was played Is the Note Shift setting other than 0 p 175 Is the Detune setting other than 0 p 174 Is the Transpose setting other than 0 p 175 Notes are intermittently broken Does the number of currently sounding notes exceed the maximum polyphony p 44 notes sputter or stutter Playback does not start when you press p Does the selected song pattern or phrase ...

Page 322: ...ar Does the beginning of the song contain data which resets the tone generator p 129 Has data which was saved with XG Header highlighted been loaded and then saved again p 306 Voice mode and Effect mode settings will be affected by the Control Change or Exclusive data within a song Are the voice settings for a part to which a Pattern track is assigned p 47 For a part to which a Pattern track is as...

Page 323: ...ossible Transmit the data once again XG Adrs Error XG Data Error XG Size Error XG Checksum Error These will appear when the received XG data contains an error Transmit the data once again Disk No Data When saving data to floppy disk this will appear if the selected song or style contains no data and the save operation is invalid Select a different song or style No Disk This indicates that the flop...

Page 324: ...Battery Low This will appear when the internal backup battery of the QY700 has run down Contact nearest Yamaha dealer or the authorized distributer for your country to have the battery replaced Messages other than error messages Can t Undo Ok Y N If executing a job would fill up the internal memory so that Undo will not be available this message will appear If you are sure that you will not need t...

Page 325: ...IDI messages which are transmitted when additional pres sure is applied to the keyboard after notes are played Attack time The time over which the volume rises from 0 when a note is played until the maximum volume is reached AWM2 tone generation A method of generating sound developed by Yamaha which is based on digitally recorded waveforms Since it generates the complex waveform of actual acoustic...

Page 326: ...process of reading data from floppy disk into internal memory Location The place within a song at which notes will be input or play back will be started indicated as measure beat and clock Low pass filter A type of filter which cuts the high frequencies The sound can be brightened by raising the cutoff frequency of the filter or darkened by lowering it LSB An acronym for Least Significant Byte ref...

Page 327: ...ram change A MIDI message that selects a voice Program number On the QY700 a number specifying one of the GM defined sounds Punch recording A method of realtime recording in which the uses specifies the punch in and punch out points so that recording takes place only in that area Q Quantization A function which tightens up the inexact timing of notes or other events that were entered in realtime R...

Page 328: ...ocess of matching the pitch of two or more instruments when playing in an ensemble Normally A3 is tuned to 440 Hz U Utility mode A mode on the QY700 in which system or MIDI settings can be made V Variation effect One of the QY700 s effects In Voice mode this effect can be used aggressively as a major component of a sound The Variation effect can function either as an insertion effect or as a syste...

Page 329: ... type 191 Chorus to reverb 243 Clear 99 126 208 224 Clear All 133 Clear Pattern 284 Clear Phrase 279 Clear Song 164 Clear Track 162 280 Click 297 Click beat 205 Click mode 205 Clock shift 88 91 Cnnect connection 188 242 Connection 190 CONTRAST control 13 CONTRL Control Change 137 Control 195 Controllable parameter 245 Copy Event 154 268 Copy Pattern 281 Copy Phrase 272 Copy Song 140 164 Copy Track...

Page 330: ...lier 89 91 Get Phrase 277 Glossary 324 GM On GM mode on 169 Graphic 135 Groove 84 214 Groove gate time 87 Groove quantizing 82 214 Groove template 86 Groove velocity 88 GrovView groove view 84 H HALL 192 High key 211 I Icon 6 Index 328 Insert 130 INTERVAL TIME 296 Inversion Transpose 220 J JOB 258 JOB key 14 K KARAOKE 192 Key assign 185 Keyboard track 74 L LCD display 13 Level 184 Load 310 LOC 1 2...

Page 331: ...program change 294 PHASER 192 PHONES jack 16 Phrase Editing 254 Phrase Name 210 Phrase number 207 210 Phrase Recording 247 Phrase type 210 PhrSolo phrase solo 208 PhrTable phrase table 209 PITCH BEND WHEEL 290 Pitch coarse 185 Pitch fine 184 PITCH wheel 12 PLATE 192 PLAY indicator 13 PlayFx Play Effects 81 213 Point Graph 136 POWER switch 8 Program number 172 PORTAMENTO SW Portamento switch 179 PO...

Page 332: ...TIE 124 Time Stretch 158 271 TO 98 TO TG channel setup 105 Track 15 TRACK DOWN key 15 Track status 74 206 TRACK UP key 15 Track View 100 Transpose 98 149 263 Transposition 79 94 96 219 TREMOLO 192 TrNAME Track name 132 Troubleshooting 320 TrView 101 Tune 175 TUNNEL 194 U Undo Redo 141 259 US 207 UTILITY 288 UTILITY key 12 Utility mode 287 V Variation 188 235 Variation Edit 244 Variation mode 190 V...

Page 333: ...332 APPENDIX W WHITE ROOM 194 X XG 5 XG header 306 XG On XG system on 169 XG parameter out 292 XG View 132 XG Viewer mark 132 Z ZONE LOW HIGH 299 5 Index ...

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