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Table of contents
Table of contents
Introduction
Features of the QY700 ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
How to use the manuals ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Printing conventions in this manual ................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Finding the information that you need ............................................................................................................................................................... 8
SETUP
1. Front and rear panels ................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Top panel ................................................................................................................................................................................ 12
Rear panel .............................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Floppy disk drive ................................................................................................................................................................... 17
2. Connections ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
Power supply connections ...................................................................................................................................................... 18
Audio equipment connections ............................................................................................................................................... 19
Connecting a foot switch ....................................................................................................................................................... 20
Connecting external MIDI devices ........................................................................................................................................ 20
Connecting an MTR (multi-track recorder) ........................................................................................................................... 21
Connecting two or more devices ............................................................................................................................................ 21
3. Using the Style and Demonstration disk ..................................................................................................................................................... 22
Contents of the disk ............................................................................................................................................................... 22
Listening 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 settings ......................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Realtime record of track 2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 62
Step recording of track 1 ........................................................................................................................................................ 63
Editing tracks 1 and 2 ............................................................................................................................................................ 65
Modifying the voice of track 1 .............................................................................................................................................. 66
Save to floppy disk ................................................................................................................................................................. 67
Chapter 2. SONG MODE
SONG MODE Overview .................................................................................................................................................................................. 70
1. SONG PLAY ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 72
2. Play Effects .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 80
Groove Quantizing ................................................................................................................................................................. 82
Clock Shift, Gate Time, and Velocity .................................................................................................................................... 90
Transposition .......................................................................................................................................................................... 94
Drum Table Edit ..................................................................................................................................................................... 97
3. Track View ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 100
4. Output Channels ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 103