Yamaha QY100 - Manual

5 Meet the QY100 .................................. 7 Power & Connections ........................ 8 Power Supply .......................................... 8 Using a Power Adaptor .................... 8 Using Batteries ................................. 9 When to Replace the Batteries ...... 10 ...

8 Power & Connections Power & Connections Although the QY100 will run either from an optional AC adaptor or batteries, Yamaha recommends use of an AC adaptor whenever possible. Moreover, an AC adaptor is more environmentally friendly than batteries and does not deplete resources. Plug the DC...

Power & Connections 9 Six 1.5V AA size (LR6) or equivalent batteries must first be installed in the battery compartment. Alkaline batteries are recommended for longer life. Never mix battery types, such as alkaline batteries with manga- nese batteries or batteries from different makers. z Open B...

10 Power & Connections When the batteries run down, the following display will appear: When the batteries run down more seriously, “Power Batt.End” message will appear. In this case, memory card functions are no longer accessible. When this display appears, replace the batteries with a complete ...

Power & Connections 11 What you will connect the QY100 to, and what you will connect to the QY100, will depend entirely on your individual requirements, and it would be impossible to cover all possibilities here. A few examples are pro-vided below to help you get started. q DC IN Jack ( → page 8...

12 Power & Connections w MIDI IN & OUT Connectors ( → pages 15, 16) If you plan to use a MIDI keyboard or other instrument to play and program the QY100, it should be connected to QY100 MIDI IN connector (see “MIDI Connections,” on page 15). The MIDI OUT connector can be connected to an exte...

Power & Connections 13 Amp Simulator Switching: The footswitch can be used to switch the specified sections of the QY100 amp simulator in or out. The foot switch can be used to bypass the preamp sec-tion only (delay when a microphone setup is selected), the reverb effect only, the chorus effect ...

14 Power & Connections The simplest way to monitor the QY100 sound is via a pair of stereo headphones (miniature stereo phone plug type) plugged into the LINE OUT/PHONES jack. If you want to use an external stereo sound system, how-ever, use the supplied “Y” cable (miniature stereo phone plug to...

Power & Connections 15 Although the QY100 can be played and programmed from the built- in micro-keyboard, an external MIDI keyboard connected to the MIDI IN connector provides the added advantages of standard keyboard size and key velocity sensivity (if your keyboard has a velocity-sensitive key...

16 Power & Connections Although the QY100 can be connected to a personal computer via the MIDI IN/OUT connectors and a MIDI interface, the TO HOST connector and selector switch allow direct connection to Apple Macintosh, or IBM-PC/AT series personal computers for sequencing and other music appli...

Power & Connections 17 ● Connecting to an Apple Macintosh Series Computer Connect the TO HOST connector of the QY100 to the modem or printer port on your Macintosh, depending on which port your MIDI software is using for MIDI data communication, using a standard Macintosh 8-pin system peripheral...

18 Power & Connections ● Connecting to a USB interface (such as the Yamaha UX256) If your computer does not have an RS-232C port or modem/printer port, the QY100 can be connected via a separate USB interface such as the Yamaha UX256. Connect the USB port of your UX256 or other USB inter- face to...

The Controls 19 The Controls The QY100 has fairly simple, consistent control interface that, once understood, makes operation fast and easy, no matter what operation you are performing. If you read through this section care-fully, and try out the procedures in the ”TRY THIS” sections, you should hav...

20 The Controls q POWER Switch Slide to the “ON” position to turn the QY100 on, or to the “STANDBY” position to turn it off. w LCD Display & CONTRAST Control This large multi-function liquid crystal display panel shows all parameters and prompts you need to operate the QY100 with optimum ease an...

The Controls 21 TRY THIS: Turn your QY100 on (the power switch is on the left side), then press the [SONG] but-ton a few times and watch how the display changes. The [SONG] button calls the SONG, SONG VOICE, and SONG EFFECT displays in sequence. The order in which the displays is selected is reverse...

22 The Controls y [EXIT] Button No matter where you are in the QY100 display hierarchy, the [EXIT] button will take to the next highest level (effectively “backing up” one step — unless you’re already at the top dis-play). u Cursor Buttons These 4 buttons move the “cursor” around the display screen,...

The Controls 23 o [MENU] and Function Buttons The [MENU] button calls a menu of functions or sub-modes that can be accessed from the current QY100 mode, and the function buttons (the four small buttons to the right of the display) select the corresponding item from the menu that appears on the displ...

24 The Controls TRY THIS: Select the SONG mode display (use the [SONG] button, as described above), then press the [MENU] button. You should see the menu shown on the right: Next press the second function button (the one immediately to the right of “Job” on the menu) to call the SONG mode Job List: ...

The Controls 25 !1 Sequencer Buttons The sequencer buttons control recording and playback in the SONG and PATTERN modes, and allow you to locate a spe-cific measure within a song or pattern. Their layout and functions are similar to the transport controls on a tape recorder. [ ● ] RECORD READY: Pres...

26 The Controls Now play the micro keyboard. You should hear the voice that is currently assigned to sequencer track 1. In the SONG mode, the micro keyboard plays the voice assigned to the currently selected track (unless you’re recording the chord track, in which case it is used to spec-ify chords)...

The Controls 27 !4 VOLUME Control The VOLUME control adjusts the volume of the sound delivered via the LINE OUT/PHONES jack. Slide the control toward “MAX.” to increase the volume or toward “MIN.” to decrease the volume. !5 GAIN Control & PEAK Indicator ( → pages 36, 45) Use the GAIN control on ...

28 The Controls goes out when the selected sections are bypassed. The same function can be assigned to an optional FC-4 or FC-5 footswitch connected to the rear panel FOOT SW jack (page 12). !8 [PARAMETER] Button ( → pages 38, 47) Accesses the QY100 amp simulator setups and parameters for guitar and...

QY100 System Overview: What It Is and What It Does 29 QY100 System Overview: What It Is and What It Does 16 Sequencer Tracks You can individually assign any of the QY100’s 525 normal voices or 22 drum kits to the sequencer tracks and record anything you like via the micro-keyboard or a MIDI keyboard...

30 QY100 System Overview: What It Is and What It Does complex musical structures and rich textures. Of course you can also use just two or three tracks for simpler arrangements. If you’re a guitar player, for example, you might only need to create a drum and bass track to play along with. The sequen...

QY100 System Overview: What It Is and What It Does 31 The QY100 tone generator is a high-performance sound module in its own right, complete with 525 voices and 22 drum and percussion kits. In fact, the tone generator block is fully GM and XG compatible (see explana-tions, below) so you can actually...

32 QY100 System Overview: What It Is and What It Does Yamaha is famous for the quality of its reverb and other effects, and the QY100 is no exception. The built-in effect system provides top-quality reverb, chorus, and variation effects (including modulation and distortion) that you can use to refin...

Guided T our Guided T our Listen To the Demo 33 Guided Tour — Your Step-by-Step Guide to the QY100’s Basic Features and Functions OK, here we go. Get comfortable with the QY100, the manual, and a good cup of whatever strikes your fancy and we’ll get right down to making the QY100 do what it does bes...

Guided T our Guided T our Listen To the Demo 35 c Start Playback Once you’ve selected a song, you can start playback simply by pressing the sequencer [ > ] button. Use the VOLUME control on the left side of the QY100 to set the most comfortable listen-ing level. When the current song is finished,...

36 For Guitarists: Outstanding Amp Simulation & Effects For Guitarists: Outstanding Amp Simulation & Effects “If you’re not a guitarist, feel free to skip this section.” Simple! In addition to the basic setup instructions provided on page 8, all you need to do is plug your guitar into the GU...

Guided T our Guided T our For Guitarists: Outstanding Amp Simulation & Effects 37 x Adjust the input gain. Use the GAIN control on the rear panel to adjust the QY100 input gain to match your guitar. If the PEAK indicator LED next to the [PARAMETER] button light more than just occasionally as you...

38 For Guitarists: Outstanding Amp Simulation & Effects The QY100 has 18 amp simulator setups designed specifically for guitar (see the separate Data List booklet). You can select the setups and adjust individual parameters via the “GTR/MIC EDIT” display accessed by pressing the [PARAMETER] butt...

Guided T our Guided T our For Guitarists: Outstanding Amp Simulation & Effects 39 Although the QY100 guitar amp simulator setups sound good as they are, you’ll undoubtedly want to “tweak” them a bit to create your own sound. Here’s how: The QY100 guitar amp simulator section is made up of three ...

40 For Guitarists: Outstanding Amp Simulation & Effects To edit a parameter: z Move the Cursor to the Parameter You Want to Edit Use the cursor buttons to highlight the desired parameter value. Since not all of the parameters fit on one display page, you’ll have to scroll down below the bottom o...

Guided T our Guided T our For Guitarists: Outstanding Amp Simulation & Effects 41 ● The Volume Parameter A “Volume” parameter which affects the overall volume of the setup is located at the top of the parameter list. This parame-ter is most useful for matching the levels of the setups to suit yo...

42 For Guitarists: Outstanding Amp Simulation & Effects ● The Chorus Block The Chorus effect can give your guitar sound added life and sparkle. The Chorus block is not engaged on all setups. If you select a setup which does not use the Chorus block the Chorus parameter values will all appear as ...

Guided T our Guided T our For Guitarists: Outstanding Amp Simulation & Effects 43 ● The Reverb Block The Reverb block has only one parameter — “Reverb Lvl” — which adjusts the depth of the reverb sound. The Reverb Lvl range is from “000” to “127”, with higher values producing deeper reverb. If y...

44 For Guitarists: Outstanding Amp Simulation & Effects ● The “On/Off” Parameter At the very bottom of the parameter list is the “On/Off” parameter. This parameter allows you to select a specific block to be turned on and off by the [AMP SIMULATOR] button on the top panel, or a footswitch connec...

Guided T our Guided T our For Singers: Cool Vocal Processing 45 For Singers: Cool Vocal Processing “If you’re not a vocalist, feel free to skip this section.” Simple! In addition to the basic setup instructions provided on page 8, all you need to do is plug your microphone into the GUITAR/MIC INPUT ...

Guided T our Guided T our For Singers: Cool Vocal Processing 47 The QY100 has 5 amp simulator setups designed specifically for use with microphone (see the separate Data List booklet). You can select the setups and adjust individual parameters via the “GTR/MIC EDIT” display accessed by pressing the ...

48 For Singers: Cool Vocal Processing The QY100 microphone amp simulator section is has three main effect blocks: the Delay block, the Chorus block, and the Reverb block, as shown in the diagram. All of the available parameters for each setup are located below the setup number and name in the GTR/MI...

50 For Singers: Cool Vocal Processing ● The Volume Parameter A “Volume” parameter which affects the overall volume of the setup is located at the top of the parameter list. This parame-ter is most useful for matching the levels of the setups to suit your musical needs. You might, want all of your se...

Guided T our Guided T our For Singers: Cool Vocal Processing 51 ● The Chorus Block The Chorus effect can give your vocal sound added life and sparkle. The Chorus block is not engaged on all setups. If you select a setup which does not use the Chorus block the Chorus parameter values will all appear ...

Guided T our Guided T our Instant Accompaniment 53 Instant Accompaniment Before we discover how easy it is to create accompaniments with the QY100, let’s straighten out some of this confusing terminology: just what exactly are “patterns”, “styles”, “sections”, and “chord templates”? ● Styles A “styl...

54 Instant Accompaniment ● Patterns Quite simply, each “section” of each “style” is a pattern. The INTRO section of the “FunkRock” style is a pattern, as is the MAIN B section of the “BritPop” style. Thus, with 128 styles, each having 6 sections (we don’t count the BLANK section, for obvious reasons...

Guided T our Guided T our Instant Accompaniment 55 The QY100’s preset styles can be selected and played in the SONG mode. z Select the SONG mode & an Empty Song Press the [SONG] button to select the SONG mode then, if necessary, make sure the cursor is located at the song number at the top of th...

56 Instant Accompaniment To select a style, first move the cursor to the style number on the display. c Select a Style Use the [-1] and [+1] buttons or the SHIFT-Number entry method (page 34) to select the style you want to play (refer to the “Style List” of the separate Data List booklet for detail...

Guided T our Guided T our Instant Accompaniment 57 ● Two Methods To Select Sections There are two ways to select the section you want to play: Method 1: Move the cursor to the section name at the bottom of the display and use the [-1] and [+1] buttons or SHIFT-Num-ber entry method (page 34) to selec...

Guided T our Guided T our Instant Accompaniment 59 Now that you have the pattern of your choice grooving along on your QY100 (if you don’t, select and play one now), Let’s hear how it sounds with some of the preset chord templates. z Highlight the Chord Template Parameter The bottom right-hand area ...

Guided T our Guided T our Record Your Own Chord Progression & Pattern Changes 61 Record Your Own Chord Progression & Pattern Changes As an example that can be programmed quickly and easy let’s use the HipHop2 style (style number 035) with the following arrangement: INTRO (4 measures) → MAIN ...

62 Record Your Own Chord Progression & Pattern Changes z Select the SONG mode & an Empty Song Press the [SONG] button to select the SONG mode then, if necessary, make sure the cursor is located at the song number at the top of the display and use the [+1] and [-1] buttons to select an “empty...

Guided T our Guided T our Record Your Own Chord Progression & Pattern Changes 63 c Engage the Record Ready Mode Press the [ ● ] button to engage the record ready mode. The red LED above the [ ● ] button will light. The record mode selec- tors will apear in the central area of the display, and th...

64 Record Your Own Chord Progression & Pattern Changes b Select the Starting Pattern, Chord, and Tempo Move the cursor to the style number, section, chord, and tempo parameters and set as required (these will be the starting values for your accompaniment). n Record the Pattern Changes Press the ...

Guided T our Guided T our Record Your Own Chord Progression & Pattern Changes 65 tons or the SHIFT-Number entry method (page 34) to select the desired styles. For our example, however, you’ll only be selecting sections with the HipHop2 style, so there’s no need to change style numbers. The easie...

66 Record Your Own Chord Progression & Pattern Changes ENDING (measures 29 … 32): “- -END- -“ will appear in place of the style name when the ENDING pattern has fin-ished playing. m Stop Recording Press the [ ■ ] button to stop recording and return to the SONG mode. , Engage Record Ready Again a...

Guided T our Guided T our Record Your Own Chord Progression & Pattern Changes 67 . Record the Chord Changes When you press the [ > ] button to begin recording to the chord track, the metronome will sound and you’ll be given a count-in in the same was as described in step 6, above. Once record...

Guided T our Guided T our Record Your Own Chord Progression & Pattern Changes 69 Although you can specify the chord root (key), chord types will be ignored. Stop Recording Press the [ ■ ] button to stop recording and return to the SONG mode. Play Your Accompaniment Press the [ > ] to play bac...

70 Record Your Own Chord Progression & Pattern Changes Tempo changes can be recorded to the QY100 “Tm” (Tempo) track in much the same way that pattern changes are recorded to the pattern track and chord changes to the chord track. After recording your pattern and chord tracks select the “Tm” tem...

Guided T our Guided T our Add Some Details to Complete the Accompaniment 71 Add Some Details to Complete the Accompaniment “Be sure to complete the preceding section before beginning this one.” Before actually beginning to record the sequencer tracks, switch to the SONG VOICE mode and assign the voi...

72 Add Some Details to Complete the Accompaniment x Select the Voices Move the cursor to the voice selector for track 1, and use the [+1/YES] and [-1/NO] buttons or the SHIFT-Number entry method (page 34) to select “Ld 081 SquareLd” (the full voice name appears at the top of the display).Next, Move ...

Guided T our Guided T our Add Some Details to Complete the Accompaniment 73 Here’s the score for the parts we’ll record on tracks 1 and 2. The upper (treble) staff goes on track 1 and the lower (bass) staff goes on track 2. If you don’t read music or simply couldn’t be bothered, just record what-eve...

Guided T our Guided T our Add Some Details to Complete the Accompaniment 75 z Select a Track to Record Move the cursor to the track area of the display, and then move the cursor sideways to select the track you want to record — 1 through 16. In this case you’ll probably want to record the first part...

76 Add Some Details to Complete the Accompaniment x Engage the Record Ready Mode Press the [ ● ] button to engage the record ready mode. The red LED above the [ ● ] button will light. The record mode selec- tors will appear in the central area of the display, and the name of the current record mode ...

Guided T our Guided T our Add Some Details to Complete the Accompaniment 77 v Set the Tempo and Time Signature For this example we’ll use the default tempo of 120 beats per minute and the default 4/4 time signature, so you shouldn’t need to make any changes. But when you do want to record with a dif...

78 Add Some Details to Complete the Accompaniment b Record the First Track Press the [ > ] button to begin recording. The metronome and count-in work the same way as they do for pattern and chord recording: the metronome will sound and you’ll be given a one-measure count-in before recording actua...

Guided T our Guided T our Add Some Details to Complete the Accompaniment 79 n Stop Recording Press the [ ■ ] button to stop recording and return to the SONG mode. Note than when you return to the SONG play mode a bar will appear below each track that contains data. This is the lowest segment of a “v...

80 Add Some Details to Complete the Accompaniment , Stop Recording Press the [ ■ ] button to stop recording and return to the SONG mode. . Play Your Accompaniment Press the [ > ] to play back your accompaniment complete with sequencer-track additions. About the “MULTI” Recording If you select the...

Step Accompaniment Recording 81 Step Accompaniment Recording z Select a Song to Record Select an empty song if you want to record a new song in the step record mode, or select a song that already contains data if you want to make changes or additions. x Engage the Record Ready Mode Press the [ ● ] b...

82 Step Accompaniment Recording v Select the Step Record Mode Move the cursor to the record mode selector area of the display (the area with the “REPL”, “OVER”, “STEP”, and “MULTI” buttons), and move it to the “STEP” button, then press the [+1/YES] button to select the step record mode. An inverse “...

Step Accompaniment Recording 83 n Enter the Required Pattern and/or Chord Data Refer to the following sections for details on how to use each of the step-record mode data-entry displays. You can switch directly between the pattern and chord data-entry displays while the step record mode is engaged s...

84 Step Accompaniment Recording Here’s how the STEP record pattern display will look if you’ve selected an empty song (the appropriate pattern data will appear if the selected song contains data). ● Moving Around & Entering Data As usual, the cursor buttons are used to move the cursor to the loc...

Step Accompaniment Recording 85 ● Style Number and Section Any preset style number from 001 through 128, the “end pattern” (number 129), or any user style number from U1 through U64 can be entered for each measure. The style name appears to the right of the style number. Only one style & pattern...

86 Step Accompaniment Recording ● Time Signature Although the default time signature for the selected song is automatically selected, the time signature value for each measure can be changed as required. The available time signatures are: 1/16 … 16/161/8 … 16/81/4 … 8/4 If a time signature is select...

Step Accompaniment Recording 87 Here’s how the STEP record chord display will look if you’ve selected an empty song (the appropriate chord data will appear if the selected song contains data). ● Chords One chord can be entered per quarter note. Place the cur- sor at the required quarter-note divisio...

88 Step Accompaniment Recording ● Specifying the Bass Note For a Chord You can specify the bass note to be used with any chord by using the [OCT DOWN] button (note the “BASS” marking above the button). Enter the chord by specifying the root and type, then press the key on the micro-keyboard correspo...

Step Accompaniment Recording 89 If FNGR is set to “ON”, a bass note can be entered by pressing a key for a bass note on the left part of the micro key-board or an external keyboard while holding the chord. (The “left part” range for entering a bass note can be specified in the Utility mode on page 2...

90 Step Accompaniment Recording ● Erasing Chords The function button immediately to the right of “ers” on the display can be used to erase the chord at which the cursor is located. ● Sound On/Off You can hear the sound of entered chord in step recording. If you don’t want to hear the sound, press th...

Step Sequencer Track Recording 91 Step Sequencer Track Recording z Select the SONG Mode & the Song To Be Recorded Use the [SONG] button to select the main SONG mode dis- play and, with the cursor located over the song number at the top of the display, use the [-1] and [+1] buttons or the SHIFT-N...

Step Sequencer Track Recording 93 b Engage the Record Mode Press the [ > ] button to engage the step record mode. The step record display shown below will appear. n Set the Note Parameters as Required Move the cursor to the note, velocity, and gate time param- eters and set as required using the ...

94 Step Sequencer Track Recording STEP (Note length) 32nd, 16th, 16th triplet, 8th, 8thtriplet, quarter, quarter triplet, half, whole. VELO (Velocity) More bars = higher velocity, adjustable in 10 steps (ppp, pp, p, mp, normal, mf, f, ff, fff, ffff). ~ produces random velocity. GATE (Gate time) = st...

Step Sequencer Track Recording 95 The Note Display The note display shows up to four 1/4-notes worth of data at once (that’s one measure in 4/4 time). If the selected time signature results in more than four 1/4 notes per mea-sure, then the display will scroll to show the extra notes. Moving Around ...

96 Step Sequencer Track Recording The Step Mode Function buttons The four function buttons immediately to the right of the display provide acces to a number of handy functions in the step record mode. The “del” (delete) button deletes the note or chord at the note pointer. The “Bdl” (back delete) bu...

Step Sequencer Track Recording 97 , Complete the Song Repeat steps n and m until the current track is complete, then press [ ■ ] to stop recording and select the next track for recording, as necessary. ■ NOTE • See the “Editing Songs & Patterns” section , page 216, for information on how to edit...

98 Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns The QY100 has a total of 4,285 preset phrases that can be combined to create a virtually endless variety of accompaniment patterns. The preset phrase numbers have three sections, as shown below. The cursor can be pl...

100 Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns The phrases are combined to create patterns which can be used in accompaniments in the PATTERN mode. z Select the PATTERN Mode, a User Style, & a Section Press the [PATTERN] button to select the PATTERN mode then, with the cursor located at the style ...

Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns 101 c Select a Pattern Track Phrases can be assigned to any of 8 “tracks” in the PAT- TERN mode. The pattern tracks are basically designed to be used with the phrase types listed below (thus the “D1”, “PC”, “BA”, “C1”, etc., track identifiers). In reality, an...

102 Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns SHIFT-Number entry method (page 34) to select the desired phrase for that track. Monitoring the Pattern If you press the [ > ] button while entering phrases you can hear how the pattern sounds as the various phrases are added. Press [ ■ ] to stop playb...

Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns 103 The letter “M” appears next to tracks that are muted, and the letter “S” appears when a track is soloed. Clearing Phrases Phrases can be cleared by placing the cursor at the appro-priate phrase number, catgory, or beat and pressing the function button nex...

104 Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns You can also enter the chord by pressing the chord as it is on the micro keyboard or an external keyboard if “FNGR”(Fingered Chord function) is set to “ON”. In this case, a bass note can be entered by pressing a key for a bass note on the left part of the...

Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns 105 The QY100 makes it easy to create original accompaniment phrases. The PATTERN mode provides two ways to create original phrases: realtime and step recording. In the realtime record mode you select the track you want to record, the voice you want to record...

106 Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns c Select a Pattern Track and its “User” Phrase Move the cursor to the track you want to create an original phrase for. To create a bass phrase, for example, select the “BA” (Bass) track. Then use the [+1] button to select the user phrase for that track (“...

Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns 107 v Engage the Phrase Record Ready Mode Press the [ ● ] button to engage the phrase record ready mode. The red LED will light, and the display will appear some-thing like this: b Select the Realtime Overdub Record Mode Move the cursor to the record mode sel...

108 Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns The Phrase Types Track Default Type Default Voice D1 (Drum 1) Bypass Dr 001: Standard Kit D2 (Drum 2) Bypass Dr 001: Standard Kit PC (Percussion) Bypass Dr 001: Standard Kit BA (Bass) Bass Ba 033: Acoustic Bass C1 (Chord 1) Chord 1 Pf 001: Grand Piano C2 ...

Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns 109 m Set the Pattern Length, Time Signature & Tempo as Required If you’re creating a phrase for an empty pattern, move the cursor to the pattern length parameter and set the desired pattern length from 1 to 8 measures. If necessary, also move the cursor ...

110 Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns . Delete Mistakes as Required To delete mistakes, simply play the note to be deleted on either the micro-keyboard or an external MIDI keyboard while holding the [SHIFT] button. All corresponding notes that occur while the button is held will be deleted. ⁄...

Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns 111 The step phrase record mode lets you enter phrases note-by-note, with precise control over the timing, length, and loudness of each note. You can record complete phrases using the step mode, or use it to brush-up and add data to an existing phrase. Steps ...

112 Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns Each pattern phrase has its own voice whether it is a preset phrase or a user phrase. (The user phrase voice is specified in the phrase record ready mode described on page 106). However, you can also assign any of the QY100’s 525 voices and 22 drum kits t...

Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns 113 The QY100 features a high-performance internal digital signal pro- cessing system which provides a range of effects including reverb, delay, modulation, distortion, and more. Three independent effect blocks are pro-vided — Reverb, Chorus, and Variation. T...

114 Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns The Effect Send display looks almost the same as that of the SONG VOICE mode’s Effect Send display except for track numbers and the assigned voice (“- -” means the phrase has its own voice). For details on each parameter of the Effect Send display, see “T...

Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns 115 The QY100’s VOICE EDIT mode allows you to modify the sound of the voices assigned to each track to best suit your particular musical requirements. The VOICE EDIT mode can be accessed from the PATTERN VOICE mode by pressing the [MENU] button, and then the ...

116 Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns The QY100’s “Play Effects” can also affect pattern playback in real time as well as song playback, and are not actually recorded with the phrase data. The Play Effects include Swing and Drum Table Remapping. To access the Play Effects press the [MENU] but...

Creating Original Accompaniment Patterns 117 “Swing” and “Drum Table” displays are exactly the same as those in the SONG mode except track numbers (D1, D2, PC, BA, C1...C4). See “Play Effects” of the SONG mode on page 124 for details. Swing display Drum Table display

118 Playback Control Playback Control The normal SONG mode display includes all the parameters and controls you need for song playback. Press the [SONG] button to go to the SONG play mode (depending on the current mode, you may need to press the [SONG] button more than once). Song number Song name M...

Reference Section Reference Section Playback Control 119 ● Selecting a Song The QY100 can retain up to 20 different songs in memory at the same time: song numbers 01 through 20 (three demo songs are recorded as song numbers 21 through 23). To select a song for playback use the cursor buttons to move...

120 Playback Control ● Repeat Playback Press the [ > ] button while holding the [SHIFT] button to start repeat playback of the selected song. The repeat playback symbol ( ) will appear in the upper right corner of the display during repeat playback. In this mode the selected song will repeat inde...

Playback Control 121 ;; ;; The jump modes can be selected by moving the cursor to the jump mode symbol and selecting via the [-1] and [+1] buttons, or by using the following button combinations: To specify the measure number you want to jump to move the cursor to the jump location parameter and use ...

122 Playback Control ● The Velocity Meters The area below each sequencer track number is a 5-seg- ment “velocity” meter that shows approximate MIDI velocity in the corresponding track during playback. When playback is stopped, the lowest segment of the velocity meter appears only below tracks which ...

Playback Control 123 ;; ;; ● Velocity This parameter sets the “velocity” (i.e. loudness) of the micro-keyboard. The velocity can be set in ten levels — the more bars the higher the velocity. There are also four “random velocity” settings which produce different degrees of random velocity vari-ation....

124 Playback Control The QY100 “Play Effects” affect sequence playback in real time, and are not actually recorded with the sequence data. The Play Effects include Swing and Drum Table Remapping. To access the Play Effects press the [MENU] button while in the SONG mode and press the function button ...

126 Playback Control By shifting the timing of certain notes according to a pre-defined pat- tern, this function makes it easy to add a “swing” feel to data which has already been recorded. If the Swing display shown below does not appear when “Play Fx” is selected, press the [MENU] button again and...

Playback Control 127 ;; ;; ● M/S (Mute/Solo) The Mute/Solo (“M/S”) parameters below each track num- ber in the Swing display can be used to mute (turn off) or solo (only that track will be monitored) the corresponding track. Move the cursor to the appropriate M/S parameter, then use the [-1] but-ton...

128 Playback Control ● TIMING Determines the degree to which the original notes are shifted toward the timing specified by the Swing Type parameter. The range is from 0% to 200%. At 100% the notes are shifted to the note timing specified by the Swing Type parameter (see illus-tration, below), while ...

130 Playback Control ● DRUM TABLE This parameter specifies the drum instrument to be remapped for the selected track. 24 choices are available (in addi-tion to “- -” or “OFF”), spanning 6 remapping categories, as shown in the chart below. A selected instrument will replace any other instrument in th...

The Song Voice Mode 131 ;; ;; The Song Voice Mode The QY100 has 525 voices and 22 drum kits that can be selected, played, and assigned to the 16 SONG mode sequencer tracks via the SONG VOICE mode. The VOICE mode features a graphic on-screen “mixer” that has mute/solo controls, pan pots, and faders f...

The Song Voice Mode 133 ;; ;; ● The Voices Due to the large number of voices provided in the QY100, they are organized into 21 categories, as follows: See the Data List for a complete list of the voices with their corresponding category, program number, and bank number. To select a voice for a speci...

134 The Song Voice Mode ● The Pan Pots Like the pan pots on a mixing console, the VOICE mode pan pots can be used to position the sound of the corresponding track anywhere from left to right in the stereo sound field. Posi-tion the cursor at the pan pot, then use the [-1/NO] and [+1/YES] buttons to ...

The Song Voice Mode 137 ;; ;; The VARI. (variation effect) control appears either as a standard rotary control or a switch, depending on how the variation effect block is “connected” to the system in the EFFECT mode (“System” or “Insertion” — see page 239). The effect controls — “REVERB”, “CHORUS”, ...

138 The Song Voice Mode The QY100 VOICE EDIT mode makes it possible to modify the sound of the voices assigned to each track to best suit your particular musical requirements. The VOICE EDIT mode can be accessed from the SONG VOICE mode by pressing the [MENU] button, and then the function button nex...

The Song Voice Mode 139 ;; ;; To edit a voice parameter, move the cursor to the parameter and edit using either the [-1] and [+1] buttons or the SHIFT-Number entry method (page 34). PB (Pitch Bend Range) This control sets the maximum pitch bend control range. The range is from “-24” through “0” to “...

140 The Song Voice Mode ● Filter Controls The filter controls affect the basic “timbre” of the sound. CUT (Cutoff Frequency) Sets the cutoff frequency of the low-pass filter from “-64” through “0” to “+63”. Negative values lower the cutoff fre-quency, producing a “darker” sound. Positive values rais...

The Song Voice Mode 141 ;; ;; ● EG (Envelope Generator) Controls The envelope generator controls affect the level “enve- lope” of the sound — i.e. its attack, decay, and release times. Plotted against time, the level envelope looks something like this. A (Attack Time) Adjusts the attack portion of t...

142 The Song Voice Mode When a Drum Set is selected (“Ds1” or “Ds2”) the “Drum Voice Edit” mode can be selected via the SONG VOICE menu. Drum Edit “Ds1” or “Ds2” Selected drum kit Current selected drum instrument LVL PAN VAR REV PITCH Editable drum instrument DECAY RES CUT

The Song Jobs 145 ;; ;; The Song Jobs The SONG mode includes 25 song “jobs” that perform a vari- ety of important functions. To access and use the song jobs, press the [MENU] button while in the main SONG play mode, then press the “Job” function button. This calls the song job list. You can select a...

148 The Song Jobs Aligns notes in the specified track to or close to the nearest specified beat. The “ TR ” parameter selects the track to be affected by the Quantize job: “01” … “16” for individual tracks, or “All” to quantize all 16 tracks simultaneously. The “ M ” parameters above the graphic bar...

The Song Jobs 149 ;; ;; The “ Strength ” parameter determines how “strongly” the notes are attracted to the specified quantize value. The strength range is from 0% to 100%. At a setting of “0%” no quantization will occur, while a setting of “100%” will cause all notes to be aligned precisely to the ...

150 The Song Jobs The “ Gate Time ” parameter increases or decreases the gate times (length) of all notes affected by the swing parameter. The range is from 0% to 200%. The “Gate Time” parameter sets the ratio between the shorter and longer gate time values. A setting of “100%” maintains the origina...

The Song Jobs 151 ;; ;; Increases or decreases the velocity values of all notes in the speci- fied track and range of measures. The “ TR ” parameter selects the track to be affected by the Modify Velocity job: “01” … “16”. The “ M ” parameters above the graphic bar are used to specify the first meas...

152 The Song Jobs The “ Offset ” parameter allows you to change all velocity values by an absolute amount. “-” settings will decrease the velocity of each note by the corresponding amount, “+” settings will increase the velocity accord-ingly. The range is from “-99” through “0” to “+99”. New Velocit...

The Song Jobs 153 ;; ;; Increases or decreases the gate times (length) of all notes in the specified track and range of measures. The “ TR ” parameter selects the track to be affected by the Modify Gate Time job: “01” … “16”. The “ M ” parameters above the graphic bar are used to specify the first m...

154 The Song Jobs The “ Offset ” parameter allows you to change all gate time values by an absolute amount. “-” settings will decrease the gate time of each note by the corresponding amount, “+” settings will increase the gate time accordingly. The range is from “-9999” through “0” to “+9999”. New G...

The Song Jobs 155 ;; ;; Produces a gradual crescendo (increase in note velocity) or decre- scendo (decrease in note velocity) in the specified track over the specified range of measures. The “ TR ” parameter selects the track to be affected by the Cre- scendo job: “01” … “16”. The “ M ” parameters a...

156 The Song Jobs After setting the parameters as required press [ENTER] to execute the Crescendo job. The metronome icon will appear on the display while the data is being processed, then “Completed !” will appear briefly when the job is done. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the job list, or a...

The Song Jobs 157 ;; ;; Transposes all notes in the specified part up or down by the specified number of semitones. The “ TR ” parameter selects the track to be affected by the Trans- pose job: “01” … “16” for the sequncer tracks, or “Cd” for the accompani-ment chord track. The “ M ” parameters abov...

158 The Song Jobs Moves all notes and events in the specified track and range of mea- sures forward or backward by the specified number of clocks (480 clocks per 1/4 note). The “ TR ” parameter selects the track to be affected by the Shift Clock job: “01” … “16” for the sequencer tracks, or “Tm” for...

160 The Song Jobs Sorts all notes in the specified measure range which fall on the same beat (i.e. chords) so that the notes are arranged in order from lowest to highest or from highest to lowest. The “ TR ” parameter selects the track to be affected by the Chord Sort job: “01” … “16”. The “ M ” par...

The Song Jobs 163 ;; ;; The “ M ” parameters below the lower graphic bar specifiy the desti- nation measure:beat to which the data will be copied, as well as the num-ber of times the data is to be copied. The “ Transpose ” parameter sets a transpose value for the copied data in semitone increments f...

The Song Jobs 167 ;; ;; This job makes it possible to create continuous data of the specified type in order to produce smooth pitch bends, tempo changes, etc. The “ TR ” parameter selects the track to be affected by the Create Continuous job: “01” … “16” for the sequencer tracks, or “Tm” for the tem...

168 The Song Jobs The “ Curve ” parameter sets the degree of positive or negative “cur- vature” that will be applied to the continuous data: “-16” … “00” … “+16”. After setting the parameters as required press [ENTER] to execute the Create Continuous job. The metronome icon will appear on the displa...

The Song Jobs 171 ;; ;; Creates a specified number of blank measures having the specified time signature for all tracks. The created measures are inserted at a speci-fied measure number, and all subsequent measures are moved forward to make room. The “ M ” parameter above the graphic bar specifies t...

172 The Song Jobs Deletes the specified range of measures from all tracks simulta- neously. The “ M ” parameters above the graphic bar are used to specify the first measure and last measure of the range to be deleted. After setting the parameters as required press [ENTER] to execute the Delete Measu...

The Song Jobs 173 ;; ;; Copies all data from the specified track to any other specified track. The upper “ TR ” parameter selects the source track — i.e. the track from which the data is to be copied: “01” … “16”. The lower “ TR ” parameter selects the destination track — i.e. the track to which the...

The Song Jobs 175 ;; ;; Completely clears the specifed track from the currently selected song (including all Play Effect parameters). The “ TR ” parameter selects the track(s) to be cleared: “01” … “16” for the sequencer tracks, the accompaniment “Pt” track, the accompani-ment “Cd” track, the “Tm” t...

176 The Song Jobs “Expands” the accompaniment track data — i.e. the pattern and chord data — and places the results in the normal sequencer tracks after converting the data to standard MIDI format. The expanded data is placed in sequencer tracks 9 through 16 (see chart below). Any previous data in t...

178 The Song Jobs Copies all data from all tracks of the specified song to any other specified song (including song name, play effect and voice assignment set-tings). The upper “ Song ” parameter selects the source song — i.e. the song from which the data is to be copied: “01” … “20”. The lower “ So...

The Song Jobs 179 ;; ;; Completely clears all data from all tracks of the currently selected song. Also initializes the play effect and voice settings. The “ Song ” parameter selects the song to be cleared: “01” … “20” or “Al”(All) After setting the parameter as required press [ENTER] to execute the...

The Pattern Jobs 181 ;; ;; The Pattern Jobs The PATTERN mode includes 24 pattern “jobs” that perform a variety of important functions. To access and use the pattern jobs, press the [MENU] button while in the main PATTERN mode, then press the “Job” function button. This calls the pattern job list. Yo...

The Pattern Jobs 189 ;; ;; Increases or decreases the gate times (length) of all notes in the specified track and range of measures. The “ TR ” parameter selects the track to be affected by the Modify Gate Time job: D1, D2, PC, BA, C1, C2, C3, C4. The “ M ” parameters above the graphic bar are used ...

The Pattern Jobs 190 The “ Offse t” parameter allows you to change all gate time values by an absolute amount. “-” settings will decrease the gate time of each note by the corresponding amount, “+” settings will increase the gate time accordingly. The range is from “-9999” through “0” to “+9999”. Ne...

The Pattern Jobs 198 Copies all data from a specified range of measures to the selected place in the same track. The copied data can also be transposed as required. This operation overwrites the data from the beginning of the specified destination measure with the data from the source measures. Prev...

The Pattern Jobs 199 ;; ;; The “ M ” parameters below the lower graphic bar specifiy the desti- nation measure:beat to which the data will be copied, as well as the num-ber of times the data is to be copied. The “ Transpose ” parameter sets a transpose value for the copied data in semitone increment...

The Pattern Jobs 207 ;; ;; Copies the specified preset phrase to a specified PATTERN mode track as a user phrase. The “ Phrase ” parameter selects the source phrase — i.e. the preset phrase to be copied (preset phrase numbers have three sections which can be specified: category, beat, and number — p...

The Pattern Jobs 209 ;; ;; Copies the phrase data from a specified pattern track to the specified measures in the specified track of a specified song. The “ Pattern TR ” parameter specified the source pattern track: D1, D2, PC, BA, C1, C2, C3, C4. The “ Song ” parameter selects the destination song ...

The Pattern Jobs 210 Copies all data from the specified track in the specified section of the specified style to any other specified track in the specified section of the specified style. The upper “ Style ” parameter specifies the source style: “001” … “128”, “U01” … “U64”. The upper “ Section ” pa...

The Pattern Jobs 214 Completely clears all data from the specified section of the specified style. The “ Style ” parameter specifies the style: “U01” … “U64” and “All”. The “ Section ” parameter specifies the section of the style to be cleared: “Intro”, “MainA”, “MainB”, “FillAB”, “FillBA”, “Ending”...

216 Editing Songs & Patterns Editing Songs & Patterns To engage the edit mode, place the cursor at the track you want to edit in the normal SONG or PATTERN mode, press the [MENU] button, and then the function button next to [Edit] on the display. The QY100’s editing capability makes it easy ...

Editing Songs & Patterns 217 ;; ;; The edit display will look something like this (of course, the note data will be different). Song Edit Display One note per line Top of song Velocity Location (beat-clock) Note (pitch) Gate time (beat-clock) Current measure number Track being edited

218 Editing Songs & Patterns The pattern edit display is almost exactly the same. The only differ- ences are the name of the track being edited and the current measure dis-play. If you place the cursor at the “Pt”(pattern) or “Cd”(chord) track in the SONG mode and engage the edit mode, the edit ...

Editing Songs & Patterns 219 ;; ;; The location, pitch, gate time, and velocity values for each note are shown on a single line of the display. The notes are arranged in order from top to bottom. You can move around within the song or pattern by simply moving the cursor. Move below the bottom of...

220 Editing Songs & Patterns The “Change” edit mode is initially selected when the edit mode is engaged. To edit any note or other event in the song or pattern, simply move the cursor to the appropriate line, and then to the required parameter within that line. The [-1] and [+1] buttons can then...

Editing Songs & Patterns 221 ;; ;; Velocity This parameter controls the velocity (loudness) of the note. The range is from 001 to 127. Deleting Events Notes and other events (sustain on/off, pitch bend, etc.) can be deleted by placing the cursor at the line corresponding to the event to be delet...

222 Editing Songs & Patterns c Select an Event Type to Insert, and Set the Event Param-eters If the display corresponding to the type of event you want to insert does not appear immediately, use the [-1] and [+1] but-tons to select the desired event type. All events have at least two parameters ...

226 Editing Songs & Patterns RPN Inserts RPN data. RPN is an abbreviation for “Registered Parameter Number”, which is a MIDI message used to control part settings such as pitch bend sensitivity, tuning, etc. Refer to the “MIDI Data Format” section of the Data List for details. NRPN Inserts NRPN ...

228 Editing Songs & Patterns XG RPN Inserts RPN (Registered Parameter Number) data using an XG parameter name (“RPN”, above, needs to be entered using numbers). Refer to the “MIDI Data Format” section of the Data List for details. XG NRPN Inserts NRPN (Non Registered Parameter Number) data using...

Editing Songs & Patterns 229 ;; ;; XG Exc System Inserts a System Exclusive (XG System) message using an XG parameter name (“Exc”, above, needs to be entered using hexadecimal values). Refer to the “MIDI Data For-mat” section of the Data List for details. XG Exc Effect Inserts a System Exclusive...

230 Editing Songs & Patterns XG Exc Multi Inserts a System Exclusive (XG Multi part) message using an XG parameter name (“Exc”, above, needs to be entered using hexadecimal values). Refer to the “MIDI Data For-mat” section of the Data List for details. XG Exc Drum Inserts a System Exclusive (XG ...

Editing Songs & Patterns 231 ;; ;; v Enter the Specified Event Press the [ENTER] button to enter the event as specified. b Return to the Change Edit Mode Press the [EXIT] button to return to the change edit display, and continue editing as required. n Exit From the Edit Mode Press the [SONG] or ...

232 Editing Songs & Patterns The XG View function displays XG-related events (RPN, NRPN, Sys- tem Exclusive, etc.) using the name defined by the XG format. To engage the XG View function press the [MENU] button while in the EDIT mode, then press the function button next to “XG View” on the displ...

Editing Songs & Patterns 233 ;; ;; The View Filter lets you “filter out” specified types of events so that they don’t appear in the EDIT mode display. To access the View Filter press the [MENU] button while in the EDIT mode, then press the function button next to “View Filter” on the display Whe...

234 Editing Songs & Patterns Phrase Table lets you edit phrase settings for the pattern track cur- rently being edited. To access the Phrase Table function press the [MENU] button while in the EDIT mode, then press the function button next to “Phrase Table” on the display. To edit a Phrase Table...

Editing Songs & Patterns 235 ;; ;; SOURCE CHORD Sets the source chord for the phrase (i.e. the chord on which the phrase is based). Note that you can not enter an “on-bass” chord for the source chord. LO LIMITHI LIMIT Sets the note range over which the re-harmonized phrase will be played (C-2 th...

236 Effects & Effect Editing Effects & Effect Editing The EFFECT connection display and the effect edit displays can be accessed from the SONG or PATTERN mode as follows: z Select the Effect Connection Display Press the [SONG] or [PATTERN] button as many times as necessary until the SONG or ...

Effects & Effect Editing 237 ;; ;; Note that in the PATTERN mode effect connection display only the variation stage has accessible controls. The reverb type for the PATTERN mode effect is always “HALL 1” and the chorus type is always “CHORUS 1”. (Variation effect: INSERTION) Pattern Mode Effect ...

238 Effects & Effect Editing x Set the Effect Parameters As Required Move the cursor to the desired parameter and use the [-1] and [+1] buttons to set the selected parameter as required. The REVERB, CHORUS, and VARIATION effect parameters let you select any of the available effect types for each...

Effects & Effect Editing 239 ;; ;; ● When the Variation Stage is an Insertion Effect In this case the variation effect is applied to one specific part (track) with “Dry/Wet” mixing capability available in “Vari. Edit” (See “Effect Editing” on page 240). The track to which the variation effect is...

240 Effects & Effect Editing The Reverb Edit, Chorus Edit, and Variation Edit displays can be accessed from the Effect Connection display by pressing the [MENU] but-ton and then the function button next to “Reverb Edit”, “Chorus Edit”, or “Vari. Edit” on the display. Note that only “Vari. Edit” ...

Effects & Effect Editing 241 ;; ;; ■ NOTE • These effect displays can be used to edit not all the parameters but the main parameters given for each effect type. (Refer to the “Effect Parameter List” in the Data List.) To edit the effect in detail, send the appropriate system exclusive mes-sage t...

242 Utility Functions Utility Functions The utility mode can be accessed from the SONG or PATTERN mode. Simply press the [MENU] button and then the function button next to “Utility” on the display. The QY100 utility mode includes a number of functions that are important for general operation — e.g. ...

Utility Functions 243 ;; ;; Once the utility mode has been selected, any of the four utility dis- plays can be called by pressing the [MENU] button and then the appropriate function button, as shown below. ■ NOTE • When the utility mode is first engaged from the SONG or PATTERN mode, the last utilit...

244 Utility Functions The “System” display includes 6 parameters that affect the basic operation of the QY100. Move the cursor to the parameter to be adjusted and set as required by using the [-1] and [+1] buttons. CLICK MODESettings: Off, Record, Rec/Play, Always Determines when the QY100 metronome...

Utility Functions 247 ;; ;; The parameters in the “MIDI” display all relate to MIDI control. MIDI SYNCSettings: Internal, External When this parameter is set to “Internal” the QY100 is controlled by its own internal clock. When set to “External” the QY100 is con-trolled by a MIDI clock signal receiv...

250 Utility Functions Although the QY100 has memory for 20 songs, 64 user styles and 23 amp simulator setups you might want to save your song and pattern data to an external MIDI data recorder, computer, or similar device to allow greater storage capacity or simply to protect your data from accident...

Utility Functions 251 ;; ;; To transmit (dump) song and/or pattern data to an external device, first select the UTILITY Bulk Dump mode. Move the cursor to the upper parameter and use the [-1] and [+1] buttons to select “Song” if you want to save the data for one song or all songs, “Style” if you wan...

252 Utility Functions data, can be received in either the SONG or PATTERN play mode. Remem-ber that one or all song/style data currently in the QY100’s memory will be overwritten when one or all song/style bulk data is received. All data in the QY100’s memory will be overwritten when “All” data is r...

Utility Functions 253 ;; ;; The MIDI CHANNEL parameter specifies the MIDI channel via which the chord data will be received from an external MIDI keyboard: set to “All” for all channels, or specify a single MIDI channel from “01” to “16”. The “LOW” and “HIGH” parameters above the graphic keyboard di...

254 Memory Card Functions Memory Card Functions Memory cards must be handled with care to prevent possible dam- age and/or data corruption. Please read the important information and pre-cautions below. * SmartMedia is a trademark of Toshiba Corporation. The QY100 CARD slot and CARD mode allow you to...

Memory Card Functions 255 ;; ;; The QY100 uses 3.3V (3V) SmartMedia memory cards. 5V memory cards cannot be used. SmartMedia memory cards with any of the following capacities can be used: 2MB, 4MB, 8MB, 16MB and 32MB. Memory cards with higher capacities can be used as long as they conform to SSFDC* ...

256 Memory Card Functions Before a new memory card (or a memory card that has been used with a different device) can be used with the QY100, it must be formatted by the QY100 (see the “Format” function, page 268). Formatting a memory card erases all data on the card, so be sure that the card you are...

Memory Card Functions 257 ;; ;; • Avoid directly touching the card’s electrical contacts (the gold section in the card’s upper surface), and do not allow metal objects to come into contact with the card’s contacts. • Keep memory cards away from strong magnetic fields such as those produced by loudsp...

258 Memory Card Functions The Save function allows you to save all QY100 data or specified indi- vidual data files to a memory card. z Make Sure a Memory Card Is In the CARD Slot Make sure that a compatible memory card which has not been write-protected is properly inserted in the QY100 CARD slot (p...

Memory Card Functions 259 ;; ;; b Select the “Save” Function Move the cursor to “Save” on the display and press the [ENTER] button. n Select a Song or Style Number (If Necessary) If you selected any save option other than “ALL”, use the [+1/YES] and [-1/NO] buttons to select the number of the song o...

260 Memory Card Functions m Enter a Song or Style Name and Save the File The name-entry display will automatically be selected when you press the [ENTER] button after selecting a song or style num-ber to save (or after simply pressing the [ENTER] button if you chose the “ALL” option). Enter a file n...

Memory Card Functions 261 ;; ;; , Done When the save operation has finished the memory card file list will appear. RENAME To rename a file on the list, select (move the cursor to) the file and press the function button next to “RENAME” to go to the name-entry display. DELETE To delete a file from th...

262 Memory Card Functions Data files previously saved to a memory card can be reloaded into the QY100 by using the Load function. z Make Sure a Memory Card Is In the CARD Slot Make sure that a compatible memory card containing the data you want to load is properly inserted in the QY100 CARD slot (pa...

Memory Card Functions 263 ;; ;; b Select the “Load” Function Move the cursor to “Load” on the display and press the [ENTER] button. n Select a Song or Style Number (If Necessary) If you selected any load option other than “ALL”, use the [+1/YES] and [-1/NO] buttons to select the number of the song o...

264 Memory Card Functions m Select a Song or Style Name and Load the File From the memory card file list which appears (the list will only show files of the type selected in step 4, above), select (move the cursor to) the file you want to load and press the [ENTER] button. If you selected a song or ...

266 Memory Card Functions To Move to a Lower Directory Move the cursor to a directory name and press the [ENTER] button to enter that directory. In the new file list which appears, the current directory name (path) will appear at the top of the list. To Move to A Higher Directory To move up to the n...

Memory Card Functions 267 ;; ;; file, or the [-1/NO] button to cancel the delete operation. Please note that a directory must be empty (i.e. it must con-tain no files) before it can be deleted. b Enter a Directory Name and Create the Directory The name-entry display will automatically be selected wh...

268 Memory Card Functions Formats a memory card for use with the QY100. z Make Sure a Memory Card Is In the CARD Slot Make sure that a compatible memory card which is not write-protected is properly inserted in the QY100 CARD slot (page 13). x Select the CARD Mode Press the [CARD] button to select t...

Memory Card Functions 269 ;; ;; v Format the Memory Card From the format-standby display, press the [ENTER] but- ton. When the “Are You Sure?” confirmation prompt appears, press the [+1/YES] button to execute the format operation, or the [-1/NO] button to cancel the format operation. b Done When the...

270 Appendix Appendix Sequencer block Data capacity approximately 32,000 notes Note resolution 480 clocks per quarter note Polyphony 64 notes Tempo 25-300 Modes SONG mode (SONG, SONG VOICE, SONG EFFECT)PATTERN mode (PATTERN, PATTERN VOICE, PATTERN EFFECT) Record modes Realtime replace, Realtime over...

272 Appendix If you experience problems such as “no sound,” “incorrect sound,” or “sequencer does not operate,” please check the following points before deciding that the unit is malfunctioning. In many cases, checking these points will help you solve the problem. If this does not solve the problem,...

274 Appendix ● Monitor No Data When a job is executed, this will appear if the selected track or area contains no data, making the job invalid. Re-select the area. Illegal Input This will appear in response to inappropriate operation or input. Check your input method. Preset Phrase This will appear ...

Appendix 275 ;; ;; MIDI Buffer Full This will appear when the MIDI reception buffer of the QY100 has filled up, and processing was not possible. Try decreasing the amount of data or increasing the interval time and transmit the data once again. XG Data Error This appears when the received XG paramet...

276 Appendix Bad File This message will appear if you attempt to access a broken file. Illegal Format The card you are attempting to access has not been properly format-ted for use with the QY100. Cannot Open The specified file cannot be loaded. Wrong ID You have attempted to load a file that was no...

Appendix 277 ;; ;; A Aftertouch: MIDI messages which are transmitted when additional pressure is applied to the keyboard after notes are played. Amp Simulator: Simulates the characteristics of a guitar or microphone preamplifier — including effects such as overdrive, chorus, delay, and reverb. Attac...

284 Appendix A AC Adaptor .................................. 3, 8, 11, 271Aftertouch ......................................... 225, 277Alkaline Batteries............................... 3, 9, 271Amp Simulator......................... 32, 36, 45, 277Amp Simulator Setup ...................... 38, 47, A...

288 Appendix X XG Exc Drum ............................................. 230XG Exc Effect ............................................ 229XG Exc Multi.............................................. 230XG Exc System.......................................... 229XG NRPN ....................................