Yamaha QY20 - Manual

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION
  • Page 3 – MUSIC SEQUENCER; OWNER’S MANUAL
  • Page 4 – Contents; Creating Original Patterns
  • Page 5 – Index; Editing Songs & Patterns; Appendix
  • Page 7 – Precautions; Location
  • Page 8 – Service and Modification
  • Page 9 – About This Manual; This icon warns of possible hardware
  • Page 11 – SONG MODE; PATTERN MODE; VOICE MODE; What It Is ...
  • Page 12 – The QY20’s internal AWM tone generator provides 100 top-quality; Think of the QY20 SONG mode as an 8-track tape recorder or 8-
  • Page 13 – The Sequencer Tracks; The QY20 sequencer has 4 “normal” sequencer tracks to
  • Page 14 – PATTERN Mode ——————————————————————————; The QY20 PATTERN mode produces the accompaniment patterns
  • Page 15 – What It Can Do ...; Create accompaniments that you can practice with on your guitar,; A Super Practice Tool
  • Page 16 – The QY20’s outstanding voices, versatile sequencing capability,
  • Page 19 – Power Supply; Using Batteries
  • Page 20 – Insert Batteries; Replace the compartment cover, making sure that it locks firmly in; Replace Cover; When to Replace the Batteries ————————————————————
  • Page 21 – Using a Power Adaptor ———————————————————————
  • Page 22 – Setting Up Your System; The Connectors ——————————————————————————
  • Page 23 – This jack is only used when you are powering the QY20 from an; If you plan to use a MIDI keyboard or other instrument to play and; DC IN Jack
  • Page 24 – Audio Connections —————————————————————————; The simplest way to monitor the QY20 sound is via a pair of stereo
  • Page 25 – MIDI Connections; Although the QY20 can be played and programmed from the built-in
  • Page 27 – Getting to Know the QY20: How the Controls Work; sections, you should have no; The Controls ————————————————————————————
  • Page 29 – Slide to the “ON” position to turn the QY20 on, and to the “OFF”; Use the CONTRAST control on the rear panel to achieve the best; POWER Switch
  • Page 30 – These 4 keys move the “cursor” around the display screen, high-; Cursor Keys
  • Page 31 – These keys are used to edit (change the value of) the parameter at; which the cursor is currently located. The [; Keys
  • Page 32 – The [MENU] key calls a menu of functions or sub-modes that can
  • Page 33 – Sequencer Keys
  • Page 34 – When programming the; Micro Keyboard
  • Page 35 – Since the 2-octave range of the micro-keyboard is not enough for; Octave Keys
  • Page 36 – When recording the accompaniment chord tracks in the step mode,; VOLUME Control
  • Page 37 – Play the Demo ———————————————————————————; Once you’ve set up your QY20 and become familiar with the con-; ] key to start demo playback. The demo will play; repeatedly until stopped.
  • Page 40 – Try Out the Voices —————————————————————————; Move the cursor to the voice number immediately below “TR1” on; Keep incrementing past voice number 100 and you’ll select drum
  • Page 41 – Making Voice-to-Track Assignments —————————————————; When you record accompaniments (; The mute “buttons” below the voice number for each track can be; The Mute Buttons
  • Page 42 – Like the pan pots on a mixing console, the VOICE mode pan pots; The Pan Pots
  • Page 43 – The Faders; Each track has a graphic “fader” that can be set to produce the best
  • Page 45 – Easy Accompaniment for Other Instruments; Selecting & Playing the Preset Patterns; In order to select and play the patterns as de-
  • Page 46 – Select a pattern number.; Use the cursor keys to move the cursor to the accompaniment pat-; ] key to start playback of the selected accompaniment
  • Page 47 – Each preset pattern has 6 variations or “sections” — INTRO, NOR-; The currently selected section is shown between square brackets
  • Page 48 – The newly selected section will begin playing from the top of the
  • Page 49 – With the cursor positioned over the pattern number you can use the; Stop playback when done.
  • Page 50 – Changing Chords; Select and play one of the preset patterns, as described in the pre-
  • Page 51 – Note that the lower octave of the micro-keyboard has chord root; The chord is actually entered only when the [ENTER] key is
  • Page 53 – During playback you can move the cursor up to the pattern number,; Stop playback by pressing the [
  • Page 54 – Muting Tracks ———————————————————————————; The letter “M” appears in the mute buttons of tracks that are muted.; The mute “buttons” below each track name can be used to mute
  • Page 55 – Record a Complete Accompaniment; Realtime Accompaniment Recording —————————————————; Once you know how to select patterns, sections, and enter chords
  • Page 56 – ] key to engage the record ready mode. The red LED
  • Page 57 – Move the cursor to the “REC REAL STEP” area of the display,
  • Page 58 – Move the cursor to the track area of the display, and then shift the
  • Page 59 – Since you selected “Pat” recording, the cursor will automatically; Stop recording either by pressing the [
  • Page 60 – ] key to engage the record ready mode again (the; Since you selected “Chd” recording, the cursor will automatically
  • Page 61 – ] key to stop recording when all the required chord; you’ve just recorded.; Listen to the results.
  • Page 62 – Step Accompaniment Recording ———————————————————; The STEP record mode provides four different accompaniment-
  • Page 63 – Move the cursor to the “REC REAL STEP” area of the display,
  • Page 64 – ] key to call the selected step record display.; the normal SONG play mode.
  • Page 65 – “Pat” — Step Record Pattern Changes
  • Page 67 – Time Signature
  • Page 68 – The function key immediately to the right of “ers” on the display; Erasing Pattern Changes
  • Page 69 – “Chd” — Step Record Chord Changes; ate chord data will appear if the selected song contains data).
  • Page 70 – Chords; One chord can be entered per quarter note. Place the cursor at the
  • Page 71 – Syncopated Chords; ” marking below the key). Enter the chord in the; Erasing Chords
  • Page 72 – Chord bass notes and syncopation marks appear on the display as
  • Page 73 – “Rpt” — Step Record Repeats; be selected via the [; ) can be selected when the cursor is; Repeats
  • Page 74 – tion of the song between the “; Erasing Repeats; The function key immediately to the right of “ers” on the
  • Page 75 – gradual ritardando and accelerando tempo changes.; “Tmp” — Step Record Tempo Changes
  • Page 76 – Tempo Changes; Place the cursor in the center of the
  • Page 77 – to occur over six beats.; Erasing Tempo Changes
  • Page 78 – Using the QY20 As a Drum Machine
  • Page 80 – Playback In the Pattern Mode
  • Page 81 – Recording an Original ABC Pattern; Realtime Pattern Recording —————————————————————; In the realtime record mode you select the track you want to
  • Page 84 – Move the cursor to the tempo, time signature, and pattern length; parameters and set as required using the [
  • Page 85 – ] key to begin recording. The metronome will sound; ing will begin from measure “001”.
  • Page 86 – Patterns can only be recorded in the key of C. Play the required; you can continue to add notes until the current part is complete.
  • Page 87 – To delete mistakes, simply play the note to be deleted on the micro-; ] key to stop recording. The normal PAT play mode; is automatically re-selected when you stop recording.
  • Page 88 – Note that when you return to the PAT play mode the block below; Record the remaining
  • Page 89 – Step Pattern Recording ———————————————————————; The step pattern record mode lets you enter each track note-by-
  • Page 91 – If you are recording a new pattern, move the cursor to the time sig-
  • Page 92 – ] key to begin recording. The step record display; shown below will appear.
  • Page 93 – Set the note parameters; Move the cursor to the note, velocity, and gate time parameters and; set as required using the [; Once the note parameter have been specified, the note can be en-
  • Page 94 – The Note Display; The note display shows up to four 1/4-notes worth; Moving Around In the Note Display; You can move the cursor down to the note display
  • Page 95 – The Step Mode Function Keys; The four function keys immediately to the right of the dis-
  • Page 96 – Repeat steps 7 and 8 until the current track of the pattern is com-; ] to stop recording and go back to step 5 to; Complete the pattern.
  • Page 97 – ] key to start and stop playback. The main different
  • Page 98 – Accompaniment Without the Limitations of ABC
  • Page 99 – The Pattern Jobs; This calls the pattern job list. You can select any job on the list
  • Page 100 – Since all of the pattern jobs modify the pattern data in some way,; Returning to the Pattern Play Mode; The function button next to “Exit” on the display can be used to
  • Page 101 – After setting the parameters as required, press; Copy Pattern
  • Page 102 – Aligns notes in the specified track to the nearest specified beat.; e e e; Quantize
  • Page 103 – Transpose
  • Page 104 – Modify Velocity
  • Page 105 – Modify Gate Time
  • Page 106 – Allows an original name of up to 8 characters to be assigned to the; To enter a character, use the cursor keys to; Pattern Name
  • Page 107 – Select the track to be cleared and press; Clear Track
  • Page 108 – Completely clears the currently selected user pattern.; Clear Pattern
  • Page 110 – Creating a Complete Song; Recording the Sequencer Tracks; Step Sequencer Track Recording 115; The Song Jobs
  • Page 111 – Preparing to Record — Voice Assignments ——————————————; Before actually beginning to record
  • Page 112 – Realtime Sequencer Track Recording —————————————————; In the realtime record mode you select the track you want to record
  • Page 114 – Move the cursor to the tempo and transpose parameters and set as; Move the cursor to the track area of the display, and
  • Page 116 – ] key to stop recording. The normal SONG play; mode is automatically re-selected when you stop recording.
  • Page 117 – The “Used Memory” Display; When the bar reaches “100%” the QY20 memory is full (or almost
  • Page 118 – Step Sequencer Track Recording ———————————————————
  • Page 120 – Move the cursor to the track area of the display,
  • Page 122 – The note display shows up to four 1/4-notes worth of; You can move the cursor down to the note display (the
  • Page 123 – The “Meas” area of the step record display shows the current
  • Page 124 – Repeat steps 7 and 8 until the current track of the
  • Page 125 – This calls the song job list. You can select any job on the list
  • Page 126 – Returning to the Song Play Mode
  • Page 127 – Combines the data contained in two specified; Mix Track
  • Page 128 – Copies a specified range of measures from; Copy Measure; After setting the parameters as required,
  • Page 129 – Create Measure
  • Page 130 – Aligns notes in the specified track to the near-
  • Page 131 – Deletes the specified range of measures from all; Delete Measure
  • Page 132 – Erases all note and event data from the speci-; Erase Measure
  • Page 133 – Transposes all notes in the specified part up or
  • Page 134 – Moves all notes and events in the specified; Move Clock
  • Page 135 – Remove Event
  • Page 138 – Song Name
  • Page 139 – song. If “BK” is selected, all accompaniment tracks are cleared.; Select the track to be cleared and press [EN-
  • Page 140 – Completely clears the currently selected song.; Clear Song
  • Page 143 – To engage the edit mode, place the cursor at the track you want to; Engaging the Edit Mode ———————————————————————
  • Page 144 – The edit display will look something like this
  • Page 145 – The timing, pitch, gate time, and velocity values for each note are; Moving Around
  • Page 146 – The “Change” edit mode is initially selected when the edit mode is; Change Mode Editing ————————————————————————
  • Page 147 – Pitch; This is the actual pitch of the note. The range is from C-2 to G8.; Gate Time; Gate time is the length of the note in clocks. A normal 1/4 note, for; This parameter controls the velocity (loudness) of the note. The
  • Page 148 – Deleting Events
  • Page 149 – Insert Mode Editing —————————————————————————
  • Page 150 – If the display corresponding to the type of
  • Page 151 – Move the cursor to the type of event you want to insert (see de-; All events have at least two parameters — usually the location of
  • Page 152 – Note; New notes can be inserted at any specified location. The note range; Program Change; Program change events can be used to switch voices at any point in
  • Page 153 – Sustain; Inserting a sustain ON event has the same effect as pressing the; Pitch Bend; Pitch bend events can be used to produce pitch bend effects. The
  • Page 154 – Modulation; Modulation events apply pitch modulation (vibrato) to the voice.; Pan; Pan events can be used to pan the current voice to a specified posi-
  • Page 155 – Volume; Volume events can be used to produce sudden volume changes or; Expression; Expression events function in much the same way as volume
  • Page 156 – Data Entry LSB & Data Entry MSB; Data entry events can be used in conjunction with RPN events (de-
  • Page 158 – Press the [ENTER] key to enter the event as specified. A click will; Press the [MENU] key and then the function key next to “Change”; Press the [MODE] key to exit from either the change or insert edit; mode and return to the normal SONG or PATTERN play mode.
  • Page 160 – Utility Functions
  • Page 161 – The utility mode can be accessed from the SONG, VOICE, or PAT-; Accessing the Utility Mode —————————————————————
  • Page 162 – Once the utility mode has been selected, any of the three utility; The function key next to “Exit” on the
  • Page 163 – The “System” display includes 6 parameters that affect the basic op-; System Parameters —————————————————————————; MIDI Sync
  • Page 164 – Master Tune
  • Page 165 – The Program Change Table Mode parameter determines which; With the “Normal” the voices assigned to the various QY20; tracks are played via the corresponding MIDI channels:; Pgc Mode
  • Page 166 – Bulk Dump; Although the QY20 has memory for 20 songs and 100 user pat-
  • Page 167 – When the parameters have been set as re-; If no other operation is currently in progress (recording, for exam-
  • Page 168 – ABC Zone —————————————————————————————; This utility function sets the range of notes
  • Page 169 – Memory Initialize ——————————————————————————; Although not on the utility mode job list, this function makes it
  • Page 171 – The QY20 As A Tone Generator/ABC Expander; Used as a tone generator module, the QY20 allows 8 different; As a Tone generator Module —————————————————————
  • Page 172 – You can assign any of the QY20’s 100 voices and 8 drum kits to; The General MIDI Mode; Make sure the “Pgc Mode” parameter is set to “Normal” if you do
  • Page 173 – As an ABC Expander ————————————————————————; The QY20’s advanced ABC system can
  • Page 175 – Voice List —————————————————————————————; responding voices in the Normal and GM modes.
  • Page 177 – Drum Kit List
  • Page 181 – Preset Pattern List —————————————————————————
  • Page 182 – ABC Fingering Chart ————————————————————————
  • Page 184 – Troubleshooting ——————————————————————————; Symptom; Is the volume control set to an appropriate level? See page 33.
  • Page 185 – Have you inserted an end marker in the song? See page 70.; Troubleshooting
  • Page 186 – Error Messages ——————————————————————————
  • Page 188 – Specifications ———————————————————————————; Sequencer
  • Page 194 – C A N A D A
  • Page 196 – ASIA; AFRICA
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Page 2 - SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION

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Page 4 - Contents; Creating Original Patterns

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