Yamaha QY700 - User Manual
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Table of Contents:
- Page 6 – Q: What are Automatic Reharmonization and Chord Templates?; Style # Style Name Stolen From
- Page 8 – You might also look at; VMIDIJoy
- Page 10 – Peavey
- Page 11 – Q: Got any tips for taking advantage of the portability of my QY70?; A couple of tips, if you want to fly QY:
- Page 12 – Some possibilities do come to mind.
- Page 16 – Q: Can I set up my Peavey PC1600x to control Pattern tracks?; Here is a; QY70 bulk file
- Page 18 – I changed my QY70 working style a little for my next composition.
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The Yamaha QY-70 FAQ (by Joe Orgren)
Downloaded from www.johannes-emmerling.de/xp-30/QY70_FAQ.htm
DISCLAIMER: The QY70 FAQ was provided originally as a public Service by Joe Orgren
(qyguy) athttp://www.geocities.com/qyguy/qy70faq.htm. However, it is now offline for
some time now and since it is really THE resource for this nice Sequencer QY70 that
goes well along with non-Workstation Synths such as the XP-30, I decided to put a
version I downloaded two years ago here. Joe, if you're out there and continue to
provide this great resource, please drop me a line!
UPDATE: I just found that Reocities kind of keeps the old geocities webpages alive,
including the original QY70Faq: http://reocities.com/Hollywood/Prop/8991/
new FAQs (added by Johannes):
Q: What are the differences between the QY-70 and the QY-100?
Q: How can I play a song back in the Loop mode, e.g. for practicing?
Q: Can I use the TO-HOST connector with my Computer without a Serial Port?
Q: How can I more quickly access the Job/Edit Menu?
Q: What will I lose if I get a QY70, rather than a QY700?
Q: How are the sounds on the QY70? Are they editable?
Q: How do I reset the QY70 after a crash? (Thanks, Frank Cabacungan)
Q: Is there any easy way to shape control change messages (volume curves, filter
sweeps)?
Q: How will I live without my computer sequencer? And what's all this pattern
business?
Q: Can the QY70 do both linear and loop-based recording?
Q: Can I convert linear tracks to loops, cut/paste notes, etc...
Q: What is it like to step-record on the QY70?
Q: Don't the Pattern tracks force you to do certain things on certain tracks?
Q: In Pattern mode, can I drop preset phrases (single-track patterns) into the "wrong"
tracks (e.g. a drum phrase on a chord track)?
Q: What are Automatic Reharmonization and Chord Templates?
Q: Haven't I heard that Style before?
Q: How do I make my drum sounds come out on separate MIDI channels?
Q: Can you build your own drum kit on the QY70?
Q: How do I edit individual drum sounds?
Q: Got any tips on cool stereo effects? (thanks Jason Anniballi)
Q: What does it mean when a sound name begins with 'S.' or ends with 'K'? (thanks
Jason Anniballi)
Q: Will I need to use a computer once I add (x synth) to my setup?
Q: Is there any good PC software for the QY70?
Q: Are there any QY->MIDI conversion programs for Windows?
Q: How do I connect my QY to my PC? Do I need a wacky cable?
Q: Can the preset phrases be output to a PC based midi editor for notation?
Q: What toys can I add to my QY70?
Q: Do I need a controller keyboard and synth or could I use a synth that has a
controller?
Q: How did you make those drum pads?
Q: Got any tips for taking advantage of the portability of my QY70?
Q: I've had a blast playing with Groove Templates...
Q: How do I make my QY70 ignore my MIDI keyboard's channel, and always record on
the active track?
Q: How do I select different patterns under MIDI control?
Q:Whenever I play a general midi file (not an XG file) through my QY70 I have to reset
channel 10 to the drum kit
Q: It takes a very long time to scroll through all the sounds and get to the drums.
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6 I don't actually use the canned phrases in my work, so I haven't done this exact thing, but it seems to me that at least with a roundabout method, you should be able to make this work. The idea is, keep working with your D1 track as a "scratchpad". Set it to use a certain phrase. Then use ...
8 XGWorks is actually made by Yamaha, downloadable from yamaha.co.uk ($80, free demo). It's a combination XG editor and sequencer. The sequencer user interface is something like Cakewalk. The XG editor is menus, buttons, etc. I've tried it briefly, and it's pretty good. As far as I know, neither pro...
10 Peavey there's an "interactive forum" about the PC1600x. The PC1600x doesn't exactly add NEW capability, but it makes it so much easier to use some EXISTING capabilities, that it may as well be new. W ith the PC1600x, you can control many many parameters in real time, which would otherwis...
