Yamaha QY100 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
The Controls
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!1 Sequencer Buttons
The sequencer buttons control recording and playback in
the SONG and PATTERN modes, and allow you to locate a spe-
cic measure within a song or pattern. Their layout and functions
are similar to the transport controls on a tape recorder.
[] RECORD READY: Press this button to engage the
record ready mode. You have to press the START
button to actually start recording.
[] STOP: Press to stop recording or playback.
[>] START: Press to start recording or playback.
[p] GO TO TOP: This button takes you directly to the
rst measure (the top) of the current song or pat-
tern.
[r] MOVE BACK: Press briey to move back one mea-
sure, or hold for continuous scrolling.
[f] MOVE FORWARD: Press briey to move forward
one measure, or hold for continuous scrolling.
!2 Micro Keyboard
This tiny 2-octave keyboard makes it possible to program
the QY100 anywhere, anytime, without having to connect an
external MIDI keyboard. Its even polyphonic, so you can directly
enter chords as well as single notes. The only thing it lacks is
velocity sensitivity. The QY100 does, however, accept velocity
information from an external MIDI keyboard.
When programming accompaniment tracks the micro-key-
board is also used to specify the chord roots and types to be
entered.
TRY THIS:
In the SONG mode, use the cur-
sor buttons to place the cursor at
the track 1 position (1 on the
display).