Yamaha QY700 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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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