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1. FillAA FillBB FillAB FillBA Ending or All for all sections the destination section is automatically set to All if All is selected here The upper Track parameter selects the source track i e the track of the source section of the source style from which the data is to be copied 1 8 for individual tracks or Al for all tracks the destination track is automatically set to All if All is selected here The lower Style parameter selects the destination style i e the style to which the data is to be copied 001 100 The lower Section parameter selects the destination section i e the section of the destination style to which the data is to be copied Intro MainA MainB FillAA FillBB FillAB FillBA Ending or All for all sections If All is selected the same setting is automatically selected for the source section The lower Track parameter selects the destination track i e the track of the destination section of the destination style to which the data is to be copied 1 8 for individual tracks or All for all tracks If AID is selected the same setting is automatically selected for the source track After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Copy Pattern job The metronome icon will ap
2. 10 When saving you can specify the song number to be saved and the file name under which it will be saved on disk When loading you specify the song file to be loaded and the song number to which it is to be loaded PATTERN Single styles 001 100 When saving you can specify the number of the style to be saved and the file name under which it will be saved to disk When loading you specify the style file to be loaded and the style number to which it is to be loaded PHRASE Single user phrases 001 100 When saving you can specify the number of the phrase to be saved and the file name under which it will be saved to disk When loading you specify the phrase file to be loaded and the phrase number to which it is to be loaded CHAIN All data All 10 songs 100 patterns and 100 user phrases are saved to disk in a single file You can specify the file name When load ing you specify the all data file to be loaded 119 E Direct Save m The disk write protect Param slide must be in the WLW write enable position to perform a save operation If it is not the Write Protected error message will appear when you attempt to execute the save op eration You can use the F6 Jo function key Exit to wal exit from the disk dis play at any time except during the actual save operation 120 es Save Sond Press the F5 function key Save from the SONG PATTERN PHRASE or CHAIN mode to go
3. 02 Modify Velocity r The Modify Velocity job is a great way to soften the MUSICAL ase sound of material that has too great a variation between the softest and loudest notes or con versely to add extra punch to dull sounding material Experiment with the parameters to get a feel for what they do Increases or decreases the velocity values of all notes in the specified user phrase ddia Job 82 Modify Velocity Phrase ERA Ged T rate 1 offaet 08 The Phrase parameter selects the user phrase to be affected by the Modify Velocity job 001 100 The rate parameter sets the ratio between the lower and higher velocity values A setting of 100 maintains the original relationship between the notes lower values produce a narrower dynamic range and higher values produce a broader dynamic range The range is from 0 to 200 The offset parameters determines the amount of velocity change settings reduce the velocity while settings increase the velocity The range is from 99 through 0 to 99 New Velocity Original Velocity x rate 100 offset If the right side of the equation is less than 0 the New Velocity becomes 1 After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Modify Velocity job The metronome icon will appear on the display while the data is being processed then Completed
4. 2 Use primarily the root 3rd 5th and major 7th 3 Keep it rhythmic lodic lines During phrase recording pe the active MIDI transmit DETAIL channel is the same as avoid me that assigned to track 1 in the PATTERN mode Record Press the gt gt key to begin recording The metronome will sound and you ll be given a two measure count in prior to the first measure actually recorded The count in is also indicated by negative numbers in the Meas parameter If a 4 4 time signature is selected for example the count in will run from measure 08 to 01 then recording will begin from measure 001 Play the required part either on the micro keyboard or via an external MIDI keyboard The phrase will continuously repeat from the first to last measure so you can continue to add notes until the current part is complete Delete Mistakes as Required To delete mistakes simply play the note to be deleted on the micro keyboard while holding one of the SHIFT keys All corresponding notes that occur while the micro keyboard key is held will be deleted 9 Stop Recording Press the W key to stop recording The normal PHRASE play mode is auto matically re selected when you stop recording The Retrigger amp Type Parameters These two parameters determine how the phrase will respond to chord changes When the Retrigger Rtg parameter is turned Off any notes playing when a cho
5. l lt Z lt V od OWNER FCC INFORMATION U S A 1 IMPORTANT NOTICE DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT This product when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual meets FCC requirements Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority granted by the FCC to use the product IMPORTANT When connecting this product to accessories and or another product use only high quality shielded cables Cable s supplied with this product MUST be used Follow all installation instructions Failure to follow instructions could void your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA NOTE This product has been tested and found to comply with the requirements listed in FCC Regulations Part 15 for Class B digital devices Compliance with these requirements provides a reasonable level of assurance that your use of this product in a residential environment will not result in harmful interference with other electronic devices This equipment generates uses radio frequencies and if not installed and used according to the instructions found in the user s manual may cause interference harmful to the operation of other electronic devices Compliance with FCC regulations does not guarantee that interference will not occur in all installations If this product is found to be the source of interference which can be determined by turning the unit OFF and ON please try to eliminate the
6. will appear briefly when the job is done Press the F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 02 Modify Velocity Increases or decreases the velocity values of all notes in the specified track and range of measures cm Job 82 Modify Velocity Mab1lii 9o9 4 TR H Rees rate 180 offset 08 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 measure beat and last measure beat of the range to be modified First measure Last measure MABI 1999 4 First beat Last beat The rate parameter sets the ratio between the lower and higher velocity values A setting of 100 maintains the original relationship between the notes lower values produce a narrower dynamic range and higher values produce a broader dynamic range The range is from 0 to 200 The offset parameters determines the amount of velocity change settings reduce the velocity while settings increase the velocity The range is from 99 through 0 to 99 66 99 37 The Song Jobs a ae JJ The Modify Velocity job 2a is a great way to soften Mua the sound of material that has too great a variation between the softest and loudest notes or conversely to add extra punch to dull sounding material Exper
7. 2 B zk Bi seo 0G Load Sona B3 SONG 3 EExitd For a load operation select the file to be loaded the destination song style or phrase number not required if loading 1 All Data and press ENTER If previous data exists in the specified destination the Delete Old Data display will appear Respond to this display with the 1 YES key to go ahead with the operation or the 1 NO key to cancel An Executing bar graph will appear to show the progress of the load operation Completed will appear briefly when the operation has finished 123 E Delete W disk write protect WE slide must be in the ie Wwrite enable position to perform a delete operation If it is not the Write Protected er ror message will appear when you attempt to execute the de lete operation E Rename W disk write protect ME slide must be in the Wi Wwrite enable position to perform a rename operation If it is not the Write Protected er ror message will appear when you attempt to execute the re name operation e File names can be up Jo to 8 characters in Maa length e File name extensions 3 char acters following a period at the end of the file name are included on ESEQ and SMF song files 124 This operation completely erases the specified file from the current disk GOR Delete Sona 3 SONG 3 To delete a file move the cursor to highlight the file you wan
8. Hogi 999 After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Delete Measure 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode Copies all data from the specified track of a specified song to any other specified track of a specified song Sire Job 15 Coby Track Sonmg BH TR 6l ites Song 81 TR 61 eed The upper Song parameter selects the source song i e the song from which the data is to be copied 01 10 The lower Song parameter selects the destination song i e the song to which the data is to be copied 01 10 The upper TR parameter selects the source track i e the track from which the data is to be copied 01 16 Pat Chd or Tmp When Pat Chd or Tmp is selected the lower TR parameter is set to the same track The lower TR parameter selects the destination track i e the track to which the data is to be copied 01 16 Pat Chd or Tmp When Pat Chd or Tmp is selected the upper TR parameter is set to the same track After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Copy Track job The metronome
9. Yes No3 5 Press 1 YES to Confirm amp Load the Data Press 1 YES if you want to go ahead with the load operation or 1 NO if you want to cancel the load operation If you choose 1 YES an Execut ing bar graph will appear while the data is being loaded Selecting amp Playing Patterns Re Note that the Meas po measure number on willy ihe display includes two numbers e g 1of4 The first number is the current measure number and the second is the to tal number of measures in the pattern patterns can be up to 8 measures long 2of4 there fore means that the second measure of a 4 measure pattern is currently playing Although you ll normally use the PATTERN mode when creating new styles page 74 the PATTERN mode is also useful when you want to listen to individual phrases and experiment with chord changes using the QY300 s advanced ABC capability 1 Select the STYLE Mode In order to select and play the styles as described in this section you must be in the QY300 PATTERN mode Press the PATTERN mode key to select the PATTERN mode 2 Select a Style Number Use the cursor keys to move the cursor to the style number then use any data entry method to select the style you want to play The styles are numbers 001 through 100 the currently selected section is shown in the square brackets to the right of the style name Style number Section Sem SER MWS PatilMsainAa J isas
10. bol When you move the note pointer past the end of the note display the next measure will appear If you move past the last measure in the phrase the first measure of the phrase will appear Al sok 1 dv EISI shEC STEP TT R A i E SE ete beet bet ot AANA ATA ICHAT Delete BeGelto Lokeuw Cursor moved to note pointer the note pointer appears filled The Step Mode Function Keys The six function keys immediately below the display provide access to a number of handy functions in the step record mode F1 Rest Enters a rest of the currently selected note length at the note pointer position F2 Tie Lengthens the previously entered note by tying another note of the same length and pitch to it An alternative method is simply to change the length of the note as required via the note length keys on the numeric keypad F3 Delete Deletes the note or chord at the note pointer F4 BkDelt Moves the note pointer backward by the currently selected note length and deletes the corresponding note or chord F5 LoKey Displays the lowest range of the keyboard scrolls the keyboard display two octaves to the right Press again to return to the normal centered display F6 Hikey Displays the highest range of the keyboard scrolls the keyboard display two octaves to the left Press again to return to the normal centered display The Measure Beat Clock
11. i e the song to which the data is to be copied 01 10 After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Copy Song 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode Completely clears all data from all tracks of the currently selected song Also initializes the play effect voice and output settings Siem Job 27 Clear Sor Sono zeae The Song parameter selects the song to be cleared 01 10 After setting the parameter as required press ENTER to execute the Clear Song 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 53 TheSongjobs Sy 23 Song Name Allows an original name of up to 8 characters to be assigned to the current song Bite Job 23 Sona Name The song number parameter selects the song for which a name is to be as signed 1 10 Lower case To enter a lower case character use the cursor keys to move Characters the cursor to the position at which a character is to be entered then press the micro keyboard key corres
12. section page Mel 104 for information on how to edit recorded song data Song Mode Part 2 Basic Recording 7 Record Press the gt key to begin recording The metronome will sound and you ll be given a two measure count in prior to the first measure actually recorded The count in is also indicated by negative numbers in the Meas parameter If a 4 4 time signature is selected for example the count in will run from measure 08 to 01 then recording will begin from measure 001 Negative numbers for two measure count in SM ETEF PUNCH The Click parameter determines whether the metronome sounds during recording playback and recording or at all times The metronome can also be turned off See Click Metronome Settings on page 26 Play the required part either on the micro keyboard or via an external MIDI keyboard Stop Recording Press the W key to stop recording The normal SONG play mode is automati cally re selected when you stop recording and you ll automatically be re turned to the top first measure of the song Asterisks have disappeared indicating that the song now contains data Use the Song Name job page 54 to give the song an original name al Aneel pet si Ee pas a 7 ii 1 l L ls 7 Pat thd Mts FIN A Maina J lO Effect Quteut Voice Mark J Save I Load 1 Solid mute button indicates that track 1 contains data ic d
13. 13 Clear Phrase sssssesssctscssececscccecetescsesetecctecetecctesetecedesedace 102 14 Phrase Name ssssssssssssesesosssosesesososssosssosssosssosssososessssss 103 Editing Songs amp Phrases 0 0 ee 104 Engaging the Edit Mode amp Moving Around 104 M Moving Around ceeeceesesseeseseeteseeeseeteneeteeseeneens 105 Change Mode Editing csssssscssesssssessesesssesesseseeeees 106 Ei Deleting EVents iisscindacinadananniandians 107 E Changing Tracks ween 107 BM Assigning a Track Name 00 c 107 Insert Mode Editing ssesessssesossossoscoscossossossossossoseossosso 107 Editing the Tempo Track SONG mode scssssseeees 112 The Chain Mode ocne 113 C1 Deleting Songs From the Chain 0 cee 114 E Inserting New Songs In the Chain 114 The Utility Mode cr 115 System Parameters sssssscccssssssssssooococosesssssssooooocosssssssssoe 115 El Master Tuning sresti i nnn 115 O MIDI Synchronization sesser 115 Bal MIDI Controlee 116 EV ECHO Back scses cescseicvesasehasebesetasebeselavebeded vebesstavebeveteh 116 C Interval Time sicanncanacanacasacanaaakaca 116 Input Filters oeei 116 Fingered Chord Zone Assignment essessessesseseossoseoseosse 117 Disk Operations 1 eres 119 Direct Save amp Load From the Song Pattern Phrase amp Chain Modes v ccsccccccesceserreeceecersceem 119 H Direct Save eea itia e N NEA 120 Tel Direct Foadinssdusdetins nnua eaii 1
14. E Sequencer Functions HM Accompaniment The QY300 sequencer has 16 normal sequencer tracks to which you can individually assign any of the internal voices and record either via the QY300 s own micro keyboard or an external keyboard connected to the QY300 MIDI IN connector You can use the real time record mode so that the QY300 records exactly what you play as you play it or the step record mode in which notes can be entered one at a time There s also a multi real time record mode in which all 16 sequencer tracks can be recorded simultaneously and a punch in real time record mode in which you can re record any specified section of an already recorded track The step record mode lets you record extremely fast or complex passages that would be impossible to play in real time It s also useful for adding finishing touches to tracks recorded in real time The QY300 pro vides an extensive range of advanced editing functions that make modifying and refining your recorded data an easy efficient process Sequencing One feature that truly sets the QY300 apart from other sequencers is its ad vanced accompaniment sequencing capability Accompaniments are produced by specifying a sequence of patterns to be played rather than by recording individual notes or chords A pattern is in itself a separate sequence consisting of a combination of up to eight phrases e g a drum phrase a bass phrase and several chord or harmon
15. File Size 3 BRK Song HZ EREKRkkE Move cursor here and scroll via cursor Cursor here to specify the song keys to select the file to be loaded pattern or phrase number to The data dial and numeric keypad can which the specified file will be also be used to specify the file number loaded not available for all data File names appear in alphabetical order files loaded via the CHAIN mode After selecting the file to be loaded and the song style or phrase to which it is to be loaded there s no need to specify a destination from the CHAIN mode since all data is loaded press the ENTER key to begin the save operation If the specified destination already contains data the QY300 will ask you to confirm that you want to overwrite the existing data with the Delete Old Data display You can use the F6 Press the 1 YES key to go ahead with the load operation or the ye a ase Se 1 NO key to cancel An Executing bar graph will appear while the data is mode at any time except during being loaded then the SONG PATTERN PHRASE or CHAIN mode display the actual disk operation will reappear The Disk Mode In addition to save and load operations the DISK mode allows you to format new disks as well as delete and rename existing files Press the DISK mode button to engage the DISK mode 2 Sona ESE 6 Song SMF 121 The first steps in performing any disk operation are to select the save load delete
16. Quantize Swing Shift Gate Velocity Per Track displays and the same Output displays and functions as the SONG mode The main difference is that while the SONG mode has 16 tracks the PATTERN mode has only 8 Refer to the page numbers listed with the displays below for details Voice Mixer display for voice assignment panning and level control page 14 The Voice parameter in this display additionally lets you switch between the pattern and phrase voice assignments EHHECHE Place cursor here to switch between pattern Pat and phrase Phr voice assignments Voice Reverb display for voice assignment effect selection and effect depth control page 15 As in the Mixer display above the Voice parameter lets you switch between the pattern and phrase voice assignments Voice Mareen Ie Ea er en ETI ee ee Hari AS I 1 Derth il ig i Renerb E 62 Patterns Part 1 Accompaniment Basics Effect Quantization display for playback quantization c page 18 aac Play Effect Quantize a WC a Wal 3 _ off ore off Str Effect Transpose amp Clock Shift display to transpose tracks and shift note timing forward or backward F page 21 dai Flay Effect AA Sereno E a i Trans Gj o O Effect Gate Time Velocity display to modify gate time and velocity values 7 page 22 Gane Flas Effect Gate Time Rate a ree Pat df ote i
17. and then play the part on the micro keyboard or an external MIDI keyboard in real time 1 Select the PHRASE Mode amp an Empty User Phrase Press the PHRASE mode key to select the PHRASE mode place the cursor at the category section of the phrase number and select US user then move the cursor to the phrase number and select an empty user phrase the programmable user phrases are numbered US 001 through US 100 Empty phrases are indicated by a row of asterisks following the phrase number Masi US kkk Meas 1128 68 it Fi a User rase Ti elit Woice Ree RAS d Rec 861GrandPra On Chy esate ete e tees eee ele aN REN 2 Engage the Record Ready Mode Press the key to engage the record ready mode The red LED above the key will light Select the Realtime Record Mode Press the F4 function key REAL to select the realtime record mode YT FHRA BEE 1 kkk REC REAL Meas 1126 8 Ed Ei Fi Fa User rase Click Voice ere d Rec 881GrandPra Chord Crm ove meae tetu Ta Tete te Sa Sae tetat Teta Blete rns anatara spvavarasassvn ara sasn rass save rossas arara sa nara aa anasa STEF Phrases Creating Patterns 30 It s sometimes easier to aiid set a slow tempo for ue realtime recording so you have plenty of time to enter the data 30 You can change the Kea voice assignment later HINT in the same way The thru ch
18. from any other location move the cursor to the appropriate Mark Jump number or enter the Mark Jump number via the numeric keypad and press ENTER You will immediately be returned to the SONG mode at the specified location cm Marke June t 3 h T Clearing a Marked Location To clear a marked location go to the Mark Jump display move the cursor to the Mark Jump number you want to clear and press the F1 function key Clear 11 Song Mode Part Playback amp Control Tempo Control The QY300 allows precise tempo settings from 25 to 300 beats per minute in fine one tenth of a quarter note increments Transposition Please note that the Jo transpose parameter Ma does not affect the re corded sequence data only the pitch of playback 12 Tenths of a beat per minute Tempo in beats per minute 25 300 ee Al DEMO The number to the left of the period in the tempo parameter is the number of quarter note beats per minute an the number to the right of the period repre sents tenths of a quarter note The cursor can be independently placed at the ones or tenths section of the tempo parameter to set as required The pitch of song playback can be transposed up or down by as much as an octave in semitone increments To transpose playback pitch place the cursor at the transpose parameter Trs on the LCD and set as required Each increment corresponds to one semi
19. necting audio and MIDI cables iv PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE PROCEEDING E MIDI Connections When connecting the QY300 to MIDI equip ment be sure to use high quality cables made especially for MIDI data transmission Avoid MIDI cables longer than about 15 meters Longer cables can pick up electrical noise that can causes data errors E Handling and Transport e Never apply excessive force to the controls con nectors or other parts of the instrument e Always unplug cables by gripping the plug firmly not by pulling on the cable e Disconnect all cables before moving the instru ment e Physical shocks caused by dropping bumping or placing heavy objects on the instrument can re sult in scratches and more serious damage E Cleaning e Clean the cabinet and panel with a dry soft cloth A slightly damp cloth may be used to remove stubborn grime and dirt e Never use cleaners such as alcohol or thinner e Avoid placing vinyl objects on top of the instru ment vinyl can stick to and discolor the surface M Electrical Interference This instrument contains digital circuitry and may cause interference if placed too close to ra dio or television receivers If this occurs move the instrument further away from the affected equipment Precautions E Data Backup e The QY300 contains a special long life battery that retains the contents of its internal memory even when the power is turned OFF The
20. rename or format operation and the type of data you want to perform the operation on except format which requires no data type selection Use the function keys to select the save load delete rename or format operation then move the cursor to the desired data type or enter the number of the desired data type via the numeric keypad All song phrase user pattern and chain data A single specified user phrase 001 100 DETAIL play at You can use the F6 function key Exit to exit from the disk dis any time except during the actual load operation 122 Style Song ESEQ Song SMF A single specified style 001 100 A single specified song 01 10 The voice output select play effect and tempo track data is also saved A single specified song 01 10 saved in or loaded from ESEQ format The ESEQ format is used by some sequencers and synthe sizers with built in sequencers This option provides data compat ibility with such devices The voice output select and play effect data is not saved with au ESEQ file The tempo data is saved A single specified song 01 10 saved in or loaded from Stand ard MIDI File format The Standard MIDI File format is widely used by computer music software sequencers and synthesizers with built in sequencers This option provides data compatibility with such devices The voice output select and play effect data is not saved with an SMF fil
21. will appear briefly when the job is done Press the F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 03 Modify Gate Time Increases or decreases the gate times length of all notes in the specified user phrase Game Job 83 Modify Gate Time Phrase DARA RR rate 1 0 of fset 6 EExiti 95 The Phrase Jobs DEES hg The Modify Gate Time job can be used to produce a MUSICAL Cie more staccato or legato feel as required Experiment with the parameters to get a feel for what they do 04 Crescendo 96 The Phrase parameter selects the user phrase to be affected by the Modify Gate Time job 001 100 The rate parameter sets the ratio between the shorter and longer gate time values A setting of 100 maintains the original relationship between the notes lower values produce a narrower gate time range and higher values produce a broader gate time range The range is from 0 to 200 The offset parameter determines the amount of gate time modification settings shorten the gate time while settings increase the gate time The range is from 99 through 0 to 99 66 99 New Gate Time Original Gate Time x rate 100 offset If the right side of the equation is less than 0 the New Gate Time becomes 1 After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Modify Gate Time j
22. 115 Phrases combining in pattern mode esses 75 Measure heat parameter ssssssssssssesssessssssssesssessessssnses 10 Phrases preseleccion nan ureei 74 Measure beat clock display step record eere 32 Pitch bend event insert edit ccccccecessesesseetseeeeeeeees 109 Memory display c ccccsscsscsssssessesseseseeseeseesssssseeseeseeseessesees 33 Pitch bend tange eeann aiei is 17 Micro keyboard mennen noya nnen AA pi 7 Polyphonic aftertouch event insert edit eee 110 MIDI connections w ccscecsscccssscssscssscsssscsssscsssscersscessscessneavens 3 Power amp COMMECTIONS c cesesseesesseteseseseeteseseeesteseaeetseeneneess l MIDI control cccscsecescsscssscsesscssscsesessessscssscseevsesseseevscsesseans 116 Power SUPPLY orasan akan annenin aai l MIDI synchronization sssssssssssisssssresessssrieessrrreessssrressss 115 Pre programmed patterns loading from disk 0 55 Mix ttack usong Jobenn n tenants 50 Precautii sak atniavie OTA A E iv Mode Keys anae ARR RRR 6 Program change event insert edit 0 109 Modify gate time phrase job sssscsssessssseessseecsssecssseesssees 95 Pu nchin recording sescliinsicdisnitiadeisileliomaleacielliuneialivasles 26 Modify gate time song job ssssssssssssseesseesssesessressressreseess 38 Put phrase phrase job s ssssissssesessissssieessreessrresseresseresseress 102 Modify velocity phrase job ssssecssscssscssssssesseesecessseneees 95 Modify velocity song JO
23. Copy phrase phrase job oc esessesseeessesenseensenenees 99 Copy song SONG JOD o ccccccccsesesesesesesesesteseseseeteeseseees 53 Copy ttackS0ne JOD aces taiate teita 49 Create measure song JOD wee sees 48 Crescendo phrase jobs neser nn nannan iaai eak 96 Crescendo song JOD ssssssssssssssssssisssteessreessreessrresnrenssreessee 39 TEES KEYS aisle ina hekelen bull dion in ue delhi lac 6 D Data DaCkup sosi A EA AAAA v UBYT Ro I EE E E E E 7 Delete disk filen Toereari aa aa a O A 124 Delete measure song JOD sssssssssssssisssrreesssrrreesssrrresssrrreesss 48 Deleting events edit mode oo esteeeeeeees 107 Demo Playin seis humorni hia h nana s 8 Direct load disko irtani na ta ua a aa a aii 121 Directisave disk e e a a a K a 120 DA AEn AA RERE RERE ERER RE EAS 122 Diskmod nsiet ete ead 121 Disk operations eeeee ee nenen sane ag 119 Drum assignment display cc eceessesseseeeeeeesesenteenees 33 E ECHO BACK EEA 116 EDER Kyien reaa enti teert natant 7 Edit mode engaging amp moving around uo 104 Editing songs amp phrases ic ees sseeeneeeees 104 Editing change mode oo sees 106 Editing insert MOde eects eset eseeeneeteees 107 Effect bypass song mode ou seeesseeeteeeeneeenteeneenenees 13 Effect bypass pattern mode ou ssesesesseetestesesseees 62 End of song marker pattern step record cscseeeeeeeeees 70 Enter keyinida unnn ann an aa ai 7 Erase event song job sssssssssssssssss
24. Dimensions Weight 128 Song mode 19 tracks TRI TR16 Pattern Chord Tempo Pattern mode 8 tracks TRI TR8 Phrase mode 1track Approximately 53 000 notes 10 songs 100 styles x 8 sections 800 patterns 100 user phrases 3093 phrases Realtime Step Punch in Recording Edit Insert 28 types including thru 96 clocks per quarter note 64 notes Song Edit Phrase Edit Song job 24 Pattern job 7 Phrase job 15 Quantize Swing Transpose Clock Shift Gate Time Modify Velocity Modify Chord Root Chord Type On Bass Original Bass 10 songs QY300 Original Sequence Format ESEQ SMF AWM Advanced Wave Memory 28 notes Song mode 24 sequence track 16 pattern 8 Pattern mode 8 Phrase mode single with dynamic voice allocation 128 normal voices 8 drum kits GM System Level 1 Voice Number Pan Pots Volume Reverb Type Reverb Depth Coarse Tuning Fine Tuning Pitch Bend Range 64 x 240 dot graphic liquid crystal display 3 5 2DD type floppy disk drive PHONES 1 4 inch stereo phone jack 8 150ohm OUTPUT 1 4 inch phone jack x2 L MONO R output inpedence 1kohm DC IN MIDI IN OUT Supplied AC Adaptor PA 1207 343 W x 238 2 D x 64 7 H mm 13 1 2 W x9 3 8 D x 2 1 2 H 2 1kg 4 6 lbp Specificaions and appearance subject to change without notice Appendix Index 1 NO amp 1 YES keys n 6 A Accompaniment sequencing OVEIVICW cseeeeeseeeee
25. Display The Meas area of the step record display shows the current position of the note pointer in measures 1 4 note beats and clocks there are 96 clocks per 1 4 note If you re not sure what measure you re seeing on the note display while recording check the measure beat clock display 1 1 4 Clock 96 clocks per 1 4 note Beat 1 4 if 4 4 time Measure number Song Mode Part 2 Basic Recording Complete the Track See the Editing Songs Repeat steps 8 and 9 until the current track is complete then press MJ to stop amp Phrases section i i recording Ma Dage 104 for informa 8 tion on how to edit recorded song data E Drum Assignment amp Used Memory Displays The QY300 provides Drum Assignment and Used Memory displays which can provide valuable information when recording Press the left OCT DOWN and OCT UP keys simultaneously to see the current pitch of the micro keyboard as determined by the OCT DOWN and OCT UP keys and a list of the drum instruments currently played by the micro keyboard keys Drum instruments played by the corresponding micro keyboard black keys Tambl l Cowblf 1 Briglt 1 Timls Gir Ubrsl i h Cnhaf 1 Aga Cl ave Harcsa m 2 E 88 8585 oo aChinsPCrsh2 m Crah Asse Whs aR CUP PR i deze CrdCabasll Gir eSP 1 shPh Brgeh T imPh hhsh WB Micro keyboard keys The current pitch of the lowest key on the micro keyboar
26. Dre peronie Cea Aa 16 16 Time Signature 1 16 A 1 8 16 8 1 4 8 4 5 Select a Voice Move the cursor to the voice parameter and select the voice you want to record with 6 Select the Source Chord Move the cursor to the chord parameter and use the standard chord entry procedure to enter the source chord for the phrase you are recording i e the chord on which the phrase is based You can also enter ON BASS and ORG BASS specifications as described on page 72 The source chord speci fication allows the QY300 to correctly re harmonize the phrase when different chords are specified for the pattern in which the phrase is eventually used Record Press the gt key to begin recording The step record display shown below will appear T Measure beat clock display Note entty display Time signature Graphic symbols for r3a DEE d D A o 44 and dotted notes Velocity 000 127 ext 82 Graphic symbols for p pp ppp p af Si EL Gate time Stac Norm Slur g Phrases Creating Patterns Set the Note Parameters as Required Move the cursor to the note length velocity and gate time parameters and set as required When the cusor is located at the note length parameter the numeric keypad can be used to enter the note lengths marked on the keys The dot key the 0 key can be used to add one or more dots to the currently selected note length In beween values can be ente
27. Fec 9 Record Other Tracks As Required Repeat steps 2 through 8 to record other sequencer tracks as required 25 26 Click Metronome Settings The click mode parameter in the SONG display determines whether the metro nome sounds only during recording during both recording and playback at all times or not at all Move the cursor to this parameter and set as required using the data dial or 1 NO and 1 YES keys The Click metronome parameter The Click beat parameter Metronome off Metronome sounds during realtime recording only Metronome sounds during realtime recording and playback Metronome sounds at all times The click beat parameter determines on what beat the metronome will sound the PLAY key indicator will also flash on the specified beat Move the cursor to this pararneter and set as required using the data dial or 1 NO and 1 YES keys The metronone sounds on every sixteenth note The metronone sounds on every eighth note The metronone sounds on every quarter note The metronone sounds on every half note The metronone sounds on every whole note beat E Punch in Recording Punch in recording is a special type of realtime recording in which you specify a range of measures you want to record leaving all other material on the track intact This is particularly useful for re recording a short segment of an other wise perfect track so you don t have to r
28. Mute Un mute 3 This function can be You can mute or un mute all tracks simultaneously by placing the cursor at ire MA ats mile any mute button and pressing the 1 YES or 1 NO key while holding the oes hee SHIFT key 1 YES to mute or 1 NO to un mute a track first mute all tracks then turn on only the track you want to hear E Effect Bypass To bypass the internal effects for a track see next section move the cursor to the mute button for that track and from the un muted state press the 1 NO button A minus symbol appears in the mute buttons aill appear in the mute button All tracks can be set to effect bypass or normal simultaneously in the same as described above hold one of the SHIFT keys while pressing the 1 NO button to bypasss all tracks or the 1 YES key to return all tracks to the normal non bypassed state 13 E Keyboard Track Track 1 becomes the p9 keyboard track when wail the cursor is located at the Pat Chd or Tmp track When the cursor is located at a specific track number mute button the track number is inverted that track becomes the QY300 keyboard track i e the track played by the micro keyboard The keyboard track setting is main tained even if the cursor is moved to other parameters on the display The current keyboard track setting determines which internal tone generator chan nel will be played by the micro keyboard and via
29. O Interval ti seoran erea 116 Octave keys s siccsccecsctecsececssssasechessasesheucssssadeseesshsninsucasodncesbeesne 7 J L E P JOB key seeeeeeesseseseeererereereeeeeeeessssessneneenessssssssnnssssnsssseseeses 7 Pai pots eaaa A o AEE 15 o Pateh MOU thn eaten genta samen nEn 76 Pattern changes erasing sitysiay tees axtatecetetier leas catielt aes 71 Keyboard track sticisidacpistsetitavenisivtsa deadbeat 14 Pattern changes step record s sssssesssessesssssssssesesesssesssses 69 Pattern jODS ws essersersersereerseseererserssrersersessersarsnsssreeseneessereens 86 a a as Pattern step record display ssessseseseseeseeeeeresseseeseeneens 69 L dee Se Pattern monitoring while patching sseseeeeeeeeees 77 LCD amp contrast control ne sraa anien 5 Patterns selecting amp playing oeeeeeeseeeereeessserrerreesessseeeen 57 Enca Oro Salat a E T Matene hte bce 10 Patterns styles amp sections e eeseseeessereessssteessssrreesssrreessse 55 Loop playback Siu tet tt de Naot estan aa a a 9 P r Track idisplay siranradeaass annie eann inana as 22 Phrase J bSiessnssonnonosnngsononessnnoonenannis 92 MS Phrase name phrase job sssssessesesesssiesriesressressresreesrresene 103 Phrase realtime recording eeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssrsssstttrrrerrerereeeees 78 Mark jump function ss ssssssssssssssessssssssseesssenssrenssrenssrenssrenssee 11 Phrase step recording e eeseeeeseeesteestesressreeseeestesreesreesreeneens 81 Master tunine eren aaa a ae
30. Stop Recording Stop recording either by pressing the Ml key or by selecting the ENDING section The normal SONG play mode is automatically re selected when you stop recording Engage Record Ready Again and Select Chd Press the key to engage the record ready mode again the red REC key indicator should light and the REAL mode will still be selected then move the cursor to the track section of the display and select Chd in order to record chord changes Asterisks have disappeared because the song now contains data Use the Song Name job page 54 to enter an original name Se oi AL 1126 8 feta ki ee ke a maladie dea 9 Record Press the B gt key to begin recording chord changes The metronome will sound and you ll be given a two measure count in Since you selected Chd recording the cursor will automatically move to the chord when you start recording All you have to do to record chord changes is to enter the required chords as described in the Changing Chords section t page 59 Stop Recording Press the Ml key to stop recording when all the required chord changes have been entered The normal SONG play mode is automatically re selected when you stop recording 11 Listen to the Results Press the I lt key to make sure you return to the top of the song then press the gt gt key to play back and check out the accompaniment you ve just re corded 67 Step Ac
31. accompaniment oo eee 68 Style name pattern JOD we seeeseeeeeseeeeneeeeneeneneeneees 90 Style number amp setion pattern step record eens 70 Swing effect playback oes esesesseeeeseeaeeaeaees 20 Systemi PALAMEtELS oes estes tse eee 115 T Tempo CONG eenn aaa Ea 12 Tempo track editing sisisisisisislisisisiiiisisisisisisisinisesisissssis 112 Thin OUt SONG JOD western 47 Time signature pattern step record 0 70 Track Mtn sien i pa aera AEE EEE 13 Track muting pattern mode oe eeceseceseeeeseceeseeteneetene 62 Track name edit mode ccccccscsscssesscssssecsesseeseseeseens 107 Transpose amp clock shift playback wees 21 Transpose phrase JOD occ sseeseseessessenseteeenens 97 Transpose song job cree 40 Trans poSI Oasi aiin enana 12 PUIG saaana aleari eriari aa 16 Type parameter nasisa isinisi i anni E 80 U Undo redo pattern job sss sssssssssssssessssrstessssrrresssrrressssreees 86 Undo redo phrase job woes 92 Undo redo song job sssssssssssssssssressrtesssresssreessrenssrressreesse 34 Utility Modens icnchcnahcnnhdnehainadanhdhahanas 115 V Velocity parameter edit mode ssissnesreeresresee 107 VOICE assigiMent enean inrsin 14 Voices amp effects OVerview iieii viii Voices assignment amp effects pattern mode sceeeees 62 Volume control is esinte riein soteer dennin 7 131 MEMO For details of products please contact your nearest Yamaha or the authorized distributor listed below
32. affected by the Shift Clock job 001 100 The Clock parameter determines the direction and number of clocks by which the notes in the specified phrase will be shifted settings shift the notes forward toward the end of the song and settings shift the notes backward toward the beginning of the song The range is from 999 through 0 to 999 After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Shift Clock 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 08 Copy Phrase Copies the specified preset or user phrase to a specified user phrase number using the specified source chord Qaim Job 88 CoPy Phrase Phrase IE 0 i CCC oC EZEREZ Chord i 4 Cobi Phrase BEL The upper Phrase parameter selects the source phrase i e the preset or user phrase to be copied any preset or user phrase number preset phrase numbers have four sections which can be specified category beat type and number page 74 The Chord parameter determines the source chord with which the phrase will be copied The chord root and type are entered via the micro keyboard using standard QY300 chord entry procedure page 59 The lower Phrase parame
33. also used to enter notes and other events when editing sequence data and to execute a specified job or disk function The numeric keys are also used to specify note lengths and dynamics when step recording Data and Shuttle Dials These concentric dials have different functions The in ner data dial can be used for data entry in the same situations as the 1 NO and 1 YES keys or nu meric keypad Rotate the dial clockwise to increment the select value or counter clockwise to decrement The data dial is handy for quickly covering a large range of values or searching for a specific item or value The outer shuttle dial is used to move forward or backward in the SONG PATTERN or PHRASE mode at varying speed both during playback and when play back is stopped The more you rotate the shuttle dial in the clockwise direction the faster you will shuttle for ward through the song pattern or phrase The same applies to reverse shuttling in the counter clockwise di rection If you use the shuttle dial during playback you will be able to monitor the sound while shuttling for ward or backward Function amp SHIFT Keys The function keys F1 through F6 select the corresponding items from the menu that appears on the display immediately above the keys The available functions are different in each mode The SHIFT keys are used to access several sec ondary or background functions that you might only
34. assist you Please contact Yamaha directly NAME PLATE LOCATION The name Plate is located on the bottom of the product The model number serial number power requirements etc are located on this plate You should record the model number serial number and the date of purchase in the spaces provided below and retain this manual as a permanent record of your purchase e0 aao Model Serial No Purchase Date PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL 92 BP PRECAUTIONS o Aeee eaa aee a aai iv About This Manual 0 ceeeeeeeeeeeeeneeees vi The QY300 An Overview eseese vii W Sequencer Functions occ vii E Accompaniment Sequencing oo vii E Vort amp Effects recessionen e ARREN RRRA viii Power amp Connections ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 1 Power SUPPLY sninen 1 Setting Up Your System s sesssssesseossossoscossossossossossossossossoe 2 E The Connectors irra ro rr roer ro arr 2 E Audio Connections ssssssssesesseeseeseesiesieseesieseeseeseeseesees 3 ME MIDI Connections es ssssseesesseeseeseeseeseestesreseeseeseeseesees 3 The Controlge a terse cm rrert centr t 5 Song Mode Part 1 Playback amp Control ccn 8 Play the Demo Song cscsscscscsssscscscscsssssecscscsssesscscarsesees 8 W Loop Playback wees esses eseeeeesseeeeenees 10 LOC ati OM cenina 10 E The Measure Beat Parameter 10 Mi The Shuttle Dial oo crrr 10 E The Mark Jump Function 11 Tempo Control seses
35. beat and number from different categories you will end up with a specific pattern Combining Phrases In the Pattern Mode The phrases are combined to create patterns which can be used in accompani ments in the PATTERN mode 1 Select the PATTERN Mode a Style amp a Section Press the PATTERN mode key to select the PATTERN mode then with the cursor located at the style number select a style As in the SONG mode empty patterns are indicated by a row of asterisks to the right of the style number Also move the cursor to the section name and select the section you want to create 75 76 Although the pattern length parameter can be kita set from 1 to 8 measures for the Intro Main A Main B and Ending sections the Fill sec tions can only have a length of 1 measure 2 Set the Pattern Length amp Time Signature If you re starting with an empty pattern move the cursor top the pattern length and time signature parameters and set as required Pattern Length 1 8 lof4 See GE kkk Main J Heil Ba a a oO Fi i Time signature 1 16 16 16 1 8 16 8 1 4 8 4 3 Engage the Patch Mode Press the F4 function key Patch to engage the patch mode i e the mode in which phrases are patched together to create patterns The patch display for an empty pattern will appear as follows Measure numbers If the pattern has more than 5 measures scroll to the right
36. being processed then Completed will appear briefly when the job is done Press the F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode Aligns notes in the specified user phrase to or close to the nearest specified beat Gace Job l Quantize Phrase ERE Game Quantize Swinda Rate Strength 166 Gate Time Sens 180 Velocity The Phrase parameter selects the user phrase to be affected by the Quantize job 001 100 The Quantize parameter determines to what beats the note data in the specified phrase will be aligned If you select I for example all notes in the phrase will be aligned to the nearest 16th note beat to a degree determined by the Strength parameter Quantize Values Value Effect Off No quantization Swing settings also ignored Aligns to the nearest 32nd note Aligns to the nearest 16th note triplet Aligns to the nearest 16th note Aligns to the nearest 8th note triplet Aligns to the nearest 8th note Aligns to the nearest quarter note triplet Aligns to the nearest 16th note 16th note triplet A h d Aligns to the nearest 8th note 8th note triplet 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 wil
37. cursor to the song number on the LCD and select song number 01 use the data dial the numeric keypad or the 1 NO key to do this Mode indicators Record Ready Ml Stop p gt Play or Record Tempo amp time signature Song name Measure number Song Mode Part 1 Playback amp Control x Loop Playback 2 Play the Demo Song Press the gt gt key to start playback The demo will automatically stop when it finishes or you can press the W key to stop playback at any time For continuous loop playback i e playback of the song will repeat until stopped by pressing the W key hold the SHIFT key while pressing the gt key The loop playback symbol CD will appear to the right of the song name Location 10 The QY300 lets you locate any measure within a song quickly and easily in three ways Mi The Measure Beat Parameter The Shuttle Di Measure number Beat number Sire Hl DEMO The large number to the left of the colon in this parameter is the measure number and the small number to the right of the shows the number of the current quarter note beat within the current measure during playback and re cording To go directly to any measure within a song place the cursor at the measure number and use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys the data dial or the numeric keypad to enter the number of the measure you want to go to Re member to press ENTER after entering a mea
38. delay effects so you can produce a warm polished sound with out the need for external equipment Power amp Connections ss s sS Power Supply Do not attempt to 4 use an AC adaptor CAUTION other than the sup plied unit or an appropriate re placement provided by your Yamaha dealer to power the QY300 The use of an incom patible adaptor may cause ir reparable damage to the QY300 and might pose a seri ous shock hazard Be sure to unplug the AC adaptor from the AC mains socket when the QY300 is not in use Your QY300 comes supplied with a Yamaha PA 1207 optional AC adaptor Plug the DC output cable from the AC adaptor into the DC IN jack on the rear panel then plug the adaptor into a convenient wall AC power socket It is also a good idea to clip the adaptor s DC cable into the cable clip on the QY300 rear panel to minimize the possibility of accidentally unplugging the cable during operation 0 T Cable Clip Power amp Connectigns Setting Up Your System Mi The Connectors What you will connect the QY300 to and what you will connect to the QY300 will depend entirely on your individual requirements A few examples are provided below to help you get started MIDI IN amp OUT Connectors If you plan to use a MIDI keyboard or other instrument to play and program the QY300 it should be connected to QY300 MIDI IN connector see MIDI Connec
39. icon will appear on the display while the data is being processed then Completed will appear briefly when the job is done Press the F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 49 16 Mix Track NOTE If there is no data in the second track the data from the first track is simply copied to the second track the time signature is not copied r In many situations you may want to overdub MUSICAL x Muse or add new material to a single track without deleting the previous material This is dangerous however since you can ruin one or more layers of good material by making a mis take during a later overdub The QY300 eliminates this possibility by allowing only replace re cording i e all material re corded to a track erases an re places any previous material on that track In order to record more than one layer of material to a single track using the same voice of course first record the layers on separate tracks then after ensuring that there are no mistakes use the Mix Track job to combine these separate tracks onto a single track Combines the data contained in two specified tracks and places the result in the second track SMHS Job 16 Mix Track Song ER TR l Ea Sond Bl TR i 144 T 1 Sond 4 1 TR 5 1 a e Baa Bi Be Da a a ba Dia bia as Baa Die sk a Mia The upper and center Song parameters se
40. need in special situations For example the SHIFT key can be used when you want to mute all tracks si multaneously instead of muting the tracks one at a time EDIT and JOB Keys The EDIT key accesses the QY300 edit mode from the SONG or PHRASE modes allowing detailed event by event editing of the recorded data The JOB key accesses the various jobs avail able in the SONG PATTERN and PHRASE modes The jobs include functions such as quantization data copying track mixing data modification name entry and much more Sequencer Keys The sequencer keys control recording and playback in the SONG PATTERN and PHRASE modes Activates the record ready mode in the QY300 SONG and PHRASE modes The red REC key indicator will light then recording will begin as soon as the PLAY key is pressed The REC key can be pressed again to cancel the record ready mode before recording is actually started by pressing the PLAY key Starts playback from the current point in the song or phrase if the record ready mode is not active or recording from the same point if the record ready mode is active Stops playback or recording Instantly returns to the first beginning of the current song or phrase i e the fast beat of the first measure Micro Keyboard This tiny 2 octave keyboard makes it possible to program the QY300 without having to connect an external MIDI keyboard It s even polyphonic so you can dire
41. operation performed will appear on the display i e the operation which will be undone In the example display above a quantize operation will be undone 86 The Pattern Jobs The last operation performed is forgotten au by the UNDO job whenever the SONG or PHRASE step reocrd mode is engaged even if the step record mode is exited without acutally recording any data Press ENTER to execute the Undo Redo 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 01 Copy Pattern Copies all data from a specified track from one section of a specified style to the specified track of the specified section of any other specified style This operation overwrites the data in the specified destination track with the data from the source track Previous data in the overwritten track is therefore lost Se Job G1 Cory Pattern Stule DSCC SCARCE Section Intro Track Style oai CAAA a Section Intro i Track CEt The upper Style parameter selects the source style i e the style from which the data is to be copied 001 100 The upper Section parameter selects the source section i e the section of the source style from which the data is to be copied Intro MainA MainB
42. processed then Completed will appear briefly when the job is done Press the F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 20 Normalize Effect 52 Actually applies the Play Effect settings to the sequence data modifying the se quence data accordingly The Play Effect settings are initialized after execution Job 26 Normalize Effect Play Effect TS7T 7 TRS ce reer EExitd The TR parameter selects the track s to be affected by the Normalize Effect job 01 16 for the sequencer tracks or All for all tracks After setting the parameter as required press ENTER to execute the Normal ize Effect 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode The Song Jobs 21 Copy Song 22 Clear Song Copies all data from all tracks of the specified song to any other specified song includ ing song name play effect voice assignment and output assignment settings Eww Job 71 Cory Sond Soroh GE EY Coty Sond 6 1 ECOG LEXIE J The upper Song parameter selects the source song i e the song from which the data is to be copied 01 10 The lower Song parameter selects the destination song
43. the overwritten measures is therefore lost SOHG Job 89 Copy Event Phaser MBBIEL 999 4 SENATEN F l ea Song G1 TR 0l EEE M Giil al EExita The upper Song parameter selects the source song i e the song from which the data is to be copied 01 10 The lower Song parameter selects the destination song i e the song to which the data is to be copied 01 10 The upper TR parameter selects the source track i e the track from which the data is to be copied 01 16 for the sequencer tracks Pat for the accompaniment pattern track Chd for the accompaniment chord track Tmp for the tempo track or All for all tracks When Pat Chd Tmp or All is selected the lower TR parameter is automatically set to the same track The lower TR parameter selects the destination track i e the track to which the data is to be copied 01 16 for the sequencer tracks Pat for the accompaniment pattern track Chd for the accompaniment chord track Tmp for the tempo track or All for all tracks When Pat Chd Tmp or Al is selected the upper TR parameter is automatically set to the same track The M parameters above the upper graphic bar are used to specify the first measure beat and last measure beat of the range to be copied F
44. time Realtime Recording In the realtime record mode you select the track you want to record and then play the part on the micro keyboard or an external MIDI keyboard in real time 1 Select a Song Place the cursor at the song number and use any data entry method to select the song number you want to record 01 10 If the song doesn t contain any data yet a row of asterisks will appear to the right of the song number Song number Asterisks indicate song contains no data A If for some reason all 10 J gt songs contain data and ee you want to start re cording with an empty song use the Clear Song job described on page 53 to clear a song for recording If you want to save the existing song data to floppy disk before clearing see Disk Operations page 119 2 Make the Required Voice Assignment s Go to the voice mode F3 key and assign the voice s you want to use to the track s you intend to record as described on page 14 Woice 002 Pf BritePrno ErrcenGtea curd Piet et w a i A a a O E Press the F6 key Exit to return to the SONG mode when done 23 3 Select the Track to Record Move the cursor to the track area of the display and then shift the cursor sideways to select the track you want to record 01 16 Move the cursor vertically to move to other areas of the screen the selected track will remain highlighted ee a EE at thd a ef
45. touch pressure applied by the specified value qt Insert TRS I Dts Be PAT 888 8668 I Editing Songs amp Phrases Excl Exclusive This event allows 16 byte exclusive data blocks first byte F0 to be inserted in the sequence data to control external MIDI devices as required Move the cursor to any of the data byte locations following the initial FO byte and use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys of the data dial to enter as required Since the data is entered in hexadecimal format the numeric keypad cannot be used ait Insert TRSA 1 i kEEkkEEk a In the normal edit mode pe only the first 8 bytes of mei the exclusive data will appear on the display and the data cannot be edited only in serted or deleted The spaces between the dots are the data entry locations 5 Enter the Specified Event Press the ENTER key to enter the event as specified A click will be heard as the event is entered 6 Return to the Change Edit Mode Press the F6 function key Exit to return to the change edit display and continue editing as required Edit Change TRO ikikikiki A pitch bend event as it appears in the change edit mode Once inserted events can be edited in the change edit mode except Excl events which can only be deleted Exit From the Edit Mode Press the F6 function key Exit to exit from the change edit mode and return to the normal SONG or PHRASE play mo
46. 21 The Disk Mode csiicssiniscscecscesatecssecacecscetacecscecatecscesatecscetacas 121 EX Save amp Load eerun at aE sE EEEN EES 123 A Delete nmana naa a a A AN 124 WE Rename EEE AE 124 FF 0 11a AA EE AEEA AAT 125 APpeNdIK sacca ara E matte 126 Troubleshooting wicca 126 Error Messages wince 127 Specifications ononon on o aT 128 a gt E N 129 iii Precautions E Location Do not expose the QY300 to the following condi tions to avoid deformation discoloration or more serious damage e Direct sunlight e g near a window e High temperatures e g near a heat source out side or in a car during the daytime e Excessive humidity e Excessive dust e Strong vibration E Power Supply Turn the power switch OFF when the instrument is not in use The power supply cord should be unplugged from the AC outlet if the instrument is not to be used for an extended period of time Unplug the instrument during electric storms Avoid plugging the instrument into the same AC outlet as appliances with high power consump tion such as electric heaters or ovens Also avoid using multi plug adaptors since these can result in reduced sound quality and possibly damage E Turn Power OFF When Making Connections e To avoid damage to the instrument and other de vices to which it is connected a sound system for example turn the power switches of all re lated devices OFF prior to connecting or discon
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48. Aaea o 3 Start Playback Press the p gt key to start playback of the selected style and section The play indicator will appear in the display and the green LED above the p gt key will flash at the current playback tempo 4 Listen to the Sections Each style can have 8 sections INTRO MAIN A MAIN B FILL AA FILL BB FILL AB FILL BA and ENDING INTRO Introduction When used in a song the introduction will automatically be followed by the MAIN A section unless another section is specified MAIN A The main section generally used for the verse of a song MAIN B A variation on the main section which can be used as a chorus or bridge FILL AA Fill in for the MAIN A section FILL BB Fill in for the MAIN B section FILL AB Fill in transition from MAIN A to MAIN B MAIN B will automati cally be selected after the fill in FILL BA Fill in transition from MAIN B to MAIN A MAIN A will automati cally be selected after the fill in ENDING Ending pattern when used in a song playback will stop when the ending section finishes 57 58 ES If you move the cursor kui to the tempo parameter HINT indicated by a note symbol and a number in the up per right corner of the display you can use the any data entry method to set the playback tempo to anywhere from 25 0 to 300 0 beats per minute The number to the right of the deci mal point after the tempo value lets you change the tempo in 1 10th o
49. B to see measures 5 through 8 be ei B61 sete Maina J hisia aca Ms E akkot kkk Cho Cursor here to enter a phrase for track 1 measure 1 Track numbers Scroll down to see tracks 5 through 8 4 Enter the Required Phrase Numbers With the cursor in the appropriate locations use any data entry method to enter the required phrase numbers You can enter different phrases at different meas ures of the same track If no other data is entered a phrase entered on the first measure of a track will repeat for the entire track Phrases which are longer than one measure are indicated by a wavy line extending for the length of the phrase TC FRAT i nA J ieas d120 0 aa Keassaat RTIRA be 474 ho Ho hd A Crest lear JE Exit Phrases Creating Patterns See The Pattern Jobs Fa page 86 for details bay On the QY300 s pattern jobs which allow considerable versatility in creating and modi fying patterns Monitoring the Pattern While Patching If you press the gt gt button while patching you can hear how the pattern sounds as the various phrases are added Press the F1 key Solo to hear only the phrase at which the cursor is currently located Press F1 a second time to disengage the solo function Press I to stop playback Entering Rests Press the F4 key Rest to enter a rest in the measure at which the cursor is currently located The rest will stop phrase playback until the end of
50. Chord Sort MBB1S 1 999 TR El EZERA r A Tees Horm The TR parameter selects the track to be affected by the Chord Sort job 01 10 The M parameters above the graphic bar are used to specify the first measure beat and last measure beat of the range to be modified First measure Last measure MOBI 1 999 4 First beat l Last beat The Type parameter determines whether the chords in the specified range are arrange from lowest to highest note Norm or from highest to lowest note Rev After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Chord Sort 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 43 09 Copy Event 44 e Previous data in po measures overwritten by the Copy Event job will be completely erased and replaced by the copied data The time signature is copied by the Copy Event job but Voice and Play Effect data is not copied Copies all data from a specified range of measures from one track of a speci fied song to the specified measure in the specified track of the specified song This operation overwrites the data from the beginning of the specified destina tion measure with the data from the source measures Previous data in
51. Creating Patterns QY300 patterns are created by combining phrases either preset or original from the PHRASE mode A phrase is simply an individual part of a pattern e g a drum phrase a bass phrase a keyboard phrase etc using a single voice The QY300 has 2 000 preset phrases and 100 memory locations for original creations The PHRASE mode lets you both listen to the preset phrases and record original phrases The phrases are actually combined to create complete patterns in the PATTERN mode The Preset Phrases You can listen to the preset phrases in the PHRASE mode by simply selecting a phrase and pressing the gt key diae Shoni PorBld A ieas 1469 8 SHE FJ Fa Drum ea ain Rta Tur alte 8 Eee Click Woice k DELStand The preset phrase numbers have four sections as shown below The cursor can be placed at any of these four sections to select as required DRESERRI Category 7 ae Beat Type Category Beat Percussion Bass GC GR 74 Phrases Creating Patterns The category beat and type of the selected phrase are listed in full on the display Click oie Rec Ritira ll The difference between the General and Specific types is that while the General phrases are as their name implies for general use the Specific phrases are actually parts of specific patterns In other words if you combine specific phrases of the same
52. D tees eee 37 Multi channel recording ss sesssesssesssssessssresessrrreessrrreesssee 28 130 Appendix Q Quantization playback wo secssecseeeeeseeeeneeteneeneneenens 18 Quantize phrase JOD iwceced edna atat iii 93 Quantize SONG JOD i seeeseeseeeeseetenentesentenenteneetes 35 R Realtime recordin sisii inis 23 Realtime recording accompaniment 0 65 Record ready modessonsansinisisniiiiririeriiii 24 Rename disk Te suse csevescceverctecusscoseetecavesencsecazedica ecevereredans 124 Retrigger parameter siiawacasnunnacasaccoanavasne 80 RE Vet E A A A E nahi 15 S Save amp load disk mode seessseeesesesessrssrsesesirererere 123 SECtiONS nenii E EA 57 Sequencer functions OVETVICW oceans vii Sequencer key8 vi nusanhannechannnauahannunnannns 7 Setting Up s cvsiiauc cake Aelia hed eas 2 Shift clock phrase job wc essesssesseeseseeseseeseseeseneatens 98 Shift clock song JOD eisenmannae 42 Shift note phrase job sesssssessseessseissssisssriesssrresseressrresseeess 98 Shift note song jOb w cccssecsevsscssscsseoseocsssvssesveensevctesvevvsvenvers 41 Shuttle dial eniinn a aa 7 10 SONG ODS mn AA TA AAAA R en 34 Song name song job sssssssss001111111111111111tttteeeseeesssssssssns 54 Split pattern pattern JOD ssssssseessseissssissreesssesssserssseresseeess 88 Split phrase phrase job ssessssesessersseressrressrressrresseresse 100 Step recording ne reise erEn ESEE E SEES S 28 Step recording
53. DI THRU connector of the first device in the chain should then be connected to the MIDI IN connector of the second device and so on It s a good idea not to chain more than four or five external devices without the use of a MIDI distributor or thru box to prevent data delays from having an audible effect on the sound Tone Generator Sone IN Tone The Controls The QY300 has fairly simple consistent control interface that once understood makes operation fast and easy no matter what operat ion you are performing If you read through this section carefully and try out the procedures in the Try this sections you should have no problem accessing and operating the QY300 s many advanced features ie Oo Nnlod Q Q POWER ONS OFFO DCIN PHONES UMONO OUTPUT A HEE foran un LLI PLAY CAPS SHIFT GID A fa la 6 A H A ify i A fa A A A eS ee aN DJe ig ial a A aq g INTRO MAINA MAINE POWER Switch Press in to turn the QY300 on and press again to turn it off When the power is on one of the mode key indica tors will light and the SONG mode display will appear on the LCD Liquid Crystal Display SPACE ig ail el A a z A LCD Display amp CONTRAST Control This large multi function liquid crystal display panel shows all parameters and prompts you need to operate the QY300 with optimum
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55. G display by pressing the F1 function key Effect press the F2 function key Quant to select the quantization display Song Mode Part 1 Playback amp Control Stim Play Effect Buantize Value ofFf CIKEL A The Val value parameters for each track the rotary controls determine to what beats the note data in the corresponding track will be aligned If you select d for example all notes in the track will be aligned to the nearest 16th note beat to a degree determined by the strength parameter Hold the SHIFT key while setting a value parameter to change all value parameters by the same amount Wal Str Aligns to the nearest 8th note triplet The Str strength parameter determines how strongly the notes are at tracted 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 nearest specified beat value In between settings produce a corresponding shift in the position of all off beat notes to the nearest specified beat value With a value setting of d and a strength setting of 50 for example a note that does not fall precisely on an 8th note beat will be shifted about halfway to nearest 8th note beat The faders set the strength value for the corresponding tracks Position the cursor at a fader then use any data entry me
56. It can also be used to format disks previously used with other equip ment for use with the QY300 The format operation is also a convenient way to clear all data from a disk that contains unwanted material Sue Format Select the Format operation insert the disk to be formatted and press ENTER Respond to the Delete Old Data display with the 1 YES key to go ahead with the operation or the 1 NO key to cancel An Executing bar graph will appear to indicate the progress of the for mat operation Completed will appear briefly when the operation has fin ished 125 Troubleshooting This following table provides troubleshooting hints for some common prob lems Because the QY300 is a complicated device with many functions most problems are simply the result of incorrect settings Before calling for profes sional service refer to the troubleshooting advice below to see if you can find and correct the cause of your problem No power The AC adaptor is not fully inserted The PA 1207 is not being used No sound The volume level is too low The volume level of each track is too low The Fingered Chord is set to On Muting is applied to the tracks The TG Channel is Off Keys do not produce correct pitch Course Tuning is not set to 0 Fine Tuning is not set to 0 OCT DOWN or OCT UP has been set Sound is choppy and interrupted The QY300 s maximum polyphony maximum number of
57. Make the Required Voice Assignment s Go to the voice mode F3 key and assign the voice s you want to use to the track s you intend to record as described on page 14 28 Song Mode Part 2 Basic Recording E E a mee Ain AEAN anaapa Press the F6 key Exit to return to the SONG mode when done 3 Select the Track to Record Move the cursor to the track area of the display and then shift the cursor sideways to select the track you want to record 16 Move the cursor vertically to move to other areas of the screen The selected track will remain highlighted ce Ai ckaeksok Track 1 selected E t Engage the Record Ready Mode Press the key to engage the record ready mode The red LED above the key will light 5 Select the Step Record Mode Press the F5 function key STEP to select the step record mode BQ abso e 7 aii REC STEF M liiin 29 30 Current note pointer Note length 001 999 clocks Graphic symbols for Velocity 000 127 ext Re A A o d 4 and dotted notes Graphic symbols for p pp ppp mp mf y HEE 6 Set the Time Signature new songs only Move the cursor to the time signature parameter and set as required The time signature cannot be changed if the song already contains data Time signature 1 16 16 16 1 8 16 8 1 4 8 4 Record Press the p gt key to begin recording The step record display shown be
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59. 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 89 mme patern ibs 05 Clear Pattern Clears all data from the specified section of the specified style dimu Job 65 Clear Pattern Stule EEN leeemeeey Section Intro The Style parameter selects the style in which the specified section is to be cleared 001 100 The Section parameter selects the section to be cleared Intro MainA MainB FillAA FillBB FillAB FillBA Ending or All for all sections After setting the parameter as required press ENTER to execute the Clear Pattern 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 06 Style Name Allows an original name of up to 8 characters to be assigned to the specified style Sik Job 86 Style Name Style EEH DEEkkkkkt The style number parameter selects the style for which a name is to be as signed 001 100 90 The Pattern Jobs Lower case To enter a lower case character use the cursor keys to move t
60. a specified song to the specified phrase Qaim Job 11 Get Phrase E m Mead aed 461 Sona TR F Get Phrase uo The Song parameter selects the source song i e the song from which the data is to be copied 01 10 The TR parameter selects the source track i e the track from which the data is to be copied 01 16 The M parameters above the upper graphic bar are used to specify the first measure and last measure of the range to be copied The Phrase parameter specified the user phrase to which the data is to be copied 001 100 After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Get Phrase 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 101 12 Put Phrase The time signature of FQ phrase will not wally affect the time signature of the song Copies the data from a specified user phrase to the specified ramnge of meas ures in the specified track of a specified song Gigs Joh 17 Put Phrase Phrase EAA Fut Sond TR The Phrase parameter specified the source phrase i e the user phrase from which the data is to be copied 001 100 The Song parameter selects the d
61. at of the third measure and then stop on the fourth beat of the fifth measure 27 E Multi channel Recording The Multi recording mode allows simultaneous realtime or punch in re cording of all 16 sequencer tracks This can be useful when you want to record complete sequences from another sequencer or music computer which is not data compatible with the QY300 Suis Bl kkkkkkkk REC REAL AA 24 of bea Select the multi mode by pressing the F1 function key MULTI after selecting either the realtime or punch in record mode step 5 of the realtime record process descrilbed above The record procedure is exactly the same as that described for realtime or punch in recording except that all 16 sequencer tracks are recorded simultaneously assuming of course that appropriate MIDI data is received on the corresponding MIDI channels see Channel Assignments on page 18 Step Recording The step record mode lets you enter data note by note with precise control over the timing length and loudness of each note You can record complete tracks using the step mode or use it to brush up and add data to existing tracks 1 Select a Song Place the cursor at the song number and use any data entry method to select the song number you want to record 01 10 If the song doesn t contain any data yet a row of asterisks will appear to the right of the song number Asterisks indicate song contains no data 2
62. attern JOBS or taceatetiatetunsharestyaiatetataien 86 00 Undo Redo sceccseescuissesssnsctesctesesasosesctesciaicsescsascvarctascveces 86 Ol Copy Pattern ssamen 87 02 Append Pattern cscscsssssssssssssssssssesecesseeesceeees 88 03 Split Pattern csscsssssssssssesesssssscesssssssessssnesesssevsssssessess 88 04 Init Play Effect cccscscscssscscscssscssssssssscssssssseseseees 89 05 Clear Pattern ssccscsssssssesscsscssesscssessssessssessessescesees 90 O62 Style Name sessvssscssssssscstssesscesscesscstecessessecessestecesseesssesics 90 TRG Phrase Jobs issiron 92 00 UNdO REGO sssssisosesssss sosisini 92 ODS QUAMTIZE ugis nnn aoaaa 93 02 Modify Velocity essesessesessesesseseoseseoseseoseseosescoseseoseseosese 95 03 Modify Gate Time sesssssssssssssosssosssosssosseosssosssossosseosse 95 Ddy CresCend 0 wstsesteccccesecesticcscccccestcccbcevbecsccesbccsscesbebeacesastees 96 O5s ST rAaMSPOSe an E R 97 06 Shift Note s sscsssssssscssssscsssssssssscsssssesscncassssssscssassessencans 98 07 Shift CLOCK srona 98 08 Copy Phrase sssssssscssesssescssecsssessesseesessesesssessesers 99 09 Append Phrase sssessesssossossossossossossossossossossossossossoe 100 10 Split Phrase cscscessssscsssscssssssssesseseessesssseessesesees 100 11 Get PIEASC iessevsscacecssscusecusscucucscssusesecscscucectcusussctesesceesss 101 12 Put Phrase sicsssessiesseccesecssosecssessiesesssacesesesssesasevecesbcatecs 102
63. attern and chord step record displays Stop Recording Press the W key to exit from the step record mode and return to the normal SONG play mode E Pat Step Record Pattern Changes 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 con tains data Section End of song marker Style number Time signature Measure number Mai Moving Around amp Entering Data As usual the cursor keys are used to move the cursor to the location at which you want to enter data and the 1 NO and 1 YES keys data dial or numeric keypad are used to actually enter or change data The cursor keys also move you forward or backward through the song moving the cursor past the bottom of the screen accesses subsequent measures while moving it above the top of the screen accesses the preceding measures if there are any In th pattern display moving sideways takes you to the time signature pattern number and section parameters In all of the STEP record displays the lt Q key takes you directly to the first measure 69 70 e If there is no data in J the pattern track ket sequencer track data only and no Ending section or end of song marker is encoun tered playback will stop auto matically when the end of the sequencer track data is reached e f the pattern track contains data and no Ending section or end of s
64. b will undo any other song job edit or record function if it is executed before any other operation is performed In all cases the affected data is restored to the state it was in before performing the job edit or record operation This job will also undo the last undo operation redo CEEE Undo Redo E pans unao egy arnee Huant ize l The name of the last operation performed will appear on the display i e the A The last operation operation which will be undone In the example display above a quantize performed is forgotten by the UNDO job opersation will be undone whenever the SONG or PHRASE Press ENTER to execute the Undo Redo job The metronome icon will step record mode is engaged appear on the display while the data is being processed then Completed will even if the step record mode is Dee nae appear briefly when the job is done Press the F6 key Exit to return to the exited without actually recording i any data job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 34 The Song Jobs 01 Quantize Aligns notes in the specified track to or close to the nearest specified beat Swim Job Al Quantize heel 1 7999 4 TR EH 2 Bese Quantize Swind Fate Sh Strength 166 Gate Time 166 Sens 1 007 Velocity 166 CEt The TR parameter selects the track to be affected by the Quantize job 01 16 for individual tracks or A
65. backup battery should last for several years When the backup battery needs to be replaced Battery Low will appear on the display when the power is turned on When this happens have the backup battery replaced by qualified Yamaha service personnel DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REPLACE THE BACKUP BATTERY YOURSELF Internal memory data can be corrupted due to incorrect operation Be sure to save important data to floppy disk frequently so you have a backup to revert to if something happens to dam age the data in memory Also note that magnetic fields can damage data on the disk so it is advis able to make a second back up copy of disks that contain very important data and keep backup disks in a safe place away from stray magnetic fields i e away from speakers appliances con taining motors etc M Handle Floppy Disks and the Disk Drive With Care e Use only 3 5 2DD type floppy disks e Do not bend or apply pressure to the floppy disk Do not open the shutter and touch the surface of the floppy disk inside Do not expose the disk to high temperatures e g direct sunlight a car interior etc e Do not expose the disk to magnetic fields Mag netic fields can partially or totally erase data on the disk rendering the disk unreadable To eject a floppy disk press the eject button slowly as far as it will go then when the disk is fully ejected remove it by hand The disk may not be ejected properly if the eject button i
66. c computer Please note that the QY300 will not run on its own when this parameter is set to Ext 115 E MIDI Control E Echo Back E Interval Time Input Filters 116 This parameter simply turns MIDI control of the QY300 on or off On is the normal setting and with this setting the QY300 receives note program change control change and exclusive data from an external MIDI keyboard or other controlling device When set to Off me QY300 will not respond to external MIDI control Determines whether MIDI data received via the MIDI IN terminal is simulta neously re transmited echoed back via the MIDI OUT connector When this parameter is set to Off no echo back occurs When set to Dirt Direct the received MIDI data is re transmitted without modification When Moni Monitor is selected the received data is re transmitted on the MIDI channel corresponding to the currently selected record track and the data is affected by the Input Filter settings described in the next section This parameter sets the delay time between exclusive data blocks between 0 and 900 milliseconds in 100 millisecond increments This type of delay is some times necessary to allow an external device to receive the data without errors The input filter parameters allow reception of various types of MIDI data to be turned on or off as required e o Pols After 1 io Ch After a er Cntr Change jo Sue Ex Progra
67. ch notes in the specified measure range will be shifted and the destination note parameter determines to what note they will be shifted to The range of both parameters is from C 2 to G8 The notes can be enter via the micro keyboard the data dial or the 1 NO and 1 YES keys C3 C 3 Source note eee note After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Shift Note 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 41 f The Song Jobs a EE ES 07 Shift Clock The Shift Clock job will Jo not shift data beyond Ma the specified measure range Events near the beginning and end of the specified range may therefore sound bunched together in some cases in Since the Move Clock job actually shifts the MUSICAL O Ew timing of all notes and other events in the specified measures forward or backward it can significantly alter the feel of the song You could move the notes forward set tings to create a more laid back feel or backward set tings to produce a more driv ing feel Of course you can also use Clock Move to correct timing that is off in the first place Moves all notes and events in the specified track and range of measures f
68. companiment Recording 68 d DETAIL Tmp track data is entered in the Edit mode 7 page 112 The STEP record mode provides two different accompaniment track data entry displays Pat pattern changes and Chd chord changes In each of these you can individually enter or delete pattern and chord changes at pre cisely the required locations 1 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 2 Engage the Record Ready Mode Press the key to engage the record ready mode The red LED above the key will light 3 Select the Step record Mode Press the F5 function key STEP to select the step record mode REC STEF lapie ias 408 11 12 15 Buh Tre i me fintro 1 E 06 4 Select the Pat or Chd Track Move the cursor to the track area of the display and then shift the cursor sideways to select Pat or Chd Once selected move the cursor vertically if you want to move to other areas of the screen The selected track will remain highlighted no matter where you move the cursor 5 Start Recording Press the p gt key to call the selected step record display Patterns Part 2 Recording Accompaniments 6 Enter the Required Pattern or Chord Data Refer to the following sections for details on how to use the p
69. ction of a semitone To produce smooth pitch bends you ll need to insert several small pitch bend events appropriate spaced to create smooth pitch bend effects Remember to use more pitch bend effects to return the pitch to normal after a bend The pitch bend insert display also features bar graph which indicates the amount of pitch bend applied positive bends move the bar to the right and negative bends move the bar to the left mat Insert TREE 1 i kkkt pas i 0A E Bend 8668 Pitch bend value Pitch bend bar graph PC Program Change Program change events can be used to switch voices at any point in the track The program change parameter has three sections The MSB most significant byte of the bank select number the LSB least significant byte of the bank select number and the program change number itself The bank select number parameters can be set from 000 through 127 while the program change number parameter can be set from 001 through 128 The bank select parameters are only useful if you re sending program change data to an exter nal device that recognizes bank select numbers Normally you ll use only the program change number Using the program change number the bank select parameters should be set to 000 you can select internal voices 001 through 128 The name of the selected voice will appear to the right of the program change number ait Insert TR 2 1 i kk
70. ctly enter chords as well as single notes The only thing it lacks is velocity sensitivity The QY300 does however accept velocity information from an external MIDI keyboard When programming an accompaniment the micro keyboard is also used to specify the chord roots and types to be entered Octave Keys Since the 2 octave range of the micro keyboard is not enough for serious music programming the OCT DOWN and OCT UP keys allow the pitch of the key board to be shifted up or down in octave steps over a range of 8 octaves Each time the OCT DOWN key is pressed the pitch of the keyboard is shifted down by one octave until the lower limit is reached The OCT UP key shifts the pitch of the keyboard up in the same way When recording the accompaniment chord tracks in the step mode the octave keys perform several second ary functions such as specifying on bass or synco pated chords The keyboard octave is reset to the normal range E2 F4 PP when the power is turned off DETAIL VOLUME Control The VOLUME control adjusts the volume of the sound delivered via the OUTPUT and PHONES jacks Rotate the control toward MAX to increase the volume Set the VOLUME control to its minimum setting when connecting the QY300 to a sound system for the first time uy then gradually increase the volume level until the required listening level is reached This simple precaution can prevent unex pectedly high vo
71. current phrase is complete then press I t o stop recording 85 The Pattern Jobs The pattern mode includes 7 pattern jobs that perform a variety of important functions To access and use the pattern jobs press the J OB key while in the PATTERN mode This calls the pattern job list You can select any job on the list simply by moving the cursor to the required job use the cursor keys or the data dial and pressing ENTER You can also move up or down the list in 1 page steps by using the cursor and W keys while holding one of the SHIFT keys An alternative method is to enter the job s number via the numeric keypad and press ENTER z Attend Pattern HS 5elit__ Pattern Init Play Effect AS Clear Pattern Returning to the PATTERN Mode The F6 function key Exit can be used to exit from any pattern job and then from the job list thereby returning you to the PATTERN mode You can also press the F6 function key Exit while holding one of the SHIFT keys to directly return to the PATTERN mode 00 Undo Redo This job will undo any other pattern job edit or record function if it is executed before any other operation is performed In all cases the affected data is restored to the state it was in before performing the job edit or record operation This job will also undo the last undo operation redo LRAT Job 66 Undo Redo ai aa me Cory PatiLern EExiti The name of the last
72. d Drum instruments played by the corresponding micro keyboard white keys Press the right OCT DOWN and OCT UP keys simultaneously to see how much of the available QY300 memory is currently used When the bar ap proaches 100 it is advisable to save data you want to keep to floppy disk and clear song data that you don t need at the moment to make as much room as possible for the current recording operation 33 The Song Jok The song mode includes 24 song jobs that perform a variety of important functions To access and use the song jobs press the JOB key while in the SONG play mode This calls the song job list You can select any job on the list simply by moving the cursor to the required job use the cursor keys or the data dial and pressing ENTER You can also move up or down the list in 1 page steps by using the cursor and W keys while holding one of the SHIFT keys An alternative method is to enter the job s number via the numeric keypad and press ENTER Buant ize Modify Welocity Modify Gate Time Crescendo Transrose Returning to the SONG Mode The F6 function key Exit can be used to exit from any song job and then from the job list thereby returning you to the normal song play mode You can also press the F6 function key Exit while holding one of the SHIFT keys to directly return to the SONG mode 00 Undo Redo This jo
73. d will appear briefly when the job is done Press the F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 18 Expand Backing 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 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 and 16 see chart below Any previous data in those tracks will be erased Job 18 ExPand Backing Backing TR 8 16 ExPand anen EExitd Press ENTER to execute the Expand Backing 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode Pattern Track Sequencer Track 51 ET RS 19 Init Play Effect Resets all playback effect settings for the specified track to their default values EM Job 19 Init Play Effect TR Eig Oosee 4Tt 4T GGE 44444 The TR parameter selects the track s to be affected by the Init Play Effect job 01 16 for the sequencer tracks or All for all tracks After setting the parameter as required press ENTER to execute the Init Play Effect job The metronome icon will appear on the display while the data is being
74. d control change channel aftertouch polyphonic aftertouch or exclusive to be ex tracted removed free a specified range of measures in a specified track The extracted data can be moved to the same range of measures in any other specified track EE Job 11 Extract Event MAGI 199914 TR EH EREA NOTE C 2 TR 61 CERA The upper TR parameter selects the source track i e the track from which the event data is to be extracted 01 16 The lower TR parameter selects the destination track i e the track to which the extracted event data is to be moved 01 16 or Off if you simply want to discard the specified event data The M parameters above the graphic bar are used to specify the first measure beat and last measure beat of the range from which the event data is to be extracted MOGL 1 999 4 First beat Last beat The event type parameter above the lower graphic bar determines the type of event data to be extracted Note events When this event type is selected a note parameter appears at the right end of the bar The note parameter determines the pitch of the notes to be extracted C 2 G8 for individual notes or All for all notes PRGM Program change events P BEND Pitch bend events to be extracted 000 127 for individual control change num bers or All for all numbers CH A T Channel aftert
75. d range is indicated by dots on the graphic keyboard display When the Fingered parameter in this dis play and the Fng parameter in the SONG or PATTERN mode display are turned On chords played within the specified ABC range will be recognized by the ABC system and the accompaniment chord will change accordingly during song playback or realtime chord track recording Chords played within the specified range of either the QY300 micro keyboard or an external MIDI keyboard are recognized A chart of the chords recognized by the QY300 is provided in the VOICE LISTS AND MIDI DATA booklet page 5 Disk Operations The QY300 s built in floppy disk drive makes high volume data AA e Q0 uses I a 2DD double density storage and retrieval easy It also facilitates data management Ey 35 inch floppy disks allowing you to create a well organized personal floppy disk data When formatted a single disk library provides a total data capacity of about 713 kilobytes e Any new disk you intend to use with the QY300 must be formatted first The format op eration is described on page 125 Direct Save amp Load From the Song Pattern Phrase amp Chain Modes The main SONG PATTERN PHRASE and CHAIN mode displays all pro vide direct access to the disk save and load functions via the F5 and F6 keys The type of data saved or loaded corresponds to the mode you re in Mode Data Saved or Loaded SONG Single songs 01
76. d your own The procedures for creating patterns by using phrases will be discussed in the Creating Patterns section F page 74 Defining Patterns Styles amp Sections Although you ll usually be working with individual patterns in the QY300 these are actually part of larger structures known as styles A style consists of a group of genre related patterns designed to be used together to create a complete song Each pattern within a style is a section of a song e g an introduction two main themes fill ins and an ending these will be discussed in more detail in Selecting amp Playing Patterns on page 57 The number that appears at the top of the main PATTERN mode display is therefore actually the style number since it selects a complete set of related patterns Several of the PATTERN mode jobs page 86 also use the term style when they operate on a complete set of patterns rather than an individual pattern Loading the Pre programmed Patterns From Disk The QY300 is initially shipped with the styles eis already loaded If for some reason the styles have been erased or modified you can use the following procedure to re load them NOTE Actual file names on the data disk supplied with the QY300 may be different from those given in the manual So you can load a complete set of styles in one operation the styles provided on the QY300 data disk have been saved as an All Data fil
77. de 111 a Editing the Tempo Track SONG mode The QY300 tempo track makes it easy to program sudden or gradual tempo changes to control the flow of your music To edit the tempo track either select the Tmp track in the SONG mode and then press the EDIT key or use the ChngTr change track function if you are already in the edit mode Editing procedure is essentially the same as for the normal sequencer tracks To change an existing tempo parameter location or tempo value simply move the cursor to the appropriate parameter edit and press ENTER or move to a different line to cancel the edit pdit Change TR TemPo Location Measure Beat Clock Tempo Beats amp 10ths of a beat per minute To insert new tempo values first move to the insert location press the F2 function key Insert set the tempo value and press ENTER ma Edit Insert TR Temto GLEI 4 48 me d 1260 8 Press the F6 function key Exit to return to the tempo change edit mode and then again to return to the SONG mode 112 The Chain Mode The QY300 CHAIN mode makes it possible to specify a sequence of up to 10 songs to be played back automatically Each song within the chain can be repeated up to 99 times 1 Engage the CHAIN Mode Press the CHAIN mode key to go to the CHAIN mode The CHAIN mode display shows the chain numbers from 1 to 10 2 Program the Chain To program a seq
78. directly to the corresponding disk save display Total h mb r of files on disk Total amount of data on disk kilobytes Que Save Sond File Size 3 Bek Sond Bi Song 1 Cursor here to enter file name under which the specified song _ pattern or phrase file will be saved to disk Cursor here to specify song pattern or phrase number to be saved not available when saving an all data file via the CHAIN mode After specifying the song style or phrase to be saved there s no need to specify a file to be saved from the CHAIN mode since all data is saved and the file name under which the data is to be saved press the ENTER key to begin the save operation If the specified file name already exists on the disk the QY300 will ask you to confirm that you want to overwrite the existing file with the Delete Old Data display Se i eae Telete Old Data Yes No Press the 1 YES key to go ahead with the save operation or the 1 NO key to cancel An Executing bar graph will appear while the data is being saved then the SONG PATTERN PHRASE or CHAIN mode display will reappear Direct Load Press the F6 function key Load from the SONG PATTERN PHRASE or CHAIN mode to go directly to the corresponding disk load display Size of the selected file Number of files of the current type kilobytes in this case 3 song files are available SOR Load Song
79. e voice assignments in the same way as in the Mixer display e Since track 10 is only used for drums and drums are not pitched voices no tuning fader is provided for the drum track in either the coarse or fine tuning displays 2 The tuning settings apply pe only to the QY300 s Mil internal voices i e they will not affect the sound of an external tone generator or syn thesizer being driven by the QY300 Song Mode Part 1 Playback amp Control Joice i Fine Tune 64 emo chsacune aa ie As The faders in the coarse tuning display individually tune the corresponding tracks over 4 octave range 2 octaves in semitone increments while those in the fine tuning display tune the corresponding tracks over approximately a whole tone 1 semitone in one cent increments 100 cents 1 semitone Position the cursor at a fader then use any data entry method to set the coarse or fine tuning as required The graphic fader will move to the corresponding position above center when tuning up and below center when tuning down The fader positions also have numeric values that appear in the upper right corner of the display in the coarse tuning display the range is from 24 down two octaves through 00 standard pitch to 24 up two octaves In the fine tuning display the range is from 100 down a semitone through 00 standard pitch to 99 up a semitone Hold the SHIFT key while sett
80. e F6 key Exit when done Insert Mode Editing The edit insert mode is used to insert new notes and other events at a specified location in the pattern 1 Place the Cursor at the Insert Location Move the cursor to the edit line corresponding to or near to the location at which you want to insert the new data 2 Engage the Insert Edit Mode Press the F2 function key Insert to switch to the insert edit mode 107 3 Select the Type of Event to be Inserted Move the cursor to the event type parameter and use the 1 NO and 1 YES keys or the data dial to select the type of event you want to enter Insert location Measure Beat Clock You can move the cursor here and change this without having t to return to the change edit mode TR 6 15 PEE kkk AeS 1 Be A WE C 3 o0 g36 d g6 C t Event type parameter 4 Set the Event Parameters All events have at least two parameters Move the cursor to the event param eters and set as required by using the 1 NO and 1 YES keys Note New notes can be inserted at any specified location The note parameters are the same as those available in the change edit mode Edit Insert TRE 1 iasa 108 Editing Songs amp Phrases Pitch Bend Pitch bend events can be used to produce pitch bend effects The amount of pitch bend produced by each event can be set from 8192 through 00 to 8191 Each increment corresponds to a fra
81. e The tempo data is saved Once you ve selected a disk operation and data type press the ENTER key to begin the selected operation E Save amp Load pe The disk write protect MEME slide must be in the GRSA Wwrite enable position to perform a save operation If it is not the Write Protected error message will appear when you attempt to execute the save op eration e File names can be up to 8 characters in wal Jength Lower case characters will be converted to capitals when saved e The last entered file name is automatically shown by de fault e If you use characters not rec ognized by the MS DOS oper ating system the file name may not be recognized if you attempt to read the disk on different equipment Disk Operations The save and load operations via the DISK mode are the same as the direct save and load operations described above Zo Save Song File Size i l 582K For a save operation specify the data to be saved not required if saving 1 All Data enter a file name if necessary and press ENTER If a file having the specified file name already exists on the current disk the Delete Old Data display will appear Respond to this display with the 1 YES key to go ahead with the operation or the 1 NO key to cancel An Executing bar graph will appear to show the progress of the save operation Completed will appear briefly when the operation has finished
82. e measure at which the source section of the source style is to be split 1 8 depending on the length of the source style if 1 is selected the entire section is moved to the specified destination The lower Style parameter selects the destination style i e the style to which the latter half of the split source section is to be moved 001 100 The lower Section parameter selects the destination section i e the section of the destination style to which the latter half of the split source section is to be moved Intro MainA MainB FillAA FillBB FillAB FillBA Ending After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Split Pattern 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 04 Init Play Effect Resets all playback effect settings for the specified track to their default values Sem Job 64 Init Play Effect TR img esos ITHE Soceo 444441 The TR parameter selects the track s to be affected by the Init Play Effect job 1 8 for individual tracks or All for all tracks After setting the parameter as required press ENTER to execute the Init Play Effect job
83. e note parameter determines which notes in the specified phrase will be shifted and the destination note parameter determines to what note they will be shifted to The range of both parameters is from C 2 to G8 The notes can be enter via the micro keyboard as well as by using the data dial or 1 NO and 1 YES keys CSF 3 Source me eee note After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Shift Note 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode Moves all notes and events in the specified user phrase forward or backward by the specified number of clocks 96 clocks per 1 4 note aim Job Ar Shift Clock Phrase Eee r Clock 344 The Phrase Jobs mr Since the job actua MUSICAL cis timing of other events in Move Clock ly shifts the all notes and he specified phrase forward or backward it can significantly a of the phrase Yo the notes forward to create a more ter the feel u could move settings laid back feel or backward settings to pro duce a more dri course you can a ving feel Of Iso use Clock Move to correct timing that is off in the first place The Phrase parameter selects the user phrase to be
84. e record the entire track Song Mode Part 2 Basic Recording 1 Select the Punch in Record Mode For punch in recording you must first select the punch in mode after engaging the record ready mode step 4 of the realtime record process described above Press the F6 function key PUNCH to select the punch in record mode 2 Specify the Punch in amp Punch out Points Specify the punch in and punch out points the punch in point being the measure and beat at which recording will begin and the punch out point being the measure and beat at which recording will end Punch in measure amp beat Punch out measure amp beat REAL CETER Gee Move the cursor to the punch in and punch out measure and beat parameters and set as required Then before actually starting recording set the measure parameter a few measures before the punch in point so yov ll be ready to record when the punch in point is reached 3 Start the Punch in Record Operation Start the punch in operation by pressing the gt gt key there is no count in when punch in recording is started Recording will begin automatically at the specified punch in point 4 Stop the Punch in Record Operation Recording will stop but playback will continue when the punch out point is reached Press the MM key to stop playback In the example display above playback will begin at the first measure recording will begin on the first be
85. e vii Append pattern pattern job esesssesessesesisssiessrerssrressrereseee 88 Append phrase phrase job r 100 Audio CONNECTIONS innere enene anena anaien 3 B Bass phrase chord type pattern mode oo eee 61 Bass phrase chord type chord step record 0 72 Beat clock parameter edit mode sssseesssecreeesseeneesseees 106 C Chain M000 e iiscindenadudagsiniadeuadialodaededes 113 Channel aftertouch event insert edit ccc 110 Channel assignMent ce eesssecesecesecseseeseneesesseneneeeaes 18 Chord bass note pattern mode oo eeeeseteeteeeteneetenees 61 Chord bass note chord step record 72 Chord changes step record oo eee eseeseteeesesseseseeeeeenene 71 Chord sort song JOD w ccccccscsseescsesescssesesesessssssesesceeseees 43 Chord step record display occ 71 Chord ty pes asescacnnauunadhiiuhuudhuniimadhalel 60 Chords changing srasni enaa enp 59 Chords clearin S ieena EE T TEA 73 Chords syncopated lt ticcohoens irana 73 Clear pattern pattern JOD wo ceeeseeereeeneeeenee 90 Clear phrase phrase job scscssseseeseeeesseseeseeseeseeeenees 102 Clear song song JOD wcccccccccsesesssesesesesesesescsssseseseeeeness 53 Clear track song JOD we eeeseseseeeeeneeeneeseneenensenensenenees 50 Click MetronOMe annsi air renr aer o NENON 26 GONNeCtOrs e ee aan E E E T E 2 Control change event insert edit oe eens 110 Copy event SONG job w ccccccccesssesesesesesesesescseeseseseseees 44 Copy pattern pattern JOD were 87
86. e which must be loaded via the DISK mode Please note that loading the style data will erase all other song phrase and chain data currently in memory Be sure to save any data you want to keep before loading 1 Insert the Supplied Disk Insert the floppy disk supplied with the QY300 into the disk drive slot on the right side of the unit The label side of the disk should face up and the sliding disk door should face the drive slot Slide the disk in until it clicks firmly in place 55 56 2 Select the Disk Mode Select Load amp All Data The data disk supplied with the QY300 contains a single All Data format file which include 1 demo song and 100 styles x 8 sections 800 patterns Press the DISK mode key to select the DISK mode press the F2 function key Load then use the cursor keys the 1 NO and 1 YES keys or the data dial to select All Data 3 Press ENTER amp Select the DEMO File Press the ENTER key top go to the load all data display then use the cursor keys the 1 NO and 1 YES keys or the data dial to select the DEMO file Load All Data File Size wi EL 11 834k Load All Data ma EExitd 4 Press ENTER Press the ENTER key to execute the load operation The QY300 will display a confirmation prompt asking you if you re sure you want to delete all previ ous data in memory 0G Load All Data tet rs Delete Old Data
87. ease and efficiency Use the CONTRAST control on the rear panel to achieve the best display visibility LCD visibility varies greatly with viewing angle and lighting The Controls POWER ONex OFFA DCIN PHONES UMONO OUTPUT R CONTRAST N MID OUT ie e Pel F YAMAHA EN SS CIC I music sequencer o ie Qo vite 4 6 i np af NENET PEP Pp P iE Rego jaci Tea Ee 7 EA A 75 7 703 sus f7 aa a mr e U WN A Ei A ult 10 11 Mode Keys Cursor and 1 NO and 1 YES Keys These six keys select the QY300 s main operating modes The main sequencer mode in which the QY300 s 16 sequencer tracks can be recorded edited and played back Pattern chord and tempo changes are also recorded in this mode to create accompaniments PATTERN The PATTERN mode is used to create patterns by com bining or patching phrases from the PHRASE mode PHRASE The individual phrases that are used to create accompani ment patterns can be selected played and created in this mode There are 2 000 preset patterns and memory for 100 user phrases CHAIN The CHAIN mode is used to specify a chain of songs to be automatically played in sequence UTILITY The QY300 s MIDI data filter and ABC utility functions are all accessed via the UTILITY mode Although you ca
88. effect will shift the 2nd 4th 6th and 8th beats of each measure forward to create a swing feel If the quantize value is set to a compound note length e g 8th note 8th note triplet the even numbered back beats will be shifted The Swing Rate pa rameter determines how much the timing of the affected notes will be shifted The range is from 50 no swing to 75 maximum swing The Gate Time and Velocity parameters increase or decrease the gate times length and velocity of all notes affected by the swing parameter The range of both parameters is from 1 to 200 The Gate Time parameter sets the ratio between the shorter and longer gate time values A setting of 100 maintains the original relationship between the notes lower values produce a narrower gate time range and higher values produce a broader gate time range The Velocity parameter sets the ratio between the lower and higher velocity values A setting of 100 maintains the original relationship between the notes lower values produce a narrower dynamic range and higher values produce a broader dynamic range After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Quantize 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode
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90. ent amp Used Memory Displays 33 The Song Jobs penne eee eee eer ee ee 34 00 Undo Redo sssccsssssssssssessscessssssecsssersenesssseseeseserees 34 OVS Q antize sicscscidssisceissiecscsesscestensecesecesscessseiecesecesecetesesses 35 02 Modify Velocity sscssssssssssessssscssesscssssssesessessesees 37 03 Modify Gate Time ssssssssssecscssssssesseesessesseesesees 38 04 Crescendo cenis s sne n a 39 05 TYranspose ccscssssssscssssesesssessssesscessssesseesesseseessessesees 40 06 Salf Nole scccssese cisscst cisasetecasacetecisveeteaisiaee a 41 07 Shift Clock ei 42 08 Chord Sort sssesesscszescsccentscscccntccaccentseacceatscacceatacceseatecaess 43 09 Copy Event sissscisscsetedesssadacescesdecetcsudasoasecsoasecsctesesasedesces 44 10 Erase Event esssssssesoesossossossossossossossossossossossossossossosse 45 TI Extract Event cccscsccssscesssssscesssecscesesssssesssesssesssesscesosesses 46 12 Thin Out a iuri aa E Costs aan AT 47 13 Create Measure sssssssesssosesosecsssosssosssosesossesssosssosesosses 48 14 Delete Measure sssssssesssororssorsosrorersroressroressrorsssrosesseorssss 48 15 COpy Track sescicccsssccsscsstescsssssecscesssccscssecessccsssessesssaes 49 16 Mix Trak sccditesccscscacacksscacsthcacacocscscacscscscacstbcatnceshessacstas 50 17 Clear Track suraa aii a ii 50 18 Expand Backing essessessssssssssosssosssosssosssossoossosssosssossoo 51 19 Init Play Effect seeseesesecosc
91. ents of the Council Directive 82 499 EEC and or 87 308 EEC Questo apparecchio conforme al D M 13 aprile 1989 Direttiva CEE 87 308 sulla soppressione dei radiodisturbi Este producto est de acuerdo con los requisitos sobre interferencias de radio frequencia fijados por el Consejo Directivo 87 308 CEE YAMAHA CORPORATION SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply adapter DO NOT connect this product to any power supply or adapter other than one described in the manual on the name plate or specifically recommended by Yamaha WARNING Do not place this product in a position where any one could walk on trip over or roll anything over power or connecting cords of any kind The use of an extension cord is not recommended If you must use an extension cord the minimum wire size for a 25 cord or less is 18 AWG NOTE The smaller the AWG number the larger the current handling capacity For longer extension cords consult a local electrician This Product should be used only with the components supplied or a cart rack or stand that is recommended by Yamaha If a cart etc is used please observe all safety markings and instruc tions that accompany the accessory product SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE The informa tion contained in this manual is believed to be correct at the time of printing However Yamaha reserves the right to change or modify any of the specifica
92. er can be turned on if you want to switch voices on an external keyboard or other controller without switching the QY300 voices as the same time Poly After As mentioned aove aftertouch generates a lot of data that can rapidly fill the available memory if used indiscriminately When on this filter blocks reception of polyphonic aftertouch data Ch After Similar to the polyphonic aftertouch filter but this filter blocks reception of monophonic channel aftertouch data Blocks reception of all system exclusive data when turned on Fingered Chord Zone Assignment ABC chord changes will be ignored during step DETAIL or realtime recording of any track other than the chord track and in the edit or job modes The QY300 s advanced ABC system can be controlled from an external key board making it useful as an ABC expander module The Fingered Chord Zone utility function sets the range of notes in which chords played will be recognized by the QY300 ABC system Sgt Fingered Chord zone Fingered Low C 1 High F 2 ADLACABLOG LAIL Des LOL LIGAK IROLI LILARIN LI L ssteni Filter METEN Exit 117 118 Use then Fingered parameter to turn the QY300 ABC system On or Off as required The Low and High parameters at the top of the display set the ABC range The maximum range is from C 2 to G8 the High parameter cannot be set lower than the Low parameter The specifie
93. ers in the Meas parameter If a 4 4 pattern is selected for example the count in will run from measure 08 to 01 then recording will begin from measure 001 Since you selected Pat recording the cursor will automatically move to the style number when you start recording All you have to do to record style and section changes is to select the required style numbers by using any data entry method and section changes via the appropriate micro keyboard keys Remember that all style and section changes occur from the top of the next measure after the change is entered Also keep in mind that the INTRO will automatically switch to the MAIN A pattern FILL AB will automatically switch to the MAIN B pattern and FILL BA will automatically switch to the MAIN A pattern Patterns Part 2 Recording Accompaniments 3 Chord changes normally ides occur on quarter note LLU divisions so try to press the ENTER key to enter each chord either exactly on the beat or a frac tion of a section before the beat on which you want the chord change to occur Syncopated chord changes can be recorded by entering the chord an eighth or sixteenth note before the beat syncopated changes can also be programmed in the STEP record mode amp page 73 5 Don t worry if you ve ude made a few mistakes KE Simple slip ups made in the realtime record mode can usu ally be corrected in the step record mode described next
94. essing the 1 YES key you can enter an end of song marker which will cause playback to stop at the end of the corresponding measure in the example display below playback will stop at the end of the 24th measure This allows you to stop playback at any point without having to use an Ending section JEE PREC ETEF E Patterns Part 2 Recording Accompaniments Erasing Pattern Changes The F6 function key Clear can be used to clear the style number section or end of song marker at which the cursor is located If you clear a time signature change the default time signature value for the current pattern will be automatically re selected Mm Chd Step Record Chord Changes 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 con tains data Place cursor at beat at which you want the chord change to occur Time signature Measure number f Chords One chord can be entered per quarter note Place the cursor at the required quarter note division on the display and enter the chord via the micro key board in the normal way cF page 59 In the example display below a C major chord is entered on the first beat of the first measure a D minor seventh on the first beat of the second measure and a G seventh on the third beat of the second measure ei EREC STEF Ly 71 3M You can add bass notes to e
95. estination song 1 e the song to which the phrase data is to be copied 01 10 The TR parameter selects the destination track i e the track to which the phrase data is to be copied 01 16 The M parameters specifies the measure of the destination track to which the phrases data is to be copied After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Put Phrase 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 13 Clear Phrase 102 Completely clears all data from the specified user phrase Gini Job 13 Clear Phrase Phrase Cee The Phrase parameter selects the user phrase to be cleared 001 100 After setting the parameter as required press ENTER to execute the Clear Phrase 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 14 Phrase Name Allows an original name of up to 8 characters to be assigned to the specified user phrase wim Job 14 Phrase Name The phrase number parameter selects the user phrase for which a na
96. ey while setting a fader to change the settings of all faders by the same amount The leftmost fader is a master fader which can be used to adjust the overall volume level including the pattern track The QY300 features an internal digital signal processor which can be used to apply high quality reverb and similar effects to the sequencer track voices In the voice mode press the F2 function key Reverb to see the reverb controls Woice Reverb Derth ice bean fiir EIENEN ant teat ee EPAPER EEE i 15 Song Mode Part 1 Playback amp Control 53 A fast way to select the ude cifect type parameter HINT 16 when the cursor is lo cated at any fader is to move the cursor down past the fader The reverb settings apply pe only to the QY300 s Misi internal voices i e they will not affect the sound of an external tone generator or syn thesizer being driven by the QY300 The effect type parameter on the left side of the display selects the type of effect to be applied to the QY300 sound 8 effect types are available as listed in the chart below Hall 1 This effect simulates the natural reverberation of a fairly large concert hall An even larger hall than the Hall 1 program with a correspondingly longer reverb time This setting is ideal when you want a warm reverb effect but not as expansive as the Hall 1 and Hall 2 effects Simulates the type of reverb you might expe
97. f a beat increments The currently selected section is shown between square brackets to the right of the style number and name You can change styles by playing the cursor at the section name and using the 1 NO and 1 YES keys or the data dial The newly selected section will begin playing from the top of the next measure 1126 0 ard Meas lof4 Au 861 MWS Pat 1 Enel TIEI You can also change sections directly by pressing the appropriate key on the micro keyboard while the cursor is located at either the style number or the section name on the display _ INTRO 5 Select Different Styles amp Sections With the cursor positioned over the style number you can use any data entry method to select different styles and use the micro keyboard section keys to select different sections during playback In all cases the newly selected style or section will begin playing from the top of the next measure 6 Stop Playback When Done Stop playback at any time by pressing the MM key M Changing Chords The QY300 features a sophisticated ABC Auto Bass Chord system that automatically re harmonizes the pattern tracks to match chords you specify This makes creating complete accompaniment tracks fast and easy just select a pattern then specify the required chord changes details in the next section Here s how you use the micro keyboard to specify chord changes 1 Play a Pattern Select and play a pattern as descr
98. f velocity values over which the crescendo will occur A setting of 24 for example will cause the MIDI velocity values to increase by 24 over the specified measure range The MIDI velocity value range is from to 127 ie Crescendo Original gt ea velocity Specified measure M range 39 05 Transpose 40 r Of course you can transpose all parts as MUSICAL A ai required to shift the en tire song to a different key but the Transpose job is actually more suited to changing the pitch of a section of a single track This can be done to pro duce temporary modulations to another key or to create har mony with another track Negative values cause a corresponding decrease in velocity therby producing a decrescendo rather than a crescendo The range of this parameter is from 99 through 0 to 99 After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Cre scendo 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode Transposes all notes in the specified part up or down by the specified number of semitones Eww Job 85 Transrose Pee M G1t 199914 TR EH EA r Tran Pose 88 LEZIT The TR parameter selects the track to be affected b
99. fect Jl Guteut jl Uoice Jl Mark Ji Save JL Load J Track 1 sleid 4 Engage the Record Ready Mode Press the key to engage the record ready mode The red LED above the key will light 5 Select the Realtime Record Mode Press the F4 function key REAL to select the realtime record mode aE d Reol Maina I Cm i MULTI J mM STEP PUNCH 6 Select the Record Tempo and Time Signature Move the cursor to the tempo and time signature parameters and set as re quired The time signature cannot be changed if the song already contains data Tempo 25 0 300 0 3 It s sometimes easier to si set a slow tempo for u g X Er LL realtime recording so you have plenty of time to enter CMT L STEP 3 P PUGH HEH the data Time signature 1 16 16 16 1 8 16 8 1 4 8 4 24 P i QY300 realtime recording PEE is replace recording N wail meaning that any previous data in the a track will be erased and replaced when new data is re corded to that track This is in con trast to overdub recording in which new data is recorded over the existing data and the existing data remains intact In the QY300 step recording described later allows new material to be added to a track without erasing the previous data You can also use the Mix Track job page 50 to mix data from two tracks and place the result on a sin gle track eo See the Editing Songs amp J9 Phrases
100. gate time modification settings shorten the gate time while settings increase the gate time The range is from 99 through 0 to 99 66 99 The Song Jobs cato or legato feel as required Experiment with the parameters to get a feel for what they do f vI The Modify Gate Time job can be used to MUSICAL ac produce a more stac 04 Crescendo New Gate Time Original Gate Time x rate 100 offset If the right side of the equation is less than 0 the New Gate Time becomes 1 After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Modify Gate Time 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode Produces a gradual crescendo increase in note velocity or decrescendo de crease in note velocity in the specified track over the specified range of measures Job 44 Crescendo Magi 17999 4 TR H EEA r Range 88 The TR parameter selects the track to be affected by the Crescendo job 01 10 The M parameters above the graphic bar are used to specify the first measure beat and last measure beat of the range to be modified First measure Br Last measure MEHI 17399 4 First beat Last beat The Range parameter determines the range o
101. he Characters cursor to the position at which a character is to be entered then press the micro keyboard key corresponding to the character to be entered Upper case Hold the left OCT DOWN key CAPS while pressing the Characters micro keyboard key corresponding to the character to be entered Symbols Hold the left OCT UP key SHIFT while entering to enter the symbols listed above the characters corresponding to each micro keyboard key The right OCT DOWN key enters a space Numbers Numbers can be entered via the numeric keypad Delete The right OCT UP key deletes the character at the cursor position NOTE Ifa series of asterisks ap pears in the style name area the When the name has been entered press the F6 key Exit to return to the pac alae comans no data job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode it is not necessary to and a pattern name cannot be J y g y y assigned press the ENTER key to enter the specified name 91 The Phrase Jobs The phrase mode includes 15 phrase jobs that perform a variety of important functions To access and use the phrase jobs press the JOB key while in the PHRASE mode This calls the phrase job list You can select any job on the list simply by moving the cursor to the required job use the cursor keys or the data dial and pressing ENTER You can also move up or down the list in 1 page steps by using the cursor and W keys while ho
102. he same length and pitch to it the tie key only works immediately after entering a note F3 Delete Deletes the note or chord at the note pointer F4 BkDelt Moves the note pointer backward by the currently selected note length and deletes the corresponding note or chord F5 LoKey Displays the lowest range of the keyboard scrolls the keyboard display two octaves to the right Press again to return to the normal centered display F6 HiKey Displays the highest range of the keyboard scrolls the keyboard display two octaves to the left Press again to return to the normal centered display Phrases Creating Patterns See the Editing Songs pe amp Phrases section wal page 104 for informa tion on how to edit recorded phrase data See The Phrase Jobs on page 92 for details on the QY300 s phrase jobs which allow con siderable versatility in creating and modifying phrases The Measure Beat Clock Display The Meas area of the step record display shows the current position of the note pointer in measures 1 4 note beats and clocks there are 96 clocks per 1 4 note If you re not sure what measure you re seeing on the note display while recording check the measure beat clock display 1 1 66 2S iL eee 96 clocks per 1 4 note Beat 1 4 if 4 4 time Measure number Complete the Phrase Repeat steps 8 and 9 until the
103. hen the key corresponding to the desired chord type the root note and chord type will appear below the chord root In the example display below the Dm7 chord will be played with a bass phrase based on a CM7 chord MST PREC STEF EI a 3 You can add syncopation Si to existing chords without having to re enter the en tire chord by simply moving the cur sor to the chord and pressing the right OCT DOWN or OCT UP key Syncopation can be removed from a chord by placing the cursor at the chord and pressing the corre sponding OCT DOWN or OCT UP key wu HINT Patterns Part 2 Recording Accompaniments Syncopated Chords Chords can be syncopated i e the chord actually begins a sixteenth note or eighth note before the beat on which it is entered by using the right OCT DOWN and OCT UP keys note the h and s markings below the keys Enter the chord in the normal way then press the right OCT DOWN key to syncopate to one sixteenth note before the beat or the right OCT UP key to syncopate an eighth note before the beat the appropriate syncopation symbol will appear before the chord root crossing the beat line In the exam ple display below the G7 chord is syncopated and will begin sounding an eighth note before the third beat of the second measure Clearing Chords The F6 function key Clear can be used to clear the chord at which the cursor is located 73 Phrases
104. hese goals In keeping with both the letter and the spirit of the law we want you to be aware of the following Battery Notice This product MAY contain a small non re chargeable battery which if applicable is soldered in place The average life span of this type of battery is approximately five years When replacement becomes necessary contact a qualified service representative to perform the replacement This Product may also use household type batteries Some of these may be rechargeable Make sure that the battery being charged is a rechargeable type and that the charger is intended for the battery being charged When installing batteries do not mix old batteries with new or with batteries of a different type Batteries MUST be installed correctly Mismatches or incorrect installation may result in over heating and battery case rupture Warning Do not attempt to disassemble or incinerate any bat tery Keep all batteries away from children Dispose of used batteries promptly and as regulated by the laws in your area Note Check with any retailer of household type batteries in your area for battery disposal information Disposal Notice Should this Product become damaged beyond repair or for some reason its useful life is considered to be at an end please observe all local state and federal regulations that relate to the disposal of products that contain lead batteries plastics etc If your dealer is unable to
105. hrase Gags Job 18 Split Phrase Mi Phrase KREEKA Spelit Fhrase Bal The upper Phrase parameter selects the source phrase i e the user phrase which is to be split 001 100 The M parameter specifies the measure at which the source phrase is to be split 1 8 depending on the length of the source phrase if 1 is selected the entire phrase is moved to the specified destination The lower Phrase parameter selects the destination phrase i e the user phrase to which the latter half of the split source phrase is to be moved 001 100 The Phrase Jobs 11 Get Phrase fa The Get Phrase job is a convenient way to MUSICAL aw create new phrases by copying a few appropriate meas ures from songs In fact it s sometimes easier to create phrases in the SONG mode and then copy them to the PHRASE mode using the Get Phrase job simply because the SONG mode s simultaneous monitoring capability can make recording easier After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Split Phrase 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode Copies the data from the specified range of measures in the specified track of
106. i ment with the parameters to geta feel for what they do New Velocity Original Velocity x rate 100 offset If the right side of the equation is less than 0 the New Velocity becomes 1 After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Modify Velocity 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 03 Modify Gate Time 38 BE Job 63 Modify Gate Time Increases or decreases the gate times length of all notes in the specified track and range of measures Mbit iv oooid TF H E Rate r rate 1002 offset 68 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 measure beat and last measure beat of the range to be modified First measure vo Last measure o ABTS i S935 4 First beat j Last beat The rate parameter sets the ratio between the shorter and longer gate time values A setting of 100 maintains the original relationship between the notes lower values produce a narrower gate time range and higher values produce a broader gate time range The range is from 0 to 200 The offset parameter determines the amount of
107. ibed in the preceding section 2 Move the Cursor to the Chord Symbol The micro keyboard can be used to enter chords only when the cursor is located over the chord symbol on the display Use the cursor keys to move the cursor to the chord symbol at the bottom of the display Enter a Chord Note that the lower octave of the micro keyboard has chord root names E through D marked on the keys and the upper octave keys are marked with a variety of chord types CAPS SHIFT SPACE i p n af Ag 9 t rs gi if d DEL A Al ca PI ca OL ag J F FE pas ba pe TH 6109 oud fz Gb Ab Bb 798 p72 72 sus 7197 QO BSNS A AES heed A LJ o t f c 4 x R Y Y z a aig 97 np amp e 1 A R L h N fe P a A 8 T U VI Wi x Y Z a addg M79 79 adda m7 mm7 f dim F A Mm pw ZEEE mE Pm me oe INTRO TAN MAN f PILAA FILL crt Fe 78 FILL ENDING i a A EE Chord roots Chord types To enter a chord press the key corresponding to the desired chord root then the key corresponding to the desired chord type the chord type keys alter nately select the lower and upper chord types marked watch the display and finally the ENTER key 59 Patterns Part 1 ccompaniment Basics Actually you can press pe the chord type key and Melly then the root key the order doesn t matter The chord type pa marking is a special mil THRU or non ABC type that can be used to create accompani
108. ied track An erase operation leaves the specified measures intact but blank Sem Job 16 Erase Event MBG1S W999 4 TR GH Go Beamer i Erase The TR parameter selects the track to be affected by the Erase Event job 01 16 for the sequencer tracks Pat for the accompaniment pattern track Chd for the accompaniment chord track or Tmp for the tempo track The M parameters above the graphic bar are used to specify the first measure beat and last measure beat of the range to be erased First measure Last measure MBL 199934 First beat Last beat After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Erase Event 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 45 The Song Jobs fe 11 Extract Event Although you can remove events individually in the MUSICAL Be edit mode page 104 the Extract Event job makes it simple to remove all occurences of the speci fied event within the specified meas ure range in one operation This is particularly convenient when re moving slow pitch bends or volume changes that may employ many individual events to create a single effect 46 Allows a specified type of event note program change pitch ben
109. ile listening to the re suits in real time E Reverb The voice parameters in this display can be used MAGAS to change voice assign ments in the same way as in the Mixer display 7 Song Mode Part 1 Playback amp Control Mi The Pan Pots Like the pan pots on a mixing console the voice display pan pots can be used to position the sound of the corresponding track anywhere from left to right in the stereo sound field Position the cursor at the pan pot then use any data entry method to set the pan position The graphic pan pot will rotate to the corresponding position The pan positions also have numeric values 1 through 7 that appear in the upper right corner of the display Left 7 is full left and Right 7 is full right see DETAIL below Hold the SHIFT key while setting a pan pot to change the settings of all pan pots by the same amount Each track has a graphic fader that can be set to produce the best mix balance between the various voices Position the cursor at a fader then use any data entry method to set the fader level The graphic fader will move to the corresponding position higher for higher volume and lower for lower vol ume The fader positions also have numeric values 000 through 127 that appear in the upper right corner of the display 000 is minimum volume no sound and 127 is maximum volume The default setting is 100 for all tracks Hold the SHIFT k
110. immediately and information that can be skipped until later hopefully helping you to become familiar with the QY300 in the quickest most efficient manner possible any other serious problem that may occur due to improper operation or This icon warns of possible hardware damage software malfunction or CAUTION set up This icon marks information that you must read i e important steps or Pade procedures that are essential for proper efficient or easy operation IMPORTANT The magnifying glass icon indicates information that may not be essential for FS general operation but is a more detailed explanation of a feature a description ul ofthe principle involved etc You can skip this information if full details are not required immediately Suggestions as to how a feature or function can be applied musically are identified by this icon Note 30 Hints or ideas that are not specifically musical but may make operation easier Suge or more interesting are marked by the light bulb icon HINT vi The QY300 An Overview The QY300 is more than just a sequencer It is a complete music production system with a 16 track sequencer 128 voice tone generator and advanced auto accompaniment capability all integrated with a sophisticated control interface It also features a floppy disk drive for convenient data storage and retrieval and a built in micro keyboard for easy programming without an external MIDI keyboard
111. ing a fader to change the settings of all faders by the same amount WE Pitch Bend Range The voice parameters in this display can be ul used to change voice assignments in the same way as in the Mixer display Since track 10 is only used for drums and drums are not pitched voices no pitch bend range fader is provided for the drum track The pitch bend range display makes it possible to individually set the pitch bend range of the sequencer tracks a valuable feature when programming the QY300 from an external keyboard or other controller which has a pitch bend wheel In the voice mode press the F5 function key PbRang to access the pitch bend range controls Woice Poebndrkange ence Sea A ERA none MEH E HT HS LABE 17 Song Mode Part 1 Playback amp Control The pitch bend range O settings apply only to GAS the QY300 s internal voices i e they will not affect the sound of an external tone generator or synthesizer being driven by the QY300 The faders set the maximum pitch bend range for the corresponding tracks over a 2 octave range in semitone increments Position the cursor at a fader then use any data entry method to set the pitch bend range The graphic fader will move to the corresponding position higher for greater pitch bend range The fader positions also have numeric values 00 through 24 that appear in the upper right comer of the display OO allows no pi
112. ing shift in the position of all off beat notes to the nearest specified beat value With a value setting of d and a strength setting of 50 for example a note that does not fall precisely on an 8th note beat will be shifted about halfway to nearest 8th note beat The Sens parameter sensitivity determines the range over which notes will be quantized This parameter can be set from 100 through 0 to 100 at 0 no quantization will occur A setting of either 100 or 100 will cause all notes to be quantized Refer to the graph below for an idea of how the quantize range is determined by other settings The heavy solid lines in the sensitivity graph represent the range over which notes will be quantized At a setting of 50 for example only notes that fall within the range that is less than halfway to the quantize range of the adjacent note will be quantized Notes outside this range and those of adjacent notes will be left un quantized F Nearest specified beat ee aaao 100 50 Sensitivity 0 50 100 ea l Quantize value note length The Swing Rate parameter produces a swing feel by shifting the timing of back beats as specified by the quantize parameters For example if the specified quantization value is 8th notes then the swing effect will shift the 2nd 4th 6th and 8th beats of each measure forward to create a swing feel If the quantize value is
113. ired press ENTER to execute the Cre scendo 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 05 Transpose Transposes all notes in the specified user phrase up or down by the specified number of semitones Aaa Job 45 Transrose Phrase eee Transrose 4 The Phrase parameter selects the user phrase to be affected by the Trans pose job 001 100 The Transpose parameter determines the amount of transposition in semitone increments Minus values transpose down while plus values transpose up the range is from 99 through 0 to 99 After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Trans pose 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 97 06 Shift Note 07 Shift Clock 98 Changes the pitch of all specified notes within the specified user phrase Silt Job 46 Shift Note Phrase DR ARAKI CR e The Phrase parameter selects the user phrase to be affected by the Shift Note job 001 100 The sourc
114. irst measure Last measure MBG 1 1 999 4 First beat Last beat The M parameters below the lower graphic bar specifiy the destination measure beat to which the data will be copied as well as the number of times the data is to be copied Destination measure MBBls1 sal Destination beat Copy number rJ The Copy Event job han makes it easy to use ai Ohrases or even com plete sections an entire chorus for example in more that one place in a song You can copy a phrase played by one voice and have it repeated by a different voice later in the song You can always edit the copied sections to create variations 10 Erase Event r Unlike the Delete Measure job the Erase Event job MUSICAL Leia erases the data from the specified measures only in the speci fied track Also the data is erased but the measures remain intact i e the subsequent measures are not moved back After an erase opera tion you can record new material in the resulting blank measures as re quired The Song Jobs After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Copy Event 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode Erases all note and event data from the specified measure or range of measures in the specif
115. keyboard is transmitting on MIDI track assignments are dis cussed on page 18 To conform to General MIDI proto col only the drum voices can be assigned to track 10 See the VOICE LISTS AND MIDI DATA booklet gt page 3 fora complete list of note assignments i e which drum instruments are as signed to which notes for all 8 drum kits QE If you re playing the micro catia Keyboard use the octave GIS Keys to access the full range of instruments in each drum kit Move the cursor to the channel 1 voice parameter immediately below 1 on the display as in the display shown above Note that the name of the voice currently assigned to channel appears in the upper right corner of the display while an abbreviation indication the voice category appears at the voice parameter location the voices and their category abbreviations are listed on page 2 of the separate VOICE LISTS AND MIDI DATA booklet Play the micro keyboard and you ll hear that voice Use any of the QY300 s data entry methods to select and try out the various voices The pan pots actually p9 cover a 7 range relative al to their default positions so they may not always go from full left to full right E The Faders z You can switch back au and forth between the Wiw SONG and VOICE modes even while a song is playing so you can adjust all VOICE mode parameters change voices mute tracks pan and change volume set tings wh
116. kkkkEk Ges 1 ae T DAM C ooo o00 001 CGrandPnod Bank select LSB Voice name Bank select MSB Program change number 109 110 CC Control Change Control change events can be used to apply modulation sustain volume and other types of control according to the standard MIDI control change control ler assignments see list on page 6 of the separate VOICE LISTS AND MIDI DATA booklet The left parameter is the control change number the type of control and the right parameter is the control change value the amount of control Both parameters can be set from 000 to 128 pot Insert TREE 1 fetes eas BA3 1 68 a oC ga Control change number Control change value ChAT Channel Aftertouch This event can be used to apply channel monophonic after touch in which pressure on any key controls all notes being played by the same amount The channel aftertouch value can be set from 000 to 127 ait Insert TRH 1 i ek Channel aftertouch value Bar graph PAT Polyphonic Aftertouch Polyphonic aftertouch allows independent aftertouch values to be applied to each note played This event has two parameters a note number and a value The note number corresponds to standard MIDI note number assignments Both parameters can be set from 000 to 127 The bar graph to the right of the value parameter provides a visual indication of the amount of after
117. l cause all notes to be aligned precisely to the nearest specified beat value In between settings produce a corresponding shift in the position of all off beat notes to the nearest specified beat value With a value setting of Y and a 93 94 strength setting of 50 for example a note that does not fall precisely on an 8th note beat will be shifted about halfway to nearest 8th note beat The Sens parameter sensitivity determines the range over which notes will be quantized This parameter can be set from 100 through 0 to 100 at 0 no quantization will occur A setting of either 100 or 100 will cause all notes to be quantized Refer to the graph below for an idea of how the quantize range is determined by other settings The heavy solid lines in the sensitivity graph represent the range over which notes will be quantized At a setting of 50 for example only notes that fall within the range that is less than halfway to the quantize range of the adjacent note will be quantized Notes outside this range and those of adjacent notes will be left un quantized i Nearest specified beat 100 m lt Sensitivity 0 50 100 _ Quantize value note length The Swing Rate parameter produces a swing feel by shifting the timing of back beats as specified by the quantize parameters For example if the specified quantization value is 8th notes then the swing
118. lding one of the SHIFT keys An alternative method is to enter the job s number via the numeric keypad and press ENTER uant ize j B2 Modify Velocity 03 Modify Gate Time 44 Crescendo 05 TransrPose Returning to the PHRASE Mode The F6 function key Exit can be used to exit from any phrase job and then from the job list thereby returning you to the phrase mode You can also press the F6 function key Exit while holding one of the SHIFT keys to directly return to the PHRASE mode 00 Undo Redo This job will undo any other phrase job edit or record function if it is executed before any other operation is performed In all cases the affected data is restored to the state it was in before performing the job edit or record operation This job will also undo the last undo operation redo dadh Job 86 Undo Redo Gage ee Resltime Record EEx The name of the last operation performed will appear on the display i e the operation which will be undone In the example display above a realtime record operation will be undone 92 The Phrase Jobs The last operation J performed is forgotten Maa by the UNDO job whenerver the SONG or PHRASE step reocrd mode is engaged even if the step record mode is exited without acutally recording any data 01 Quantize Press ENTER to execute the Undo Redo job The metronome icon will appear on the display while the data is
119. lect US user then move the cursor to the phrase number and select an empty user phrase the programmable user phrases are numbered US 001 through US 100 Empty phrases are indicated by a row of asterisks following the phrase number ate US sete i100 Fi User race Click Rec fleas 4129 6 r Woice 861GrandPno Cnr 2 Engage the Record Ready Mode Press the key to engage the record ready mode The red LED above the key will light 3 Select the Step Record Mode Press the F5 function key STEP to select the step record mode Wc G1 i kkkkkkkk arc STEP eas d A Ed 3 Fi User rase elas Voice Es RLa Tup d i Bei GrandPrno Chord Cm Off Dr 81 Phrases Creating Patterns Re eee eae SB The time signature and J9 phrase length parameters me Can not be changed if the selected phrase already contains data SS You can change the ude voice assignment later uy in the same way The chord type can not be specified as the DETAIL source chord Keyboard display Note length 001 999 clocks r34 4 Set Time Signature and Phrase Length new phrases only If you are recording a new phrase move the cursor to the time signature and phrase length parameters and set as required Phrase length 1 8 measures aisle G7 ett EREC STEF Heas 4 i ETET l User raze o Click Rtal Tue d Rec loft
120. lect the first and second source songs i e the songs containing the tracks which are to be mixed 01 10 Both of these Song parameters should be set to the same song number if you re mixing tracks from a single song The upper and center TR parameters select the first and second source tracks i e the tracks which are to be mixed 01 16 The lower Song and TR parameters are always the same as the center parameters After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Mix Track 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 17 Clear Track Completely clears the specifed track from the currently selected song includ ing all Play Effect parameters Mw Job 17 Clear Track TR BH Goce Clear CEt The Song Jobs The TR parameter selects the track s to be cleared 01 16 for the sequencer tracks Pat for the accompaniment pattern track Chd for the accompaniment chord track Tmp for the tempo track or All for all tracks After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Clear Track job The metronome icon will appear on the display while the data is being processed then Complete
121. lias existing chords without HINT having to re enter the en tire chord by simply moving the cur sor to the chord and using the OCT DOWN ON BASS key to specify the bass note 72 30 You can add bass Wg phrase harmonization to LASS existing chords without having to re enter the entire chord by simply moving the cur sor to the chord and using the OCT UP ORG BASS key to specify the bass chord Specifying the Bass Note For a Chord You can specify the bass note to be used with any chord by using the left OCT DOWN key note the ON BASS marking below the key Enter the chord in the normal way then while holding the OCT DOWN ON BASS key press the key on the micro keyboard corresponding to the desired bass note the bass note will appear below the chord root In the example display below the Dm7 chord will be played on a C bass note in this case the 7th degree of the chord Specifying the Bass Phrase Chord Type Harmonization While the ON BASS function described above allows you to specify the actual root of the bass phrase to be used with a chord the ORG BASS function also lets you specify a chord type on which the bass pattern will be based To do this use the left OCT UP key note the ORG BASS marking below the key Enter the chord in the normal way then while holding the OCT UP ORG BASS key press the key on the micro keyboard correspond ing to the desired root note and t
122. ll to quantize all 16 tracks simultaneously The M parameters above the graphic bar are used to specify the first measure beat and last measure beat of the range to be quantized First measure Last measure MBe1 1 999 4 First beat Last beat The Quantize parameter determines to what beats the note data in the specified track will be aligned If you select JY for example all notes in the track will be aligned to the nearest 16th note beat to a degree determined by the Strength parameter Quantize Values Effect No quantization Swing settings also ignored lt 2 Q ms Aligns to the nearest 32nd note Aligns to the nearest 16th note triplet Aligns to the nearest 16th note Aligns to the nearest 8th note triplet al r L Aligns to the nearest 8th note Le Aligns to the nearest quarter note triplet o ree Aligns to the nearest quarter note ws Aligns to the nearest 16th note 16th note triplet Aligns to the nearest 8th note 8th note triplet oo ps ka t o 35 The Song Jobs a aE 36 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 nearest specified beat value In between settings produce a correspond
123. low will appear Measure beat clock display Note entry display prope cre one epe te ott ote H1 PAA ada Delete Bk Melt Lakew Hikew Gate time Stac Norm Slur Set the Note Parameters as Required Move the cursor to the note length velocity and gate time parameters and set as required When the cusor is located at the note length parameter the numeric keypad can be used to enter the note lengths marked on the keys The dot key the 0 key can be used to add one or more dots to the currently selected note length In between values can be entered using the 1 NO and 1 YES keys or the data dial or by using the numeric keypad while holding a SHIFT key When the cursor is located at the velocity parameter the numeric keypad can be used to directly enter the dynamic values marked on the keys pp mf etc In between values can be entered using the 1 NO and 1 YES keys or the data dial or by using the numeric keypad while holding a SHIFT key Song Mode Part 2 Basic Recording 9 Enter a Note Once the note parameters have been specified the note can be entered simply by playing the appropriate key on the micro keyboard or on your external MIDI keyboard A note symbol appears on the note display an the note pointer advances to the next note position The note symbol always appears as a 1 4 note regardless of the actual note entered chords are also indicated by the 1 4 note symbol Here s ho
124. lume levels from damaging your speaker system and maybe even your ears Song Mode Part 1 Playback amp Control Playback in the QY300 SONG mode involves much more than simply starting and stopping playback You have extensive control over a number of important parameters that dramati cally affect the final sound Use the demo song provided on the QY300 data disk to try out the various features and functions described in this section Before you begin be sure to select the SONG mode by pressing the SONG mode button Play the Demo Song If for some reason the pe demo song has been wail erased or overwritten it can be re loaded from the sup plied QY300 data disk Follow the instructions on page 56 of this manual to load the all data type file DEMO NOTE Actual file names on the data disk supplied with the QY300 may be different from those given in the manual Note that the name of fA selected song wa appears to the right of the song number and tracks which contain data are indicated by solid blocks below the track numbers these are actually mute buttons described below The QY300 is shipped with a demonstration song and the required data already loaded Play the demonstration song Song number 01 to hear an example of what the QY300 can do and use the demonstration song data to try out the playback features and parameters described in this chapter 1 Select Song Number 01 Move the
125. m Change Reception of the various types of data listed on the display is tumed on or off by placing the cursor at the appropriate data type and pressing the 1 NO button to turn the corresponding filter off reception on or the 1 YES button to turn the filter on reception off When the filter is off the block at the beginning of the data type will appear hollow and when on the block will appear solid In the example display below reception of both polyphonic and mono phonic aftertouch data has been turned off their filters are turned on This is sometimes a good idea because aftertouch generates a considerable amount of data that can rapidly take up large amounts of memory when recording from an external keyboard for example The Utility Mode Input Filter o Note o o Pitch Bend fa Ce cr o Cntr Change o SUS EX o Program Change Note Note data filter This filter should normally be turned off to allow reception of all note data Pitch Bend Turn this filter on if you do not want to record pitch bend data received by the QY300 or you simply don t want received pitch bend data to affect the QY300 sound Cntrl Change This filter can be used to block reception of all control change events modulation breath controller volume sustain pedal etc Control change bank select numbers 0 and 32 are affected by the Program Change filter below not the Cntrl Change filter Program Change The program change filt
126. me is to be assigned 001 100 Lower case To enter a lower case character use the cursor keys to move Characters the cursor to the position at which a character is to be entered then press the micro keyboard key corresponding to the character to be entered Upper case Hold the left OCT DOWN key CAPS while pressing the Characters micro keyboard key corresponding to the character to be entered Symbols Hold the left OCT UP key SHIFT while entering to enter the symbols listed above the characters corresponding to each micro keyboard key The right OCT DOWN key enters a space Numbers can be entered via the numeric keypad Delete The right OCT UP key deletes the character at the cursor position When the name has been entered press the F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode it is not necessary to press the ENTER key to enter the specified name NOTE If a series of asterisks appears in the phrase name area he selected phrase contains no data and a phrase name cannot be assigned 103 Editing Songs amp Phrases The QY300 s editing capability makes it easy to correct mistakes made when recording song or phrase data and to generally refine your sound The song and phrase edit change mode lets you individually modify the timing pitch note gate time length and velocity loudness of each note There s als
127. ment patterns without the harmonic limitations of the ABC system 60 Chord roots Chord types Press ENTER key lt FT sas 7 aan ogag t le R 8 ka u v adda fme f e9 f fize M M7 6 ki ENDING INTRO MANA MAIN FILL AA Aaii 661 MWS Pati ChHainA I leas D Fi _liofd 44 The chord is actually entered only when the ENTER key is pressed Until the ENTER key is pressed the newly specified chord root and type will flash on the display The Chord Types minor sixth M___ major dim diminished M7 9 seventh sharp five 6 seventh flat thirteen 7 9 seventh thirteen seventh suspender minor seven eleven seventh sharp eleven minor seventh THRU see DETAIL below minor major seventh Patterns Part 1 Accompaniment Basics If you enter only the p gt chord root the major Ma Chord type will auto matically be selected If you en ter only the chord type the root will be set to C automatically Specifying the Bass Note For a Chord You can specify the bass note to be used with any chord by using the left OCT DOWN key note the ON BASS marking below the key Enter the chord in the normal way then while holding the OCT DOWN ON BASS key press the key on the micro keyboard corresponding to the desired bass note the bass note will appear to the right of the chord In the example display below the Dm7 chord will be played on a C bass note in this case
128. mply moving the cursor Move below the bottom of the display and the note data will scroll up moving towards the end of the pattern The opposite occurs when you move up above the top of the display The shuttle dial can also be used to move down for ward or up backward through the data In addition to the lines of note data there are markers for the top of the song measure lines and the end of the song Column titles appear when Measure line cursor is located on data line Current measure number appears both at the top of the display and to the left of the current location 105 Editing Songs amp Phrases OOO Change Mode Editing 106 The Change edit mode is initially selected when the edit mode is engaged To edit any note in the song or phrase simply move the cursor to the appropri ate line and then to the required parameter within that line For numeric values any data entry method can be used to select a new value for the selected parameter When the cursor is located at the note length or volume symbol the numeric keypad can be used to directly enter the note lengths of volume symbols marked on the keys The edited line will flash when any parameter within it is changed This indicates that a change has been made but has not yet been entered Press the ENTER key to actually enter the changes or move the cursor to another line to cancel the changes ere Edit Change TRB 1 fetes a Be aB ae ci J A
129. n directly save and load data to and from floppy disk from the SONG PATTERN PHRASE and CHAIN modes the DISK mode provides access to a full range of important disk and data management functions This block of six keys includes four cursor keys the ones labeled with the triangular arrow heads and two data decrement increment keys The cursor keys move the cursor around the dis play screen highlighting the various parameters that are available for editing the QY300 cursor appears as a dark block with inverse characters The 1 NO and 1 YES keys are used to edit change the value of the parameter at which the cursor is currently located The 1 NO key decrements de creases stepwise the value of the selected parameter while the 1 YES key increments increases stepwise the parameter Press either key briefly to decrement or increment the parameter by one or hold the key for continuous decrementing of incrementing in the speci fied direction The 1 NO and 1 YES keys are also used to respond to certain prompts when they appear Press 1 YES to go ahead with the operation or 1 NO to cancel The Controls Numeric Keypad amp Enter Key These keys allow direct entry of numeric values where applicable Enter the required value via the numeric keys the entered number will flash on the display then press the ENTER key to actually enter the speci fied value The ENTER key is
130. nh cme ye Ist beat 2nd beat _ 3rd beat 4th beat 83 84 The keyboard display shows the pitch es of the note s at the current note pointer position In the example below the keyboard displays that a chord C major consisting of three notes exists at the current note pointer location Mn OOl kkkkkkkk 1 48 1 Ar EICI BEC STEP TR 61 ym OFM CNTR Rest oC Tie Deletes Bk Delt Lokew Hikew Moving Around In the Note Display You can move the cursor down to the note display the note pointer will appear filled and move the note pointer to any position at which you want to enter a note or to any note that you want to delete You will actually hear the appro priate note or chord when the note pointer is moved to an existing note sym bol When you move the note pointer past the end of the note display the next measure will appear If you move past the last measure in the phrase the first measure of the phrase will appear MRE AG Lkkkkkkkk l EICI SRC STEP TR G1 jM ba Id J I J 1 we Tl Cursor moved to note pointer the note pointer appears filled The Step Mode Function Keys The six function keys immediately below the display provide access to a number of handy functions in the step record mode F1 Rest Enters a rest of the currently selected note length at the note pointer y 8 P position F2 Tie Lengthens the previously entered note by tying another note of t
131. notes that can be played at one time has been exceeded PLAY button fails to start playback The selected song pattern or phrase does not contain data 23 75 78 MIDI Sync has been set to external Can t set the time co al The song or phrase already contains data Can t Can t change phrase length phrase length The phrase already contains data Song playback stops midway An end mark has been set somewhere within the pattern track The section contains the Ending setting Chord changes within a measure fall to The phrase s retrigger is set to Off produce new sound Rhythm and timing at playback are dif The Playback Effects have been set ferent than at recording Cannot use the Fingered Chord function The Fingered Chord is set to Off The Fingered Chord Zone is not set correctly The cursor is not located at a style number section chord root aes 57 or chord type 126 Error Messages Monitor Illegal Input Improper data was input Preset Phrase Attempted to change data defining a preset phrase No Data There is no data The job could not be executed MIDI MIDI Data Error Received improper MIDI data the cable may be bad Checksum Error Error receiving bulk data incorrect checksum Buffer Full MIDI Receive Buffer was full All buffer contents cleared Now Running Cannot receive bulk data while sequence is playing Data Exists Cannot recei
132. o an edit insert mode that allows insertion of note pitch bend program change control change channel aftertouch polyphonic aftertouch or exclusive events at any point in the pattern Engaging the Edit Mode amp Moving Around To engage the edit mode place the cursor at the track you want to edit in the normal SONG or PHRASE play mode then press the EDIT key The edit display will look something like this of course the note data will be different Track number amp name asterisks appear if no track name has been entered Edit change mode Measure number lt the default mode pa Le Edit Change TR G1 i kkikkkkk EL det LF l 1 H C BA 43 I 8f2 m 1 48 E 3 BH 43 F Arz C mfl HH G3 Ha 43 P Ar C mf 48 C4 ag 43 Deleted Dyce ti Che Teo Triblane T put Location Note F Gate time amp Velocity and beat clock gt ms note symbol volume symbol One note per line Top of song The phrase edit display is almost exactly the same The only differences are that no track number or name appears at the top of the display and the ChngTr change track and TrName track name functions are not avail able Edit Chanae 104 E Moving Around The timing note 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 pattern by si
133. ob 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode Produces a gradual crescendo increase in note velocity or decrescendo de crease in note velocity in the specified user phrase over the specified range of measures Sati Job 64 Crescendo ia Mi i 4 4 Phrase Sah Ee RR el Range 00 The Phrase parameter selects the user phrase to be affected by the Cre scendo job 001 100 The M parameters above the graphic bar are used to specify the first measure beat and last measure beat of the range to be modified First aE i Last measure Mi 1 4 4 First beat L Last beat The Phrase Jobs The Range parameter determines the range of velocity values over which the crescendo will occur A setting of 24 for example will cause the MIDI velocity values to increase by 24 over the specified measure range The MIDI velocity value range is from 0 to 127 ir Crescendo Range 24 Original gt velocity Specified measure M range Negative values cause a corresponding decrease in velocity therby producing a decrescendo rather than a crescendo The range of this parameter is from 99 through 0 to 99 After setting the parameters as requ
134. ong marker is encoun tered playback will continue until stopped by pressing the W key Style Number and Section Any style number from 001 through 100 can be entered for each measure The style name appears to the right of the style number Only one pattern style amp section can entered per measure and that pattern will begin playing from the beginning of the measure at which it is entered A pattern entered once will continue to play until a different pattern is entered If you want to change sections without changing the style number only the pattern need be entered In the example display below the intro section of style 001 plays for the first measure the MAIN A section of the same style is selected in measure 2 Tem ARE STEF Style Section Eng cA BaiStyule i CIntroa J 47 Main J Time Signature Although the original time signature for the selected pattern is automatically selected the time signature value for each measure can be changes as required The available time signatures are 1 16 16 16 1 8 16 8 1 4 8 4 If a time signature is selected that results in shorter measures than the pattern default the pattern will be truncated cut short accordingly If the selected time signature results in longer measures than the pattern default the pattern will be repeated to fill the specified measure length End of Song Marker By moving the cursor to the End block and pr
135. ontrol change events When this event type is selected a control change number parameter appears to the right of the type param eter The control change parameter determines the MIDI control change number s to be thinned 000 127 CH A T Channel aftertouch events POLY A T Polyphonic aftertouch events After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Thin Out 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 47 2 All existing measures PP after the point at will which the new meas ures are created will be moved forward to make room for the new measures e If you use the Create Measure job with an empty song the specified new measures will be placed in track 1 only mm Use Create Measure when you want to add MUSICAL A cai new material some where in the middle of data you ve already recorded with out erasing the existing data First create the required meas ures then either copy the data from existing measures using the Copy Event function or record new data as required 13 Create Measure Creates a specified number of blank measures having the specified time signa ture for all tracks The created measures are inserted at a specified measure number and all s
136. or ward or backward by the specified number of clocks 96 clocks per 1 4 note dwi Job r Shift Clock MBB ES 17999 4 TR Ez Beamer Clock 344 The TR parameter selects the track to be affected by the Shift Clock job 01 16 for the sequencer tracks or Tmp for the tempo track The M parameters above the graphic bar are used to specify the first measure beat and last measure beat of the range to be modified Last measure MBG1 1 999 4 First beat First measure Last beat The Clock parameter determines the direction and number of clocks by which the notes in the specified measure range will be shifted settings shift the notes forward toward the end of the song and settings shift the notes backward toward the beginning of the song The range is from 999 through 0 to 999 After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Shift Clock 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 42 The Song Jobs 08 Chord Sort 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 etch Job 8S
137. ord pe type can not be DETAIL specified as the source chord 4 Select the Record Tempo Time Signature and Phrase Length Move the cursor to the tempo time signature and phrase length parameters and set as required the time signature and phrase length can only be set if the phrase does not already contain data Phrase length 1 8 measures Tempo 25 0 300 0 Ed By Fi User rase Click Rec DEFI kkkkkktt REC REAL Heas 128 8 Uoice ere a iGrandPno Chord C7 Time Signature 1 16 16 16 1 8 16 8 1 4 8 4 d 5 Select a Voice Move the cursor to the voice parameter and select the voice you want to record with 6 Select the Source Chord Move the cursor to the chord parameter and use the standard chord entry procedure to enter the source chord for the phrase you are recording i e the chord on which the phrase is based You can also enter ON BASS and ORG BASS specifications as described on page 72 The source chord speci fication allows the QY300 to correctly re harmonize the phrase when different chords are specified for the pattern in which the phrase is eventually used 79 80 ma Since your original ABC phrase will be automati MUSICAL Law cally re harmonized as required by the QY300 ABC sys tem there are a few rules you should follow to ensure the best results 1 Stick to the harmonic environ ment of your source chord
138. ore staccato or legato feel as re quired e Modifying the velocity is a great way to soften the sound of a track that has too great a variation between the softest and loudest notes or conversely to add extra punch to a dull sounding track Experiment with the pa rameters to get a feel for what they do The parameters in this screen make it easy to increases or decreases the gate times length and velocity of all notes in the specified track pe i Play Effect Gate Time Rate Ate ee The G Rat gate rate parameter sets the ratio between the shorter and longer gate time values A setting of 100 maintains the original relation ship between the notes lower values produce a narrower gate time range minimum 1 and higher values produce a broader gate time range maxi mum 200 The V Rat velocity rate parameter sets the ratio between the lower and higher velocity values A setting of 100 maintains the original relationship between the notes lower values produce a narrower dynamic range minimum 1 and higher values produce a broader dynamic range maximum 200 The V Ofs velocity offset parameters determines the amount of veloc ity change settings reduce the velocity while settings increase the velocity The range is from 99 through 00 to 99 WE The Per Track Display In addition to the playback effect displays described above
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140. ossoscossoscossossossossossossossossos 52 20 Normalize Effect sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssssssseees 52 21 Copy SONG cccrcsesccsssseresesesesesesesesesesesesesesesesesereees 53 22 Clear Song sccccscccsssccssssssssssssssssssscsscsssesssssessssscsessees 53 23 SOME NAME vssseicssscedssccslecscdssdececdesdacscecedecessesdaceczeedececeas 54 Patterns Part 1 Accompaniment Basics 55 Defining Patterns Styles amp Sections 55 Loading the Pre programmed Patterns From Disk 55 Selecting amp Playing Patterns ssssccssscssssscscssscscseees 57 Hal Changing Chords oo ccceesssseesesesesereseseneeenseenees 59 Fl Track Muting amp Effect Bypass sesser 62 Voices Assignment amp Effects seseris 62 Patterns Part 2 Recording Accompaniments 65 Realtime Accompaniment Recording sseseereeee 65 Step Accompaniment Recording cccsssssssssssssesesees 68 E Pat Step Record Pattern Changes 0 0 69 E Chd Step Record Chord Changes 71 Phrases Creating Patterns seeen 74 The Preset Phrases csssssisicatacavsseciessenessvavosedsvesevensnesevesoeevais 74 Combining Phrases In the Pattern Mode s ssse000 75 Recording Original Phrases sessesesossoesossossossossossossose 78 Realtime Phrase Recording seses 78 E Step Phrase Recording 0 ceeeecseseeeeeeseeeseseenees 81 The P
141. ouch events POILY A T Polyphonic aftertouch events EXCL CTRL Control change events When this event type is selected a control change number parameter appears at the end of the bar The control change parameter determines the MIDI control change number s The Song Jobs 12 Thin Out After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Extract Event 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode Thins out specified types of data by removing every other event of the specified type This is particularly useful for reducing the volume of data required for pitch bends aftertouch and other control change operations thus making more efficient use of the available memory ice Job 12 Thin Out MOAI 14999 4 TR BG A CTRL CC B EEx The TR parameter selects the track to be affected by the Thin Out job 01 16 for the sequencer tracks or Tmp for the tempo track The M parameters above the graphic bar are used to specify the first measure beat and last measure beat of the range to be modified First measure Last measure MAL 1 999 4 First beat Last beat The data type parameter determines the type of data to be thinned Pitch bend events C
142. pear on the display while the data is being processed then Completed will appear briefly when the job is done Press the F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 87 The Pattern Jobs eee 02 Append Pattern Appends the specified section of one style to the end of the specified section of a second style iim Job 82 Apend Pattern 5 Stule rete te Section Intro AFrPend Style 661 Gaa eee Section The upper Style parameter selects the source style i e the style from which the data is to be copied 001 100 The upper Section parameter selects the source section ie the sec tion of the source style from which the data is to be copied Intro MainA MainB FillAA FillBB FillAB FillBA Ending The lower Style parameter selects the destination style i e the style to which the data is to be appended 001 100 The lower Section parameter selects the destination style i e the e If the length of the section of the destination style to which the data is to be appended Intro destination plus MianA MainB Ending Fills cannot be selected as the destination sec appended pattern ex ceeds 8 measures the maximum pattern length the Illegal In put error message will appear After setting the parameters as requi
143. ponding to the character to be entered Upper case Hold the left OCT DOWN key CAPS while pressing the Characters micro keyboard key corresponding to the character to be entered Symbols Hold the left OCT UP key SHIFT while entering to enter the symbols listed above the characters corresponding to each micro keyboard key Space The right OCT DOWN key enters a space Numbers Numbers can be entered via the numeric keypad Delete The right OCT UP key deletes the character at the cursor position pears in the song name area the When the name has been entered press the F6 key Exit to return to the NOTE Ifa series of asterisks ap selected song contains no data os anda song nein Cannel b 45 job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode it is not necessary to signed press the ENTER key to enter the specified name 54 Patterns Part 1 Accompaniment Basics Using the pre programmed style data provided with the QY300 you can easily create accom paniments that can be used alone to play or sing along with for example or as the basis for complete compositions The pre programmed styles are provided on disk and must be loaded before they can be used You can also create patterns by combining individual phrases A phrase is a single part of a pattern such as the drum or bass part The QY300 provides 2 000 preset phrases in internal ROM memory or you can recor
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145. pty songs are indi cated by a row of asterisks following the song number Asterisks indicate that the song does not contain any data MEIER EY setetetectoise 2 Select the Pat Track to Record Style amp Section Changes Move the cursor to the track area of the display and then shift the cursor sideways to select Pat Once selected move the cursor vertically to move to other areas of the screen The selected track will remain highlighted no matter where you move the cursor Ai see ae Patterns Part 2 Recording Accompaniments 66 3M It s sometimes easier to Wg set a slow tempo for Lu realtime recording so you have plenty of time to enter pattern and chord changes 3 Select the Starting Style Section Chord amp Tempo Move the cursor to the style number section chord and tempo parameters and set as required Ue HI keke LAB st die A 7 x 13 4 Engage the Record Ready Mode Press the key to engage the record ready mode The red LED above the key will light 5 Select the Realtime Record Mode Press the F4 function key REAL to select the realtime record mode ice Bl RK REC REAL lafis 1126 8 i CSTE PUNCH 6 Record Press the gt key to begin recording pattern changes The metronome will sound and you ll be given a two measure count in prior to the first measure actually recorded The count in is also indicated by negative numb
146. r will move to the corresponding position The current swing setting will appear in the upper right corner of the display Hold the SHIFT key while setting a fader to change the settings of all faders by the same amount The Vle velocity and Gat gate time parameters increases or de creases the velocity and gate times length of all notes affected by the swing effect The range of both parameters is from 1 to 200 The Vlc param eter sets the ratio between the lower and higher velocity values A setting of 100 maintains the original relationship between the notes lower values produce a narrower dynamic range and higher values produce a broader dy namic range The Gat parameter sets the ratio between the shorter and longer gate time values A setting of 100 maintains the original relation ship between the notes lower values produce a narrower gate time range and higher values produce a broader gate time range Song Mode Part 1 Playback amp Control E Transpose amp Clock Shift j Since the Clock Shift ea parameters shift the timing of all notes and other events in the specified track forward or backward they can sig nificantly alter the feel of the song You could move the notes forward settings to create a more laid back feel or back ward settings to produce a more driving feel Of course you can also use Clock Shift to correct timing
147. rd change occurs will be immediately muted When the Retrigger parameter is On notes playing when a chord change occurs will continue playing for their specified length re harmonized to match the new chord The Type parameter Typ determines how the phrase will be harmo nized to the spcified chords Mel produces harmonization appropriate for melody or single line phrases Chd produces harmonization ideally suited to chords Bas produces bass line type harmonization and Dr produces no harmonization so the instruments in a drum track don t change unexpectedly when a chord change occurs diid EEF Hkk Eq 8 Fi User Click REC REAL Meas d 12 a rase i Sre Rta Tur Chord z alg Chd d N Aate A Retrigger On or Off Type Mel Chd Bas Dr Phrases Creating Patterns E Step Phrase Recording If for some reason all 100 ye user phrases contain Maal data use the Clear Phrase job described on page 102 to clear a phrase for recording Patterns 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 1 Select the PHRASE Mode amp an Empty User Phrase Press the PHRASE mode key to select the PHRASE mode place the cursor at the category section of the phrase number and se
148. red press ENTER to execute the Append andines append operation Style job The metronome icon will appear on the display while the data is be aborted C E e nis Job 668 tbe copy voice being processed then Completed will appear briefly when the job is done or play effect data from the Press the F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly source style to the selected mode tion since they can be only one measure in length 03 Split Pattern Splits a specified section of a specified style into two parts at the specified measure and moves the latter half to the specified section of a specified style Gam Job G3 Split Pattern Mi Stule Beier rere Ree Section Intro Split Style Section 88 The Pattern Jobs eo e If more than 1 measure P is split and a Fill is wil specified as the destina tion section an Illegal Input error will occur since fills can only be one measure long e This job does not copy voice or play effect data from the source style The upper Style parameter selects the source style i e the style which is to be split 001 100 The upper Section parameter selects the source section i e the sec tion of the source style which is to be split Intro MainA MainB FIlAA FillBB FillAB FillBA Ending The M parameter specifies th
149. red using the 1 NO and 1 YES keys or the data dial When the cursor is located at the velocity parameter the numeric keypad can be used to directly enter the dynamic values marked on the keys pp mf etc In between values can be entered using the 1 NO and 1 YES keys or the data dial 9 Enter a Note Once the note parameters have been specified the note can be entered simply by playing the appropriate key on the micro keyboard or on your external MIDI keyboard A note symbol appears on the note display an the note pointer advances to the next note position The note symbol always appears as a 1 4 note regardless of the actual note entered chords are also indicated by the 1 4 note symbol Here s how the display will look after two 8th notes have been entered Gale FO lt Ea Si Ce REC TR AL RCA TN CEk Delt Lokew Chords can be entered simply by moving the note pointer back to a note and entering another note at the same location this can be repeated as many times as necessary See Moving Around In the Note Display below The Note amp Keyboard Displays 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 measure then the display will scroll to show the extra notes 2 pes pointer Each dash represents a 32nd note 12 clocks 7 r Pee uns axa Le all by TAS Eee ae anes ti
150. rience in a medium size room or club A slightly tighter reverb than the Room 1 effect giving the impression of a smaller room Plate 1 A short tight reverb sound similar to effect produced by studio plate reverb units Plate 2 Another plate delay simulation with a well defined initial delay slap A stereo multi delay effect with well defined repeats In this effect a very dense series of delays is more like the early reflec tions portions of a reverb effect than individual repeats The faders set the reverb level for the corresponding tracks Position the cursor at a fader then use any data entry method to set the reverb level The graphic fader will move to the corresponding position higher for higher reverb level and lower for lower reverb level The fader positions also have numeric values 00 through 08 that appear in the upper right corner of the display 00 is no reverb and 08 is maximum reverb level Hold the SHIFT key while setting a fader to change the settings of all faders by the same amount E Coarse amp Fine Tuning The voice mode includes two displays that allow individual tuning of the sequencer tracks Press the F3 function key CosTun to access the coarse tuning controls or the F4 function key FinTun to access the fine tuning controls Voice CoarseTune 88 tee CER et roe et RAE aur CeCeCPCECRLP The voice parameters in these displays can muy be used to chang
151. rols the velocity loudness of the note The range is from 001 to 127 Standard velocity values can be entered via the numeric keypad place the cursor at the volume symbol to the right of the velocity value and use the numeric keypad to directly enter the desired volume symbol The available volume symbols are marked on the keys The numeric velocity value will change accordingly E 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 deleted and then pressing the F1 function key Delete E Changing Tracks To change tracks without having to return to the SONG mode press the F3 function key ChngTr The cursor will move to the track number at the top of the screen Use any data entry method to specify the number of the track you want to change to use the 1 YES key or data dial to select the tempo track see Editing the Tempo Track page 112 and then press the ENTER key E Assigning a Track Name Each track can be assigned a track name for easy identification when editing To assign a name to the current track press the F4 function key TrName The cursor will move to the track name location at the top of the screen You can now use the standard QY300 name entry procedure to enter a name of up to 8 characters see page 54 for an example of the name entry procedure Press the F4 key again or th
152. rz C mf Paes Cd J Brz C mf You would for example place the cursor here in order to change the second note of the 3rd measure Beat Clock Location The first column contains the note timing data The left number not the measure number which is the leftmost number on the current line is the 1 4 note beat within the current measure 1 through 4 in a 4 4 measure and the right number is the clock within that beat 00 through 95 The beat and clock values can be selected and edited independently Note 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 example is 86 clocks long This is about 90 of the actual length of a 1 4 note division which is 96 clocks The normal length of the note is slightly shortened to prevent notes from running into each other and sounding slurred a slur is produced by setting the full note length The left number is 1 4 note beats 96 clock units and the right number is clocks The range is from 00 00 to 99 95 If you don t want to enter note lengths using numbers simply place the cursor at the note length symbol to the right of the numeric note length value and use the numeric keypad to directly enter the desired note length The available note length symbols are marked on the keys The numeric value will change accordingly Editing Songs amp Phrases Velocity This parameter cont
153. s pressed too quickly or it is not pressed in as far as it will go the eject button may be come stuck in a half pressed position and the disk extends from the drive slot by only a few millimeters If this happens do not attempt to pull out the partially ejected disk Using force in this situation can damage the disk drive mecha nism or the floppy disk To remove a partially ejected disk try pressing the eject button once again or push the disk back into the slot and then repeat the eject procedure carefully e Do not insert anything but floppy disks into the disk drive Other objects may cause damage to the disk drive or the floppy disk WE Service and Modification e The QY300 contains no user serviceable parts Opening it or tampering with it in any way can lead to irreparable damage and possibly electric shock Refer all servicing to qualified YAMAHA personnel W Third party Software e Yamaha can not take any responsibility for soft ware produced for this product by third party manufacturers Please direct any questions or comments about such software to the manufac turer or their agents YAMAHA is not responsible for damage caused by improper handling or operation About This Manual The following simple icons are used throughout this manual to draw attention to important points and information where necessary The icons also make it easier to differentiate be tween information that you should read
154. sessesseoseoscoscoscoseoscoscoseoseoscoseoseoseoseosees 12 Transposition sessssessessesscoscoscoseoscoseoscoseoscoseoseoseoseoseoseoseose 12 Track Muting Effect Bypass amp Keyboard Track Setting sesssessesssosssosscossoossosssosseossoossose 13 MT ack Muti gd sanin 13 E Effect Bypass iinis esrar e tensen a 13 E Keyboard Track s a ancuaioudnaieennscannes 14 Voices Assignment amp Effects sscssssssssssesssssessesseees 14 ME Try Out the Voices wees eseeeeeeseseeeteeenens 14 M The Pan Pots ssccstctteoctctcscrds devctcsctiscnisctivstisctiscsisctis 15 E The Faders airina a i i tenses 15 EReverb adana E 15 M Coarse amp Fine Tuning eeeeeeeseeeseeeeseeesreressrressrs 16 E Pitch Bend Range eesssseresseiersrrerserrsrireserenern 17 Channel Assignments 0cccccsecseceeseeteeeeseeeeeteees 18 Playback Effects x cs cccceiteciistieateuteittacietacctechatiennes 18 Quantization serere 18 SWING ii E EAA EEE E E 20 Transpose amp Clock Shift s es 21 Gate Time amp Velocity Modify sesers 22 The Per Track Display 0 ceecseesseesesesseeeeeeesens 22 Song Mode Part 2 Basic Recording eee 23 Realtime Recording ccccsscssccrssssssscsscsssseees 23 WPonch in Recording ccesiensatiacimieainsacinniscnsiee 26 W Multi channel Recording ceccseecsesseesseesseesseeene 28 Step Recording seiccecececscecssecssscsssstsecssssicssassasaversectasensestscctes 28 W Drum Assignm
155. set to a triplet note length the last note in each triplet group will be shifted If the quantize value is set to a compound note length e g 8th note 8th note triplet the even numbered back beats will be shifted The Swing Rate parameter determines how much the timing of the affected notes will be shifted The range is from 50 no swing to 75 maximum swing for even note lengths from 66 to 83 for triplet note lengths and from 50 to 66 for even plus triplet note lengths e g 8th note 8th note triplet The Song Jobs The Gate Time and Velocity parameters increase or decrease the gate times length and velocity of all notes affected by the swing parameter The range of both parameters 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 original relationship between the notes lower values produce a narrower gate time range and higher values produce a broader gate time range The Velocity parameter sets the ratio between the lower and higher velocity values A setting of 100 maintains the original relationship between the notes lower values produce a narrower dynamic range and higher values produce a broader dynamic range After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Quantize job The metronome icon will appear on the display while the data is being processed then Completed
156. ss O Q o MW Rat Lu Q Hi akagakagabag a PET Ee 63 Patterns Part 1 Accompaniment Basics 64 Effect Per Track display shows all playback effect parameters for one track at a time and allows monitoring of only the selected track cF page 22 Sik Play Effect So eas 2 ee ee ee en ee eee eter z iis Trans gt Ti Pi Patterns Part 2 Recording Accompaniments The QY300 provides two ways to record an accompaniment by specifying patterns and chords realtime and step recording The realtime method is the fastest and easiest letting you record pattern and chord changes on the fly The step method gives you more detailed control and is an excellent way to add the finishing touches to an accompaniment recorded in real time Realtime Accompaniment Recording If for some reason all 10 PP songs contain data use Meu the Clear Song job de scribed on page 53 to clear a song for recording Once you know how to select styles sections and enter chords in the PAT TERN mode see the preceding sections recording a basic accompaniment in real time is easy Tempo changes can be added later using the EDIT mode page 112 1 Select the SONG Mode amp an Empty Song Press the SONG mode key to select the SONG mode and with the cursor located over the song number at the top of the display use any data entry method to select an empty song number if necessary Em
157. ssrsssessssssrrrssseesssnssrrrseeess 45 Exclusive event insert edit rrerrrree 111 Expand backing song job sesse ssssssssssssstssssssrrsesssersessseseesss 51 Extract vent gong Jobninesinosinoninauinaninanii 46 F Faders varerne oinei a iaia a OSA uaa wears 15 Fingered chord zone assignment ss cc 117 Floppy disks amp diye ssnnosnsnanawaririravaiainoi v Format diS Krennenn EE EEE EREE E Ri 125 Function amp SHIFT keys 7 Function keys step record sssssssssssssisssssrressssrreesssrreessss 32 Ea N G N Gate time amp velocity modify playback sss 22 Normalize effect song job ss sessssssssssrsssssrrrssssssressssreressss 52 Gate time parameter edit mode sssssessessersessenseen 106 Note amp keyboard displays step record oo ccccceseseeeeee 31 Get phrase phrase job Gi ndcuniinuacaimbakedakauaes 101 Note display moving around in step record mode 32 Note entry step record oo cecccccesseseeseesecsecestesteseeseeneenees 31 Note event insert edit cccccscceteteteteteeteeteteeeeeenenes 108 3 Note parameter edit mode svcccisiscs dnccieroiconrconteriecetsarten 106 E case vi Note parameters step record sssssscscesssssssseeeseesessseseansens 30 Initialize play effect pattern JOb niscsdinsiniaidannies 89 Num rc Keypad sirecccineciescsieseioi i e a 7 Initialize play effect song JOD s sssssssssssssrssssresssressressreess 52 Input AETS os fs sessct Test n a E vented S EATE ADE T 116
158. sure number via the numeric keypad The beat number will always be reset to 1 when you locate a measure al The outer ring of the QY300 data dial is a shuttle dial that lets you move forward or backward through the current song at varying speed both during playback and when playback is stopped The more you rotate the shuttle dial in the clockwise direction the faster you will shuttle forward through the song The same applies to reverse shuttling in the counter clockwise direction If you use the shuttle dial during playback you will be able to monitor the sound of the song while shuttling forward or backward No monitor sound is available if the shuttle dial is used when playback is stopped 4 Song Mode Part 1 Playback amp Control WE The Mark Jump Function The mark jump function lets you mark memorize up to 10 locations within the current song and jump to any one of the marked locations in one easy step Marking a Location To mark the current location press the F4 function key Mark This calls the Mark Jump display Ee Marke Jumet When the Mark Jump display appears make sure the cursor is located at a clear number 2 in the example display above and press ENTER This records the current measure beat location in the specified Mark Jump number and returns you to the SONG mode Jumping to a Marked Location To jump to a marked location press the F6 key Mark
159. t to delete you can also use the data dial to select files or directly enter the file number via the numeric keypad then press the ENTER key Respond to the Delete Old Data display with the 1 YES key to go ahead with the operation or the 1 NO key to cancel Completed will appear briefly when the operation has finished The Rename function function makes it easy to directly change the name of a file on disk QE Fename Song 3 SONG 3 File list New name area To rename a file first move the cursor to the file list and highlight the file you want to rename you can also use the data dial to select files or directly enter the file number via the numeric keypad then move the cursor to the new name area and enter the new file name name entry is accomplished via the micro keyboard in the same way as described for the Song Name job page 54 Once the file has been selected and the new name entered press the ENTER key Completed will appear briefly when the operation has fin ished Disk Operations E Format The format operation 2 erases all data from the CAUTION disk po The disk write protect MPE slide must be in the wie Write enable position to perform a format operation If it is not the Write Protected er ror message will appear when you attempt to execute the for mat operation This operation formats new blank 2DD 3 5 inch floppy disks for use with the QY300
160. tch bend while 24 allows the maximum pitch bend range of 2 octaves Hold the SHIFT key while setting a fader to change the settings of all faders by the same amount Channel Assignments The Output Select display accessed by pressing the F2 function key Out put from the main SONG mode display determines the QY300 s track to channel assignments The MIDI CH settings determine which MIDI channels are assigned to the corresponding tracks for both reception and transmission The TG CH settings determine which internal tone generator channel this is unrelated to the MIDI channel will be controlled by the corresponding sequencer track This type of setting is provided because in some cases it may be necessary to control a single channel of the internal tone generator from two or more sequencer tracks Playback Effects 18 E Quantization The QY300 provides a number of playback effects which allow the playback data to be modified in a number of ways The data is actually modified on the fly during playback the data in memory is not affected Quantization aligns notes in the specified track to the nearest specified beat usually to tighten up sloppy timing Use it judiciously however because tim ing that is too perfect can sound cold and mechanical unless of course you re specifically aiming for a cold mechanical feel After selecting the playback effect mode from the main SON
161. ter selects the destination phrase i e the user phrase to which the source phrase will be copied 001 100 After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Copy Phrase 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to de selected mode 99 The Phrase Js eee 09 Append Phrase Appends the specified user phrase to the end of a second specified user phrase LEHER d Job 8 APPend Phrase Phrase EER ERRA Arbrend Phrase 881 The upper Phrase parameter selects the source phrase i e the user phrase from which the data is to be copied 001 100 The lower Phrase parameter selects the destination phrase i e the user phrase to which the data is to be appended 001 100 After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Append Phrase 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 10 Split Phrase 100 Splits a specified user phrase into two parts at the specified measure and moves the latter half to another specified user p
162. that is off in the first place The Trans controls in this display transpose all notes in the corresponding tracks up or down in semitone increments The Shift faders move all notes and events in the corresponding tracks forward or backward by the specified number of clocks 96 clocks per 1 4 note ees ee Ege es sea CELE ote The rotary Trans controls set the amount of transposition for the correspond ing tracks The transpose range is from 99 full left through 00 center position to 99 full right with each increment corresponding to a semi tone The current numeric transpose setting for the selected track appears in the upper right hand comer of the display The faders set the amount of clock shift for the corresponding tracks Posi tion the cursor at a fader then use any data entry method to set the clock shift as required The graphic fader will move to the corresponding position above center for positive clock shift and below center for negative clock shift The current clock shift setting will appear in the upper right comer of the display the numeric range is from 999 through 0 to 999 Hold the SHIFT key while setting a fader to change the settings of all faders by the same amount 21 Song Mode Part 1 Playback amp Contra 22 E Gate Time amp Velocity Modify r The gate time can be modified to give the MUSICAL s NOTE entire track a m
163. the pattern or until the next phrase number is encountered in that track Vr l o Main Meas d et a 10 aragsagz opil ites Be AR TR 12 H3 airy Grasset West Clear DExibs Rest symbol Clearing Phrases amp Rests Phrase numbers and rests can be cleared by placing the cursor at the appropri ate phrase number or rest and pressing the F5 key Clear 5 Exit From the Patch Mode When Done Press the F6 key Exit when the current section of the style is complete The mute buttons for tracks which now contain phrases will appear as solid blocks and the asterisks will disappear from the pattern name location use the Style Name job page 90 to enter an original style name 6 Repeat for the Other Sections Repeat the above procedure to complete the remaining sections of the style as required 77 Recording Original Phrases 78 The QY300 makes it easy to create original accompaniment phrases In addi tion to the preset phrases the QY300 has 100 phrase memory locations US 001 through US 100 which can be used to store your own creations The PHRASE mode provides two ways to create original phrases realtime and step recording E Realtime Phrase Recording If for some reason all 100 Jo user phrases contain data wally use the Clear Phrase function described on page 102 to clear a phrase for recording In the realtime record mode you select the voice you want to record with
164. the 7th degree of the chord Specifying the Bass Phrase Chord Type Harmonization While the ON BASS function described above allows you to specify the actual root of the bass phrase to be used with a chord the ORG BASS function also lets you specify a chord type on which the bass pattern will be based To do this use the left OCT UP key note the ORG BASS marking below the key Enter the chord in the normal way then while holding the OCT UP ORG BASS key press the key on the micro keyboard correspond ing to the desired root note and then the key corresponding to the desired chord type the root note and chord type will appear below the chord root In the example display below the Dm7 chord will be played with a bass phrase based on a CM7 chord Gsm G61 MWS PatilMaina 1 eas 4126 0 or lof4l 4r4 4 Try Out the Various Chords With Different Styles During playback you can move the cursor up to the style number select a different style then move the cursor back to the chord symbol and try different chords with the new style 5 Stop Playback When Done Stop playback by pressing the Ml key 61 E Track Muting amp Effect Bypass The track mute buttons in the PATTERN mode function in exactly the same way as they do in the SONG mode See page 14 for details E Voices Assignment amp Effects The PATTERN mode has basically the same Voice mode Mixer and Reverb displays the same Effect
165. the QY300 pro vides a per track display which shows all parameters for all effects for one track at a time Only the sound of the selected track will be monitored when this display is selected Press the F1 function key perTR to select the per track display Wm Play Effect atuante paeminan jaTen SrEn AGT Ueta f auante WjaSwinam jalen SftE fma em qd Wit G Rat Wal ot ext I Transat E g 4 meth EE Rat mal Shift U Ots The individual effects and parameters are exactly the same as those described above To select a track move the cursor to the track number bar at the top of the display then move the cursor sideways to select the track you want to program Song Mode Part 2 Basic Recording The QY300 SONG mode provides two main record modes for the 16 sequencer tracks realtime and step record When you use the realtime record mode the QY300 records exactly what you play as you play it In the step record mode notes can be entered one at a time There s also a multi real time record mode in which all 16 sequencer tracks can be recorded simultaneously and a punch in real time record mode in which you can re record any specified section of an already recorded track The step record mode lets you record extremely fast or complex passages that would be difficult or impossible to play in real time It s also useful for adding finishing touches to tracks originally recorded in real
166. thod to set the strength as required The graphic fader will move to the corresponding position The specified strength setting will appear in the upper right comer of the display Hold the SHIFT key while setting a fader to change the settings of all faders by the same amount 19 Song Mode Part 1 Playback amp Control E Swing 20 The Swing effect can only be used when playback quantization above is active This effect produces a swing feel by shifting the timing of back beats as specified by the quantize effect For example if the specified quantization value is 8th notes then the swing effect will shift the 2nd 4th 6th and 8th beats of each measure forward to create a swing feel If the quantize value is set to a triplet note length the last note in each triplet group will be shifted If the quantize value is set to a compound note length e g 8th note 8th note triplet then the even numbered back beats will be shifted The Rat swing rate parameter determines how much the timing of the affected notes will be shifted The range is from 50 no swing to 75 maximum swing for even note lengths from 66 to 83 for triplet note lengths and from 50 to 66 for even plus triplet note lengths e g 8th note 8th note triplet The faders set the amount of swing for the corresponding tracks Position the cursor at a fader then use any data entry method to set the swing rate as required The graphic fade
167. tions below The MIDI OUT connector can be connected to an ex ternal tone generator or synthesizer if you want to drive external voices from the QY300 sequencer L MONO amp R OUTPUT Jacks These are the main stereo outputs from the QY300 s internal tone generator system see Audio Connections below Both are standard 1 4 mono phone plugs When a plug is inserted into only the L MONO output the left and right channels signals are mixed and delivered via that output to allow direct connection to mono sound systems The output level is adjusted via the VOL UME control F page 7 PHONES Jack Any pair of stereo headphones with a 1 4 stereo phone plug can be plugged in here for convenient monitoring The PHONES output level is adjusted via the VOLUME control DC IN Jack The DC output cable from the Yamaha PA 1207 AC Power Adaptor supplied with the QY300 is plugged in here Power amp Connections E Audio Connections Make sure that both the QY300 and your sound ecu system are turned OFF when making connections The simplest way to monitor the QY300 sound is via a pair of stereo head phones 1 4 stereo phone plug type plugged into the PHONES jack If want to use an external stereo sound system however use the L MONO and R OUTPUT jacks Since the QY300 output jacks are 1 4 phone types you might have to use adaptors to connect to a sound system with different input connectors e g RCA
168. tions without notice or obligation to update existing units This product either alone or in combination with an amplifier and headphones or speaker s may be capable of producing sound lev els that could cause permanent hearing loss DO NOT operate for long periods of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears you should consult an audiologist IMPORTANT The louder the sound the shorter the time period before damage occurs Some Yamaha products may have benches and or accessory mounting fixtures that are either supplied with the product or as optional accessories Some of these items are designed to be dealer assembled or installed Please make sure that benches are stable and any optional fixtures where applicable are well se cured BEFORE using Benches supplied by Yamaha are designed for seating only No other uses are recommended NOTICE Service charges incurred due to lack of knowledge relating to how a function or effect works when the unit is operating as designed are not covered by the manufacturer s warranty and are therefore the owners responsibility Please study this manual carefully and consult your dealer before re questing service ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Yamaha strives to produce products that are both user safe and environmentally friendly We sincerely believe that our products and the production meth ods used to produce them meet t
169. tone and the maximum range is from 12 down one octave to 12 up one octave Track Muting Effect Bypass amp Keyboard Track Settings A The Chd chord and The mute buttons below each track number on the SONG mode display can pe Tmp tempo tracks be used to mute turn off the corresponding track or bypass the internal cannot be muted or ef fect bypassed effects for that track E Track Muting Move cursor to the appropriate mute button then press 1 YES to mute that track you may have to press 1 YES twice if the track is effect bypassed see below or press 1 NO to turn a muted track back on The letter M appears in the mute buttons of tracks that are muted Tracks that do not contain data cannot be muted and their mute buttons appear as white blocks with a dotted outline rather than solid dark blocks In the display below for example tracks 1 through 4 are muted tracks 5 through 10 and the tempo track Tmp on the display contain data and are on while the rest contain no data The cursor is currently located at the track 4 mute button 1493 6 ia The mute buttons are a dred eee Nandy way to simply HS T i 7 A Fat ihd Trae aaa turn tracks that you Ed rae ui don t want to hear off When re ic Asoka cording they also make it easy Coz EE to mute a busy track or several tracks that might make it difficult to hear an important track Simultaneous Track
170. type pin jacks You can connect the QY300 directly to most mixing consoles and instrument amplifiers via standard phone plug ca bles use the L MONO output when connecting to a mono sound system E MIDI Connections Although the QY300 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 sensitivity if your keyboard has a velocity sensitive keyboard Connect the MIDI OUT connector of the keyboard to the MIDI IN connector of the QY300 and make sure that your keyboard is set to transmit on the appropriate MIDI channel The QY300 MIDI channel to track assignments are described on page 18 MIDI OUT MIDI IN ga WEE Cl EE a booO0 OO O00 000 MIDI Keyboard TRELOOUUCOUOLLLL QY300 Always use high quality Paras MIDI cables when wey Connecting MIDI de vices and avoid cables longer than about 15 meters longer cables can pick up electrical noise that can cause data errors Although it has a built in tone generator the QY300 can drive external tone generators and synthesizers just like any other MIDI sequencer or music com puter You can even combine the internal voices with those produced by exter nal equipment Connect the QY300 MIDI OUT connector to the MIDI IN connector of a single external device or the first in a chain of devices you want to control The MI
171. ubsequent measures are moved forward to make room EIE Job 13 Create Measure ee h 4 4 Bil eas EExitd The M parameter above the graphic bar specifies the measure at which the newly created measures will be inserted The time signature parameter below the graphic bar determines the time signature of the measures to be created 1 16 16 16 1 8 16 8 1 4 8 4 The Meas parameter below the bar specifies the number of measures to be created After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Create Measure 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode 14 Delete Measure Deletes the specified range of measures from all tracks simultaneously Sm Job i4 Delete Measure kili The M parameters above the graphic bar are used to specify the first meas ure and last measure of the range to be deleted The Song Jobs fa Delete Measure is a MUSICAL great way to completely Mua cut out unwanted data from the song it s important to remember however that a de lete operation affects all tracks simultaneously and that meas ures following the deleted range are moved back to take the place of the deleted measures 15 Copy Track First measure Last measure
172. uence of songs for playback place the cursor at the appro priate chain numbers and use any data entry method to enter the required song numbers The number following the song name is the number of times that song is to be repeated Place the cursor at the repeat number and use any data entry method to set the number of repeats for each song Sed Song va Fi ri 3 Number 3 Song number Number of repeats In the example chain shown here the first two songs in the chain will play through in sequence then the third song will be repeated twice 3 Play the Chain While still in the CHAIN mode press the gt key to play back the pro grammed chain Playback will stop after the last song You can also press the M key to stop playback at any time 113 The Chain Mode E Deleting Songs From the Chain To delete a song from the chain and move all subsequent songs up to fill the gap place the cursor at the song to be deleted and press the F2 function key Delete W Inserting New Songs In the Chain To insert a new song in the middle of a chain and move all subsequent songs down to make room place the cursor at the poing at which the song is to be inserted and press the F1 function key Insert You can then enter a new song number at the insert point 114 The Utility Mode The QY300 utility mode includes a number of functions that are important for general operation e g MIDI data handling interfacing
173. ve bulk data for song that already has data Bulk Ignored Bulk data was received when the system was not in top of song mode Only l song data for the QY10 20 is acceptable The received bulk data was not the correct type DISK Illegal Format Disk Full Cannot write more data to disk the disk s data capacity 712K or directory capac ity 112 is full Illegal File Attempted to read file type not supported by QY300 QY300 supports SMF and ESEQ only Can t Change File Name Attempted to change existing filename System Memory Full The sequencer s memory is full The sequencer cannot record more data jobs cannot execute Battery Low The memory backup battery is low memory cannot be backed up etc Now Working Restoring internal data This message may appear following Power On immedi ately after the Greeting Delete Old Data Yes No Specified song or file already exists load save operation will delete existing data Can t Undo OK Yes No Memory is too full to support Undo execution will be irreversible 127 Append eee Specifications Sequencer No of Trackes Data Capacity Preset Phrases Record Modes Preset Chords Note Resolution Polyphony Edit Job Play Effect Finger Chord Song Chain Sequence File Format Tone Generator Type Max Polyphony Multi timbre Parts Preset Voices Voice Parameter Display External Memory Connectors Power Supply
174. w the display will look after two 8th notes have been entered Al REEE I HEITE EREC ITEE TR 41 HCA CATT Rest n Tie Delete BE Delt Lokew Hikew Chords can be entered simply by moving the note pointer back to a note and entering another note at the same location this can be repeated as many times as necessary See Moving Around In the Note Display below The Note amp Keyboard Displays 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 measure then the display will scroll to show the extra notes ee pointer Each dash represents a 32nd note 12 clocks a ie ee es a ee DEn woe _ Istbeat 2ndbeat gt 3rd beat 4th beat The keyboard display shows the pitch es of the note s at the current note pointer position In the example below the keyboard displays that a chord C major consisting of three notes oo at the current note pointer location G1 eee 1 47 E mic STEF TR 41 i 1 a J d W d d5 eee CATT 31 32 Moving Around In the Note Display You can move the cursor down to the note display the note pointer will appear filled and move the note pointer to any position at which you want to enter a note or to any note that you want to delete You will actually hear the appro priate note or chord when the note pointer is moved to an existing note sym
175. which MIDI channel the note data corrresponding to what is played on the micro keyboard will be output according to the channel assignments made in the Output Select display c7 page 18 Voices Assignment amp Effects Press the F6 function p gt key Exit from any wally of the voice mode displays to return to the normal SONG mode display e The master M fader also af fects the pattern tracks page 65 The QY300 has 128 voices and 8 drum kits that can be selected played and assigned to the 16 SONG mode sequencer tracks via the voice display The voice mode also features a graphic on screen mixer that has pan pots and faders for each tone generator channel as well as reverb tuning and pitch bend range controls tone generator channel to sequencer track assignments are described in the Channel Assignments section amp page 18 Press the F3 function key Voice to select the voice mode and then if necessary press F1 Mixer to select the mixer display Woice BB2 Pf BriteProa EE iad sk tek daz GEG ol rt pojejo Dolu a va EEE ER EREEEERERCE Sew Voice i fi E Try Out the Voices In any QY300 mode the micro keyboard plays GaS the voice assigned to the c urrently selected track A MIDI key board connected to the MIDI IN con nector however will only play the voice assigned to the track that is set to receive on the MIDI channel that the external
176. with external equipment ABC system operation and more Press the UTILITY mode key to go to the UTILITY mode then use the F1 F2 and F3 function keys to select the system input filter or fingered zone param eters described below Press the F6 function key Exit to exit from the UTILITY mode and return to the previously engaged mode when done you can also press any other mode key to go directly to the selected mode System Parameters W Master Tuning The UTILITY mode system parameters include master tuning and basic MIDI settings that are essential for communication with external equipment To ac cess the system parameters press the F1 function key System after engag ing the UTILITY mode Mast MIDI MIDI Echo Intrvl Tune Sync Ctrl Back Time This parameter tunes the QY300 tone generator over approximately a whole tone range one semitone in l cent increments a cent is 1 100th of a semitone The range is from 99 through 00 to 99 A setting of 00 produces normal pitch Negative values tune down and positive values tune up E MIDI Synchronization Determines whether the QY300 is controlled by its own internal clock or MIDI clock data from an external device When set to Int the QY300 is controlled by its own internal clock When set to Ext the QY300 is controlled by a MIDI clock signal received from an external device such as a sequencer or musi
177. y phrases The QY300 provides 2 000 preset phrases that you can combine to create a virtually unlimited variety of patterns and memory for up to 100 user phrases that you can record yourself from scratch Each pattern can have 8 variations intro main A main B fill AA fill BB fill AB fill BA and an ending that you can sequence along with chord changes to quickly create complete accompaniment tracks Chord changes are programmed simply by entering the name of the chord Yamaha s advanced ABC Auto Bass Chord auto accompaniment system au tomatically re harmonizes the pattern accordingly The QY300 s accompani ment sequencing features mean you can whip up a complete accompaniment in a fraction of the time it would normally take significantly simplifying and speeding up the overall production process vii The QY300 An Ore E Voices amp Effects See VOICE LISTS AND MIDI DATA booklet c w page 2 for a complete list of the QY300 voices viii The QY300 s internal AWM tone generator provides 128 top quality voices plus 8 complete drum kits with different drum and percussion instruments assigned to different notes You can assign any of these voices to the sequencer tracks and phrases or play them directly from an external keyboard or other MIDI controller via the MIDI interface The QY300 also features a high quality internal DSP Digital Signal Processor system which provides a range of reverb and
178. y the Transpose job 01 16 for the sequncer tracks or Chd for the accompaniment chord track The M parameters above the graphic bar are used to specify the first measure beat and last measure beat of the range to be modified First measure Last measure MBBLs 1 999 4 First beat Last beat The Transpose parameter determines the amount of transposition in semi tone increments Minus values transpose down while plus values trans pose up the range is from 99 through 0 to 99 After setting the parameters as required press ENTER to execute the Trans pose 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 F6 key Exit to return to the job list or a mode key to go directly to the selected mode The Song Jobs 06 Shift Note Changes the pitch of all specified notes within the specified range of measures in the specified track E Job 6 Shift Note MBG1E 1 999 4 TR El ac Reese r C 3 C3 The TR parameter selects the track to be affected by the Shift Note job 01 10 The M parameters above the graphic bar are used to specify the first measure beat and last measure beat of the range to be modified First measure Last measure MOBI 17939 4 First beat Last beat The source note parameter determines whi

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