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MUSIC SEQUENCER OWNER’S MANUAL
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Contents The QY22: What It Is & The VOICE Mode: Selecting, Creating Original Patterns .. 77 Z V N Playing, & Assigning the What It Can Do....................... 7 Recording an Original ABC Pattern ............................. 78 What It Is .................................... 8 QY22 Voices & Drums ....... 35 Realtime Pattern Recording ... 78 Voice Mode............................ 9 Try Out the Voices ................... 37 Step Pattern Recording ....... 86 Song Mode ............................
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Contents Realtime Sequencer Track Utility Functions ................ 157 > Recording .......................... 109 Accessing the Utility Mode ..... 158 Step Sequencer Track System Parameters................ 160 Recording .......................... 115 Bulk Dump.............................. 163 The Song Jobs ....................... 122 ABC Zone............................... 165 1: Mix Track ....................... 124 ......... Memory Initialize .................... 166 Z 2: Copy Measure .....
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Precautions Your QY22 will give you years of reliable service if you follow the simple rules given below: Location • Avoid plugging an AC power adaptor used with Do not expose the instrument to the following the QY22 into the same AC outlet as appli- conditions to avoid deformation, discoloration, ances with high power consumption, such as or more serious damage. electric heaters or ovens. Also avoid using multi-plug adaptors since these can result in • Direct sunlight (e.g. near a window). re
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Precautions • Physical shocks caused by dropping, bumping, The backup battery should last for several or placing heavy objects on the instrument can years. When the backup battery needs to be result in scratches and more serious damage. replaced “Backup Batt. Low!” will appear on the display when the power is turned on. When this Cleaning happens, have the backup battery replaced by • Clean the cabinet and panel with a dry soft qualified Yamaha service personnel. DO NOT cloth. ATTEMPT TO REPLA
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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 immediately and information that can be skipped until later, hopefully helping you to become familiar with the QY22 in the quickest, most effi- cient manner possible. This icon warns of possible hardware Suggestions as to how a feature or func- damage, software
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The QY22: 1 What It Is & What It Can Do What It Is ..................................................................... 8 Voice Mode .............................................................. 9 Song Mode............................................................... 9 Pattern Mode ......................................................... 11 What It Can Do ......................................................... 12 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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1 The QY22: What It Is & What It Can Do What It Is … The QY22 is a complete music production system with tone generator, sequencer, and auto- accompaniment capability all integrated with a sophisticated control interface. It has 3 modes that provide access to its 3 main functional blocks: the VOICE mode, the SONG mode, and the PATTERN mode. QY22 Modes SONG MODE VOICE MODE 8 tracks: 4 sequencer tracks AWM tone generator with + 4 accompaniment tracks. 128 voices & 8 drum kits. PATTERN MODE SOUND P
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1 The QY22: What It Is & What It Can Do VOICE Mode ———————————————————————————— The QY22’s internal AWM tone generator provides full General MIDI Level 1 compatibility with 128 top-quality General MIDI 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 internal sequencer tracks (➪ page 38), or play them di- rectly from an external keyboard or other MIDI controller via the MIDI interface (➪ page 16
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1 The QY22: What It Is & What It Can Do The Sequencer Tracks The QY22 sequencer has 4 “normal” sequencer tracks to which you can individually assign any of the 128 internal SONG Mode Tracks voices (or 8 drum kits if desired), and record just about any- Sequencer track 1 (“TR1”) thing you like either via the QY22’s own micro keyboard or Sequencer track 2 (“TR2”) Sequencer an external keyboard connected to the QY22 MIDI IN connec- tracks. Sequencer track 3 (“TR3”) tor. You can use the real-time
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1 The QY22: What It Is & What It Can Do 2. The accompaniment tracks feature Yamaha’s advanced ABC (Auto Bass Chord) auto-accompaniment system (➪ page 47). Of course, you can create accompaniments without using ABC if you like. PATTERN Mode —————————————————————————— The QY22 PATTERN mode produces the accompaniment patterns that are used by the SONG mode accompaniment tracks. The best of the QY20’s preset patterns have been incorporated into the QY22’s preset patterns as well as some powerfully n
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1 The QY22: What It Is & What It Can Do What It Can Do … Here are a few ideas on how you can use the QY22. There’s no way we can cover all pos- sibilities, but the ideas presented might help to spark some new and interesting applications. A Super Practice Tool Create accompaniments that you can practice with on your guitar, keyboard, or any other instrument (vocals too, of course). That way you have the advantage of practicing with a bass line and chords in- stead of just a metronome or drum m
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1 The QY22: What It Is & What It Can Do Compose & Arrange The QY22’s outstanding voices, versatile sequencing capability, and in-depth editing features make it a perfect tool for trying out mu- sical ideas and arrangements. It’s also a great way to present your ideas to others (➪ page 108). Serious Music Production Use the QY22 as an adjunct to serious music recording and pro- duction. It can, for example, be MIDI-clock synchronized to other MIDI equipment in order to add extra tracks to an
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1 The QY22: What It Is & What It Can Do GENERAL About General MIDI The QY22 is fully compatible with the General MIDI System Level 1 Standard. As you probably know, MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) makes it possi- ble for various electronic musical instruments and other devices to “communicate” with each other. For example, by connecting a sequencer to a synthesizer, you can play back a songs data on the sequencer using the voices of the synthesizer. But until General MIDI came along,
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Setting Up: 2 Power & Connections Power Supply .......................................................... 16 Using Batteries...................................................... 16 When to Replace the Batteries ..................................... 17 Using a Power Adaptor ......................................... 18 Setting Up Your System ....................................... 19 The Connectors .................................................... 19 Audio Connections .........................
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2 Setting Up: Power & Connections Power Supply Your QY22 will run either from batteries or an optional AC adaptor. Follow the instructions below according to the power source you intend to use. Using Batteries —————————————————————————— Six 1.5V AA size (SUM-3 or R6P) or equivalent alkaline batteries must first be installed in the battery compartment. Open the battery compartment cover — located on the instrument’s Open Battery Z Compartment Cover bottom panel — by pressing down on the grooved s
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2 Setting Up: Power & Connections Insert Batteries Insert the six batteries, being careful to follow the polar- X ity markings on the bottom panel. Replace Cover Replace the compartment cover, making sure that it locks firmly in C place. When to Replace the Batteries ———————————————————— When the batteries run down and are no longer able to operate the QY22, the sound may become distorted and the display shown to the left will appear. When this display appears, replace the batteries with a compl
