Table Of Contents - Yamaha qx21 Owner's Manual

INTRODUCTION
Congratulations
on your
purchase
of a
Yamaha QX21
Digital
Sequence
Recorder!
Your
QX21
Digital
Sequence
Recorder
offers
high-performance
2-track
digital
sequencing
in
any MIDI-based
digital
music
system.
The QX21
is
capable
of
recording anything you
play
on any
Yamaha
DX
synthesizer
or
other
MIDI
keyboard
-
complete with touch response and
function parameters
such
as pitch bend, modulation,
etc.
The
things
you
record
will
be
true to
life.
You
can
also write
in
notes
in
the "step"
mode,
letting
you
create pieces that
would
be
impossible
to
play
live.
Overdubbing
capability
is
practically unJimited,
and you can
control
more
than
one
FM
tone generator
-
say
a
DX11
Digital
Programmable
Algorithm
Synthesizer
and
a
TX81Z
FM
Tone
Generator
-
letting
you sequence more
than
one
voice
at
a time.
Furthermore,
a
range
of useful editing
and
other control functions
lets
you modify and enhance your
compositions with
ease.
And
there's a
cassette interface so
you
can save
all
your
hard
work on
a
standard
cassette recorder for
later
use.
The QX21
Digital
Sequence
Recorder can give
you
virtually
unlimited
capability for creative,
digital
music production.
IMPORTANT-
This
manual
is
organized
in
tutorial
form. Therefore,
in
order
to fully
understand
all
aspects
of operating
the
QX21
,
we
urge
you
to
go
through
the
manual and
try
out each
operation as
it
is
described.
CONTENTS
PRECAUTIONS
3
CONNECTIONS
4
PANEL
CONTROLS
5
BASIC
RECORDING &
EDITING
PROCEDURES
REAL
TIME
RECORDING
7
i
Erase 8
Repeat
9
Overdubbing
9
Exchange
9
Using
the
TRACK
Buttons 10
Track
Down
10
Insert 11
Delete
Measure
11
Chain
11
STEP
RECORDING
12
Footswitch
STOP/START
14
SEQUENCING MULTIPLE
TONE GENERATORS
Connecting Multiple
Tone
Generators 15
MIDI
Channel
Number
16
METRONOME/TIMING CONTROL
FUNCTIONS
Beat/Measure
17
Metronome Mode
17
Clock Select
17
Song
Position Pointer 18
UTILITY
FUNCTIONS
After
Touch
19
Control
Change &
Pitch
Bend
19
Key
Velocity 19
Echo Back
19
Protect 20
Display MIDI Status 20
Save Temporary
Buffer 21
Delete Channel
21
Quantize
21
Cassette Save/Verify/Load 22
Local
Device
Number
23
Show
Free
Area
23
ERROR MESSAGES
24
SPECIFICATIONS
25
MIDI
DATA
FORMAT
26