[Tutorial] Creating A Pattern on the Yamaha QY100 / QY70

[@EdgyNumber1]

Now if you had just casually picked this up, this little machine is near impossible to use. A good practical guide like this is invaluable. This little grey box has been sitting in my loft for ages (given to me years ago.) Just plugged a MIDI controller keyboard in and got to work. Great guide! 👍

[@techtinkerin]

Thanks very helpful tutorial! I waited 20 years to get one of these and it's good to start getting my head around its functions. ❤️👍😎

[@paulg9314]

Thanks JayB for another great tutorial on the QY100. For many of us, deep-diving into all the Patterns sub-menus is a daunting prospect, but you did it with style and showed that it can be done without too much fuss. Thanks for that, and keep up the good work. Cheers, Paul

[@matthewrichards88]

This is great to see. I've been using arranger keyboards from Yamaha to compose (using the style creator) and the intro, a, b, fill in etc, and playing all the patterns in the key of c major 7. Yamaha are still using this format and layout which is great. Really nice to see this

[@DawlessHouseMusic]

I just got my 70 in the mail. Your vids made me a serious believer. I'd really love one more of, well, anything QY, please!!

[@hayleylaura8818]

Thanks for this video, it’s hard finding tutorials outside of the original user manual for my QY70, I’m having fun using it but learning the capabilities is still not very natural to me! So appreciate this very much

[@listener85]

Thanks for a very logical and informative tutorial.... my newly acquired QY70 came from Japan and the manual is in Japanese so your knowledge and experience is much appreciated!

[@thomasbryant9547]

Hi. I'm so glad I found you showing the QY 100. It truly is a great piece of gear. I will use your information to get up and recording. Also I will need your help. LOL. Keep up the Great work. Good Job.

[@marksvideochannel3592]

Thank you for the video. It has been incredibly helpful or me on the QY100!!

[@TonydeKaro]

Many thanks! Got an Q70 today and your tutorial helps a lot!

[@Aetila]

I just watched the video and learned a lot. I just wonder if you could make a special tutorial (tutorials) tailored for techno- and trance composers, making full patterns (Intro, Mains AB, Fills, End) ...to show how we old beginners should proceed, making 1 pattern set for trance, and one full set for techno, etc. What to consider and how to proceed with it, with your best knowledge, to put us, new users, on a track, lol. You could jump over all that QY user stuff you showed here, creating instead modern genre-special patterns. My point is that Yamaha didn't implement NEW styles at that time, like modern trance, techno, ambient and now synthwave. It would be so great to learn from the Master, lol, how you think and what we should implement, when creating moderns songs, or rather patterns, in this case. Almost all styles on the QY are pretty old-style, like enka, waltz, blues and rock...but few or non trance- techno- and electronica-styles/full pattern sets. When we got the patterns, it would also be interesting to see how to set up a modern trance song (with patterns and variation), to create a full 3-5 minutes composition, with the patterns we programmed. Thanks for all your work and demos!

[@valley_robot]

Don’t ever sell yours if you have one , so useful , best little sequencer ever

[@Toppitmanilikeit]

Very interesting! Thank you for this excellent video. Great quality. Well explained! All the best to you.

[@comedycamping4692]

Great tutorial. Could you do a tutorial on recording and arranging the patterns into a song.

[@BlankFor_ms]

Great vid! I got a qy70 the day you posted, and this was super helpful! Next video idea: using external midi devices with the QY

[@MrVangassen]

Blank For it's pretty simple to start with I have this connected IN from midi key and out to virus some others but not checked yet as bought it yesterday. Set your multi to specific channels then choose the track to play from. I lack the in depth knowledge of midi set up tho. Made it for ya kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6m6YoZppa16rqs

[@slowgaffle]

Lol I'm seeing you on all the qy70 youtube videos. I saw you using one on your instagram and made me nostalgic for one I used to have. Now that i have a bunch of midi gear im thinking about getting one again

[@SirMalikCobra]

I had one. I love it. However, the buttons will eventually go on you.

[@ramseydoon8277]

@@SirMalikCobra that's a scary warning I wish I'd heard earlier

[@Highfiber123]

Very well done! Excellent tutorial

[@Brokenmono]

I liked your last video, it was a bit confusing but still had some great info. Thanks for the new clearer tutorial.

[@squishmusic]

Wow been using this since '99 and i NEVER noticed this phrase table malarkey :D

[@freshmint5130]

small pocket synthezer with incredibly powerfull abilities. Insane machine

[@cos4242]

Great tutorial, thanks! A similar tutorial on the song mode would be nice. I got my QY70 a couple of days ago and it seems to be very capable little synth/sequencer.

[@silverxgt1125]

After watching your videos, I got me one of these, this thing is really powerful. I also ordered his older brother, the QY700 for the studio. They are perfect since now the Yamaha montage does not come with an integrated sequencer. I could use take the QY100 when out of the studio, and just send the midi to be recorded to the DAW or the other Outboard Synths or both at the same time, depending on you midi routing options. Thanks for your vid post, very informational.

[@Andybaby]

ok 3 years later ... what are your thoughts? Still using the QY700?

[@MattGreerMusic]

This was extremely helpful. Thank you.

[@DonLuca27]

Thanks for the tutorial! I'm thinking about getting a QY70 or QY100. In the video you showed that you started programming the FillAB section, but is it possible to copy-paste from, say, the MainA section to the FillAB? My idea is getting down the main beat in MainA and then copy-paste it to FillAB and edit out the voices to my liking.

[@fatihachbakou1726]

Thx for your useful info. Would you explain how to make Rhythms on Qy 100 with written translate? 💐

[@frankfaranda2151]

Thanks so much for your fine tutorial! I'm a guitarist who just purchased a QY70 and need all the help I can get. Do you have any videos that explain saving songs and patterns?

[@EgoShredder]

I used to own a QY100 but I forget a few things, e.g. while watching you select a voice I wondered if the numbers on the black note keys, could be used as a numeric keypad maybe using the SHIFT key?

[@wilkopiano]

The first game boy DAW but general midi. What happened to general midi? All vst plug-in synths seemed to abandon the format even for drums which is arguably the most useful mapping to retain.

[@Joseph-qp1jx]

Trying to understand this whole transposition and setting the chord thing. I guess what's confusing is it seems the machine wants you to set a key signature before you start playing, but since I am not very skillful with key signature recognition, can I just record to it without setting a key?

[@davidvranch821]

Many thanks for this tutorial, please tell me, when creating and recording a pattern, can the QY only record its own sounds? If it was connected to a synth and an external keyboard, could sounds generated by the synth be recorded in the same way?

[@hornstrum]

Excellent tutorial! Glad I found you! #HHNET

[@francks7550]

Excellent tutorial as usual Could you please let us see the other auto you made ? He is complementary to this one i think ! Great job and thanks for all

[@dnch]

do more!! love this little machine

[@MrVangassen]

Just got qy70 off eBay today and your vid spared me lots of reading before I managed to record a sequence.cheerio Edit :I decided to share about external synths connectivity now uploading. Now link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6m6YoZppa16rqs

[@omonos]

Is there any way to add measures to a section after writing? For insurance if I wrote 4, then decided I wanted 8, I can't copy or extend the pattern to be 8? It's strange that the measure count can only be changed when empty.

[@AlfredoZauberer]

Hallo JayB, Kannst Du mir etwas Erklären? Im Song Mode, nehme ich unten Links "PT" Pattern, per Step Rec einfach nur 6 Takte auf. Auf den 6 Takt füge ich "END" ein! Wenn ich das jetzt im Loop wieder gebe, "Shift Play" ...Loop Symbol wird angezeigt, aber der QY-100 läuft einfach darüber hinaus ...immer weiter .... ??? Hab nach "END" dann 1 Blank eingefügt...nützt nichts, dann 2 Blank, nützt auch nichts?? Hat "Jump" irgendwas damit zu tun? Im Manual kann man nur lesen wie man Loop Schaf stellt - "Shift+Play" - aber woher weiß denn der QY-100 wo das Ende des Lieds ist? Oder Reagiert der im Song Mode nicht auf die Pattern Aufnahme? Muss ich vielleicht etwas auf die 16 Tracks spielen? Das hab ich aber auch ausprobiert...einfach mal den 1 Track für 6 Takte Aufgezeichnet aber auch keine Reaktion...kein Loop...??? Soweit ich das in Erinnerung hatte, Reagiert der QY-100 auf das "Ending" Pattern...? Aber geht nicht...der macht keinen "Loop" ....irgendwas scheine ich zu Übersehen? Was ich auch nicht mehr weiß, die Chord Wechsel im Song Mode, da sind ja ein paar Interessante dabei ...ich kann aber nur einen "Pro Song" auswählen...? Wenn ich aber auf "Main A" einen anderen haben will als auf "Main B" ...wie kann man das Aufnehmen...im Step Modus sehe ich keine Möglichkeit dafür, oder? Und im "User Mode" ...ja wenn ich die Chord Reihenfolge kennen würde, brauchte ich kein Preset, ne ...ja da bin ich etwas Konfus .... Will damit sagen, ich weiß das ich die Chords eingeben kann, aber wie komme ich an die Preset Chords wenn ich mehr als ein Preset will? Und die letzte Sache, Im Pattern Mode, kopiere ich ein "Preset Pattern Arrangment" was ich zusammengestellt habe auf den "User-001" ...wenn ich jetzt die Chords anpassen will, sagt mir der QY-100, Sorry Preset Pattern ... "Hä" ....??? Ich habe sie doch auf den "User-001" kopiert? Das sind gerade so drei Probleme die mich nicht weiter kommen lassen, ich nirgends ne Lösung dafür finde...und mir das gerade den Spaß an dem Wundervollen Gerät verdirbt. Kannst Du mir da vielleicht weiter Helfen, hast Du ne Idee JayB was ich da falsch mache? Edit: Jetzt hat es geklappt mit dem Loop! Weiß auch nicht was es war....? Hab einfach nochmal von vorne begonnen, das ist ja meistens das Problem "Zwinker Smiley!" Und die anderen zwei Dinge, sind die "Styles" ...hab jetzt da auch geschnallt das ich die "Chords" Auf die "Styles" ja Programmieren kann und in den USER-Styles komplett NEUE Arrangments abspeichern kann, die dann durch "Chord" Programing Arrangiert werden....nicht wahr...jo Also alles gut! Danke für die Videos!

[@JayBmusic]

Ich wollte gerade antworten, da sah ich, dass du die Antwort schon gefunden hast. Was halt beim Nutzen des Patterns 129 --End-- doof ist, ist dass es eine kleine Unterbrechung im Loop gibt. Dafür hab ich aber auch keine wirkliche Lösung.

[@EstudioT.A]

Hello JayB, how is posible to create for example 4 bars with 2 chords in a loop, could you tell me? thanks a lot for your help.

[@JayBmusic]

Sure. Technically you can ignore the entire chord section and just make 4 bars the way you want.

[@dingdong7562]

Hallo JayB, erstmal Respekt und Danke für deine tollen Videos zu den QY's 👍 gleich mal eine ganz wichtige Frage: ich bekomme in ein paar Tagen einen QY70 und möchte ihn nicht direkt so als Sequenzer benutzen sondern eher als Instrumenten Rack, also mir im Vorfeld meine Sounds zusammen zu stellen und einfach nur mit einem Midikeyboard Live spielen und dann mit den Cursortasten die Spuren wechseln und dadurch die Sounds! Meine Fragen: wie viel Spuren/ Instrumente kann ich maximal benutzen und werden auch die Effekte bzw auch die Filter Einstellungen jeweils zu einem Sound gespeichert auf der Spur? Würde mich über eine Antwort sehr freuen! 😀

[@dimisvarsos3339]

Is this good as a sequencer for the su200? Nice video

[@thephoenixchant]

Is it possible export a song in the Yamaha QY100 as Midi in the smart card and load it in Windows 10?

[@JayBmusic]

Yes, that's possible.

[@pianosss2870]

Such a great overview. Thanks. Would you consider showing how you record from the device (either by transferring MIDI data to computer and reassigning voices in a linear manner, or recording to tracks). Curious how i would get sketches from the QY100 into something more maleable with an eye on doing much more on the computer...

[@midifilesanddemosongs1024]

copy stuff to song mode and export to MIDI file via Smart Media card which then can be read from a computer and used in any kind of MIDI capable software. Some day I will make another video about song mode but I can't say when.

[@JohnBassarcticsoundstudios]

Great video. Thanks

[@RodriiLinaa]

Great device

[@McBicbic]

I just bought one of these but want to connect it to my computer to save the songs to my computer as well as update the firmware. How can I do this?

[@Jason-nx3hl]

Could you dive into the q70? I’m having issues putting in drums and manually putting notes in and a good tutorial would help me out :)

[@JayBmusic]

Since it's pretty much identical to the QY100, where are you stuck?

[@Jason-nx3hl]

@@JayBmusic well I’m having trouble with setting note lengths for my lead sounds I’d like to make a half bar note but I keep making single notes maybe it’s just a dumb question also is there a way to edit the cutoff of a sound or shape of it?

[@Jason-nx3hl]

Also, I appreciate the reply. Thanks for trying to help me

[@JayBmusic]

@@Jason-nx3hl I suppose you're working in step record mode? If so, then there's this "Tie" button on the right of the screen to enhance the length of the note (see 10:20). Or you use a different note value (9:10), you can also choose legato mode there if you set "Gate" to the maximum level. Editing the sound is possible from the mixer view, see 6:50.

[@Jason-nx3hl]

@@JayBmusic awesome thanks! Also my drums when I have a set of kicks playing they sound like there playing very soft and I’m not sure why I have the velocity set very high after I set all the kick hits

[@альфредпетрович-д7р]

please show how to play drums like you do in the very ending. i only managed to play the first part, sorta tudum-tu-tum

[@in.nomine.matris]

Hello!! So, I just purchased a qy70, and after few experimentations, the memory is now full. I wanted to know how can I find the data filer program compatible with my mac 10.13? or how do you export your songs data please?

[@JayBmusic]

You can always use Bulk Dumps to export your songs and patterns. Just make a MIDI connection from the QY to your computer, use a SysEx tool like Snoize SysEx Librarian, and on the QY go to Menu -> Utility -> Menu -> Bulk Dump to transfer sounds. You can also download the QY70 data filer for Windows from my website and run it via wine (e.g. CrossOver, Wineskin Winery or PlayOnMac). Though I experienced issues using the latest CX22 versions so better get the second or third latest version of Wine.

[@danbad1380]

Thanks for the tutorial!

[@Gainn]

From what I remember, even though it has a 16 channel sequencer you can only send out channels 1 to 8 *or* 9 to 16 at one time. I think that's what put me off buying one when they were released originally. Such a powerful sequencer though.. Might be worth picking one up for modern analogue gear. 🤔

[@JayBmusic]

Those 1-8 and 9-16 are the settings for sending out pattern events. The QYs are 24 track sequencers. On Song mode you have 16 linear MIDI tracks that go straight to MIDI Out (and the internal tone generator of course). But since you cannot put more than 16 channels over one MIDI line you have to decide whether you want the pattern tracks to be mixed with channels 1-8 or 9-16 or not at all. This of course only affects Midi Out, not the internal tone generator.

[@Gainn]

@@JayBmusic oh, OK. I need something that can run all 16 midi channels at once so maybe I'll take another look at these. I'm using 2 yamaha sy85's for sequencing at the moment, so one of these would be less space consuming.. Lol..

[@Noise-Conductor]

@@Gainn Check out the Yamaha RS-7000.

[@kuldipsinghdegon4572]

Great tutorial.

[@rogierhier]

Nice tutorial! But I have 2 questions: 1) What is the maximum amount of measures in a section. 2) If you use a fill with only drums programmed in it, will the other tracks keep playing the phrases of the section where you came from? Or do you need to program in all the other tracks as well?

[@JayBmusic]

1) The maximum number is measures is 8. 2) Yes, each section has to be fully programmed. Empty tracks remain silent.

[@rogierhier]

Thanks for your answer. I own a Yamaha RM1x. The QY100 is almost a portable version of the RM1x. Although, the RM1x can play an arbitrary number of measures per section (amongst other things).

[@Davidoff665]

hi, can you create midi program change sequences? I would like to use it for my whammy

[@JayBmusic]

Yes you can. Just insert them manually as events in the event editor.

[@jbognap]

Do the chords actually alter the recorded MIDI data or is the MIDI revoiced during playback?

[@JayBmusic]

It's revoiced during playback.

[@jbognap]

@@JayBmusic See, to me that's fascinating. This device is from the the turn of the century and today, I'm aware of only Cubase and Studio One Pro which do this - and in the case of Cubase it's destructive.

[@fredoel]

Danke. Arbeite schon seit 2001 mit QY 100 und habe wieder was dazu gelernt, bezg. Stepprecording. Bewundere, wie intensiv Du dich mit dem QY 100 auseinander gesetzt hast. Mit den allgemeinen PC-Programmen komme ich nicht klar, es ist mir zu langwierig, bis da mal 4 Takte klingen.

[@jacquestati2382]

Nice tutorial! Can you controll the qy effects/ sliders /parameters and mixer etc from an external midicontroller? ? Do the QY have an arpeggiator

[@JayBmusic]

The QY react to most standard MIDI control changes so your average MIDI keyboard should be able to change volume, pan, cutoff frequency, resonance, attack and release times, portamento, reverb, chorus and variation sends. You cannot control effect details such as reverb time or chorus LFO speed because these require sysex and I don't really think a MIDI controller supports that. No, the QY doesn't have an arpeggiator. You can emulate an arpeggiator through the pattern mode though.

[@yasarokten]

Can we convert Yamaha tyros styles for qy70, thanks.

[@JayBmusic]

I don't think there's a direct way to convert them. Also I think the styles might be a bit too complex for the QY system. But basically it might work when done manually.

[@dlynch8668]

menu diving heaven

[@BIGUMAMI]

Hey man! Great tutorial! I have a question: can you "punch in" chords as in, say, an Omnichord? Meaning that you press for example, an E button and a sus4 modifier and the QY registers it as that chord while recording? Or is the FNGR function only useful to transpose already existing progressions? Thank you very much!

[@BIGUMAMI]

Or alternatively, could you record a chord progression live like you did at @25:05 into a new pattern (using overdub) or song? Thanks!!

[@dnch]

does the reverb settings from song mode transfer to pattern mode? also could you make song mode tutorial?

[@JayBmusic]

No. It's always the XG default reverb and chorus settings. Also when you load any pattern in a song the reverb settings are reset. The only way to edit these settings is by adding sysex commands either inside the pattern or in the song to change these settings.

[@DawlessHouseMusic]

Can you mix the levels of the drum track instruments individually?

[@davidgoeller5843]

You could put them into different phrases and mix those, or use the velocity to dampen the steps you wanted to

[@ifaber68]

Very nice tutorial 👍

[@Manquant]

Coming from a music tracker background, I wanted to transition into the QY100 and I have several questions: 1.) How many phrases can I add into a track? Would I be able to add four phrases into C1 (for instance), so one phrase plays a set of chords then there's slight variation with the other three phrases? 2.) How many user patterns can I add into a section (i.e Intro, Fill AB, etc.)? Is it just one pattern per section to create a song or am I able to also put multiple user patterns down to make a proper buildup, transitions, etc.

[@JayBmusic]

Révolu It's always one phrase per track per section per pattern. So to make variations you either make the pattern longer or use various sections. You can use several patterns in a song but each time the pattern changes the QY will send a bunch of midi messages to its tone generator with new instruments settings and effect parameters and so on. So you might experience a little sound gap in between. With the QY100 the gap is very small, but with the QY70 its definitely audible.

[@Manquant]

So from what I'm understanding, you're able to write various patterns then jump between them to write a complex piece? Or is it limited to writing loops and sketching out ideas? The most I've worked with in terms of step sequencers is Nanoloop if you're familiar with it. You're able to write phrases for numerous tracks available, then jump from one phrase to another in that same track (i.e. melody/lead) while the others play the same one (bassline, drums), or move all of the phrases together at once. Is it pretty much the same concept/idea?

[@in.nomine.matris]

thank you !

[@jbognap]

Has anyone tried the Yamaha Mobile Music Sequencer for IOS or Android? It's based on the QYs. Though it seems that Yamaha stopped updating it in 2013.

[@JayBmusic]

I tried it and made a small beat with it. But it's not enough so I could say whether it's good or bad.

[@jbognap]

@@JayBmusic I sent you the manual if you want to take a look. I don't have an iPad.

[@yasarokten]

Is it possible to install user rhythms? via any way, Cubase or Cakewalk. I would appreciate it if you answer please, thanks and regards.

[@JayBmusic]

Well, you can create MIDI files with your sequencer programs, import them into your QY and then make patterns out of these. However, you cannot directly create patterns with Cubase or Cakewalk.

[@yasarokten]

Dear JayB, Thank you so much for answering. If you don't know how to do it, it's hard to write patterns manually in QY70. That's why I've never tried. I will combine the rhythm patterns and bass lines with Midi file and try to send them by usb to QY70. I'll let you know the result to you.

[@EstudioT.A]

yes, but I could not find the way today during many time...and dident see any KZbinr explaining this simple thing. Theoricaly I gave the size I wanted in the song but the song continue, does not loop the 4 bars. My idea is put chords (any progression) and study with this, if you know how, tell me please 🙏🏼 thanks a lot!

[@JayBmusic]

Wait... Do you want to create an entirely new pattern or do you want a 4 bar loop with two chords of an existing pattern?

[@EstudioT.A]

@@JayBmusic I want to put the chords that I want and create 4 bars for example...

[@JayBmusic]

Well there's two ways of doing it: you can either place a pattern no. 129 "---END---" on bar 5 and then start cycle playback by holding Shift and pretting Play. But there's always a minimal gap when it jumps back to bar 01. A better solution would be duplicating your chord sequence with Job 09 (copy event or something). Set the range from bar 01:01 to 04:04 and insert them at 05:01 as many times as you want (99 is maximum as far as I know).

[@EstudioT.A]

@@JayBmusic Thanks a lot, I will try this last option, but is very strange. As I know in QY20 and QY22 you have the option RPT (REPETITION) and that's all...Greetings from Spain!

[@Max10_B]

What's fngr on off do?

[@SaifSameer]

Cool one JayB, thanks.. Have you done Midi track bouncing from PC to QY before? Or using DAW to make sophisticated styles on QY?

[@JayBmusic]

I did record songs from PC to the QY before. But all styles I have programmed so far were done using the QY only.

[@bremki]

Thanks so much!! :)

[@ClaudioMonjope]

I would like to name my patterns. Can i? How? tanks

[@JayBmusic]

Job No. 23 or 24. The last in the list.

[@ClaudioMonjope]

@@JayBmusic thankyou very much. I had a paper with my pattern names that i will finally throw away

[@nicolasroy6654]

Hi i have a question. Can I record live with multi mode and overdub live?

[@JayBmusic]

Hmm, you mean record Something in multomode while at the same time playing on the internal keyboard? Or first multi mode record and then afterwards overdub? Either way is possible.

[@nicolasroy6654]

@@JayBmusic ok exemple. I send my 16 midi channels in the QY70 and i make a user of 8 measure. After the 8 measure can i add more stuff without stop record and restart it?. To make it simple i want to use the sequencer like à digital delay. Loop and overdub as i want. Can i?

[@JayBmusic]

Oh I'm sorry, sure we are in pattern mode. I was thinking song mode for some reason. No in pattern there is no multitrack recording.

[@nicolasroy6654]

@@JayBmusic So what is the multi midi mode? I don t understand

[@JayBmusic]

@@nicolasroy6654 it's basically song mode. There you can record 16 tracks at the same time.

[@Andybaby]

Hi JayB. You've inspired me to get a QY70, and it's been great! Q: Is it possible to change voices (ie to a different preset)while a song/pattern is playing? Currently (in pattern mode), I have to stop the sequencer playing, then go menu->edit->menu->phrase table to change the voice, but I want to scroll through different voices/presets while the song is playing so i can see which one matches the rest of the music.

[@JayBmusic]

You could do this in mixer view too. It's just the "not so clean" method. ;)

[@Andybaby]

@@JayBmusic brilliant! vielen Dank!

[@grunntalll]

@@JayBmusic whats not so clean about it? Didnt understand in the video why youre not using the mixer view to change sounds.

[@JayBmusic]

@@grunntalll I guess because it's the way the factory patterns are made. Also if you define it in the phrases you can easily change sounds for different sections.

[@grunntalll]

@@JayBmusic ahhh yes. Of course!

[@mr_floydst]

Hey, great tutorial, here's my subscrip.... (squints) ... waaaaiiiit ;-)

[@GeoffPlitt]

YES i love this thing

[@techstore]

Can i record midi from daw on qy100?

[@JayBmusic]

Yes, you can.

[@AJC19811]

And can I on the qy70 I’m guessing yes?

[@dssd8312]

so you can't record in real time right ? do you know any loop based midi sequencer ? like keystep for example.

[@DjangoFlaherty]

He recorded live twice in the video. The Beatstep doesn't let you turn off quantize.

[@retrozvoc6189]

A very promising little machine. However, I'm looking for a device where I can input my own song's notes track by track, voice by voice, from one bar to another as I wish, copypaste parts of the song, quantize and load/save to USB/MicroSD card on the go. This seems like some DJ device for style making which is really nice considering that the chord transposition is far better than my old Yamaha PSR-79 in which's manual I've found out about the QY series, but I need something that's more fit for a music school graduate who has actual music composition ideas that cannot be limited to just styles. Do you know what that device would be? My budget for such a thing would be no more than $100 considering that with enough time and effort I could use an Arduino development board with an audio chip to make my own with only the functions I need, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel.

[@JayBmusic]

Well actually the QY can do this in song mode. 16 linear tracks, copy & paste, everything you want. the only thing is that saving only works on smart media card or via MIDI.

[@retrozvoc6189]

@@JayBmusic Sounds promising! (Pun intended) Is there a European seller for these? Is it possible to get a €100 max model and how much would it cost?

[@альфредпетрович-д7р]

@@retrozvoc6189 the european seller for these is named ebay, as the latest QY model is 20 years old.

[@retrozvoc6189]

@@альфредпетрович-д7р Problem is; as far as I know, there is no SD card nor USB support.

[@альфредпетрович-д7р]

​@@retrozvoc6189 actually the latest model (QY-100) has a slot for some sort of memory cards (smart media or something), if you really need that for some reason. "USB-support" for anything with MIDI ports is provided by a generic USB MIDI adapter, so it's no problem at all. it's plain idiotic when some modern MIDI gear has no MIDI ports (that's not funny) at all because they are "USB-supported" - and thus you can not directly connect such "midi gear" to actuall midi gear.

[@victordibono5960]

Thanks stewie

[@huhutv]

How do I save it?

[@JayBmusic]

It saves automatically. Unless your backup battery is empty. If all data is lost when turning off, open up the unit and replace the button cell battery (a CR2032 IIRC).

[@cvzzimo]

great! thanks!

[@AJC19811]

Getting one Wednesday:)

[@rodneylee4026]

I had one and should have kept it. Now can't find one.

[@vids4bigkids]

This is difficult to word but I'll give it a go: Do you know if, within song mode, there is a way of triggering patterns to start at different bars. For example, I want the first 2 bars (1 + 2) from Main A, followed by the final 2 bars (3 + 4) of Main B?

[@georgetheseventh]

How can I save tracks on my QY70? Batteries for this sequencer go dead after 5 years. This means all your tracks get wiped off! Its happened to me before. I have a Mac that I need to transfer and save my QY70 tracks onto. And then transfer back to my QY70 - when the battery goes dead. I'm not very tecky, so need some simple process. A tutorial on about this saving QY70 tracks onto an external device would be very useful.

[@JayBmusic]

Why not quickly replace the backup battery? It's a CR2032 and it's easy to do. Mine lasted for 10 years. gaute.lykkenborg.no/2006/12/yamaha-qy70-backup-battery.html For backing up you need to send bulk dumps from the utility menu. I might make a video about that one day.

[@альфредпетрович-д7р]

there's a special QY70 data filer program somewhere at yamahas, and a pdf manual for it. that wouldnt be easy to find because the sales-fukers have messed their site ones again and overall dont care much about you to use their "outdated" gears once bought for a freaking half a thousand. but at least you know what to search for. for some reason i have a mac version on the HD (though i only distantly saw a mac this year, for the first time in my being) and i definitelly downloaded it from somewhere just this week. also probably a generic SisEx librarian tool (like Elektron C6 wich is for both systems) will help as well - i dont actually own a QY70 or 100 to check for that, only a QY20.

[@shatteredsquare]

480 ticks per quarter?! I bet u can make this thing wobbly af

[@cdkilo77]

I've had a QY100 for years and honestly can't stand the thing. I just suck at programming it and never had the time to really learn how to use it. I figured I would watch some tutorials and give it another chance but after watching this I don't think I'll ever get the hang of it.

[@SamHocking]

If you're more comfortable working in a DAW, there is Yamaha's S-YXG50 VSTi, which is basically a QY70/100 with some additional sounds. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hILZgYZ6r7V_g7M

[@cdkilo77]

@@SamHocking Interesting. I'll have to check that out. Thank you for the suggestion. I'm pretty good at navigating DAWs and for some reason don't mind spending hours programming drums down to minute details on a DAW whereas on the QY100 I lose my patience. I think what bothers me the most with the QY100 is the tiny screen, little buttons and interface and having to jump back and forth through the menus. Are you familiar with any newer sequencers or drum machines? I would like to get something I could use live that's somewhat user friendly.

[@SamHocking]

@@cdkilo77 No problem. Search google for s-yxg50 vsti and first result will be the place to download it. You will need an XG Editor to edit patches as the VSTi has no editable interface to speak of. Generally, you'll run the VSTi in your DAW, or within an external VSTi host such as SAVIHost, then use a loopback midi port to connect it all up to midi and then take the audio back to your DAW's input bus either physically or virtually. As for drum programming, I can't help, I don't really do any live drums, just sequence on the DAW I'm afraid.

[@Deadpool1751]

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[@Deadpool1751]

not hating btw, great tutorial

[@JayBmusic]

Happens when you're not a native speaker. ;)

[@dannyandrango385]

por favor en español

[@JayBmusic]

DANNY Pero no puedo hablar español.