Yamaha QX-1 Digital Sequence Recorder (1984)

I have no special permission to upload this and there is NO profit motive intended. © is probably Yamaha Corp. I offer it here for it's archival interest. It is taken from the original VHS Copy.

[@discatte]

Great upload. The visuals are so trippy. I love wireframe futureman.

[@jon_c]

These are really cool. I sadly never got to see the 80s, but I watched this movie Runaway '84 and read about how they put together the soundtrack. That led to a QX1, TX-816, DX5, and 2 REV-1s. The QX1 had a dead floppy drive that required lithium grease and a new belt. The DX5 had broken felt, dirty contacts, and a bad display. The REV-1s had dead LCD backlights. As cool and minimalist as the QX1 is, I'm very glad it evolved into the QY-700....I use that for my everything. I love these uploads. The newest Yamaha I have is the FS1R lol.

[@JackNance22]

This is the kind of unusual content that keeps me watching KZbin until the wee hours of the morning.

[@NelsonClick]

I was at a studio in the early 80s and at the top of a keyboard rig they had a QX1. Spotlighted. It was like a holy object. Like a Bible handwritten by God laying in an arc of the covenant. I didn't dare touch it. I looked at it up, down, underneath, side to side, every angle. That was the first, last and only time I ever saw one in person. I would love to tell you I'm exaggerating with this story but I am not.

[@RoyMaya]

I have a QX1 and TX816 but had never seen these videos. Thanks.

[@danielforro-forrotronics3921]

Hi, do you have by chance a factory service disk with the test program? Routines 8 to 12 are not in the ROM and have to be loaded. Let me know please.

[@RoyMaya]

@@danielforro-forrotronics3921 No, I don't have any of the original disks, just the units. Sorry.

[@danielforro-forrotronics3921]

@@RoyMaya Thanks for quick answer.

[@keyboardkingpin]

Dope unit!

[@gunproofgrandad4381]

This is some quality ephemera.

[@CentralScruteniser]

You're welcome. It's a shame that Yamaha appear to see no value in letting these vids remain "available". Perhaps they are surprised (and possibly dismayed) that these devices have survived and are still working out there? Most likely they'd prefer that you bought something newer?😏

[@annother3350]

They're probably embarassed by it as it showed nothing about the use of the instrument - they never even plugged it in!

[@CentralScruteniser]

@@annother3350 Yeah - I wondered about that? Waffling on and then suddenly the credits are running . . . . I might check the VHS it came from, but I'm not hopeful . . .

[@woodyforrest313]

The fact that there was no swing or shuffle made the QX series useless IMO.