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Appendix
MIDI:
An acronym for Musical Instruments Digital
Interface, a standard for transferring data
between musical instruments. Most elec-
tronic musical instruments today implement
the MIDI specification and provide MIDI con-
nectors. Such instruments can be easily con-
nected together to create remote
performance or automatic performance sys-
tems.
MIDI Data Filer:
A MIDI device that receives bulk data for the
internal settings of a MIDI device in the form
of System Exclusive messages, and stores
them to disk. An example is the Yamaha
MDF3 MIDI data filer.
Mixer:
On the QY100, the display page in which you
can make settings such as, pan, volume, etc.
for the voice of each song or pattern track,
when playing back.
Modulation:
A function that can be used to change the vol-
ume, tone, or pitch cyclically while you per-
form. On the QY100, you can apply
modulation by holding the [OCT UP] button
while playing a note on the micro keyboard.
MSB:
An acronym for Most Significant Byte, refer-
ring to the upper byte of data when MIDI con-
trol change data is divided into two bytes for
transmission.
Multi-timbral tone generator:
A tone generator that can simultaneously pro-
duce more than one voice.
Mute:
A function that temporarily silences the speci-
fied track or reduces its volume.
N
NRPN:
An acronym for Non Registered Parameter
Number. These are a type of MIDI control
change message, and are used to edit sounds
via MIDI, allowing you to edit filter or EG set-
tings, or adjust the pitch or level for each
instrument of a drum voice.
O
On-bass:
A function that lets you specify a root note for
the bass independently of the chord, so that
the playback of a bass phrase whose Phrase
Type is Bass will be fixed on that root note.
Overdub:
A method of real-time recording in which new
material is recorded without erasing previ-
ously recorded tracks.
P
Pan:
The parameter that sets the stereo location of
a sound when it is played back in stereo.
(“Pan” or “panpot” are abbreviations of “pan-
oramic potentiometer”.)
Parameter:
A setting or data item which you can modify
in the various mode and sub-mode displays.
Patch:
An assignment of phrases for each track to
create patterns.
Pattern:
An auto accompaniment pattern consisting of
drums, bass and chord backing.
Pattern track (Pt):
The track which records and plays back pat-
tern data.
Phrase:
The smallest unit from which the accompani-
ment pattern is created. A phrase, such as
drum phrase, bass phrase, etc., can be
assigned to one of the 8 tracks of the pattern.
Phrase category:
A classification of phrases that are catego-
rized by instruments and performance styles.