QY100 System Overview: What It Is and What It Does
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The QY100 tone generator is a high-performance sound module in its
own right, complete with 525 voices and 22 drum and percussion kits. In
fact, the tone generator block is fully GM and XG compatible (see explana-
tions, below) so you can actually use it as an independent sound module
driven from an external sequencer or computer-based MIDI music system.
The QY100 even provides a range of editing controls for the voices and
drum kits so you can customize the sound to suit your music. A complete
list of the QY100 voices is provided in the separate Data List booklet.
Tone Generator
GM(General MIDI) System Level 1
“GM System Level 1” is a standard specification that defines
the arrangement of voices in a tone generator and its MIDI
functionality, ensuring that data can be played back with sub-
stantially the same sounds on any GM-compatible tone gener-
ator, regardless of its manufacturer or model.
Tone generators and song data that meet the “GM System Level 1” bear this
GM logo.
XG
“XG” is a tone generator format that expands the voice
arrangement of the “GM System Level 1” specification to
meet the ever-increasing demands of today’s computer
peripheral environment, providing richer expressive power
while maintaining upward compatibility of data. “XG” greatly expands “GM
System Level 1” by defining the ways in which voices are expanded or
edited and structure and type of effects.
When commercially available song data bearing the XG logo is played back
on a tone generator which bears the XG logo, you will enjoy a full musical
experience that includes unlimited expansion voices and effect functions.