198 Chapter 5. PATTERN MODE

PATTERN MODE Overview
• You use PA TTERN mode to record and edit user phrases, to
assemble phrases into patterns, and to set up the playback
characteristics for your patterns.
• The phrase is the basic unit of song-accompaniment pat-
terns. A single phrase, for example, might provide a bass
line for a bass part, a rhythm line for a rhythm part, or a
chord backing for a guitar part.
• The QY700 includes 3,876 built-in phrases (preset phrases)
that you can use to build your patterns. In addition, you can
record and edit your own, original user phrases: up to 99
user phrases for each of the 64 available pattern styles. For
general information about phrases, see Chapter 1. (→ p.37)
• During replay, the QY700 can modulate (transpose) phrases
to match a specified chord type and root. To do this, the
QY700 uses an internal chord conversion table to convert
the phrase’s original chord/pitch relationships in accordance
with the target chord type (28 types) and root (12 roots).
For general information about the chord conversion setup,
see Chapter 1. (→ p.38)
•A pattern is a multitrack arrangement of phrases. The pat-
tern can consist of up to 16 tracks (or parts), with each part
producing its own phrase sequence. Although each phrase
reproduces a single instrument (voice), the pattern combines
these phrases to produce a multivoice accompaniment —
which may include, for example, multiple drum phrases, a
bass phrase, chord comps, and so on.
• The pattern is the basic unit of song accompaniment. At
any given instant the QY700 can play a single pattern only
(consisting of up to 16 tracks of independent phrase se-
quences). During replay, the QY700 switches from pattern
to pattern in accordance with the pattern sequence you have
specified.
• The QY700 organizes patterns within styles and sections.
More precisely, each pattern exists as a section within a style.
•A style is a general accompaniment type, such as “TECHNO
1” or “Hip Hop.” Each style consists of eight sections (A
through H), which give different segments of the accompa-
niment: intro section, first melody section, fill-in, ending,
and so on. Each section is equivalent to one pattern. (Thus,
“Style 1 Section A,” “Style 1 Section B,” and “Style 9 Sec-
tion D” all identify distinct patterns.)

PATTERN MODE Overview

2Pattern Voice Setup
3Pattern Effects
4Phrase Solo
ePhrase Recording
ePhrase Edit
jPattern Job
1ÊPlay Effects
6Phrase Table
pPATCH

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Original phrase

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Converted phrase
Chord
conversion
table
Chord root
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