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9. Recording mode
• The QY700 offers three different phrase recording modes:
two realtime modes and one step mode.
• The 4 (REPLACE) mode records performance data
in real time, overwriting any data already present in the des-
tination user phrase. The new data replaces the previous
data. This is the mode to use when you wish to redo a phrase
that you are not satisfied with or that you no longer need.
(See next page.)
• The 5 (OVERDUB) mode – the second realtime mode
– records onto the selected phrase while leaving its previ-
ous data in place. The phrase continues to loop while re-
cording is in progress, so that you can add a new layer of
performance data with each round, while listening to the
results as they accumulate. This is the method to use when
you need to create a complex, multilayer phrase. (See next
page.)
• The 6 (STEP) mode lets you compose your perform-
ance by “writing” it down one event at a time. This is a non-
realtime, step recording method – similar to the process of
writing musical notations onto music paper. (→ p.253) This
method supports “overdubbing,” since events are not re-
moved unless you explicitly erase them.
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4 (REPLACE)
5 (OVERDUB)
6 (STEP)
• Press 4 (REPLACE), 5 (OVERDUB), or
6 (STEP) to select the recording mode.
5. Phrase Recording