92 Chapter 2. SONG MODE

• The gate time denotes the length of time that a note is held.
For non-percussive voices, the gate time is equal to the ac-
tual playback time span.
• If you set this value to 100%, the original gate times will be
used. Setting the value below 100% will lower the gate times,
while higher values will increase them.
• If an adjusted gate-time value is less than 1, the QY700 will
use a value of 1.
0101
1101
000%,...,100%,...,200%
1. Move the cursor to the GATETIME setting of the track
you want to adjust.
2. Set the value using the data dial, n/y , or the nu-
meric keypad.
17. Velocity rate
• You use this parameter to apply a proportional change to
the track’s original velocity values.
• If you set this value to 100%, playback will be at the origi-
nal velocities. If you set this value below 100%, velocities
will be adjusted downward at playback. If you set the value
above 100%, velocities will be adjusted upward.
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1101
000%,...,100%,...,200%
1. Move the cursor to the VELOCITY RATE setting of the
track you want to adjust.
2. Set the value using the data dial,n/y, or the nu-
meric keypad.
• In electronic music applications, velocity indicates how
forcefully a note is struck. (The term “velocity” is used be-
cause, in keyboard instruments, the force is determined by
measuring the speed at which the key is depressed). Chang-
ing the velocity may affect both the loudness and the tim-
bre, although the relationship varies according to the voice.
• The VELOCITY RATE (described here) and the VELOC-
ITY OFFSET (described below) work together to determine
the actual adjustment applied to the track’s velocities. The
relation is as follows:
Playback velocity =(original velocity × VELOCITY RATE)
+ VELOCITY OFFSET.
• If an adjusted velocity is less than 1, the QY700 automati-
cally uses a velocity of 1.
• If an adjusted velocity is greater than 127, the QY700 uses
127.
2. Play Effects
Original data
Velocity rate = 50%
(Vel)
96 64 32 127 96
Velocity rate = 150%
(Vel)
127 96 48 127 127
(Vel)
48 32 16 63 48
Original data
Gate time modifier = 50%
Gate-time modifier = 150%
(Gate)
(Gate)
(Gate)
48 48 95 86 48
24 24 47 43 24
72 72 142 129 72