Yamaha QY 300 Track Muting, Effect Bypass, &

Precautions ..................................................	iv
About This Manual ......................................	vi
The QY300: An Overview ..........................	vii
Sequencer Functions ................................................	vii
Accompaniment Sequencing ...................................	vii
Voice & Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	viii
Power & Connections ...................................	1
Power Supply ......................................................................	1
Setting Up Your System .....................................................	2
The Connectors ..........................................................	2
Audio Connections ....................................................	3
MIDI Connections .....................................................	3
The Controls ..................................................	5
Song Mode —
Part 1 : Playback & Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 8
Play the Demo Song ............................................................	8
Loop Playback ..........................................................	10
Location .............................................................................	10
The Measure/Beat Parameter ..................................	10
The Shuttle Dial . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	10
The Mark/Jump Function ........................................	11
Tempo Control ..................................................................	12
Transposition ....................................................................	12
Track Muting, Effect Bypass, &
Keyboard Track Setting ...................................................	13
Track Muting ............................................................	13
Effect Bypass .............................................................	13
Keyboard Track ........................................................	14
Voices, Assignment & Effects ..........................................	14
Try Out the Voices ...................................................	14
The Pan Pots ............................................................	15
The Faders ...............................................................	15
Reverb .......................................................................	15
Coarse & Fine Tuning ...............................................	16
Pitch Bend Range ....................................................	17

Channel Assignments .......................................................	18
Playback Effects ................................................................	18
Quantization . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	18
Swing ........................................................................	20
Transpose & Clock Shift ...........................................	21
Gate Time & Velocity Modify ..................................	22
The “Per Track” Display ...........................................	22
Song Mode —
Part 2: Basic Recording ...........................	23
Realtime Recording ...............................................	23
Punch-in Recording ....................................................	26
Multi-channel Recording ............................................	28
Step Recording ..................................................................	28
Drum Assignment & Used Memory Displays ..........	33
The Song Jobs .............................................	34
00: Undo/Redo ..................................................................	34
01: Quantize ......................................................................	35
02: Modify Velocity ..........................................................	37
03: Modify Gate Time ......................................................	38
04: Crescendo ....................................................................	39
05: Transpose ....................................................................	40
06: Shift Note .....................................................................	41
07: Shift Clock ...................................................................	42
08: Chord Sort ..................................................................	43
09: Copy Event ..................................................................	44
10: Erase Event .................................................................	45
11: Extract Event ..............................................................	46
12: Thin Out . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	47
13: Create Measure ..........................................................	48
14: Delete Measure ...........................................................	48
15: Copy Track .............................................................	49
16: Mix Track ...................................................................	50
17: Clear Track .................................................................	50
18: Expand Backing .........................................................	51
19: Init Play Effect ............................................................	52
20: Normalize Effect .........................................................	52
21: Copy Song ...................................................................	53
22: Clear Song ...................................................................	53
23: Song Name ..................................................................	54

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