Yamaha QY700 Owner's Manual - Page 328

Standard MIDI File (SMF): SMF is an acronym for Standard MIDI File; a format that allows easy exchange of song data between different sequencers. Most of today's software and hardware manufacturers provide software/hardware that can read and write Standard MIDI Files. Step recording: The method of recording in which music is input by entering notes once by one, specifying the note length, velocity, and pitch etc. of each note. Stereo location: The location within the stereo field from which a sound is heard. This can be modified by the Pan setting. Store: In Voice mode, the process in which a voice created in the edit buffer is saved to internal memory. Style: The collective name for a set of eight sections (intro, fill-in, ending, etc.). Sections are put together to create a backing pattern. Synchronization: The function or process of matching the playback or recording tempo of a device with a separate, external device such as another sequencer or a rhythm machine. Sync: See Synchronization. System (effect): An effect which can be applied to all parts by adjusting the Send Levels and Return Level. System effects allow reverb or chorus etc. to be applied to the overall music. The QY700 provides Reverb and Chorus as system effects. The Variation effect can also be used as a system effect. System exclusive message: A type of MIDI message used to exchange data unique to a specific model or type of device. T Tempo track: The track containing data that determines the playback tempo of the song. Track: A location where musical performance data is recorded. Transpose: Shifting the pitch in semitone steps. Tremolo: An effect produced by cyclically modulating the volume. Tuning: The process of matching the pitch of two or more instruments when playing in an ensemble. Normally, A3 is tuned to 440 Hz. U Utility mode: A mode on the QY700 in which system or MIDI settings can be made. V Variation effect: One of the QY700's effects. In Voice mode, this effect can be used aggressively as a major component of a sound. The Variation effect can function either as an insertion effect or as a system effect, and provides a wide variety of effect programs such as delay, rotary speaker, auto pan, amp simulation and auto wah in addition to reverb and chorus. Velocity: A numerical value indicating the speed (force) with which a note was played. Vibrato: A performance effect produced by cyclically modifying the pitch. Voice: A sound that is built into the tone generator that can be selected and played. Voice category: On the QY700, a broad classification of voices that groups them as Normal voices, Drum voices, SFX voices etc. 4. Glossary Volume: A parameter or control that adjusts the volume. Track Volume adjusts the volume of each track, and Master Volume adjusts the overall volume. W Wah effect: An effect that cyclically modulates the tone. The QY700 produces this effect by using an LFO signal to modulate the cutoff frequency of the filter. Waves: Digitally recorded waveforms of various instruments, which are the basis for AWM2 tone generation. Wet sound: The audio signal that is processed by an effect. Normally when using an effect, not all of the audio signal is passed through the effect. Rather, the degree of the effect is adjusted by mixing the sound that passes through the effect (the wet sound) with the sound that bypasses the effect (the dry sound). X XG: A tone generator format developed by Yamaha which expands the GM specification to provide the richer expressiveness and upward data compatibility that is demanded by today's more sophisticated computer peripheral environment. APPENDIX INDEX APPENDIX 327