Yamaha QY20 Owner's Manual - Page 4

Contents Z The QY20: What It Is & What It Can Do 7 What It Is 8 Voice Mode 9 Song Mode 9 Pattern Mode 11 What It Can Do 12 X Setting Up: Power & Connections 15 Power Supply 16 Using Batteries 16 When to Replace the Batteries . 17 Using a Power Adaptor ....... 18 Setting Up Your System 19 The Connectors 19 Audio Connections 21 MIDI Connections 22 C Getting to Know the QY20: How the Controls Work ..... 23 The Controls 24 Play the Demo 34 V The VOICE Mode: Selecting, Playing, & Assigning the QY20 Voices & Drums ....... 35 Try Out the Voices 37 Making Voice-to-Track Assignments 38 The Mute Buttons 38 The Pan Pots 39 The Faders 40 B Easy Accompaniment for Other Instruments 41 Selecting & Playing the Preset Patterns 42 Changing Chords 47 Muting Tracks 51 Record a Complete Accompaniment 52 Realtime Accompaniment Recording 52 Step Accompaniment Recording 59 Using the QY20 As a Drum Machine 75 N Creating Original Patterns .. 77 Recording an Original ABC Pattern 78 Realtime Pattern Recording ... 78 Step Pattern Recording ....... 86 Playback In the Pattern Mode .. 94 Accompaniment Without the Limitations of ABC 95 The Pattern Jobs 96 1: Copy Pattern 98 2: Quantize 99 3: Transpose 100 4: Modify Velocity 101 5: Modify Gate Time .......... 102 6: Pattern Name 103 7: Clear Track 104 8: Clear Pattern 105 M Creating a Complete Song 107 Recording the Sequencer Tracks 108 Preparing to Record - Voice Assignments 108