Hi Jason, High List...
> Greetings... haven't seen much traffic today since I subscribed. My
name is
> Jason Clark, and I've just recently purchased a Yamaha QY700.
>
> It looks like the kind of monster sequencer I've been looking for,
Me (Jurgen Blok) too. I've been on this list a while ago asking all
kinds of questions about the QY700. I've been meaning to by one for al
long time, but I always held back because I didn't know if it would
"fit" me. Knowing how windows "fits" me and the average person I took
the jump a bought one. Man, I'm happy.
Part of that happiness may come from the fact that 2 weeks later I
bought a second hand Ensoniq Mr. Rack *with* the World and drum
expansion board for 700 dollars. But okay ;-)
> haven't
> been able to figure it out that much yet, though.
You certainly have to figure out your way around it. But soon you'll
be able to find all the buttons with your eyes closed.
Oh, could someone tell me why a great feature like the job-shortcuts
isn't mentioned in the manual? (For those of you with a QY700 who
don't know what I'm talking about: press the job button, put the
cursor over a job and press shift and one of the buttons F1~F6. The
number above this button changes to the job-number you are currently
highlighting with the cursor. You can define 6 job-shortcuts this way.
(actually 12: 6 for song mode and 6 for pattern mode))
> I think I need to be able
> to get around all the preset phrases and such, and learn the step
and punch
> in sequencing, and I'll be alright.
I haven't been able to find anything usefull between them. I haven't
checked them all out yet (3800!), but I usually get results sooner by
programming phrases myself.
I start all sequencing in pattern-mode (for that instant loop feel)
and fill the user phrases till I'm happy with what I've got. After
that I copy them to song mode and arrange the whole deal.
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Bye,
Jurgen
