Yamaha QR10 User Manual

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  Contents
■ Precautions .................................................................
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■ About This Manual .....................................................
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1: QR10 Features & Applications ..................................
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Features .......................................................................
1
Applications ................................................................
1
2: Setting Up: Power & Connections .............................
3
Power Supply ..............................................................
3
Using a Power Adaptor ............................................
3
Using Batteries .........................................................
3
When to Replace the Batteries .................................
3
Setting Up Your System .............................................
4
The Connectors ........................................................
4
Audio Connections ..................................................
5
Setting the Input Gain ..............................................
5
3: The QR10 Controls ....................................................
6
Play the Demo .............................................................
9
4: Playing the Patterns & Their Variations ..................... 10
Selecting & Playing a Pattern ..................................... 10
The Beat Display .................................................. 11
To Continue Playback from the Point at Which
It Was Stopped .................................................. 11
Using a Footswitch for Start/Stop Control .............. 11
Using the Pattern Variations ....................................... 12
Changing the Tempo ................................................... 13
Changing Chords ......................................................... 14
The Chord Types .................................................. 16
Turning Tracks On and Off ......................................... 16
5: More Creative Control ................................................ 17
Changing Voices ......................................................... 17
The MELODY, CHORD, and BASS tracks. ....... 18
The RHYTHM track. ........................................... 18
Voice Sampling ........................................................... 19
Input Level Indicator ............................................ 19
Setting the Sampling Frequency .......................... 20
Adjusting the Volume of the Tracks ........................... 21
Transposition ............................................................... 21
Making Your Patterns Swing ...................................... 22
6: Playing the Preset Songs ............................................ 23
Selecting & Playing a Song ........................................ 23
The SONG Mode Chord Display ......................... 23
To Continue Playback from the Point at Which
It Was Stopped .................................................. 24
Starting Playback from a Specific
Measure Number ................................................ 24
Repeat Playback ................................................... 24
Segment Repeat .................................................... 25
Tempo Settings, Track Muting, Voice Selection,
and Pattern Selection in the SONG Mode ......... 25
Volume Settings in the SONG Mode ................... 25
The PHRASE Keys ..................................................... 26
Selecting Different Phrases .................................. 26
Setting the Phrase Volume ................................... 27
7: Recording Original Songs .......................................... 28
Basic Song Recording ................................................. 28
Overdubbing ............................................................ 30
Recording a MELODY Track ................................. 30
Fixing Mistakes — Deleting Unwanted Changes ... 32
The Accompaniment Tracks .................................... 32
The Melody Track ................................................... 32
Easy “CHORD PROGRESSION” Recording ............ 33
The Song Clear & Copy Functions ............................. 34
Song Clear ............................................................... 34
Song Copy ............................................................... 35
8: Recording Original Patterns ....................................... 36
Recording the Combination Patterns .......................... 36
Recording the User Patterns ........................................ 37
Quantize ............................................................... 38
Time Signature (TS) ............................................. 38
Pattern Length ...................................................... 38
The Pattern Clear & Copy Functions .......................... 40
Pattern Clear ............................................................ 40
Pattern Copy ............................................................ 41
9: MIDI Utilities ............................................................. 43
Bulk Dump .................................................................. 43
Bulk Reception of Song & Pattern Data .................. 43
MIDI Synchronization Mode ...................................... 44
The QR10 as an ABC Expander ................................. 44
The ABC Settings ................................................. 44
ABC: MIDI ABC Mode ON/OFF ........................ 45
LOWr: Lower ABC Zone Limit ........................... 45
UPPr: Upper ABC Zone Limit ............................. 45
Appendix ........................................................................ 46
Total Reset Procedure ................................................. 46
Voice List & Polyphony Information ......................... 46
Preset Pattern & Song List .......................................... 47
Rhythm Voice List ...................................................... 47
Troubleshooting .......................................................... 48
Error Messages ............................................................ 48
Specifications .............................................................. 49
MIDI Data Format ...................................................... 50
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART ........................ 52
Index ............................................................................... 53