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Yamaha QY70

Groove Machine from Yamaha belonging to the QY series

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Lowall Lowall
Published on 05/18/07 at 15:57
Purchased 90 Euros OCCAZ. I wanted to note my ideas quickly and everywhere, able to run standard grids to work improv ... The QY70 seemed to meet all these objectives and it seems to be the case. XG sounds, arrangers, and real time programming step by step, mini keyboard, MIDI sync. Ability to export midi file.

UTILIZATION

Fast enough to handle. Ingenious system to enter agreements with combinations of keyboard key (one for the tonic and one for the type of agreement). Variety of agreements, the possibility of spills through the note that is to be on bass.
Step input easy enough for the track arrangement (possibility to enter an agreement with the measurement and syncope). More complicated for standard tracks, the system is not very practical. We must choose a note length and return the keyboard note for note. Depossibilité not test the notes before you go, except out of edit mode (it forces them to work the ear). The real time is easier to fit a melody.
No possibility either to listen to the result as and without leaving the recording mode, it can quickly be heavy.
In my opinion a backlit screen would be welcome as well as a configurable loop mode (you can just run the song in loop). The keyboard could also have been a little more practice (with touches like ocarina for example).
Qd is very usable and well worth a 7.

SOUNDS

For an old trick with sos XG, I think it is doing not too bad. The sounds are really suited to be aware of how this research can be ringing and almost all categories. Sounds can even be reworked (filter, amp curve) and the effects can be added (Grove, reverb, modlation, disto .... Units styles are fairly complete and sound pretty good too. There are really What lay a quick ... Even if the rework then a sequencer. Of course it is a machine and it sounds machine.
I connected my keyboard to try and sound, the answer to dyamique, the inclusion of the pedal and the bend ... Everything works nickel ... It can even make a small expander secour quite honorable.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had little time but I enjoy enough to return to the fiddle melody lines and accompaniments standards everywhere. Certainly, a more keyboard "keyboard", a backlit display and keyboard shortcuts more would have improved the beast, but for the price, it still responds well to my expectations and is terribly useful.