Trend price : 30-60€
Portable hand-held arranger-sequencer with PCM wavetable and Midi functions.
Company: Yamaha Corp.
Model: QY-10
Class: arranger module
Dates: 1990
Weight: 0,3 kg
Dimensions: 187(w) x 25(h) x 104(d) mm
Price: 30-60€
Synthesis: PCM rompler
Resolution: 12 bits
Polyphony: 32 voices
Multitimbric: 8 parts
Sequencer: 8 tracks
Memory: 6000 notes
DAC: YM7138
Demo: 1
Video: 1
Review: 1
DOWNLOAD: user manual -
Overview
Portable arranger based on PCM samples.
Main panel features a 16 x 2 lines display, 37 buttons, 12 pads (no velocity)
Back panel terminal connections:
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1.5mm stereo line out
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Midi interface
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volume gain slider
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headphones
out
Voice
system manages 8 digital voices based on PCM samples at 12 bits resolution
The patch sounds are non-editable presets: 30 instruments + 26 percussions.
Multitimbral
up to 8 individual parts with fixed Midi channel
Sequencer
up to 8 tracks at 1/96 resolution.
Sequences can be recorded in 2 different modes:
- real-time: notes triggered by pads or a Midi keyboard.
- step Mode: with rest pause and variable note length.
The sequencer offers some edit functions like Erase, Insert measure,
Merge tracks, track mute or note transpose and Quantizes at resolution between 1/4 and 1/3
Sync
sequencer can be synched to external Midi clock.
Memory
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24 user patterns 299 measures each
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8 songs
- 6000 notes
Review
OK: portable / 8 midi tracks
NOT : sounds / limited sound edit / display
"Excellent for ideas on the fly, but internal sounds are really really limited"
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci
