Yamaha QX5 Owner's Manual page 2

ABOUT THIS MANUAL
Thank you for purchasing the QX5 Digital Sequence Recorder. The OX5 is an 8 track
MIDI sequencer with extensive editing functions and superb flexibility, yet easy to learn
and simple to use. In order to understand the QX5 and take full advantage of its capa-
bilities, please read through this manual and try out the examples.
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS MANUAL ..................................................... .
HOW DOES THE QXS WORK?........................................... 2
FEATURES........................................................................ 4
PRECAUTIONS.................................................................. 5
OPERATION GUIDE.......................................................... 6
FRONT/REAR PANEL........................................................ 7
SIMPLE RECORDING EXAMPLE....................................... 9
MAIN FUNCTIONS ............................................................. 12
DISPLAY ....................................................................... 12
TEMPO ......................................................................... 12
MEASURE .................................................................... 13
TRACK ......................................................................... 13
CLOCK ......................................................................... 14
RECORDING . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
REAL TIME RECORDING .............................................. 15
PUNCH IN RECORDING ............................................... 16
STEP RECORDING ....................................................... 17
EVENT EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
MEASURE EDIT ................................................................ 25
TRACK EDIT ...................................................................... 30
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LOAD/SAVE (TAPE/MIDI/SET UP) .................................... 34
SETUP ............................................................................... 38
MIDl1 ................................................................................ 41
MIDl2 ................................................................................
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OTHER FUNCTIONS .......................................................... 46
TAPE SYNC ....................................................................... 47
IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS .............................................. 48
MESSAGES ....................................................................... 49
SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE DATA FORMAT .............................. 50
SPECIFICATIONS .............................................................. 51
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHAR"f ...................................... 52
WHAT'S HEXADECIMAL? ................................................. 53
WHAT'S MIDI? ................................................................... 55