From The Editor - Yamaha QX3 Manual

From The Editor
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ANY OF YOU may have recognized the
cover art from last month's "Return of
the Reader" issue as being part of an
AfterTouch poster that appeared earlier this
year. It was a special project, put together by
photographer Wynn Miller. Unfortunately, we
didn't give Wynn credit last month. Our regular
cover photographer, Jim Hagopian, was listed
on the masthead, and we neglected to add a
notice with the proper credit for the "Reader"
cover. Our apologies to Wynn Miller for this
oversight, and our thanks to him for doing such
a great job on this After Touch poster and cover.
This month's issue features 4-operator
patches from readers, covering two generations
of instruments-the DX9 and the DXlOO. There
are also Hot Tips and Questions from readers,
plus the MEP4 applications article postponed
from an earlier issue. You will also find short
introductions to the two new products featured
on the cover: the QX3 digital sequence recorder
and the MSS 1 MIDI SMPTE synchronizer.
Next month, we'll continue with more 4-op-
erator patches from readers, once again cover-
ing two generations of instruments-the DXlOO
and the TX81Z. There will be reader articles
too, plus more Hot Tips and Questions. Also,
there will be information on more new products
from Yamaha. And, before the end of the year,
we will finally publish the long-promised, long-
anticipated article on 6-operator to 4-operator
patch conversion.
So, keep your suggestions, hot tips, patches,
questions, and articles coming in. Keep letting
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