Workstation Sequencers

No, I most certainly do not appear.  This was before the age of cheap camcorders.  So the video is stuff I copied off TV.  But I actually created some video that worked rather well as far as timing goes.

If I'm going to share something, it will probably be a performance taped on my camcorder. 

You know, I haven't recorded anything I've done since the '80's.  I may yet get bold and share.  All of my cassette recordings from back then were ruined in the flood.  I'm still trying to find a DVD that I made off a VHS where I put some of my original creations to videos.  If I can locate a copy I might post on You Tube, then if I get any slings and arrows it will be about stuff that's really old now. 

It's a really versatile device.  It's set up to be an accompaniment device for guitar, keyboard, and vocals.  But until I get the computer interface working, I'm not sure I'll be able to use it to it's full potential.  What's funny, is that I can run my electric guitar through it and it does effects and amplifier simulations, my new amp does amplifier simulations (why, why, why??? ), and my new guitar effects box does amp simulations, so if I were to run a signal through all three devices, I'm thinking the gates of hell would open if I just got the right combination. 


Edited by Slartibartfast - August 30 2010 at 12:53

This thread's been dormant since May.  I thought I'd pop in with a progress report on my QY100.  I finally spent a little time with it and figured out how to access all the sounds.  I had a lot of fun when I got to the percussion banks.  One step at a time.  I still haven't got the computer interface worked out, but for the sake of having some fun, I'm probably going to lay down a percussion track I can improvise to.  I'm guessing yours has the intro, middle bits, fill, and ending set up.  I found that when you have one the presets running you can hold down more than one of the buttons and get some interesting combinations.  Kind of brings me back to when I got my first synth.  It had an arpeggiator and I found that you could make some really cool sounding music by turning it all the way up and playing a patch that had a really long envelope.  You could also create some really spacey effects by turning the knob up and down really quick. 

Sounds good Juan. Not a style of music that I'm into, but well constructed. I can't say much about the bits I did like, since they are good, so picking up on the bits I didn't may sound like I'm being all negative, but that's not the intension. So... I didn't like the electronic percussion intro - that transcribed into something more natural/organic sounding would be better for me, perhaps using found sounds, but if that cold artificial sound in contrast with the more natural (percussion) sound later is what you're after then it's all good. I would also change the dynamics a little - dropping the piano interlude a few dB to make it a touch quieter and understated so when the riff kicks back in it has more impact and drama - but again, that's personal preference and without knowing what the next track will be like (or the whole flavour of the album) it's difficult to gauge how the opener should sound.

Ok Juan... nice work there, and some interesting ideas. Will you be adding vocals? The piano section in the middle... nice contrast and I think you could develop that idea further... seems a bit brief, but just my first impressions. 

Slartibartfast wrote: Rabid wrote: Hey....wasn't being funny or disrespectful.....Systems Exclusive Data can seriously have you pulling your hair out......especially when you use it with another synth of a different make. QY-100 is XG, right ? Try controlling that with a GS based synth, like a Roland, or Korg.....Sys-Ex is sent when you hit the play button. Trouble IS, GS messages dont mean much to an XG synth.....thats why you get totally unexpected things happening ie: voices changing by (seemingly) themself. This is the world of MSB (Most Significant Byte) and LSB (Least Significant Byte) that kept me on the phone to Yamaha UK for 3.5 years. Prepare for some SERIOUS manual reading.   Hope it goes well for ya.      And all the hype made it seem like the thing would be so easy.

Hey....wasn't being funny or disrespectful.....Systems Exclusive Data can seriously have you pulling your hair out......especially when you use it with another synth of a different make. QY-100 is XG, right ? Try controlling that with a GS based synth, like a Roland, or Korg.....Sys-Ex is sent when you hit the play button. Trouble IS, GS messages dont mean much to an XG synth.....thats why you get totally unexpected things happening ie: voices changing by (seemingly) themself. This is the world of MSB (Most Significant Byte) and LSB (Least Significant Byte) that kept me on the phone to Yamaha UK for 3.5 years. Prepare for some SERIOUS manual reading.

Edited by Rabid - May 21 2010 at 22:28

jampa17 wrote: Rabid wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: Cool, I just got a Yamaha QY100 Sequencer Accompaniment Tool Still haven't sat down with it to figure it all out.  Got stuck at getting it communicate MIDI wise with my synth and computers. So far I got my synth to change the default patch for the keyboard on it and I'm not entirely sure how that happened.    Systems Exclusive Data..........welcome to the nightmare !!    So Slarti... how's it going with the sequencer... I think I will post a sample of my recording next week... so far.. so good...

Marty McFly wrote: Common Juan, give us mp3 file. It says I have to register in order to download. Use some filesharing service as many starting artists do :-) (I don't like/use stream)

Common Juan, give us mp3 file. It says I have to register in order to download. Use some filesharing service as many starting artists do :-)

(I don't like/use stream)