RE: Notation/Sequencing Software

[Bobbie Giordano <bobg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jack Ely mentioned what I would have, had it not already been 2:30 AM:

> You may want to look into the Yamaha Music Sequencers QY10 and QY20 (there 
> is a newer model but I can't think of the numbers). These are NOT PC based.
> MDF2 (or similar) midi data recorder for additional storage.
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> Cost of these boxes was under $500 list a year or so ago - could probably be 
> bought for $300-$400, or may be some on the used market by now.

Yes, they are on the used market now, cuz I just missed getting one last 
fall, a QY20 for $275 when they were selling for $430 elsewhere [now about
$480 I see, with QY10's at $290 and QY8's at $240.]  There's also the QR10
[$290] and the MU5 Tone Generator [$230] by Yamaha.  Some differences:

QY8:   6,000 note, 4-track sequencer, 50 preset patterns, 24 chord types.

QY10:  6,000 note, 8-track sequencing, 30 PCM voices, 26 drum instruments, 
       8-song memory, 76 preset patterns.

QY20:  28,000 note, 100 each voices and drum instruments, 20-song memory 6 
       sections with 100 patterns/section, twice the QY10's multitimbrality,
       a 128x64 character LCD display, largest of the three QY units.

QR10:  fully programmable patterns, 50 preset patterns and 100 preset phrases 
       to help in building songs for accompaniment, program or manually change
       chords.

MU5:   128 "high quality" voices, 8 drum "kits", flexible computer interface, 
       full General MIDI compatibility.

Info from catalogs, not Yamaha; no affiliations here.

I'd like to know, in fact, if anyone uses one of these, preferably the QY20, 
and how they like it.

 (: Bobbie :)                                          *Harp Spoken Here*

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