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Summary of Contents for Yamaha QY-70
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
• Yamaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to the use of the software and documentation and cannot be held responsible for the results of the use of this manual and the software. -
Page 3: Installing The Qy Data Filer
I n s t a l l i n g t h e Q Y D a t a F i l e r To use the QY Data Filer, follow the instructions below to install the Data Filer software from the floppy disk (QY Data Filer) to your computer. -
Page 4: For Macintosh Users
I n s t a l l i n g To install the QY Data Filer for Macintosh, the following system is reguired: Operating System Memory Hard Disk Display Z Insert the “QY Data Filer for Mac” floppy disk into your computer’s floppy disk drive. -
Page 5: What Is The Qy Data Filer
W h a t i s t h e Q Y D a t a F i l e r ? The QY Data Filer is a file manager that allows you take data created by the QY70 and save it in your computer. Before you can use the QY Data Filer, you must install the software, and connect the QY70 to your computer (refer to the “Owner’s Manual”... - Page 6 W h a t 1. Transmit and receive QY bulk data QY70 • All of the data in the QY70 can be saved to the computer as a bulk file. Computer • A bulk file saved in the computer can be transmitted to the QY70.
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Page 7: How To Start The Qy Data Filer
H o w t o s t a r t t h e Q Y D a t a F i l e r Z Start the QY Data Filer. After installation (refer to page 1) and connection (refer to the “Owner’s Manual”... - Page 8 H o w X The top display. When you start the QY Data Filer, the following display will appear. This is referred to as the “top display”. QY DATA “Save” All of the data in the QY70 can be saved to the computer as a bulk file.
- Page 9 H o w s t a r t The Data Filer Menu display NOTE • Setup and Help menus are available only if you are using Windows. t h e D a t a F i l e r Quits the QY Data Filer application. Same as the “Save”...
- Page 10 • If the QY70’s TO HOST jack is connected directly to the computer’s serial port. If you are using Windows95 Select the “Yamaha CBX Driver” for the “MIDI IN Port”, and the “Yamaha CBX A Driver” for the “MIDI OUT Port”. If you are using Windows3.1 Select the “Yamaha CBX-T3 Driver”...
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Page 11: Qy Data
Q Y D a t a Saving QY data to the Computer All Song data, User Style data created by the QY70 can be received as “Bulk Data” and saved in the computer (QY Bulk Files are written to the computer). - Page 12 X Enter the file name and select the directory for where you want to save the bulk file. C Click “OK” or “Save”. The “Ready for data transfer” message will be displayed. V Click “Start” and the bulk data from the QY70 will be transmitted to the computer.
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Page 13: Transmitting Data Saved In The Computer To The Qy70
Transmitting data saved in the computer to the QY70 Data saved in the computer can be transmitted as bulk data to the QY70.-------- QY70 NOTE Pay attention to the following points when you transmit bulk data from the computer. • Stop any playback or recording operations on the QY70. - Page 14 X Select the Bulk File to be transmitted. C Click “OK” or “Open”. The following dialog box is displayed to select the transmit type. One Song One Pattern Select the transmit type and click “OK”. NOTE • If you select “All”, all Songs, all User Styles, as well as system setup data in the QY70 will be overwritten (erased) with data transmitted by the computer.
- Page 15 Click “Show list” and a list of the songs to be transmitted will be displayed. Confirm the contents of the list. Click “USER STYLE” to confirm the contents of the User Styles to be transmitted. Click “Return” to return to the previous display shown on the bottom of page 12.
- Page 16 Select the Song/User Style file to be transmitted in the left box, then select the destination (QY70’s Song/User Style number) in the right box. NOTE • If the destination Song/User Style number contains a Song or User Style, the bulk transmission from the computer will overwrite that data (erase). Click “Send”, and the “Ready for data transfer”...
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Page 17: Smf Data
S M F D a t a Saving QY70 Song data as SMF (Standard MIDI File) data Song data created by the QY70 is received by the computer, con- verted to SMF data, and then saved. QY70 NOTE • If you want to save a song contains data in the pattern track (Pt) and chord track (Cd) as SMF data, execute the “Expand Backing”... - Page 18 C Click “Convert”. The following dialog box appears and asks you if you want to add an XG voice data header to the SMF file. to SMF Don’t add to SMF Select whether the header is to be attached to the SMF data or not, and click “OK”.
- Page 19 S M F * If you are using a Macintosh, the typical Macintosh “Save As” dialog box will appear. V Enter the SMF data’s file name and select the directory for where you want to save the data. B Click “OK” or “Save” The “Ready for data transfer”...
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Page 20: Transmitting Smf Data To The Qy70
Transmitting SMF data to the QY70 The SMF data saved in the computer is converted to the QY70’s format, and then transmitted to the QY70. QY70 NOTE When Song data is transmitted from the computer, pay attention to the following points. - Page 21 X Select the SMF data you want to transmit with a click. C Click “OK” or “Open” The “Select Song” dialog box is displayed. V Click the destination song number to select it, then click “Send”. B Click “Start” when the “Ready for data transfer”...
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Page 22: Qy Control
The QY70’s Song/Style name list can be viewed on the com- puter display, single or all Songs/User Styles on the list can be cleared. QY70 Z Click the QY Control “Ctrl” icon in the top display. The “QY Control” dialog box opens and the QY70’s Song list is displayed. - Page 23 C o n t r o l X Clear a Song or Style. • To Clear a Song Click to select a Song in the Song list, then click “CLEAR SONG” to erase the song. Click on “CLEAR ALL SONGS” to erase all songs (01-20). •...
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Page 24: Error Messages
E r r o r M e s s a g e s “The selected MIDI device is in use. Quit any applica- tions using the device.” When the QY Data Filer starts up and the MIDI driver is currently being used by another application, this message is displayed. - Page 25 E r r o r M e s s a g e s • Is the device properly set up? Follow the steps in the “About the Device Setup” section on page 8 and confirm that the proper MIDI driver is se- lected.
- Page 26 “An error has caused the QY Data Filer to terminate. Restart your computer, and start the QY Data Filer again.” Due to some error, the QY Data Filer has abnormally quit operation. After restarting the computer, start the QY Data Filer again.
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Page 27: Midi Manager (For Macintosh Users)
M I D I MIDI Manager is an Apple system extension file which handles MIDI information. With it, you can determine the serial port for the exchange of music data in real-time with various MIDI software. PatchBay lets you determine how MIDI Manager is configured for the Apple MIDI driver and the MIDI software. - Page 28 CAfter starting up QY Data Filer, you can open the PatchBay window to confirm how QY Data Filer is configured with the Apple MIDI Driver. You can also configure another sequencer program with QY Data Filer or determine various other settings. When you want to use the QY Data Filer, open the “Chooser”...
- Page 29 M I D I M a n a g e r When you copy the entire contents of the “MIDI Manager” folder in the “QY Data Filer” floppy disk to the Macintosh System folder (as described on page 2), the “Serial Switch” will be installed automatically into the Control Panels folder.
- Page 30 M.D.G., EMI Division © Yamaha Corporation 1997 VZ38400 708POCP3.3-02B0 Printed in Japan...