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Muting individual pattern tracks in song mode - QY100

 

Hello, I have both a QY700 and QY100, being a "amateur" traditional songwriter, I use pattern mode to formulate the verse/chorus/bridge/sections and then song mode to put it all together with chord changes adding lead parts etc. which I then record/sequence into to my iPad.
My question is can I mute the pattern tracks separately (not just the whole pattern) on the 100 in song mode like the 700 allows me to (which allows 16 pattern tracks to be muted/soloed separately)? I love both QY's but I am finding I can do almost everything I need with the 100 - and if I can do this or find a workaround, I would probably sell the 700..although that will be tough as it is an incredible (the best ever?) sequencer - I just don't need all those midi tracks and it's not portable like the 100.
 

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Welcome to the group.

I am fairly sure it can be done with a sysex or even just a CC midi command, but from the QY100 itself, I am not sure. ?

Perhaps someone else knows for certain.

Eric
PS.(Yeah, the QY700 is still an unparalleled standalone sequencer IMHO).

On Jul 9, 2022, at 1:17 PM, nmady@... wrote:

?Hello, I have both a QY700 and QY100, being a "amateur" traditional songwriter, I use pattern mode to formulate the verse/chorus/bridge/sections and then song mode to put it all together with chord changes adding lead parts etc. which I then record/sequence into to my iPad.
My question is can I mute the pattern tracks separately (not just the whole pattern) on the 100 in song mode like the 700 allows me to (which allows 16 pattern tracks to be muted/soloed separately)? I love both QY's but I am finding I can do almost everything I need with the 100 - and if I can do this or find a workaround, I would probably sell the 700..although that will be tough as it is an incredible (the best ever?) sequencer - I just don't need all those midi tracks and it's not portable like the 100.

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By the way, you can insert a sysex command (using the QY100 interface only) into a song track anywhere you’d like (without a midi controller), but it would require some planning of course.


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On Jul 9, 2022, at 4:50 PM, Eric via groups.io <erichemingway@...> wrote:

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Welcome to the group.

I am fairly sure it can be done with a sysex or even just a CC midi command, but from the QY100 itself, I am not sure. ?

Perhaps someone else knows for certain.

Eric
PS.(Yeah, the QY700 is still an unparalleled standalone sequencer IMHO).

On Jul 9, 2022, at 1:17 PM, nmady@... wrote:

?Hello, I have both a QY700 and QY100, being a "amateur" traditional songwriter, I use pattern mode to formulate the verse/chorus/bridge/sections and then song mode to put it all together with chord changes adding lead parts etc. which I then record/sequence into to my iPad.
My question is can I mute the pattern tracks separately (not just the whole pattern) on the 100 in song mode like the 700 allows me to (which allows 16 pattern tracks to be muted/soloed separately)? I love both QY's but I am finding I can do almost everything I need with the 100 - and if I can do this or find a workaround, I would probably sell the 700..although that will be tough as it is an incredible (the best ever?) sequencer - I just don't need all those midi tracks and it's not portable like the 100.

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“The longest journey starts with the first step." ?- Lao Tzu

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Thanks-- glad to be here!, I love the QY's,?
I figured it out- the patterns I was using for my latest song on the QY100 were preset patterns --ie BritPop, which you can't change - delete phrases etc. and when you try muting them they don't stay that way in song mode
however if you copy the patterns (in Jobs) as user patterns - or even just create you own user patterns, you are able to mute/solo the track patterns and they stay like that in song mode.

Now the decision becomes do I part with my beloved QY700 and have the 100 as my main sequencer - song creator. The screen on the 700 is killer..plus the buttons are great - 2 reason to keep it.
 

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Oh, I thought you meant mute the pattern tracks individually while *staying* in song mode.

Yeah, the QY700 would be a tough one to part with… my advice is to give it ?some time to be sure you won’t miss it… I mean the huge screen, the dual sets of midi ports, and all those quick access buttons and those retro keyboard keys (funny how now the Digitakt and Octatrack use similar buttons and people have come to love the retro style of them… ?I always thought they were great.)

One thing us that I always wished the QY700 had the same sort of instrument selection as the QY100… on the QY700 it is a bit harder because the instruments are broken into banks which uses a separate bank field, I like the linear style of the QY100 and how hitting shift +/- jumps through banks as opposed to having a separate field like the QY700… just easier for me to find the perfect instrument.

By the way there is one thing that I know it’s kind of an issue for some people on the QY 100… Apparently in the pattern mapping if you switch between different pattern *parts* (Main, A/B, Fill, etc) it’s pretty seamless, but if you switch between different patterns *numbers* there can be a slight delay… also there is no hotkey nor any midi command that will allow you to switch pattern (numbers) on the fly during song mode… this is going by memory so I may not exactly have stated this right but it’s something about the pattern switching. ? Just thought you should know in case this is an important feature for you.

Cheers,
Eric

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On Jul 9, 2022, at 5:15 PM, nmady@... wrote:

?Thanks-- glad to be here!, I love the QY's,?
I figured it out- the patterns I was using for my latest song on the QY100 were preset patterns --ie BritPop, which you can't change - delete phrases etc. and when you try muting them they don't stay that way in song mode
however if you copy the patterns (in Jobs) as user patterns - or even just create you own user patterns, you are able to mute/solo the track patterns and they stay like that in song mode.

Now the decision becomes do I part with my beloved QY700 and have the 100 as my main sequencer - song creator. The screen on the 700 is killer..plus the buttons are great - 2 reason to keep it.

--
“The longest journey starts with the first step." ?- Lao Tzu
 

Great info!? Yes that would be another point for the 700 as you "can' mute pattern tracks within song mode,?
I'm going check out the CC command thing to see if I can do that in the 100. I use a Novation Lanuchkey and have it set up/mapped to control things like cutoff, resonance and effects for both QYs
I agree with you about the bank/field thing in the 700 a bit annoying when selecting/searching for instruments.

Thanks
 

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Nmady- You can change the BritPop preset. That’s one of the great features of both units- QY100 and 700. You export as many of the sections of the pattern as you wish into an open user pattern, “copy the phrase”, then cut and paste as much as you like. I’ve taken a 3/4 drum pattern and converted it into 4/4 through the quantize function. I hope this helps. Feel free to share your tips and concerns.
Gary


On Jul 9, 2022, at 2:15 PM, nmady@... wrote:

?Thanks-- glad to be here!, I love the QY's,?
I figured it out- the patterns I was using for my latest song on the QY100 were preset patterns --ie BritPop, which you can't change - delete phrases etc. and when you try muting them they don't stay that way in song mode
however if you copy the patterns (in Jobs) as user patterns - or even just create you own user patterns, you are able to mute/solo the track patterns and they stay like that in song mode.

Now the decision becomes do I part with my beloved QY700 and have the 100 as my main sequencer - song creator. The screen on the 700 is killer..plus the buttons are great - 2 reason to keep it.

 

Once I figured that out. it opened up a lot of possibilities, I don't mind using the presets as it can save a bit of time instead of starting from scratch and also get the creative juices flowing, but being able to tweak them - 100% better.

Thanks

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