Features
Compact, hand-held design
The design means you can use it anytime, anywhere, to create songs, practice your music, or capture your musical ideas.
Features
Compact, hand-held design
The design means you can use it anytime, anywhere, to create songs, practice your music, or capture your musical ideas.
Large LCD display and color- coded buttons
The buttons make it extremely easy to use, so you can translate your musical ideas into reality with just a few button presses.
50 styles
Styles provide drum beat, bass, and chords.
Yamaha's AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) technology
Listen to the demo song and hear them sparkle.
MIDI
It allows you to play and record using an external MIDI keyboard and exchange your QY8 songs with other music sequencers.
Technology
Audio & Video
Specs
Specifications
| Songs | 1 ~ 20, Demo x 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Song Play | Start/ Stop, Top, Forward, Rewind; Parameters; Song Name, Tempo, Measure, 1Measure | |
| Sequence Tracks | Part 1 ~ 4 (Parameters: Key Signature, Time Signature, Pitch, Note Length, Volume, Chord, Phrasing, Accidental, Rests) | |
| Accompaniment Track/ 4 preset parts | Rhythm, Bass, Chord 1,2 | |
| Accompaniment Track/ Style | 1 ~ 51 presets (1 Blank) x 6 sections (Intro., Main A, Main B, Fill AB, Fill BA, Ending) | |
| Chord | 25 types with On Bass, ABC Zone | |
| Repeat | 5 types | |
| Record/ Mode | Step, Real time | |
| Record/ Data Capacity | 20 songs (ca. 6,400 notes) | |
| Record/ Note Resolution | 24 clocks per quarter note | |
| Sequencer/ Option Functions | Mute, Key Change, Erase Measure, Delete Measure, Create Measure, Copy Measure, Mix Part, Transpose, Clear Song, Data Out, Program Change, Undo/Redo On/Off | |
| Polyphony | 28 notes | |
| Tone Generator/ Type | AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) | |
| Tone Generator/ Max. Polyphony | 28 notes | |
| Multi-timbre Parts | 16 (with dynamic allocation) | |
| Preset Voices | 40 pitched voices 58 sounds | |
| Controls | Power On/Off, Volume, Cursor x 4, (+1) (-1), Enter, Undo, ( Play/ Stop), (Beginning), (Rewind), (Fast Forward) | |
| Display | Custom, LCD (w/o back light) 71 x 41.9 mm | |
| Connectors | Phones/ Line Out, DC In (for PA-1B or PA-3), MIDI In/ Out | |
| Output Impedance | 47 ohm | |
| Power Supply | Six 1.5 V AA (SUM-3 or R6P), or optional PA-1B or PA-3 AC adaptor | |
| Dimensions | 188 mm x 104 mm x 33.5 mm | |
| W/D/H | 7-3/8" x 4-1/8" x 1-1/3" | |
| Weight | 370 g (13 oz) (w/o batteries) | |


