User Guide

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■ Automatic Accompaniment

What sets the QS300’s sequencer apart is its versatile

automatic accompaniment functions, which give you

complete backing band parts in a wide variety of

musical styles (page 33). Plus, these backing parts

change harmonically according to the chords you

specify. You can even create your own original parts

to be used with the automatic accompaniment. This

means you can create complete rhythmic/chordal

accompaniment for your song more quickly and easily

than ever before.

■ Comprehensive Compatibility and Playback

Controls

Thanks to full compatibility with the General MIDI

and new XG-MIDI formats, the QS300 ensures high-

quality playback and reproduction of virtually any

song data. And the QS300 provides extensive play-

back-only controls (page 89), allowing you to change

various aspects of how the song data is played back,

including quantization, transposition/tuning, gate time,

and velocity response.

■ Editing Recorded Data

The QS300 also features comprehensive and flexible

editing controls that make it easy to correct mistakes

or change recorded tracks, and generally help you to

refine your sound. These controls let you individually

modify the timing, pitch (note), gate time (length) and

velocity (loudness) of each recorded note. They also

allow you to change the data values of other recorded

events, such as pitch bend, program change and after

touch. A special Edit Insert mode lets you insert

specific note, pitch bend, program change, control

change, after touch, or exclusive events at any point in

the recorded data. (See page 179.)

■ Disk Operations and Utility Mode

The QS300 has a built-in floppy disk drive that

provides easy storage and retrieval of all data. It also

facilitates data management, allowing you to create a

well-organized personal floppy disk data library. (See

page 195.)

The Utility mode includes a number of functions that

are important for general operation. These functions

include MIDI data handling, interfacing with external

equipment, global sequencer settings and controls,

ABC system operation, and more. (See page 187.)