You want to know which are the commercial sound sets for the
QS300 available on the market ? Go to the Patrick Fouque's Yamaha
QS300 Guide: click on the previous underlined link or on the relevant
hyperlink on the left border of this page !
Click here to see an
interesting undocumented feature of XG Gold V.3.0, written by Achim Stulgies. We
explain how to read and write the Yamaha QS300 proprietary format (filename.q3x)
with this amazing editor-librarian ! Go !
You are in trouble with the Yamaha QS300 ? No panic ! There is a way to reset
the factory settings of the QS300. Press all together (at the same time) the
following combination of buttons:
VOICE + SONG + EXIT
Where:
VOICE and SONG are the two top buttons at the left of the display
EXIT is the
rightmost button just under the display
Then read and follow the instructions
!
By the way, with the same combination of buttons, you can chose to enter in
the "test mode". This is little bit more complicated, but not so
difficult !
Many users are asking how to import the effect setting of a
voice in the SONG Mode. Actually there is a technical limitation in the QS300
effect/voice architecture. In fcats, the QS300 has "only" (!!!) three
effects processors. Two of them are dedicated to the single voice, and the third
one is called "insert".
Actually, when you are working in the VOICE
Mode, you can use freely the three effect processors, setting up their
parameters in the effect window.
When you are working in the SONG Mode, able
to put together up to 16 different voices, the management of the three effects
processors is different, because potentially they have to share their
capabilities (and settings) with all the 16 voices !
Therefore, in this case, you will not be able any longer, to control
independently the effects, but you must go through the mixer and decide how to
share the available effecting power.
Check out this
.pdf (Acrobat reader) zipped file: it contains an interesting technical
report dealing with this problem and its solution (but it is in Italian !).
How to save the parameters from XGEdit, into a song in another
sequencer?
Easy ! From XGEdit save the song as a MIDI (.mid)
file (for example tmp.mid). Make sure you have cleared midi data first! Then
import the MIDI (.mid) file into the sequencer you are using.
For instance, if
you are using Cubase, import the MIDI file (saved with XGEdit) into your current
arrangement.
Note that you will import also the BPM settings, voices,
effects... So, is better to do this only when the song is done !
Many users are asking where to find commercial voice banks for the Yamaha QS300.
Well, try to check in the Links Page
- QS300 Sounds: you willl find
there (under paragraph C. "QS300 voices: Sites where to buy
commercial packages") the information you are looking for !
Is it possible to split the QS300's keyboard ? And how to use the multi-timbrical
capabilities of the QS300 ? Click
here, you will find the
answer !
You are on a budget and want to improve the performances of
your computer to make good music ?
Click
here and you will find some good advises from one of the most popular
British computer magazines !
A hidden feature in the Phrase Mode. To set quickly the
upper/lower limits of the pattern and its pitch (from within the PHRASE MODE)
press simultaneously:
SHIFT + EDIT
The QS300 will display on the screen all the governing
parameters, ready for any tweaking. By the way you can enter the notes pressing
the desired key on the keyboard. (kindly submitted by Marcus
Medau of www.usb-audio.com on 26.06.02).
You
have tips and tricks to suggest ? Any information about the QS300 ? Anything you
think worth to be published ?
Send
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We will post here your advise, together with your name ! So, what are you
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