Yamaha QY70 - A gameboy like portable sequencer

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sonidero wrote:This is as portable as I get... (blackberry's take shitty pics sorry guys)


Looks good. How do you use them?
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dorfmeister wrote:Image

This pic is from a short sort-of documentary on youtube, no? I really wanna find out...
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dorfmeister wrote:Image

This pic is from a short sort-of documentary on youtube, no? I really wanna find out...


Yes it is....from like 1998.....don't know the title of it, though.
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dorfmeister wrote:
sonidero wrote:This is as portable as I get... (blackberry's take shitty pics sorry guys)


Looks good. How do you use them?


Usually just on the bus... :thumb:
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Awesome! My first machine ever was a QY10. I bet I still have it kicking around somewhere.
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dorfmeister wrote:Live concert view of PJ Harvey's "A Perfect Day Elise". You can see the use of a very small instrument on a stand which is a Yamaha QY20, a forerunner of the QY70.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4xOvvkyiyc[/youtube]

On a side note I want PJ Harvey like REALY want her.
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jdavyd wrote:Awesome! My first machine ever was a QY10. I bet I still have it kicking around somewhere.

want to sell it?
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Sorry, I couldn't. Too many memories!
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QY's are awesome. i used to use the QY70 with the SU10 sampler. .....kool little lo fi fun pack.....

trickie was big into the QY as well...i think he used the QY10...i had forgotten about those little machines.
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Got the QY70 today, put some batteries in it and played around for 10 minutes before going back to work. I was getting some Goa Trance going with one of the presets and playing a pretty decent sounding piano from the keyboard. The little bastard is solid.

This is an impressive and seemingly powerful little device.....hopefully I can get the hang of programming the damned thing.
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Replacing back-up battery (CR-2032) on QY70.

http://gaute.lykkenborg.no/2006/12/yama ... ttery.html

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