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Q-BOEX

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Introduction

Thank

you

for

purchasing

the

Kawai

Digital

MIDI

Sequencer

Q-80EX.

The

Q-80EX

is

the

upgraded

model

of

Kawai's

best-selling

sequencer,

the

Q-80,

with

many

of

upgraded

specifications

as

follows.

*

+

Expanded

Internal

Memory

Up

to

52,000

notes

can

be

stored

in

its

internal

memory

area,

therefore

Q-80EX

allows

you

to

play

the

songs

containing

a

tremendously

large

quantity

of

notes

and

other

MIDI

messages.

Standard

MIDI

File

(Format

0/1)

Compatible

The

Q-80EX

is

equipped

as

completely-compatible

with

Standard

MIDI

Files

format(Both

Format

0/1

available),

so

you

will

be

able

to

playback

songs

recorded

with

other

device

(including

the

old

Q-80),

and

convert

old

Q-80

songs

for

Standard

MIDI

File

format

1.

Up

to

32

channels

controllable

with

2

MIDI

OUT

jacks

Using

the

2

MIDI

OUT

jacks

of

the

Q-80EX

independently,

and

connecting

2

units

of

16

multi-timbral

sound

module,

you

can

create

thick

and

excellent

ensemble

performance

with

32

different

tone

colors!

This

Owner’s

manual

just

contains

the

detailed

information

regarding

the

newlv-added

specifications.

For

basic

use

of

Q-80EX,

please

refer

to

the

“Q-80

Operation

Guide”

enclosed

to

your

Q-

80EX

unit.

And

see

this

manual

for

operation

of

the

newly-added

specifications.

1.

Memory

Capacity

The

Q-80EX

can

contain

up

to

52,000

notes

in

its

internal

memory.

And

you

can use

all

of

the

52,000

notes

for

a

SONG,

therefore,

the

songs

containing

so

large

quantity

of

notes

and

other

MIDI

messages.

Data

Storage

Limitation

*

Realtime

Recording

a.

When

operating

Realtime

Recording,

the

available

area

for

one-time

recording

is

half

the

empty

SONG

area.

(The

available

area

would

be

less

if

the

SONG

contains

any

data

other

than

note

message

such

as

EXCLUSIVE.)

see

b.

You

can

record

to

one

TRACK

with

32

note

polyphony.

But

when

operating

Realtime

Recording

along

with

the

TRACK

playback

(Overdub),

polyphony

will

be

decreased

to

16

notes.

*

Step

Recording

a.

When

operating

Step

Recording,

you

can

record

up

to

1,200

notes

at

once.

*

Punch

In/Out

a.

When

operating

Punch

In/Out

Recording,

the

available

area

for

one-time

recording

is

the

half

the

empty

SONG

area

(the

total

of

Punch

In/Out

area).

*

SYSTEM

EXCLUSIVE

messages

When

recording

SYSTEM

EXCLUSIVE

message

onto

TRACKs

using

Realtime

Recording,

up

to

10Mbyte

(or

totally

10Mbyte

for

a

bar)

can

be

recorded

at

once.

Please

use

DATA

DUMP

operation

for

transmitting

/receiving

over

10Mbyte.

Monitoring

Available

MEMORY

area

If

you

want

to

confirm

how

much

data

Q-80

will

be

able

to

record,

please

take

the

following

procedure.

(1)

Simultaneously

press

the

CURSOR

switch

and

STEP

BACK

switch.

L

|

STEP

BACK

CURSOR

The

LCD

shows

the

available

memory

area

as

above,

converting

64

notes

to

“1”

unit

of

memory

(max.

52,000

notes

=

“0856”).

2.

BAR

EDIT

mode

(Deleted

Command)

Please

note

that

Q-80EX

is

not

equipped

with

the

“MOVE”

command,

which

is

available

on

Q-80

in

BAR

EDIT

mode.

Note:

When

loading

SONG

data

recorded

with

Q-80,

Q-80EX

automatically

resets

the

MOVE

value

“000”.

(See

“6.

DISK

mode”)

3.

TRACK

CHANNEL

mode

[Function]

Sets

the

MIDI

channel

for

each

TRACK,

and

MIDI

OUT

jack

(1

or

2)

with

which

the

TRACK’s

data

will

be

output.

The

channel

and

MIDI

OUT

jack

set

in

this

mode

will

be

varid

for

both

the

REC

and

PLAY

procedure.

(1)

Press

TIE

switch

to

enter

TRACK

CHANNEL

mode.

The

following

will

be

displayed

on

LCD.

x

(1)

(2)

(17)

(1)

TRACK

GROUP

CH

Setting

MIDI

channel

for

TRACKs

1~16

“2:

Setting

MIDI

channel

for

TRACKs

17-32

:

Setting

MIDI

OUT

jack

(1/2)

for

TRACKs

1-16

“=:

Setting

MIDI

OUT

jack

(1/2)

for

TRACKs

17-32

(2)~(17)

MIDI

channel

value

set

for

each

TRACK

(1~16)

or

MIDI

OUT

jack

value

set

for

each

TRACK

(1/2)

(2)

Use

the

Increment

Dial

to

select

“CH

1-16(17-32)"

or

“OUT

1-16(17-

ES

32)”.

SE

Ss,

(3)

Press

the

CURSOR

switch

“>”

to

move

the

cursor

to

TRACK

value

area.

CURSOR

(4)

Use

the

Increment

Dial

to

set

the

CH

or

OUT

value

for

a

channel.

EN

i;

|

Note:

You

cannot

set

the

OUT

value

as

the

TRACK’s

data

will

be

output

both

from

OUT

1

and

2.

Regardless

of

the

MIDI

OUT

setting,

the

EXCLUSIVE

message

will

always

be

output

only

from

OUT

1.

(5)

Press

the

CURSOR

switch

“>”

to

move

the

cursorto

TP

value

area.

CURSOR

(6)

Repeat

(4)

and

(5)

to

set

the

CH/OUT

values

for

each

TRACK

as

you

require.

(7)

Press

the

CHORD

switch

to

return

to

SONG

PLAY

mode.

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4.

MONITOR

mode

[Function]

In

this

mode,

you

can

easily

confirm

the

MIDI

channels

for

or

a

current

data,

even

when

a

SONG

is

playing.

(1)

Press

the

REST

switch

to

enter

MONITOR

mode.

Se

REST

(2)

Select

one

from

“Input”,

“Output

1”

or

“Output

2”

using

the

Increment

Dial.

l

Shows

the

MIDI

channel

numbers

of

the

data

being

received.

i:

Shows

the

MIDI

channel

numbers

of

the

data

being

output

from

MIDI

OUT

1

jack.

L21

Shows

the

MIDI

channel

numbers

of

the

data

being

output

from

MIDI

OUT

2

jack.

(3)

Press

the

CHORD

switch

to

return

to

SONG

PLAY

mode.

{|

CHORD

5.

SYSTEM

mode

(ECHO)

Function]

Sets

the

way

how

the

Q-80EX

outputs

the

data

received

through

the

MIDI

IN

port.

(1)

Press

the

REST

switch

2

times

to

enter

SYSTEM

mode.

Wees

(2)

Move

the

Increment

Dial

to

select

the

command

name

“ECHO”.

aes

(3)

Press

the

ENTER(PLAY)

switch

to

enter

(4)

Use

Increment

Dial

to

select

one

from

the

following

ECHO

types.

The

received

data

will

not

be

output.

All

of

the

received

data

will

be

output

through

MIDI

OUT

1

jack,

except

SYSTEM

EXCLUSIVE

data.

During

REC

operation,

the

MIDI

OUT

1

jack

outputs

the

data

of

the

MIDI

channel

which

has

been

selected

on

Q-80EX

as

a

REC

channel.

(This

mode

operates

the

same

as

THRU1

except

REC

operation.)

All

of

the

received

data

will

be

output

through

MIDI

OUT

2

jack,

except

SYSTEM

EXCLUSIVE

data.

During

REC

operation,

the

MIDI

OUT

2

jack

outputs

the

data

of

the

MIDI

channel

which

has

been

selected

on

Q-80EX

as

a

REC

channel.

(This

mode

operates

the

same

as

THRU2

except

REC

operation.)

-

(5)

Press

the

CHORD

switch

to

return

to

SONG

PLAY

mode.

CHORD

6.

DISK

mode

(Standard

MIDI

Files

Format)

A.

LOAD

[Function]

Recalls

the

SONG

data

saved

onto

a

disk

to

Q-80EX’s

internal

memory

area.

(1)

Press

REST

switch

3

times

to

enter

DISK

mode.

(2)

Move

the

Increment

Dial

to

select

the

menu

SS

“LOAD”.

fe

N

ee,

(3)

Press

ENTER(PLAY)

switch

to

enter

the

ae

||

ENTER

(Types

of

data)

A

SONG

recorded

with

the

Q-80EX,

and

saved

with

“EXsong”

format

A

SONG

recorded

with

Standard

MIDI

Files

data

format.

:

A

SONG

recorded

and

saved

with

the

Q-80.

=!

A

DATA

recorded

with

the

Q-80EX

using

the

DATA

DUMP

operation,

and

saved

with

“EXdata”

format.

=!

A

DATA

recorded

and

saved

with

the

Q-80

using

the

DATA

DUMP

operation.

(4)

Use

the

Increment

Dial

to

select

a

tvpe

of

data,

and

press

the

ENTER

switch

again

to

enter

(5)

Select

the

number

of

SONG(DATA)

area

onto

which

the

loaded

SONG(DATA)

will

be

written.

(6)

Press

the

ENTER

switch.

PLAY

LCD

should

read

“Sure?”

ER

ENTER

(7)

Press

ENTER

again

to

execute

the

process

i

PAY

(or

STOP

to

cancel).

E

ENTER

STOP

"|

|

B.

SAVE

[Function]

Stores

the

SONG

or

DATA

onto

a

disk

from

Q-80EX’s

internal

memory

area.

(You

can

add

the

name

for

each

SONG/DATA).

(1)

Press

REST

switch

3

times

to

enter

DISK

mode.

[

]

(2)

Move

the

Increment

Dial

to

select

the

menu

“SAVE”.

(3)

Press

the

ENTER(PLAY)

switch

to

enter

the

A

aan

(Types

of

data)

ENTER

“ize:

Saves

the

SONG

with

the

specified

data

format

which

is

only

available

with

the

Q-80EX.

DEP

Saves

the

SONG

with

Standard

MIDI

Files

data

format(Format

1).

The

data

saved

with

this

format

can

be

directly

loaded

with

any

other

computer/sequencer

(compatible

with

Standard

MIDI

Files).

=?

Saves

the

DATA

recorded

with

the

Q-80EX

using

the

DATA

DUMP

operation.

===.

(4)

Use

the

Increment

Dial

to

select

a

type

of

data,

and

press

ENTER

fa

PLAY

switch

again

to

enter

the

E

;

SE

d

i

ENTER

(5)

Select

the

number

of

the

SONG(DATA)

to

be

saved.

(6)

Press

ENTER

switch.

PLAY

The

cursor

moves

to

SONG(DATA)

name

area.

En

(If

the

SONG/DATA

has

been

already

named,

skip

to

the

ENTER

step

10)

(7)

Use

the

Increment

Dial

to

select

a

character

for

the

SONG(DATA)

name.

The

following

characters

can

be

used

when

naming

a

SONG(DATA).

d

bry

Note:

When

saving

a

SONG(DATA)

with

Standard

MIDI

Files

format,

please

use

only

capital

(ABCDE...XYZ)

and

numeral

(0123...9)

characters,

to

prevent

any

troubles

when

later

loading

the

SONG(DATA)

with

any

other

device.

9

(8)

Select

the

of

the

SONG

name

by

moving

the

cursor

one

letter

to

the

right

using

the

Increment

Dial.

(9)

Repeat

(7)

and

(8)

to

select

the

appropriate

name

for

the

SONG.

(You

may

use

up

to

8

characters

to

name

your

SONG/DATA.)

(10)

Press

the

ENTER

switch.

PLAY

LCD

should

read

“Sure?”

(or

“Name

OK?”

if

there

=

>

~

is

the

song

which

has

the

same

SONG

name.)

ENTER

(11)Press

ENTER

again

to

execute

the

save

(or

STOP

to

SL

cancel).

ce

10

C.

DELETE

[Function]

Removes

the

unwanted

SONG(DATA)

from

the

disk.

(1)

Press

the

REST

switch

3

times

to

enter

DISK

mode.

Mn

(2)

Move

Increment

Dial

to

select

the

menu

“DELETE”.

(3)

Press

the

ENTER(PLAY)

switch

to

enter

the

(Types

of

data)

Heun!

A

SONG

recorded

with

the

Q-80EX,

and

saved

with

“EXsong”

format

A

SONG

recorded

with

Standard

MIDI

Files

data

format.

=:

A

DATA

recorded

with

the

Q-80EX

using

DATA

DUMP

operation,

and

saved

with

“EXdata”

format.

(4)

Use

the

Increment

Dial

to

select

a

type

of

data,

and

press

the

ENTER

switch

again

to

enter

(5)

Select

the

number

of

the

SONG(DATA)

to

be

deleted.

(6)

Press

the

ENTER

switch.

PLAY

LCD

should

read

“Sure?”

o]

ENTER

(7)

Press

ENTER

again

to

execute

the

deletion

(or

STOP

pay

to

cancel).

>

11

D.

FORMAT

[Function]

New

disks

(or

disks

which

have

been

previously

used

with

equipment

other

than

the

Q-80EX)

must

be

prepared

for

use

before

data

can

be

saved

to

them

with

the

Q-80EX.

This

preparation

is

called

“formatting”.

(1)

Press

the

REST

switch

3

times

to

enter

DISK

mode.

1

(2)

Move

the

Increment

Dial

to

select

the

menu

“FORMAT”.

(3)

Insert

a

new

disk

(or

disk

already

used with

other

equipment)

into

the

Q-80EX’s

DISK

SLOT.

(4)

Press

the

ENTER(PLAY)

switch.

PLAY

LCD

should

read

“Sure?”

rs

ENTER

(5)

Press

ENTER

again

to

execute

the

format

(or

STOP

to

cancel).

See

The

FORMAT

operation

now

begins

witha

count-

——

j

ENTER

down

on

the

right

area

of

the

LCD

screen.

Se

12

What

is

the

“Standard

MIDI

Files”

data

format?

The

“Standard

MIDI

Files”

format

allows

disks

containing

SONG

data

recorded

on

a

sequencer

to

be

played

back

directly

on

any

other

“Standard

MIDI

Files”

compatible

sequencer,

without

any

data-conversion

procedure.

The

Q-80EX

also

provides

you

with

the

“Standard

MIDI

Files”

data

format.

When

using

the

Standard

MIDI

Files

format,

SONGs

recorded

to

disk

on

a

Q-80EX

can

be

played

with

other

sequencers

(that

are

compatible

with

the

Standard

MIDI

Files

format)

or

computers

and

their

sequencing

software.

Conversely,

you

can

also

play

the

SONG

data

recorded

on

other

sequencer/computers

(compatible

with

Standard

MIDI

Files)

on

the

Q-80EX.

Aom

:

DONA

SS

kl

Standard

MIDI

Files

come

in

various

data

formats,

two

of

which

are

Format

0

and

Format

1.

(The

Q-80EX

can

recognize

and

play

the

data

of

either

formats.)

Format

0:

Only

one

TRACK

exists

in

a

SONG,

and

its

data

can

contain

Channel

information

of

any

or

all

of

the

16

MIDI

channels.

Format

1:

Many

TRACKS

exist

in

a

SONG

and

each

TRACK

can

contain

the

information

of

a

single

MIDI

channel

13

Q-80EX

and

Standard

MIDI

Files

Data

Format

ESC

MID

(*1

Tracks

32

(72)

32

(*3)

Time

Base

18

~

575

(*4)

96

Tempo

40

~

250

(*5)

40

~

250

Beat

|

No

limitation

of

type

(*6)

|

1/4~16/4,

1/8~32/8,

1/16-64/16

Text

Event

Does

not

load

Sequence

Name

Does

not

load

File

Si

Maximum

240Kbyte

with

le

olze

“EXsong”

format

(*7)

*1

:Q-80EX

cannot

load

the

SONG

data

with

the

other

ESC

than

“.MID”.

*2

:

The

tempo

message

in

the

data

would

be

recognized

as

TEMPO

TRACK.

The

tracks

over

No.33

cannot

be

loaded.

*3

:

The

TEMPO

TRACK

data

will

be

saved

being

mixed

with

TRACK1

data.

*4

:Q-80EX

cannot

playback

a

song

if

it

has

the

time

base

except

these

values.

*5

:

The

tempo

1-39

will

be

changed

as

“40”,

and

over

251

will

be

“250”.

*6

:

If

a

SONG

is

recorded

with

a

BEAT

type

other

than

these

types,

the

Q-80EX

may

not

display

the

exact

BEAT

type

value

during

playing.

*7

:

If

the

song

contains

SYSTEM

EXCLUSIVE

message,

up

to

10Mbyte

at

once

(or

totally

10Mbyte

for

a

bar)

can

be

played

with

Q-

SDEX.

Note:

The

SONG

data

recorded

with

Q-80E

X/Standard

MIDI

Files

format

will

be

automatically

stored

with

Format

1.

|

Q-80EX

allows

you

to

playback

SONG

data

disks

(2DD)

in

Standard

MIDI

Files

format

with

the

following

computers.

IBM/IBM-PC/NEC

(MS-DOS

format

/

Both

8

sector[640Kbyte]

&

9

sector[720Kbyte]

are

OK)

To

play

the

SONG

data

recorded

with

Macintosh,

please

make

sure

to

format

a

disk

with

MS-DOS

format

(2DD

type)

with

Macintosh

before

saving

SONGs.

When

saving

the

Q-80EX

song

with

Standard

MIDI

Files

format,

the

following

transformation

will

be

executed.

*

MIDI

OUT

setting

—

all

TRACKs

“1”

*

TRACK

ON/OFF

—

(TRACKS

containing

data)

:

all

“ON”

(TRACKS

without

any

data):

all

“OFF”

*

REPEAT

TRACK

—

all

TRACKs

“OFF”

*

MOTIF

—

(MOTIFs

inserted

to

TRACKs):

OPEN

MOTIF

will

be

executed

(100

MOTIFs

in

MOTIF

area)

:

all

deleted

rm

pe

Fe

14

7.

Other

Notes

SYSTEM

RESET

If

you

want

to

reset

the

whole

system

of

the

Q-80EX,

please

use

the

following

procedure.

(1)

While

holding

down

the

SELECT

switch

when

the

Q-80EX’s

[_|

SelECT

power

is

off...

(2)

Turn

the

power

on.

This

procedure

resets

all

of

the

Q-80EX’s

all

SYSTEM

parameters,

and

erases

all

data

in

the

10

SONG

area

and

10

DATA

area.

DATA

DUMP

When

transmitting

bulk

data

using

the

DATA

DUMP

function,

please

use

MIDI

OUT

1

jack.

(MIDI

OUT

2

jack

outputs

no

DUMP

messages.)

15

Specifications

SONGS

TRACKS

SONG

LENGTH

MAXIMUM

NOTES

MAX

POLYPHONY

TEMPO

CLOCK

TIME

SIGNATURE

RESOLUTION

REC

MODE

EDIT

FUNCTION

DISK

DRIVE

DATA

FORMAT

OTHER

FUNCTION

DIMENSIONS

WEIGHT

10

SONGS

+

1,000

MOTIFS

(100

PER

A

SONG)

32

PER

A

SONG

+

1

TEMPO

TRACK

UP

TO

999

BARS

INTERNAL

52,000

NOTES

32

40

—

250

INT/MIDI/TAPE

1/4

-

64/16

96

BPM

REALTIME

(W/PUNCH

IN

-

OUT)

/STEP

BAR

EDIT:

DELETE,

INSERT,

ERASE,

MIX,

COPY,

QUANTIZE,

VELOCITY

MODIFY,

GATE

TIME

MODIFY,

EVENT

EXTRACT

EVENT

EDIT:

INSERT,

REPLACE,

DELETE

20:

200

TLOPPY

DISK

Q-80EX/STANDARD

MIDI

FILE

(FORMAT

0/1)*

MIDI

DATA

FILTER

(10

FILES/16

TRACKS)

390

*

232

*

68

MM

1.5

kg

16

Version

:

1.0

Model

:

Q-80EX

MIDI

Implementation

Chart

Transmission

Reception

Remarks

Function

Basic

Default

1-16

Memorized

Channel

Changed

1-16

Default

X

Mode

Messages

OMNI

ON/OFF*POLY*MONO

X

;

created

by

Altered

EES

event

edit

Note

0-127

"Number

True

voice

EEE

0-127

=

|

Velocity

Note

ON

Wi

d

Note

OFF

x9n

V=0

X

‚After

Key's

X

|

ECHO

only

Touch

Ch’s

7

Pitch

Bender

Ce

0~63

*

64~121

d

Control

Changes

121

om

Reset

All

Controller

:

Prog

:

`>

|

:

Change

True

#

DEE

0-127

|

System

Exclusive

5

a:

|

,

System

`

Song

Pos

4

-

|

`

Common

:

Song

Sel

Š

S

:

Tune

:

X X

|

System

:

Clock

|

~

sas

:

Real

Time

:

Commands

|

S

Br

|

:

LOCAL

ON/OFF

`

£

l

x

|

Created

by

event

edit

i

Aux

:

All

Notes

OFF

X

`

£

(123~127)

|

Messages

:

Active

Sense

x X

i

:

Reset

X X

|

_

Notes

“*:

Can

be

set

to

`

or

X

memorized.

""

Recognized

only

when

clock

is

set

to

MIDI

|

;

Mode

1

:

OMNI

ON,

POLY

Mode

2

:

OMNI

ON,

MONO

si

y

Mode

3

:

OMNI

OFF,

POLY

Mode

4

:

OMNI

OFF,

MONO

lee

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