
QX5-FD
1988 (July)Initially sold for ¥89,800 Features: • Tracks & Macros: 8 tracks and 32 macros give you great versatility in your composing and arranging. Tracks can be given a one-character label to help you remember the contents. • Memory Capacity: you can record approximately 20,000 notes (15,000 when recording velocity data). Recording controller data (Aftertouch, etc.) will also use memory. • Disk Drive: song data can be saved to and loaded from the built-in 3.5" floppy disk, wither as an entire song, as individual tracks, or just the setup used in a song. • Data Entry Dial: the front panel dial can be used for speedy entry of data, position, or settings. • Relative Tempo: tempo changes can be inserted at any point. • 3 Position Memories: three measure positions can be stored and jumped to at the touch of a switch. • Locate: recording and playback can be set to automatically begin from a certain measure. • Punch In/Out Recording: you can set recording to begin and end at specified measures. • Step Recording: a MIDI keyboard and the QX5FD panel switches can be used to enter complex phrases note by note. • Unlimited Editing: recorded data can be edited by track, measure or event. • MIDI re-channelizing: each incoming and outgoing channel of MIDI messages can be independently reassigned to a different channel. • Tape Sync: an FSK tape sync signal can be recorded on tape to synchronize the QX5FD with a multitrack recorder. • Backlit LCD: the two-line 16-character LCD is backlit for easy visibility even in dim lighting.
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