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15-674: Released by Yamaha in 1990, the QY10 was the first device offering the facilities of a music workstation in a portable package. In response to its design, the music technology press coined the term " walkstation ", a portmanteau of the words " Walkman " and "workstation". The QY10 sold well, indicating that there was a market for these devices, so Yamaha followed it up in 1992 with the more powerful QY20 and QY22 . Subsequently, both Yamaha (most Yamaha QY sequencers) and Roland (the Roland PMA-5 ) have produced walkstations, although neither officially use

30-472: A complete, if basic, music workstation. During the 1990s, electronic musical equipment became more dependent on large and sophisticated graphical displays . However, the QY10's display is a small LCD panel which accommodates only 16 characters of text. This made it feasible for the Kentucky LCD Interface Project to modify the QY10 with a speech interface as an assistive technology for

45-647: A disadvantage in this context. The QY10's legacy is the introduction of the walkstation and the QY sequencer. It has also influenced the physical design of many of Yamaha's subsequent devices, for example the MU5 sound module , the RY8 drum machine and the SU10 sampler. The CS1x , CS2x and AN1x have a small lip on the right hand end of the keyboard to accommodate a QY or SU sized module. Word coinage In linguistics , word formation

60-573: A sequence of pattern numbers and chord changes. The QY10's sequencer data is maintained by an internal back-up battery, but it may also be stored externally by transferring it to a suitable device, such as a MIDI equipped computer. The QY10's tone generator is a sample -based synthesizer using Yamaha's 12- bit Advanced Wave Memory synthesis technology. The tone generator is eight part multi-timbral (i.e., eight instruments may sound at once) and 28 note polyphonic (i.e., 28 notes may sound at once), which provides adequate support for sequences written on

75-501: Is a topic relevant to syntax, semantics, and morphology. Linguists argue that hashtags are words and hashtagging is a morphological process. Social media users view the syntax of existing viral hashtags as guiding principles for creating new ones. A hashtag's popularity is therefore influenced more by the presence of popular hashtags with similar syntactic patterns than by its conciseness and clarity. There are processes for forming new dictionary items which are not considered under

90-593: Is an ambiguous term that can refer to either: A common method of word formation is the attachment of inflectional or derivational affixes . Examples include: Inflection is modifying a word for the purpose of fitting it into the grammatical structure of a sentence. For example: Examples includes: An acronym is a word formed from the first letters of other words. For example: Acronyms are usually written entirely in capital letters, though some words originating as acronyms, like radar , are now treated as common nouns. Initialisms are similar to acronyms, but where

105-687: Is as a portable composing tool, it has other applications. With its pattern-based sequencing system, it is particularly suited for use as an accompaniment device. However, unlike other sequencers in the QY series, the QY10 cannot auto-harmonize its backing tracks to chords played on an external MIDI keyboard. Another application is as a general purpose MIDI sequencer, controlling instruments with far superior sounds than those available from its own tone generator. However, for this use, it has several disadvantages, including fixed MIDI channel assignments and limited support for MIDI control information. The pattern-based design of its sequencer might also be considered

120-494: Is limited, with the most productive forms of back-formation being hypocoristics . A lexical blend is a complex word typically made of two word fragments. For example: Although blending is listed under the Nonmorphological heading, there are debates as to how far blending is a matter of morphology. Compounding is the processing of combining two bases, where each base may be a fully-fledged word. For example: Compounding

135-413: The blind . The QY10 was discontinued in the mid-1990s. The main feature of the QY10 is its eight track sequencer. With its "pattern"-based design, it was more suited to supporting song writing rather than creating full musical compositions. A pattern is a short sequence of backing music played on bass guitar, percussion and two other instruments . Patterns for various musical styles are built into

150-480: The QY10, such as European house music , rhythm and blues and bossa nova . Users may also write their own patterns, which must be written in the key of C major . When playing a song, the QY10 automatically rescales patterns to match a selected chord . The eight tracks of the sequencer are thus divided into two groups: four standard sequencer tracks and four tracks dedicated to pattern playback. The latter are typically programmed as one "backing track" which stores

165-445: The letters are pronounced as a series of letters. For example: In linguistics, back-formation is the process of forming a new word by removing actual affixes, or parts of the word that is re-analyzed as an affix, from other words to create a base. Examples include: The process is motivated by analogy : edit is to editor as act is to actor . This process leads to a lot of denominal verbs . The productivity of back-formation

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180-511: The sound module, acting as an external sound generation device. Later MU sound modules feature A/D inputs that allow direct input from microphones and guitars. The MU-series product line superseded the company's previous TG-series modules, the TG100 and TG300. Although the majority of Yamaha's MU-series modules were meant for the home user, the company also made rack-mount versions of the MU90 and MU100 called

195-584: The term for their products. In 1992, Novation took advantage of the QY10's success by releasing a companion keyboard, the Novation MM10 . The top of the keyboard has a slot which securely accommodates a QY10, and short cables connect the two units together. With two octaves of full size velocity-sensitive keys, the MM10 overcomes a significant limitation of the QY10: its lack of a proper keyboard. Combined, they constitute

210-572: The umbrella of word formation. One specific example is semantic change , which is a change in a single word's meaning. The boundary between word formation and semantic change can be difficult to define as a new use of an old word can be seen as a new word derived from an old one and identical to it in form. Yamaha MU5 The Yamaha MU-series is a line of sound modules built by Yamaha. All sound modules except MU5 support Yamaha XG . The sound modules were commonly used when computers had slower processors. The computer could send MIDI commands to

225-405: The unit. In other respects, however, the tone generator is quite limited. Only 30 instruments and one drum kit with 26 sounds are available. Furthermore, instruments must be either centered or panned completely left or right. These limitations can be understood in the context of the QY10's primary role as a composition tool, rather than as a musical instrument. Although the primary use of the QY10

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