Yamaha QX1 - The Mothership Sequencer From 1984

With a price tag of nearly $3000 in 1984, this was the mothership of sequencers. The first MIDI sequencer from Yamaha. Totally overengineered and prop full of features. High quality&24 Hours Build Time: Internally it has a PPQ of 384, absolutely unheard of in 1984, note ny note editing and with a 5¼“ floppy drive for saved data, a totally pro sequencer. What you must be aware of though, is that the QX1 was meant and MADE to be used with the TX816 rack. Some strange quirks like not being able to pass the incoming MIDI data to its MIDI out ports, only to the THRU port means that if you want to use this with other midi gear, you have to use a massive MIDI merger or patch bay and it will still be cumbersome. It syncs to incoming MIDI clock and it sends MIDI clock out MIDI port #8. Today this almost unusable for anyone not wanting to pray at the alter of selv hurting, as the workflow of the QX1 is also insane, arcane and so utterly cumbersome that half
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