Overall User Ratings

"Short and sweet"

Feature:
Touch sensitive would be nice,

Quality:
Size is what does it for me, also no knobs that can break of so I can toss it in my bookbag. Mines been through some torture and still performs fine.

Value:
For what I paid $200. worth every penny, and more

Desirability:
Thing fits in your palm, what more to say

Sound:
The Drums are impressive for such a small and inexpensive unit, The synths are good, Effects let you tweak sounds.

Support:
Typical Support from Muic companies

Overall:
things dope for travelling, sounds respectable enough to use at home too.

"Honey, I shrunk the Keyboard Workstation!!"

Overall:
I think of it as my little Musical Swiss Army Knife. However, it must be pointed out that this unit does not actually record electric guitar. It just gives you a cool little amp simulator for putting to tape or disk.

"Absolutely amazing for the price, and simply fun and easy to work with! Lots of fun and good for seriously laying down some tra"

Feature:
Since I got it off ebay, i got a power supply which is very useful. Batteries seemed to actually last me quite a bit. Once you start getting battery low signs, they keep popping up for about 20 minutes, but then after awhile of the machine being off, the batteries seem to recharge a little bit and last another 30 minutes or so, and works a few more times. I wish it had a backlit screen, but that would seriously eat up battery time. Maybe one like this guy modded up ( http://launch.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/QY70/photos/browse/51fd ) that only lights when plugged into the wall.

Quality:
The little machine is put together very well and looks very sleek and nice, though it is a little bit big. The qy has never failed on me or frozen before, and always picks up right where I left it when i turn it off. I don't believe it would be too easy to break, because I've actually dropped it a few times and it's been just fine. This to me is the IDEAL item for road travel. Just make sure if it's a long trip to keep some extra batteries :)

Value:
For the price, this thing is amazing. Definitely worth buying. If I had the money I'd definitely pay for one even at normal pricing I got it for $300)

Desirability:
It's like they took everything a music hobbyist could want and stuck it in a little portable box. It looks really nice and is what I'm using to make music now.

Sound:
There is an amazing variety of sounds on this thing! All the sounds a very good quality, and I can always find voices that work with others and with the song. I love being able to tweak the sounds the way I'd like too, and all the chorus/reverb/and many variation effects can make any voice sound even better.

Support:
Haven't needed to deal with customer service.

Overall:
I think this should last me quite awhile. I might get a newer qy model if one ever comes out, but would definitely keep this one. I bought this one mainly because of the portability issue, and that I just wanted something to make music with away from the computer.

Yamaha QY100 Customer Review

Value:
no

Sound:
its just not a user friendly product. I was on the road touring with a group about two yrs ago an pick this unit up due to being small and easy to travel with.

Support:
never called the company

Overall:
i only kept it because of what i paid but haven't used it in a while