I’ve had my QY700 from new, and yes, you can do all of that The QY700 is basically a MIDI sequencing powerhouse with a built-in synthesizer and programmable accompaniment system.
Personally I don’t (and wouldn’t) use it the way you’re wanting to use it, but you can do that if you wanted to cause the QY700 can output upto 32 MIDI channels using 2x MIDI DIN outputs. It’s irrelevent to the QY700 what MIDI data is being transmitted to or from those MIDI channels, so it’s really more a question of why would you want to do that? If you crave the cutomisable accompaniment system of the QY700 and want to use it to drive Renoise, sure, you can do that. I’ve never actually done it myself, but I don’t see any reason why not. This is why I wanted to see RAS built-in to Renoise, it’s cause programmable accompaniment sytems are one of the most productive things you can have in a DAW, and personally, I hate hopping between hardware and software setups. My own QY700 is used strictly in my hardware setup.
Hidden in another thread here there’s a recent discussion about the QY700, not sure if you spotted it, but if you look for my first post in this thread, it pretty much goes from there:
https://forum.renoise.com/t/anyone-using-an-akai-mpc-500-can-you-share-your-experience-as-a-track/48085
Hey,
thanks for the info! I’ve realized that the QY700 may not be the right choice here. I am actually looking for a way to do xox-like sequencing within Renoise, but doing it with a hardware sequencer would be problematic when it comes to MIDI-Recording in Renoise. I’ve also heard that the QY isn’t really made for that kind of sequencing anyway.