Walkstation

A walkstation is an electronic music device which provides musicians with the facilities of a music workstation in a portable package.

The term was introduced as part of the marketing for the Yamaha QY10,[1] presumably as a portmanteau of Walkman and workstation.

[2] Its usage is typically limited to the portable members of Yamaha's QY sequencer family.

[3] The features of a walkstation are: The heyday of the walkstation lay between the time when creating such devices was viable and the time when general-purpose portable devices, such as laptops and mobile phones, were capable of offering comparable functionality.

Other comparable devices: More recent portable music workstations:

The Yamaha QY10 - the device for which the term walkstation was originally coined
Yamaha QY70