Yamaha DJX Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
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DIGITAL SAMPLING
What is sampling? Technically, sampling is
making a digital recording of a sound. The
sound could be your voice or an acoustic instru-
ment (taken from a microphone), or a recorded
sound (from a CD or cassette player). Once it is
recorded, the resulting “sample” can be edited
(for example, trimmed or looped) and can then
be played at various pitches from a keyboard.
In this section, the words
“sampling” and “recording”
are used interchangeably;
they refer to the same
process.
1 Set up the DJX for sampling. (Connect a microphone or line level source.)
2 Enter the Sampling mode (by pressing the RECORD button in the DIGITAL SAM-
PLING section).
3 Set the sampling level (with the INPUT LEVEL knob).
4 Press the key to which the new sample will be assigned.
5 Set sampling to standby. (Press the START/STOP button; sampling starts when
audio signal is received.)
6 Stop sampling (by pressing the START/STOP button).
7 Exit from the Sampling mode (by pressing the RECORD button again).
Sampling, of course, is a revolutionary new technology. But it’s much more
than that. In case you haven’t been paying attention, sampling is extraor-
dinarily popular and is an integral part of most cutting-edge music of
today. It’s also the most revolutionary way of making music — since
virtually anything can be sampled, and then digitally twisted and regurgi-
tated into new music.
With the built-in Digital Sampling features, the DJX makes it exceptionally
easy for you to use this groundbreaking technology in your own music!
The samples you create are automatically stored to voice #284
(“Sampled”), and can be played from the keyboard like any other voice —
and can be “tweaked” with the knobs, RIBBON CONTROLLER and PITCH
BEND wheel as well!
ABOUT DIGITAL SAMPLING
ABOUT DIGITAL SAMPLING
Sampling
Edit
Play
Keep in mind that the quality
of the sample may differ from
the original sound. In
particular, noise and distor-
tion may result (depending on
the pitch range) when using
the CUTOFF and RESONANCE
knobs.