Yamaha DTXPRESS Drums User Manual


 
9
Pad Song Playback (Start/Stop)
To playback a Pad Song, hit the pad that is assigned to the Pad
Song you want to playback. Hit the same pad during playback will
stop the song. Hit the pad again to start the song from the begin-
ning.
* Before using, set the pad’s function to “Pad Song Control” and
assign a song to the pad (m Drum Kit Voice Edit mode [2-6.
Function], [2-7. Pad Song] P. 20).
* The song can be played one measure at a time, each measure
triggered with a stroke on the pad (m Drum Kit Voice Edit mode
[2-7. Pad Song] P. 20)
* If the Pad Song’s tempo or voices are irregular, re-select the
Drum Kit.
Song Playback Functions
During song playback, the song can be repeated and volume lev-
els for each instrument can be changed.
• Volume Control
With each of the knobs on the front panel, the following volume
levels can be controlled.
• [ACCOMP VOL]: The volume of the song’s accompaniment.
• [SHIFT]+[ACCOMP VOL]: The volume of the song’s snare
drum.
• [CLICK VOL]: The volume of the metronome’s click.
• [SHIFT]+[CLICK VOL]: the volume of the song’s bass drum.
If the Utility mode’s [1-3. Volume Mode] (P. 28) is set to “live”,
the following volume levels can be controlled.
• [ACCOMP VOL]: The volume of the song’s snare drum.
• [SHIFT]+[ACCOMP VOL]: The volume of the song’s cym-
bal.
• [CLICK VOL]: The volume of the song’s bass drum.
• [SHIFT]+[CLICK VOL]: The volume of the song’s other in-
struments.
• Set the Metronome
The voice, pitch and MIDI note number of the metronome’s click
voice can be set. ([3-1. Click Voice] (P. 32), [3-2. Click Tune] (P.
33), [3-3. Click Note Number] (P. 33)
• Count Function
If the Utility mode’s [3-5. Count Switch] (P. 33) is set to “on
when the main song is played back, the first measure of the song
will be preceded by a two measure count.
• MIDI Control by an External Device
If the Utility mode’s [3-4. MIDI Control] (P. 33) is set to “on”,
playback of the main song can be controlled with system real-
time messages (start/continue/stop) from the MIDI IN/TO
HOST jack.
If the Utility mode’s [3-6. Sync Mode] (P. 33) is set to “ext
or “auto”, the song playback can be synchronized to the clock
of an external MIDI device.
• Rhythm Mute Function
When the [SHIFT]+[PAGEs] buttons are pressed, the MIDI chan-
nels (usually channel 10) that are assigned to track 1 of the song
and the drum voice will be muted (sound will not be delivered).
* When the Rhythm Mute is applied, program changes will be ig-
nored so the drum kit cannot be changed.
• Other Functions
This function can set whether the song will playback accord-
ing to the tempo information in the song or according to the
tempo that is set when the song is switched. (m P. 34 [3-7.
Use Tempo])
This function can set whether or not the click voice will be
delivered automatically when the song is played back. (m P.
34 [3-8. Click Mode])
•The metronome’s click voice can be switched ON/OFF by hit-
ting the pad. (m P. 20 [2-6. Function])
About the Song