Drum Kit Play Mode; Drum Kit & Song; Trigger Setup & Tempo - Yamaha DTXPRESS II Mode D'emploi

Drum Kit Play Mode

This mode enables you to play the DTXPRESS II drum
voices by hitting the pads (or drums with trigger sen-
sors attached) connected to the DTXPRESS II.
The DTXPRESS II automatically enters this mode when
the power is switched on.
You can select and play from 48 preset drum kits and 32
user kits.
Also, the drum kit, trigger setup and song specified in
this mode will be selected and ready for editing when
the Drum Kit Voice Edit, Trigger Setup Edit and Song
Edit modes are entered.
I Entering the Drum Kit Play Mode
Press the [DRUMKIT] button on the front panel.
Once the Drum Kit Play mode is entered, the Song & Tempo dis-
play shown below will appear.
KIT
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I What's in the Drum Kit Play Mode
The Drum Kit Play mode contains the three setting displays shown
below.
1. Drum Kit .................................................. (P. 6)
This display is used for selecting the drum kit.
Press the [DRUMKIT] button to enter this display.
2. Song & Tempo ........................................ (P. 6)
This display is used for selecting the song and
setting the song playback tempo.
Press the [SONG] button to enter this display.
3. Trigger Setup .......................................... (P. 7)
This display is used for selecting the trigger setup.
Press the [TRIG] button to enter this display.
Press the [SHIFT]+[PAGEt] buttons, in any Drum Kit
Play mode display, to jump to the Song & Tempo display
with the cursor moved to tempo value.
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Acoustic Kit
1. Drum Kit
This display is used for selecting the drum kit.
KIT ´´´´´´´´´´
1 Acoustic Kit
q Velocity Meter
The input velocity for trigger inputs 1-10 is displayed using a bar
meter in the display.
w KIT (Drum Kit)
[Range] 1-80
Selects the drum kit. The drum kit number and drum kit name will
be displayed. Preset kits are numbered 1-48 and user kits are num-
bered 49-80.
When a pad is hit, the selected drum kit voice will be delivered.
Also, this drum kit will be specified for editing when the Drum
Kit Voice Edit mode is entered.
* Once a setting is changed in the Drum Kit Voice Edit mode, "*"
will appear between "KIT" and "=" until the data is stored.
* Refer to the [Preset Drum Kit List] (P. 42)
2. Song & Tempo
This display is used for selecting the song and setting the song
playback tempo.
Press the [SHIFT]+[PAGEt] buttons, in any Drum Kit
Play mode display, to jump to the following display with
the cursor moved to tempo value.
q
SONG ƒ=110 4/4= ƒ
1 HighRise
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q q (Tempo)
[Range] 30-300, ext
Sets the playback tempo for the song.
When the DTXPRESS II is controlled by an external sync, "ext"
will be displayed.
* The external sync setting is found in [4-6. Sync Mode] (P. 34).
w Beat
[Range] 1/4-8/4, 1/8-16/8, 1/16-16/16
Sets the beat of the song (metronome).
e Metronome Note Value
[Range] When the beat w is set to 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8, 15/8, the
click tempo will be set to
ƒ quarter note, © eighth note, ˙ sixteenth note.
When the beat w is set to any value that is not listed
above, the click tempo will be set to
ƒ quarter note, ƒ3 quarter note (triplet),
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