Yamaha 2.0 Owner's Manual - Page 22

DTX YA R M O D U LE MAHA DRU Getting Started Overall Structure and Modes M TRIGGE The following describes how the DTX works in detail. Drum or Percussion Sounds and Drum Kits Your DTX has a total of 928 drum voices (drum and percussion sounds). These drum and percussion sounds are categorized and called "drum kits." Drum kits consist of drum voices which are stored in correspondense to MIDI note numbers (P.41) There are 29 user drum kits and 32 preset drum kits which are frequently used, each categorized by music style. You can assign drum and percussion sounds to register 32 user drum kits. Each drum and percussion sound can be edited in many ways such as changing the pitch, adding a reverb, etc. You can use the chain function to set drum kits in the order of your preference and play them back in this order. This function is useful for live performances. Your DTX also contains 128 normal keyboard voices. These voices are used to add bass or chord parts to the DTX rhythm pattern. It is also possible to play a melody or obbligato by changing a part (MIDI channel). The tone generator section complies to the GM standard level 1 and can be used to play back the commercially available Standard MIDI Files by an external sequencer. 928 drum voices Kick Cymbal Hi-hat Snare MIDI note numbers 13 to 84 Preset drum kits (33 to 64) User drum kits (1 to 32) Drum Kit Voice Edit 128 normal keyboard voices Piano Organ Guitar Drum Kit Trigger Edit Pattern or song Bass part Chord part Melody part MIDI file playback Tone generator Parts and Voices Part 1 2 Melody 3 and others 4 5 6 Chord 7 Bass 8 Melody 9 and others 10 Drum (rhythm) 11 12 13 Melody 14 and others 15 16 MIDI channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Voices to use Keyboard voice Drum voice Keyboard voice 18