Yamaha DD-55 Owner's Manual - Page 10

Play the Pads/Pedals Hand Percussion ON/OFF You can play the pads of the DD-55 either with the supplied sticks or with your hands. Hand Percussion on 1 Press the [HAND PERC] button. When you press the [HAND PERC] button, the button's lamp lights, and the pad sensitivity is automatically adjusted for optimum playing by hand. • When HAND PERCUSSION is on, the DD-55 automatically selects an appropriate song (#94) and kit (#29), ideal for playing by hand and using with the Hand Percussion feature. • When Hand Percussion is on, do not strike the pads with drumsticks or anything other than your hands. Assigning a Drum Kit to the Pads and Pedals The DD-55 allows you to choose from 45 different Drum Kits (00 - 44 : see the "Drum Kit List" page 36) quickly and easily. 45 of the kits have preset voice combinations that will be set to the pads and pedals when the kit is selected. Select some different kits and try playing them. The DD-55 also has one Custom Drum Kit allowing you to assign the desired voices to the seven pads or two pedals (see "Assigning a Voice to Individual Pads and Pedals" page 11). For some drum kits (35 - 44), the sound changes each time you strike the pad. 00 1 Press the [KIT] button. When you press the [KIT] button, the currently selected Drum Kit number appears on the display. 00 01 44 CU 2 Select a Drum Kit Number. Turn the DIAL to select a Drum Kit number. Drum Kit numbers will increase as the DIAL is turned to the right (clockwise), and decrease as the DIAL is turned to the left (counter-clockwise). • Drum Kit number 00 is normally selected when the power is turned on. However, if Auto Kit Select is set to OFF, the last Drum Kit selected before turning the power OFF, is automatically selected when the power is turned on. (See "Auto Kit Select ON/OFF Setting " on page 16.) • The " CU" Drum Kit is the Custom Kit. Changes made to any one of the preset drum kits will be saved here. (See "Assigning a Voice to Individual Pads and Pedals" page 11.) 10