Yamaha DD-9 Owner's Manual - Page 6

Playing the Demo Percussion Set To give you an idea of the DD-9's sophisticated capabilities, it comes with a demonstration song. w To play back the demonstration song: 1. Press the DEMDEOMObutton. 2. To stop playback, press either the DEMO button again or the START/STOP button. DEMO START/ STOP OR You can begin playing the DD-9's percussion pads as soon as you turn the POWER switch on and adjust the volume to an appropriate level. The DD-9 allows you to choose from ten different Percussion Sets quickly and easily. Nine Percussion Sets have preset voice combinations. (See Percussion Set List on page 33.). The DD-9 has one Custom Percussion Set allowing you to combine any four of the DD-9's voices into a set. (See "Pad Assign" on page 5.) w To select a Percussion Set: 1. Press the PERC. SET button to enter the Percussion Set mode. PERC. SET The current Percussion Set number appears in the LED display. You have approximately three seconds after the PERC. SET button is released to start selecting a Percussion Set before the DD-9 returns to the Auto Rhythm Style mode. 2. Press the PERC. SET button repeatedly or turn the SELECTOR dial until the desired Percussion Set number appears in the LED display. PERC. SET OR STYLE LIST 00-06 DANCE 06-09 HOUSE 10-13 HIP HOP 14-16 RAP 17-19 DISCO 20-23 POP ROCK 24-26 HARD ROCK 27-28 HEAVY METAL 29-31 CONTEMPO. ROCK 32-35 8 BEAT 36-39 16 BEAT 40-43 ROCK SHUFFLE 44 PROGRE, ROCK 45 PUNK ROCK 46 TECHNO ROCK 47 LATIN ROCK 48-50 ROCK'N'ROLL 51-53 RHYTHM & BLUES 54-56 SOUL BEAT STYLE/PERC.SET/TEMPO VOLUME SELECTOR STYLE PERC. TEMPO DEMO SET POWER OFF ON TAP PAD ASSIGN SE START SELECT 1 START/ AUTO 2 STOP ROLL OFF ECHO 3 4 FLAM ROLL 57-60 FUNK 61-65 SWING 66-67 JAZZ BALLAD 66-71 FUSION 72-73 BOSSA NOVA 74-76 SAMBA 77-79 SALSA 80-81 REGGAE 82 CALYPSO 83 MERENGUE 84 BEGUINE 85 RHUMBA 86 MAMBO 87 CHA-CHA 88 TANGO 89-90 AFRICAN 91 COUNTRY 92-93 MARCH 94-96 WALTZ 97-99 METRONOME SOUND EFFECT PADS The Percussion Set numbers only cycle forward when you press the PERC. SET button. The SELECTOR dial turns either clockwise or counterclockwise and the Percussion Set numbers cycle up or down accordingly. ❏ Percussion Sets appear in the LED display as P0P9. P0 is the Custom Percussion Set and P1-P9 represent different combinations of four voices. ❏ Percussion Set P1 is automatically selected when the power is turned on. 4