Yamaha DD-9 Owner's Manual - Page 7

Pad Assign Style The DD-9 contains a total of 55 high quality voices that can be assigned to each of the four percussion pads. The Custom Set pad assignment allows any combinations of the 55 voices. w To assign a voice to a percussion pad: 1. Strike the percussion pad to which you want to assign a voice. 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 2. Press and hold either the or ASSIGN button. PAD ASSIGN PAD The DD-9 features a large variety of Auto Rhythm Styles including variations of basic 8 and 16 beat patterns as well as more exotic styles such as Son Afro and Calypso. You can play along with any of the DD-9 Auto Rhythm Styles. (See the front panel for the Style list.) w To select and play back an Auto Rhythm Style: 1. Press the STYLE button repeatedly or turn the SELECTOR dial until the desired Auto Rhythm Style number appears in the LED display. STYLE OR The currently assigned voice number is shown in the LED display. 3. While holding either PAD ASSIGN button, strike the same percussion pad repeatedly or turn the SELECTOR dial until the desired voice number appears in the LED display. (See the supplied Voice List or page 33.) The Auto Rhythm Style numbers only cycle forward when you press the STYLE button. The SELECTOR dial turns either clockwise or counterclockwise and the Auto Rhythm Style numbers cycle up or down accordingly. 2. Press the START/STOP button. START/ STOP OR Voice numbers cycle from 00 to 54 to 00 when striking the percussion pad. The PAD ASSIGN button decreases the voice number and the PAD ASSIGN button increases the voice number. 4. Release the or PAD ASSIGN button. A new voice is now assigned to the designated percussion pad. 5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 for any or all of the other DD-9 percussion pads to set the four percussion pads to the desired voice(s). The currently selected Auto Rhythm Style plays back. To stop playback, press the START/STOP button again. ❏ You can select another Auto Rhythm Style or enter the Tempo, Percussion Set or Sound Effect Set mode while any Auto Rhythm Style is playing. ❏ Auto Rhythm Style "Dance 1" is automatically selected and "00" appears in the LED display when the power is turned on. ❏ Auto Rhythm Style "00" is selected and appears automatically in the LED display when the demonstration song is stopped. ❏ The DD-9 always returns to Custom Set P0 when assigning voices to a percussion pad. ❏ All pad assignment changes are memorized in Custom Set P0 until the power is turned off. 5