Yamaha DJX-II Owner's Manual - Page 55

Chapter 16 Sampling 75 Play samples from the keyboard! Create melodies with your original samples. Pitch them low and slow down the speed for special effects. Pitch them high and speed them up. Or play several samples together as a chord. You can even play complex rhythms and stutter Patterns with them. All of this - and more - is possible by playing samples from the keyboard. To do this, simply switch to the Keyboard mode and select V203. Playing a sample from one of the Sample Pads results in the same pitch. When you play the same sample from the keyboard, that sample is given a different pitch (and speed) depending on the key you play. Try it out - and see what wild stuff you can come up with! U203 N Tech Talk The recorded samples are assigned to the keyboard according to the following simple rules: • The original sound of the Pad is assigned to the central F key. Lower keys play at lower pitches; higher keys play at higher pitches. • If all Pads have recorded samples, each Pad's sample occupies one entire octave (12 keys), except Pad 6, which is assigned to the remaining single key. • When only one Pad has a recorded sample, it is assigned to the entire keyboard. • When two to five Pads have recorded samples, or if one or more Pads have been erased, each Pad's assignment moves to take over the "unoccupied territory" of its adjacent Pad. • Changes made to the Key Shifter also affect the playback pitch and key assignment of the sam- ples. For example, if the Key Shifter is set to "+1," all samples will play back one semitone lower than normal; in this case, the original sound will play at E instead of F. • When all pads have been recorded... The original sound of the Pad is assigned to the central F key. Pad1 Pad2 • When only one pad has been recorded... Pad3 Pad4 Original sound Pad5 Pad6 All keys are available for the recorded pad. • When some of the pads have been recorded... Pad1 Pad3 Pad4 55