Yamaha DTX-MULTI Owner's Manual - Page 34

Internal Design ● Specifying MIDI note numbers and assigning voices to each The second approach to configuring a pad involves setting one or more MIDI note numbers to be sent whenever the pad is struck and then telling the internal tone generator which voices to play when MIDI notes with these numbers are received. In contrast to the direct approach described above, this method allows multiple MIDI Note messages to be sent from a single pad in order to play layered or alternating voices using the Layer function. In addition, these MIDI Note messages can also be output via the MIDI OUT connector or USB TO HOST port in order to control another MIDI instrument. In the following example, we will setup built-in Pad 1 to play two different voices simultaneously when it is struck. 1 Press the [KIT] button to access the KIT setting area. On the Select Kit page (KIT1), select the kit to be set. 2 Press the [MIDI] button to access the MIDI setting area and navigate to the Select Message Type page (MIDI1). Pad MIDI1≥-º¡MessageType=note In the upper row of text, select " -º¡- " as the pad to be set. Following this, move the flashing cursor to the lower row of text and set the MessageType parameter to "note" (indicating that a MIDI Note message will be sent when the pad is struck). 3 Press the [ENTER] button to open the Playing Mode page (MIDI1-1). MIDI1-1≥-º¡≥Mode=stack In the lower row of text, set the Mode parameter to "stack" (indicating that all MIDI notes assigned to the pad will be played simultaneously). NOTE • In addition to "stack", you can also set the Mode parameter to "alter- nate", which causes the notes assigned to the pad to play individually in turn each time it is struck, or "hold", which causes the notes to be alternately turned on and off each time the pad is struck. (See page 62.) 4 Press the [C] button to navigate to the MIDI Note page (MIDI1-2). MIDI1-2 Layer Note=≥≥≥D≥1/≥38 On this page, we can set the MIDI notes to be sent by the pad. Specifically, the Note parameter on the lower row of text is used to set a MIDI note number, while the indicator in the top right corner shows which of the pad's four layers (A to D) is being set. For now, select "D1/38" as the MIDI note to be sent by Layer A. 5 Press the [VOICE] button to access the VOICE setting area and navigate to the Select Voice page (VCE1). MIDI note number VCE1≥≥≥D≥1/≥38 Sn001:OakCustom Assigned voice On the upper row of text, use the [-/DEC] and [+/INC] buttons to select "D1/38" - that is, the MIDI note number that Layer A of Pad 1 will send. On the lower row of text, set "Sn001:OakCustom" as the voice to be played for that MIDI note number. With the settings now made, a MIDI note with MIDI note number 38 (i.e., D1) will be sent to the internal tone generator whenever Pad 1 is struck, and the tone generator will respond by playing the preset voice Sn001 (OakCustom). Next, we will setup Pad 1 to also send the MIDI note number 40 (E1) whenever struck, and we will tell the internal tone generator to play the preset voice Cy013 (Thin16Eg) in response. 6 Press the [MIDI] button to access the MIDI setting area and navigate to the MIDI Note page (MIDI1-2). MIDI1-2 Layer Note=≥≥≥E≥1/≥40 Move the flashing cursor to the " ç " indicator in the top right corner, and using the [+/INC] button, change this to " ¬ ". Move back to the lower row of text, and set "E1/40" as the MIDI note number to be sent by Layer B. 34 Owner's Manual