Yamaha DTX-MULTI Owner's Manual - Page 75

Reference KIT VOICE PATTERN Setting Area (PTN) PTN1 Select Pattern On the Select Pattern page (PTN1), you can select and play patterns and also set their tempo and time signature. To access this page, press the [PTN] button, and if necessary, the [B]/[C] buttons. If you again press the [PTN] button with this page displayed, the selected pattern will start to play. To stop playback, press the [PTN] button once again with the Select Pattern page (PTN1) displayed. Whenever you want to edit or record a pattern, furthermore, be sure to select it first on this page. 12 PTN1≥≥≥ƒ=120≥4/4 ©P001:Demo≥01 3 4 1 Tempo Use this parameter to set the tempo at which the selected pattern will be played. Settings 30 to 300 NOTE • Whenever you select a new pattern, its tempo will be set automatically. • The Tempo parameter's setting will be displayed as "ext" and modification will not be possible if "ext" has been selected on the UTILITY area's MIDI Sync page (UTIL6-6) or if "auto" has been selected on that page and MIDI clock messages are being received from an external device. B Time signature Use this parameter to set the time signature for playback of the selected pattern. Settings 1/4 to 16/4, 1/8 to 16/8, or 1/16 to 16/16 NOTE • Whenever you select a new pattern, its time signature will be set automatically. C Pattern category Use this parameter to select either the Preset ( P) or User ( U) pattern category. Settings P or U D Pattern number: Pattern name Use these parameters to select the pattern to be played, recorded, or processed. Settings With " P" (Preset pattern) selected: 001 to 128 With " U" (User pattern) selected: 001 to 050 Whenever a demo pattern (P001 to P003) is being played, a page similar to that shown below will be displayed and modification of the tempo or time signature will not be possible. ≥ P001:PercsMaster NOTE • Playback of the click track or of patterns assigned to pads will be stopped whenever playback of a demo pattern is started. • Playback of demo patterns can be stopped by pressing any button other than [SHIFT]. PTN2 COMMON Looping, Tempo & Pattern Names PTN2 COMMON In the COMMON section, you can specify whether the currently selected pattern is to be played repeatedly as a loop, and you can also set its tempo and name. With the COMMON page (PTN2) displayed, press the [ENTER] button to access its three parameter-setting pages (PTN2-1 to PTN2-3). You can use the [B]/[C] buttons to navigate between these pages. NOTE • This section can be used only with User patterns. If a Preset pattern has been selected, the [ENTER] button will not open a parameter-setting page. PTN2-1 Pattern Loop page Using the Pattern Loop page, you can specify whether or not the selected pattern is to be played repeatedly as a loop. The selection made on this page will apply regardless of whether the pattern is played using the [A] button or by striking a pad to which it has been assigned. PTN2-1≥≥ ≥≥≥≥Loop=off 1 1 Loop If "on" is selected for this parameter, playback of the pattern will start again from the beginning whenever it finishes (i.e., looped playback). When set to "off", the pattern will be played once to the end and will then stop (i.e., one-shot playback). Settings off or on PTN2-2 Pattern Tempo page PTN2-2≥≥ ≥≥≥Tempo=120 1 1 Tempo Use this parameter to set a tempo for playback of the selected pattern. Settings 30 to 300 NOTE • If the pattern is assigned to a kit, the kit's tempo setting (see page 47) will take priority over this setting. MIDI WAVE PATTERN UTILITY TRIGGER Owner's Manual 75