Yamaha DTX450K Owner's Manual - Page 23

Basic Techniques Selecting & Playing a Kit Basic Techniques For the purpose of this manual, the term "kit" refers to a full set of drum-sound assignments for all of the pads. The drum module comes with ten different drum and percussion kits already set up. Selecting a Kit 1. Press the [KIT] button to activate Kit Mode. 2. Select a kit by pressing the corresponding number but- ton ([1] to [10/0]). 2 Adjusting Kit Sensitivity Using the following procedure, you can change the sensitivity of a kit-that is, how the drum sounds change depending on how hard you strike the pads. Sensitivity can be adjusted to ten different levels. While holding the [KIT] button, press either the [VOLUME+] or [VOLUME-] button. More sensitive pads 1 3. Play the pads and see how the kit sounds. NOTE For detailed information on the ten preset kits, see the Data List section (page 60). Quick select from Song Mode or Training Mode In order to select a kit quickly without having to leave Song Mode or Training Mode, press and hold the [KIT] button, and then press the number button ([1] to [10/0]) for the desired kit. Hold Less sensitive pads • Each time you press the [VOLUME+] button, you increase the sensitivity by one level. This means that louder sounds can be more easily produced with softer drumming. • Each time you press the [VOLUME-] button, you decrease the sensitivity by one level. This means that louder sounds can only be produced by drumming hard. More sensitive pads Hold Less sensitive pads NOTE • You can set a different sensitivity for each of the drum module's ten kits. • If you wish to set sensitivities on an individual pad basis, see the descriptions of the Trigger Settings parameters from Menu Mode (page 46). DTX400K/DTX430K/DTX450K Owner's Manual 23