Yamaha DTX500 Owner's Manual - Page 21

4 Playing Along With a Song 6 Play Along with Bass Solo The useful Bass Solo function lets you isolate just the bass part during playback and play along with it. Since this function mutes the other accompaniment parts, it lets you concentrate on mastering the important technique of 'locking in' with the bass and forming a tight rhythm section. First, press the [SHIFT] + [SAVE/ENTER] buttons to call up the Utility pages. Next, press the [>] button three times to call up the following page. Rotate the jog dial and select "BassSolo=on." UTIL3~Song "~BassSolo=off~, With this set, press the [SONG >/■] button to start playback-only the bass part will be heard. * You may find that with the drum part muted or the bass solo, it may be a little difficult to keep time. In this case, use the click along with the song. Using the click sound as a reference will make it easier to play along with the song. Press the [ ON/OFF] button to have the click play in tempo along with song playback. Press the [ ON/OFF] button again to stop. * Changing the song will normally change the drum kit to the kit that is pre-assigned to the song. If you want to use a different drum kit when playing along with the song, press the [DRUM KIT] button to enter the Drum Kit Select display, and then select another drum kit number. If a different song is selected while Drum Mute is active, the drum kit will not change when a different song is selected. Pad Function Settings The DTX500 conveniently lets you execute important operations by hitting a specific pad-without having to press buttons on the panel. You can assign the following functions to the pads. off Normal operation. inc~kitNo..... Increases the drum kit number by 1 (increment). dec~kitNo..... Decreases the drum kit number by 1 (decrement). inc~clkNo..... Increases the click set number by 1 (increment). dec~clkNo..... Decreases the click set number by 1 (decrement). inc~tempo..... Increases the value of the tempo by 1 (increment). dec~tempo..... Decreases the value of the tempo by 1 (decrement). clkOn/Off..... Switches the click sound on/off. Operation 1. First, press the [SHIFT] + [SAVE/ENTER] buttons to call up the Utility pages. UTIL1~Hi-hat HHofs=~~0~T=~~5, 2. Press the [>] button several times to call up the UTIL7 page. UTIL7~~ƒsnare "Func=off~~~~~~, 3. To select the pad (Trigger Input Source) to which you want to assign a function, simply hit the target pad, or press the [SHIFT] + [] buttons. 4. Rotate the jog dial to select the desired function. Pad (trigger input source) to which a pad function is assigned UTIL7~~™tom1 "Func=clkOn/Off, Function assigned to the pad In the above setting, the click sound can be switched ON/OFF by hitting the tom1 pad which is connected to the 2TOM1/ 0 jack. 21 DTX500 Owner's Manual