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  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 1
    DRUM TRIGGER MODULE DTX700 Owner's Manual (Setup / Basic Operation) Read on paper (see page 6 for Table of Contents) Read first Owner's Manual (Setup / Basic Operation) : This booklet Read when necessary Data List : Separate booklet Read on your computer (PDF file) Read when Reference Manual (
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    INFORMATION STATEMENT (DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY PROCEDURE) Responsible Party : Yamaha Corporation of America Address : 6600 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park, Calif. 90620 Telephone : 714-522-9011 Type of Equipment : Drum Trigger Module Model Name : DTX700 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 3
    outlet. Then have the device inspected by Yamaha service personnel. • The power cord or plug becomes frayed or damaged. • It emits unusual smells or smoke. • Some object has been dropped into the instrument. • There is a sudden loss of sound during use of the instrument. CAUTION Always follow the
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 4
    and bundles computer programs and contents in which Yamaha owns copyrights or with respect to which it has license to use others' copyrights. Such copyrighted materials include, without limitation, all computer software, style files, MIDI files, WAVE data, musical scores and sound recordings
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 5
    . Using the Manuals Owner's Manual - this booklet (Setup / Basic Operation) This paper manual describes the basic operations performed via the DTX700's control panel. Data List The Data List contains the names of all of the DTX700's sounds and kits, together with MIDI-related reference material
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 6
    Connections 52 Making Music with a Computer 53 Setting up Cubase Remote Control 54 On-Screen Messages 55 Troubleshooting 56 Specifications 57 Index 58 List of DTX700 Functions 59 * For details regarding these functions, refer to the Reference Manual PDF document. 6 DTX700 Owner's Manual
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 7
    the boxes to reveal their contents. • DTX700 Drum Trigger Module (main unit) • Racks such as the RS500 and RS700 • Pad sets such as the DTP700C, DTP700P, DTP750C, and DTP750P 2 Assemble your kit. • Assemble the racks. m Refer to the assembly manuals that came with your racks (RS500, RS700
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 8
    Quick Start Guide Choosing sounds to play (page 25 of Basic Operation) q Press the [KIT] button. w Turn the dial to select new sounds. You can also assign sounds individually to each of the press the [F2] button to silence the song's drum part (page 38 of Basic Operation). 8 DTX700 Owner's Manual
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    Quick Start Guide Practicing with a metronome (page 41 of Basic Operation) q Press the [CLICK] playing, press the [>/] button once again to stop recording. You can also use the [>/] button to start and stop playback of your recorded performance (page 48 of Basic Operation). DTX700 Owner's Manual 9
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    knob controls the DTX700 master volume (i.e., and data needed to operate the DTX700. data. • By turning it, you can move the cursor within displayed pages and change the currently selected parameter value. 10 DTX700 Owner's Manual t (Standby/On) button (page 14) Use this switch to turn your DTX700
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    in the Menu area. For a complete description of all functions, please download the DTX700 Reference Manual from this web page: http://www.yamaha.co.jp/manual/ !2 [INST] button (page 30) This button is used to access the Instrument page in order to select instruments. [Definition] Instrument In the
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 12
    separately) with this jack in order to connect a pair of mono-type pads. !1 Trigger input jack [!H2 H-KICK] This jack is used to connect an HH65 Hi-hat Controller (sold separately) for use as an alternative kick pad or as part of a double bass drum configuration (page 50). 12 DTX700 Owner's Manual
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    its output with that of the DTX700. External MIDI device Speakers with a built-in amplifier MIDI IN MIDI cable MIDI Standard mono audio OUT cable (6.3-mm dia.) Mobile music player, etc. Mini stereo audio cable (3.5-mm dia.) Standard stereoaudio jack (6.3-mm dia.) DTX700 Owner's Manual 13
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 14
    changed settings, see page 21. Auto Power-Off If no controls are operated or no data is exchanged with external devices (such as a computer or MIDI instrument) for a predetermined length of time, your DTX700 will turn off automatically. This function is called Auto Power-Off. NOTICE • If you do
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 15
    zoom in on the value on the right. Setting Up for Sound Setup 11 Press the dial to store your new settings. 8 Auto Power-Off Function at Startup To disable the Auto Power-Off function when turning on the DTX700, hold down the [>/] button when you press the (Standby/On) button. (This action sets
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 16
    these songs allow you to fully appreciate the quality of the sound produced by the built-in tone generator. 1 Press the (Standby/On) button to turn on your DTX700. Startup pages 4 Press the [F3] button once again start. The [SONG] button will flash while the song is playing. 16 DTX700 Owner's Manual
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 17
    Basic Operation Basic DTX700 Operations Dial (with integrated button) Dial Moving the Cursor When a page contains more than one editable value, you can the current cursor position. By turning the dial in either direction, you can change the value at the cursor position. DTX700 Owner's Manual 17
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 18
    Basic Operation Basic DTX700 Operations [-/DEC] and [+/INC] Buttons These buttons are used to change the currently selected value. Press the [+/INC] button to increase , hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the corresponding button. Kit Lock Effects Switch 18 DTX700 Owner's Manual Display Mode
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 19
    . Turn clockwise to increase the volume or counter-clockwise to decrease it. Basic DTX700 Operations Basic Operation Adjusting Display Contrast Using the [LCD CONTRAST] knob on the rear panel, you can adjust the contrast level of the DTX700 display. [LCD CONTRAST] knob DTX700 Owner's Manual 19
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 20
    a wide range of highly-useful settings. To access this area, simply press the [MENU] button. This manual introduces some of the pages from the Menu area. For a complete description, please download the DTX700 Reference Manual from this web page: http://www.yamaha.co.jp/manual/  Cursor operations on
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 21
    memory device, refer to the owner's manual that came with it. Supported USB memory devices Flash drives and other USB-compatible, mass storage devices may be used with the DTX700. This instrument does not necessarily support all commercially available USB memory devices, and Yamaha cannot guarantee
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 22
    Owner's Manual NOTICE • Whenever the Factory Set is restored, any settings you have made will be overwritten with the corresponding defaults. Important user-defined data should, therefore, be saved on a USB memory device in advance. For full details, refer to the Reference Manual PDF document
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 23
    sticking) Hitting the closed-rim zone produces a closed rim-shot sound.  Edge shot Hitting the outside edge of the pad produces an edge shot sound.  Hi-hat splash Pressing the hi-hat controller pedal and then immediately releasing it produces a hi-hat splash sound. DTX700 Owner's Manual 23
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 24
    located between the cup and edge) produces a bow shot sound.  Muting Hitting the pad while holding the edge will produce a muted sound.  Edge shot Hitting the outside edge of the pad produces an edge shot sound.  Bell shot Hitting the cup produces a bell shot sound. 24 DTX700 Owner's Manual
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    the DTX700, the word "kit" is used to refer to a collection of related sounds, such as acoustic drums or percussion instruments. By selecting different kits, you can conveniently change the entire sound of this drum trigger module. Selecting a Kit 1 Press the [KIT] button. Acoustic drums 2 Turn
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 26
    Performing on Many Different Kits Selecting a Sensitivity for the Entire Kit With electronic drums, sensitivity is often set for each individual pad. However, doing so before each performance can be extremely time consuming. As a solution, your DTX700 contains a number of trigger setups that define
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 27
    DTX700 can be used to optimize the tone of the drum kits in order to suit your own personal preferences. Simply choose different equalizer presets as described below to see how they change your drum sounds. NOTE • For a full list of DTX700 EQ presets, see the Data List document. 1 Press the [KIT
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    Press the [F3] button. NOTE • You can toggle the effect on and off using the method described in Step 2 above. If you do not wish to initialize the kit, press the [EXIT] button to return to the previous page. 4 Press the dial to confirm that the kit is to be initialized. 28 DTX700 Owner's Manual
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    button. 2 Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [F3] button (Display). The display mode will now change to show just the kit name. NOTE • If you wish to return to the original display mode, hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [F3] button (Display) once again. DTX700 Owner's Manual 29
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 30
    and kick drums. 1 Press the [KIT] button. 5 Turn the dial to select the sound you wish to use. Instrument category Instrument number NOTE • You can use instrument categories and numbers to find more information on different instruments in the Data List booklet that came with your DTX700. 6 When you
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 31
    electronic percussion) EFX (effect sounds) Mldy (melodic voices) Wave (audio files) [F1] [F2] TUNING MUFFLING SIZE SIZE SUSTAIN CLUTCH TUNING DECAY Functions • Tuning: This function allows the drum of decay to be adjusted. 6 Turn the dial to adjust the sound. DTX700 Owner's Manual 31
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 32
    a different bit depth, please convert them to 16-bit in advance using, for example, the bundled DAW software. For details regarding the conversion method, please refer to the instruction manual that came with your software. • Your DTX700 can import audio files of up to approximately 23 seconds in
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 33
    Building Your Own Kit Basic Operation 6 Hit the pad that you wish to assign Turn the dial to select the audio file you wish to import. NOTE • Whenever you import an audio file, your DTX700 will automatically store it. 9 Press the [F3] button. To cancel the importing of an audio file, press the
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 34
    - mon". 7 Press the dial. 11 When you have finished entering the name, press the [STORE] button. If you do not wish to store your new kit name, press the [EXIT] button. The display will return to the previous page. 12 Press the dial to store your new kit name. 34 DTX700 Owner's Manual
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    the following procedure can be used to adjust the setting for pads not featuring a pad controller. 1 Press the [KIT] button. 6 Turn the [qSNARE] trigger input jack). NOTE • The Snares function is displayed only for the pad connected via the [qSNARE] trigger input jack. DTX700 Owner's Manual 35
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 36
    the Song page, and then press the [F3] button to start the song. If the volume is not yet correct, repeat the above process. 36 DTX700 Owner's Manual
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    Song's Drums Using the procedure described below, you can conveniently adjust the volume of a song's drum part while leaving the other parts unchanged. This function is very useful when you . 4 Turn the dial to move the cursor to the DRUM fader, and then press the dial. DTX700 Owner's Manual 37
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 38
    Drum Part Using the procedure described below, you can conveniently mute (i.e., silence) a song's drum part while leaving the other parts unchanged. This function is very useful when you wish to drum silenced). 4 Press the [F3] button. The drum part will also be muted. 38 DTX700 Owner's Manual
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 39
    you wish to keep the current kit when practicing with different songs. 1 Press the [KIT] button. 2 Select the kit you wish to play. 3 Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [F1] button. The lock icon will be displayed beside the kit number. 4 Press the [SONG] button. DTX700 Owner's Manual 39
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 40
    Basic Operation Playing with Songs for Practice 5 Turn the dial to select a new song. NOTE • To unlock the kit, repeat Steps 1 through 3 above. After doing so, the lock icon will disappear from beside the kit number. 40 DTX700 Owner's Manual
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 41
    . • Use [MENU] m [Click] m [Voice] to change the clicktrack sounds. For full details, refer to the Reference Manual PDF document. 1 Press the [CLICK] button. 2 Press the [F1] button. : Accent (start of measure) : Quarter notes : Eighth notes : Sixteenth notes : Eighth-note triplets DTX700 Owner
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    [STORE] button. If you do not wish to store your new settings, press the [EXIT] button. The display will return to the previous page. 42 DTX700 Owner's Manual
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 43
    new time signature. NOTE • If you select a song (page 36) after setting the time signature in this way, the selected song's time signature will be used for the click-track. 3 Turn the dial to move the cursor to the time signature. 4 Press the dial. The cursor will switch to reversed text
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    three times to set the tempo. • If you select a song (page 36) after setting the tempo in this way, the selected song's tempo will be used for the click-track. 44 DTX700 Owner's Manual
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 45
    of the beat Playing on the beat Playing behind the beat The Groove Check page A triangle (t) is used to display the precise time at which you played the pads. If you are playing perfectly in time, practicing, press the [ ] button once again. The click-track will stop. DTX700 Owner's Manual 45
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 46
    with perfect timing The Rhythm Gate function only allows pads to produce a sound if they are played at exactly the right time. With this function, you NOTE • You can also use the Rhythm Gate function with your DTX700's built-in songs. Press several times if necessary. 46 DTX700 Owner's Manual
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    mute and unmute the click-track for specific numbers of measures. For example, if you were to use this function to mute the click-track while you played a fill, you would instantly know whether you once again. The click-track will stop. Press several times if necessary. DTX700 Owner's Manual 47
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 48
    • You cannot record audio data from the [AUX IN] port on your DTX700. • If you start playback of recorded data while playing a song, the song will stop playing. Similarly, if you start playback of a song while playing recorded data, the playback of recorded data will stop. 48 DTX700 Owner's Manual
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 49
    the [>/] button once again to stop recording. The [REC] button and the [>/] button will both turn off. 3 Press the [F2] button to mute that song's drum part. The icon will switch to . 4 Press the [REC] button. The [REC] button will light in red. DTX700 Owner's Manual 49
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 50
    (sold separately), you can connect it to your DTX700's [!2HH-KICK] trigger input jack in order to play kick drum sounds. To do so, proceed as follows. 1 Turn off your DTX700. The HH65 Hi-hat Controller must be connected with the drum trigger module turned off. 2 Insert one end of the cable
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 51
    pad correctly, the message "Pad11" will be shown in the top right corner of the display. 8 Turn the dial to select a sound for your newly- added pad. 9 Press the [STORE] button to store the assigned sound. If the following message is displayed, press the dial to proceed. DTX700 Owner's Manual 51
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 52
    up-to-date version. 2 Install the USB MIDI driver on your computer. For instructions on installing, refer to the guide included with the driver installer. When asked to connect your Yamaha product and your computer, do so as shown below.  Precautions when using the [USB TO HOST] port If proper
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 53
    DAW application will return the performance data to the DTX700 on MIDI Channel 1 as it is being recorded, and the instrument's internal tone generator will sound as if it is being played directly. NOTE • For details on how to turn on MIDI Thru, refer to the manual that came with your DAW application
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 54
    how to use remote functions, refer to the owner's manual included in the downloaded package.  DTX700 settings Whenever the Cubase Remote function is to be used, the following steps must be completed on the DTX700. 1 Use [MENU] m [Utility] m [MIDI] to access the MIDI parameters, and set MIDI IN/OUT
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 55
    level supported by your DTX700. Executing... This message is displayed while your DTX700 to perform a file operation using a read-only file. Sample is protected. This message DTX700's wave memory is full, preventing operations such as the importing and loading of data. DTX700 Owner's Manual 55
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 56
    For more troubleshooting tips, refer to the Reference Manual PDF document. See page 5 for details on downloading this manual. The DTX700 either produces no sound or is unable to detect the pads being struck. • Ensure that the pads are correctly connected to the DTX700's trigger input jacks
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 57
    power adaptor (PA-150 or equivalent), Owner's Manual (this document), Data List, module holder, module-holder fixing screws x 4, DVD (for bundled software) * Specifications and descriptions in this owner's manual are for information purposes only. Yamaha Corporation reserves the right to modify
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 58
    23 Tom1 (toms 1 31 Tom2 (toms 2 31 Training functions 45 Trigger 26 Trigger input jack 12, 32, 50 Trigger setup 26 Tuning 31 U Underlined display 17 USB memory device 11, 21, 32 USB-MIDI driver 52 V Volume 19, 36, 41 W Wave (audio files 31 Z Zone 12, 23, 33 58 DTX700 Owner's Manual
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 59
    List of DTX700 Functions For more details, refer to the Reference Manual PDF document. See page page 5 for details on downloading this manual. Kit Common Volume Tempo TrgSetupLink Name Icon Kit Volume Kit Selection Tempo Trigger Setup Link Kit Name Change Icon Voice VoiceCategory VoiceNumber
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 60
    DeviceNo. MIDI In/Out MIDI Thru Port Local Control MIDI Sync Clock Out Sequencer Control MIDI Merge Channel-10 Reveive Program Change Receive Channel-10 Program Change Receive Polyphonic Aftertouch Status Send Hi-hat Device Number FactSet PowerOn Auto Instrument Reset 60 DTX700 Owner's Manual
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 61
    List of DTX700 Functions Trigger Name Name Trigger Trigger Parameters (Bank) Copy Trigger Parameters (Number) Click Voice OutputSel MIDI In MIDI Out MIDI NoteAcc MIDI Note q Click-track Voice Click-track Output Click-track MIDI In Click-track MIDI Memory Information DTX700 Owner's Manual 61
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 62
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    the results of the use of this manual and the software. • This disk is NOT for audio/visual purpose. Do not attempt to play the disk on an audio/visual CD/DVD player. Doing so may result in irreparable damage to your player. • Note that Yamaha does not offer technical support for the DAW
  • Yamaha DTX700 | Owner's Manual - Page 64
    Tel: 02-215-2622 OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES Yamaha Corporation, Asia-Pacific Sales & Marketing Group Nakazawa-cho 10-1, Naka- Yamaha Electronic Drums web site http://dtxdrums.yamaha.com/ Yamaha Manual Library http://www.yamaha.co.jp/manual/ U.R.G., Digital Musical Instruments Division © 2011 Yamaha
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