Yamaha DTXPLORER Owner's Manual - Page 14

Play Along With The Metronome Start the metronome and play along on the DTXPLORER's pads. The DTXPLORER is equipped with a high performance metronome that lets you create complex rhythms. 1. Start the Metronome Press the [ ON/OFF] button to start the metronome. The red lamp lights on the first beat of every measure when the metronome is playing. Other beats are indicated with the green lamp. Press the [ ON/OFF] button again to stop the metronome. Use this display to select the click set and then set the beat, tempo, timer, and the click sound's overall volume. Press the [] buttons to move the flashing cursor to the item you want to set, then rotate the jog dial to set its value. Click setting display page number (page 1) Timer Click Master Volume CLK1 fl '¬ 1 :Beat=4 ƒ=152, 2. Set the settings for Click Set, Tempo, Beat, etc. By fine tuning the different note value clicks that are shown in the illustration below, the DTXPLORER's metronome can be used to create a variety of click patterns. The patterns you set are called Click Sets, and you can save up to 30 original patterns in the DTXPLORER's memory. Example) Beat timings used when Beat=4 Click Set Number Beat Tempo • Click Set Number [Range: 1 to 30] Selects the click set to be used. • Beat [Range: 1 to 9] Sets the click's time signature. • Tempo [Range: 30 to 300] Sets the click's tempo (q=). The Tap Tempo Function can be used to set the tempo. In this function, hitting the pads in tempo sets the song or click's tempo. This let's you set the tempo to any tempo you like. Refer to page 18 for more information. • Timer [Range: off, 30 to 600 seconds] This function is used to automatically stop the metronome at the time set in this setting. • Click Master Volume [Range: 0 to 16] Sets the click's overall volume. * When the flashing cursor is not positioned here, the speaker icon will be displayed. First, select a click set from one of the presets and listen. Press the [CLICK] button to view page 1 in the Click Setting. CLK1 fl '¬ 1 :Beat=4 ƒ=152, An asterisk "*" will appear next to "CLK1" in the display if the beat or tempo setting is changed. This is to let you know that data has been changed. This mark will disappear after the Store Operation (P. 16) is carried out to save data in the DTXPLORER's memory. If a different click set is selected before carrying out the Store Operation, the current settings will return to their original condition. If you want to keep changes made to the data, make sure you carry out the Store Operation. CLK1* fl '¬ 1 :Beat=4 ƒ=152, 14