Yamaha DTXPLORER Owner's Manual - Page 22

Create Your Own Original Drum Kit none No reverb (the same as thru). hall1 - 5 Simulates reverb in a hall. room1 - 5 Simulates reverb in a room. stage1 - 5 Simulates playing on a stage. plate Simulates steel plate reverb. white A special short reverb effect. tunnel Simulates the reverb of a tunnel. bsemnt Simulates the reverb of a basement. * hall, room, or stage effects with larger values produce a greater effect. 7. Change the Reverb Level Try changing the amount of reverb that is applied to each input source. Use the [>] button to view page KIT7, then rotate the jog dial to set the reverb level (0 to 127). KIT7* •kick - RevLevel= 41 , 8. Change the Decay Try changing the drum voice's decay time (the time it takes the sound to fade out after being produced). Use the [>] button to view page KIT8, then rotate the jog dial to set the decay (-64 to 0 to +63). Positive values produce a crisper sound. KIT8* •kick - Decay= 0 , 9. Change the Voice Character (Filter Setting) Try adjusting the filter's cut-off frequency to change the drum voice's character (brightness). Use the [>] button to view page KIT9, then rotate the jog dial to set the cut-off frequency (-64 to 0 to +63). Positive values create a brighter sound. KIT9* •kick -CutOffFreq= 0, 10. Set the Alternate Group By assigning voices like the hi-hat's open and closed voices- voices that you don't want to have playing at the same time- to the same alternate group, the voice that is currently sounding will be switched off when the trigger for the next voice in the same alternate group is received (after the open hi-hat voice is switched off, the closed hi-hat voice sounds). Use the [>] button to view page KIT10, then rotate the jog dial to set the alternate group (off, 1 to 9). When this setting is set to "off", the mute will not be active. KIT10*•kick - AltGroup= 1 , * Some voices such as the hi-hat, etc., already have the alternate group set in their preset settings. 11. Set the MIDI Key ON/OFF This sets the MIDI note on message's key on/key off for each input source. Use the [>] button to view page KIT11, then rotate the jog dial to set key on/key off. KIT11*•kick -KeyOn/Off=norm norm key off is not recognized. hold Key off is recognized. Every time the pad is hit switches the key on or key off. 0.0s to 9.9s Key off is recognized and the time (gate time) from the key on to key off can be set. * When this setting is set to "norm", some voices may sound continuously. Press the [DRUM KIT] button to stop the sound. 12. Save the Original Voice To save the original drum kit you've created thus far, use the store operation described below and save the kit to the DTXPLORER's memory. Original kits can be saved as a drum kit to the User Drum Kit (33 to 42) allocations. * If a different drum kit is selected before the store operation can be carried out, all changes you have made to the data will be lost. 12-1. Press the [SAVE/ENT] button. The following display will appear. KIT save to 33 22