Yamaha DTXPRESS Owner's Manual - Page 19

HINT The metronome (click voice) can be set to start/stop when the song starts/stops. (m [3-8. Click Mode] (P. 58) 7. Change the Click Voice When the click voice resembles voices that are found in the song it might be hard to hear. In this case it is a good idea to change the click voice. • We will use the factory set 4-beat click voice (a high and low bell voice) as an example here. Change voice that is heard on the first beat. Slowly press the [UTIL] button three times and the following display will appear. Click Voice Type UT SEQ Click= hi =P/053 MtBel Voice Category Voice Number Voice Name 7-1. First, use the [SEL] buttons to move the flashing cursor to the Click Voice Type position, then use the [VALUE-]/[VALUE+] buttons to assign the "hi" click voice (the click voice heard on the first beat). 7-2. Next, use the [SEL] buttons to move the flashing cursor to the Voice Category position, then use the [VALUE-]/[VALUE+] buttons to assign the Drum Voice Category that will be used for the Click Voice. Each of the following characters indicates a drum voice category. K: Acoustic Kick k: Electric Kick S: Acoustic Snare s: Electric Snare T: Acoustic Tom t: Electric Tom C: Cymbal H: Hi-hat P: Percussion E: Effect 1 e: Effect 2 L: Drum Loop m: misc. voices Here, select the misc. voices "m". 7-3. After selecting the category, press the [SEL>] button to move the flashing cursor to the Voice Number, then use the [VALUE-]/[VALUE+] buttons to assign the drum voice that will be used for the click voice. Play Along with a Song Here, select "010 Marimba". Press the [CLICK] button to start the metronome and the marimba voice will be delivered instead of the previously assigned voice. The same procedure can be used to change the other click voices ("mid", "lo") to a voice you prefer. Press the [PLAY] button to return to the original display (Drum Kit & Song setting display). 8. Change the Drum Kit When you want to use a different drum kit with a particular song, change only the drum kit number using the Drum Kit & Song setting display. Drum Kit Number Drum Kit Name KIT =1 Acoustic SONG=1 Latiniq 9. Change the Song but Not the Drum Kit Normally, when the song is switched the drum kit will be automatically switched to the kit that is set in the song. However, if the Rhythm Mute Function ([SHIFT]+[PAGEs]) is used, the drum kit will not change when the song is switched. * Also, in the Utility mode's [2-2. Channel 10 Program Change/ Receive Channel Event] (P. 54) set the Channel 10 Program Change to not receive program changes and then only the song will change. 10. Mute Individual Drums You can mute individual drums like the [Bass Drum], [Snare Drum], [Cymbal], [Other Drum Instruments]. This function is convenient when you want to practice individual drum parts. In the Drum Kit & Song setting display, press the [PAGEt] button twice, the following display (Song & Mute) will appear. SONG=1 Latiniq Ki=®Sn=mCy=®Mi=® Mute (Does not produce sound) Produces sound Use the [SEL] buttons to select the drum instrument (Ki: Bass Drum, Sn: Snare Drum, Cy: Cymbal, Mi: others) you want to mute, then press the [VALUE+] button to change the speaker icon (®) to the mute icon (m). To cancel the Mute Function, press the [VALUE-] button to return to the speaker icon (®). 19