Yamaha DTXPRESS Owner's Manual - Page 22
Create Your Own Original Drum Kit
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Create Your Own Original Drum Kit You can assign voices you like to each of the pads, and set the tuning (pitch), voice, decay, reverb, etc. to create your own original drum kit. 1. Select the Drum Voice First, select a drum voice for the kit you want to create. Let's try assigning a snare drum voice. It doesn't matter what drum kit you select (the drum kit that is created will be saved to a user drum kit (No. 49-80)). 1-1. Select a Snare Drum for the Input Source. Press the [VOICE] button and the display for selecting the Drum Voice will appear. Input Source Layer Number KIT IN=pad 1 V=1 =K/017 BDaftty1 Voice Category Voice Number Voice Name Use the [SEL] buttons to move the flashing cursor to the input source position, then use the [VALUE-]/[VALUE+] buttons to select "pad 2". This means that the snare pad input that is connected to trigger input jack 2 SNARE is selected. The value "V=1" indicates that the layer number=1. Two voices can be delivered (2 layer) with one input source (trigger input). In this case, you will have to assign which voice will be used here. 1-2. Select the Drum Voice Category. Next, decide the drum voice category. The drum voice category is the same category that was used in the Metronome Click Voice (P. 19). For this example, let's select "s: Electric Snare". Use the [SEL] buttons to move the flashing cursor to the voice category position, then use the [VALUE-]/ [VALUE+] buttons to select "s". A "*" mark will appear between "KIT" and "IN". This is to let you know that data in the currently selected drum kit has changed. 1-3. Select the Drum Voice. Next, let's select a drum voice. Using the same procedure you used when you changed the metronome click voice (P. 19), press the [SEL>] button to move the flashing cursor to the Voice Number position, then use the [VALUE-]/[VALUE+] buttons to assign the drum voice. For this example, let's select "014 Dance01". KIT IN=pad 2 V=1 =s/014 Dance01 With this, we have assigned a drum voice for the kit you want to create. Now, let's try to edit this drum voice in several ways and create your own original snare drum voice. 2. Try Changing the Volume Let's change the volume of the drum voice that is delivered when the pad is hit. Adjust the volume balance between the other pads. Press the [PAGEt] button and the following display will appear. KIT*IN=pad 2 V=- Vol= 120 Pan= C Volume Pan Use the [SEL] buttons to move the flashing cursor to the volume level position, then use the [VALUE-]/ [VALUE+] buttons to set the volume level. * "V=-" appears when the drum voice is not a 2 layer voice. HINT Press the [VOICE] button to monitor the voice just as if the pad were hit. 3. Try Changing the Pan Using the same display, you can change the pan setting for the drum voice. According to this setting you can move the position of the currently selected drum voice within the stereo field as follows: "L64" (left side) - "C" (Center) - "R63" (right side). Press the [SEL>] button to move the flashing cursor to the pan level position, then use the [VALUE-]/[VALUE+] buttons to set the pan value. 4. Try Changing the Tuning (Pitch) Let's try and change the tuning (pitch) of the drum voice. Press the [PAGEt] button and the following display will appear. KIT*IN=pad 2 V=Tune C= 0 F= 0 Tuning in half-step increments Finer tuning Use the [SEL] buttons to move the flashing cursor to the "C" or "F" position, then use the [VALUE-]/[VALUE+] buttons to set the pitch of the voice. Tuning for "C=" is in increments of a half-step, tuning for "F=" is in steps of approximately 1.17 cents. 5. Try Changing the Decay (the length of time it takes for the voice to fade) Let's try and change the voice's decay (the length of time it takes for the voice to fade). Press the [PAGEt] button twice and the following display will appear. KIT*IN=pad 2 V=Decay=+ 8 Fc= 0 Decay Filter Cutoff Frequency 22