Yamaha IIs Owner's Manual - Page 60

Song Recording and Editing Song Recording and Editing As you may have already found out by listening to the Preset songs, the DTXTREME IIs has a built-in MIDI sequencer. This sequencer lets you not only play the drum kit along with playback of Preset songs, but also easily record your performance on the drum kit or MIDI keyboard as a User song (U1~U32). You can play a User song as main song or pad song (page 25). • MIDI I/O to External Device With real-time recording, you can use the built-in sequencer to capture a MIDI sequence played on an external sequencer or a personal computer. For this application, connect the DTXTREME IIs to the appropriate device to transfer MIDI data (page 18). You can also set the built-in sequencer to work in sync with an external MIDI device or to be controlled from that device. Features of the Two-track Sequencer Before you start your recording session, take a look below at some of the things you can do with the built-in sequencer. • Three Recording Modes You can record a song in any of 3 recording modes - Replace, OverDub, Step (page 61). In Replace and OverDub modes, you can record your performance in real time. Within a specified number of measures, Replace mode offers one-way recording and OverDub mode offers repeated recording. With the Step mode, you can record MIDI events manually, one-by-one into the timeline (data entry area). You can also use Step mode for editing MIDI events you've recorded in Replace or OverDub mode. • 2-Track Structure The built-in sequencer offers 2 sequence tracks (Tr1 and Tr2) to each song, and you can use them for both recording and playback. Each track can contain any event on any MIDI channel (1 to 16). This means you can connect a keyboard to the DTXTREME IIs MIDI IN and (with the help of a keyboard playing friend) record both the keyboard performance and your drum kit playing in real time onto separate tracks. If you are a multi-instrumentalist, you can conveniently use OverDub mode to record several different parts, one at a time. Even after recording a part in Replace mode, you can switch to OverDub mode to record other parts onto the same track. Since you can merge contents on both tracks into one and free up a track (page 68), you can use one track only for a specific part to separately be recorded. The built-in sequencer is very simple to use, yet gives you a full set of comprehensive, flexible tools to manage your recordings. • Using Preset songs Preset songs are provided for playback only. However, you can copy a favorite song to a User song in the DTXTREME IIs memory - then mute the original drum track and play it yourself, or add your own phrases with an external MIDI keyboard in OverDub mode. Preparation for Recording Before you start recording a song, set up the DTXTREME IIs as described below. n You can start recording a song even while editing a drum kit or using other function modes. When you finish or cancel recording, you can resume working from the previous display. 1. Select the desired User song (U1~U32) for recording in the default Play mode display (page 23). If you select a new song, its default name (EmptySng) will appear as the song name. Set the desired tempo, beat, and click. You can change the tempo later when playing the recorded song. KIT=P1 SONG=P1 TEMPO BEAT CLICK Kit name Songname =120 4/4 Turn knob KIT=P1 SONG=U1 TEMPO BEAT CLICK Kit name EmptySng =120 4/4 n The beat (time signature) cannot be changed after recording. Also, the tempo need not be set when recording in Step mode. 60