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Four User banks each with four different settings — a total of sixteen — are available for your custom

settings.

Each of the sixteen User Performance Setups can have different settings for the following

parameters:

Recording a User Performance Setup

1

Make all desired settings for the DJX.

Virtually all DJX settings can be saved to a User button.

Refer to the

list above for details.

2

Select the PSU (Performance Setup) Record

mode.

Press the RECORD button, repeatedly if necessary, until “PSU User”

appears at the top of the display.

PERFORMANCE SETUP

3

Select the desired bank.

Use the +/- buttons or the numeric keypad to select the desired User

bank number (1 - 4).

Performance Setup is a powerful and convenient Style mode function that lets

you instantly reconfigure virtually all settings of the DJX — with the touch of a

single button.

Two types of Performance Setups are available: User and Preset.

00

1

RECORD

STYLE

PSU

1

User

RECORD indica-

tion flashes briefly.

• Main voice number

• All Main voice settings (Volume**, Octave, Pan**, Reverb

Send Level**, Chorus Send Level**, DSP Send Level**,

Cutoff*, Resonance*, Attack*, Release*, and Modulation*)

• Dual voice number

• All Dual voice settings (On/Off, Volume**, Octave,

Pan**, Reverb Send Level**, Chorus Send Level**, DSP

Send Level**, Cutoff*, Resonance*, Attack*, Release*, and

Modulation*)

• Split voice number

• All Split voice settings (On/Off, Split Point, Volume**,

Octave, Pan**, Reverb Send Level**, Chorus Send Level**,

DSP Send Level**, Cutoff*, Resonance*, Attack*, Release*,

and Modulation*)

• Reverb Type and On/Off

• Chorus Type and On/Off

• DSP Type and On/Off

• Arpeggiator Type , On/Off, and Speed*

• Style number, and style-related settings: Pattern Control

On/Off, Section (Beat A or B), Pattern Split Point, Track

settings (Part On/Off, Volume*, Pan*, Cutoff*, Resonance*,

Reverb Send Level*, Chorus Send Level*, DSP Send Level*,

Attack*, Release*, and Modulation*), Groove*, Dynamics*,

and Dynamics Strength

• Part Select (Knobs and Ribbon Controller)

• Overall menu settings: BPM (Tempo), Transpose, Tuning,

Pattern Volume, Ribbon Controller assignment, and Assign

Knob assignment

• Footswitch assignment

• Touch Sensitivity

• Pitch Bend Range

* Last settings made with the Knobs and the Ribbon

Controller are memorized.

** Last settings made in the Function mode, and with the

Knobs and Ribbon Controller are memorized.

PERFORMANCE SETUP — USER

PERFORMANCE SETUP — USER

Section	Page
Cover	1
SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION	2
PRECAUTIONS	3
Congratulations	4
Main Features	4
Contents	5
PANEL CONTROLS AND TERMINALS	6
Front Panel	6
Rear Panel	7
SETTING UP	8
POWER REQUIREMENTS	8
TURNING ON THE POWER	8
ACCESSORY JACKS	9
Quick Guide	10
Step 1 The DJX — Take it for a spin!	10
Step 2 Using the Keyboard	12
Step 3 Demo Song/Voice/Style	14
Step 4 Digital Sampling	16
Step 5 Function Parameters	18
Step 6 Assigning Various Controls to the ASSIGN Knob, RIBBON CONTROLLER, and Footswitch	20
PANEL DISPLAY INDICATIONS	22
PLAYING VOICES — THE VOICE MODE	24
PLAYING A VOICE — MAIN VOICE	25
About Panel Voices and GM Voices	26
Drum Kit Voice Chart (voices 141 - 155)	26
Function Parameters — Main Voice	27
TRANSPOSE AND TUNING	28
Transpose	28
Tuning	29
PLAYING TWO VOICES — DUAL VOICE	29
Function Parameters — Dual Voice	30
PLAYING TWO VOICES — SPLIT VOICE	31
Function Parameters — Split Voice	32
ADDITIONAL VOICE FUNCTIONS — VOICE SET, TOUCH SENSITIVITY, AND PITCH BEND RANGE	33
Function Parameters — Voice Set, Touch Sensitivity and Pitch Bend Range	33
EFFECTS	34
REVERB	34
CHORUS	35
DSP	36
ARPEGGIATOR	37
Function Parameters — Effects	37
Effect Types	38
SONG PLAYBACK — THE SONG MODE	40
SELECTING AND PLAYING A SONG	40
CHANGING THE BPM (TEMPO)	41
ABOUT THE BEAT DISPLAY	42
ADJUSTING THE SONG VOLUME	43
PATTERNS — THE STYLE MODE	44
SELECTING A STYLE AND PLAYING THE PATTERN	44
PATTERN CONTROLS	47
PATTERN SECTIONS (BEAT A, BEAT B AND BREAK OUTS)	48
CHANGING THE BPM (TEMPO)	48
ADJUSTING THE PATTERN VOLUME	49
FINGERING	50
BEAT REVERSE	52
PART ON/OFF	52
About the Parts	53
SETTING THE PATTERN SPLIT POINT	54
Function Parameter — Pattern Split Point	55
PERFORMANCE SETUP	56
PERFORMANCE SETUP — USER	56
Recording a User Performance Setup	56
Recalling a User Performance Setup	57
Selecting a User Bank	57
PERFORMANCE SETUP — PRESET	58
Selecting a Preset Performance Setup	58
THE KNOBS	59
USING THE KNOBS	59
About CUTOFF and RESONANCE	62
About GROOVE	62
ASSIGN KNOB	63
ASSIGN Knob Parameters	64
RIBBON CONTROLLER	66
USING THE RIBBON CONTROLLER	66
RIBBON CONTROLLER Parameters	67
How the RIBBON CONTROLLER works	68
DIGITAL SAMPLING	69
ABOUT DIGITAL SAMPLING	69
RECORDING A SAMPLE AND PLAYING IT	70
Guidelines for sampling	71
Trigger Level	71
Sampling memory capacity	73
Deleting a sample	74
Recording additional samples	74
SAMPLE EDITING	75
Setting the End Point	75
Creating Loops	78
About the resolution settings	79
SONG RECORDING	80
RECORDING A USER SONG — REALTIME RECORDING	81
Additional Operations	84
RECORDING A USER SONG — STEP RECORDING	85
Recording Notes	86
Additional Operations	88
Replacing a Note or Rest	89
Entering Velocity Curves	90
Velocity Curve Chart	90
CLEARING A SONG	91
MIDI FUNCTIONS	92
WHAT IS MIDI?	92
Channel Messages	93
System Messages	93
CONNECTING TO A PERSONAL COMPUTER	94
MIDI Terminals	94
FUNCTION PARAMETERS — MIDI	95
USING BULK DUMP SEND/SAMPLING SEND TO SAVE DATA	97
Saving Bulk Data/Sampling Data	97
Loading Bulk Data/Sampling Data	99
USING INITIAL SETUP SEND WITH A SEQUENCER	100
Sending Initial Setup Data	100
Appendix	102
TROUBLESHOOTING	102
DATA BACKUP & INITIALIZATION	103
VOICE LIST	104
DRUM KIT LIST	108
STYLE LIST	111
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART	112
SPECIFICATIONS	115

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