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Congratulations on your purchase of the Yamaha DJX! You now own a portable keyboard that combines advanced functions, great sound and exceptional ease-of-use in a highly compact package. Its outstanding features also make it a remarkably expres- sive and versatile instrument. Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your new DJX in order to take full advantage of its various features. Main Features Real-time Controls The DJX is equipped with an amazing set of real-time performance controls, that let you "tweak" the sound of various instrument parts - as you play! • Control Knobs These five knobs let make various dynamic changes to the voices and patterns. • ASSIGN knob Included in the control knobs is a special ASSIGN knob that can be assigned to control any one of a variety of functions. • RIBBON CONTROLLER This expressive control can also be assigned to control any one of a variety of functions. • Part Select (PART CONTROL) Use this to select the Part you want to use with the control knobs or RIBBON CONTROLLER. • Part On/Off (PART CONTROL) This function lets you alternately mute and unmute specific instrument parts of the pattern as it's playing. • PITCH BEND wheel Use this to raise and lower the pitch of the voice as you play. Digital Sampling This function lets you record your own sounds to be played from the keyboard. Up to twelve different samples can be recorded. Simple editing functions, such as setting the end point and looping, are also provided. Other powerful features include: • Exceptionally realistic and dynamic sounds with 284 voices, utilizing digital recordings of actual instruments. • Dual voice and Split voice modes that let you layer two voices together or assign two voices to separate sections of the keyboard • Four high-quality effects - Reverb, Chorus, DSP, and Arpeggiator - each with a variety of different types. • 100 pattern styles, each with different Lead In/Out and Beat A/B sections. All styles also have their own four Break Out patterns. The DJX also gives you convenient control over pattern Styles - including BPM (Tempo) and independent Pattern Volume. • Powerful song recording operations for recording and playing back complete compositions (three User songs are available). Up to six tracks can be recorded to a song, including a special chord track for style pattern. • Performance Setup, for automatically calling up an appropriate voice for playing with the selected style. Plus, there are 16 User Performance Setup memory spaces that let you save your custom panel settings for instant recall. • Touch response for maximum expressive level control over the voices. • Convenient footswitch control over various functions - including sustain, start/stop, and more. • GM (General MIDI) compatibility and full GM voice set. • Large custom LCD gives you easy, at-a-glance confirmation of all important settings, as well as chord and note indications. • Comprehensive MIDI functions that let you integrate the DJX into a MIDI music system, for sequence recording and other advanced applications. • Built-in, high-quality stereo amplifier/speaker system. 4