Yamaha DTX-MULTI Owner's Manual - Page 32

Internal Design Kit Makeup The term "kit" is used to refer to a collection of preset voices, patterns, and waves assigned to each of the instrument's built-in pads (1 to 12) and to any external pads, foot switches, or controllers connected via the PAD jacks (M to Q), the FOOT SW jack, and the HI-HAT CONTROL jack. For added convenience, the instrument comes pre-loaded with 30 different Preset kits. You are, however, free to make your own unique kits in whatever way you see fit, and up to 200 of these User kits can also be stored internally. ■ Kits & Voices Within the DTX-MULTI 12, voice data is grouped and stored in kit units. In other words, each kit contains the voice-related information for all of its pad and controller assignments. Whenever a User kit is created by editing voices, the voices themselves are not stored within the kit; instead, the settings for all associated parameters - such as tuning, stereo pan, attack time, release time, effects, etc. - are stored. As you would expect, each of the pads can have different parameter settings. Therefore, even when the Select Voice page shows the same voice assigned to two or more pads, the sounds produced by each will not necessarily be the same. ■ Voice Layers Using the DTX-MULTI 12's Layer function, you can assign a number of different voices to a single pad or external controller. Specifically, this instrument allows up to four layers (A to D) to be setup per pad, meaning that each pad can play as many as four different voices. These layered voices can also be triggered in a number of different ways - for example, they will all play together in Stack mode, a different one will be played for each strike in Alternate mode, and they can be sustained and turned off on each successive strike in Hold mode. In order that the Layer function may be put to use, the pad in question must first be setup to send multiple MIDI messages whenever struck. Then, voices are assigned to each of the layers, and a layer playing mode is specified for the pad. For more details, refer to the section Specifying MIDI note numbers and assigning voices to each on page 34. Arrangement of Voice Layers Layer A VCE1 -º¡- ç GM001:GrandPiano When Pad 1 is struck, layers A through D are all played simultaneously. GM001:GrandPiano Layer B VCE1 -º¡- ¬ GM025:NylonGtr GM025:NylonGtr Layer C VCE1 -º¡- œ GM041:Violin GM041:Violin Layer D VCE1 -º¡- ˚ GM051:SynthStr1 GM051:SynthStr1 ■ Information Contained in Kits Three different setting areas apply specifically to kits: In the KIT setting area, you can specify a volume, configure effects, and set other parameters affecting the entire kit; in the VOICE setting area, you can assign preset voices, patterns, and waves to each pad, foot switch, and controller, and you can also set parameters such as tuning and volume for each of the assigned voices; and in the MIDI setting area, you can set MIDI-related parameters affecting the kit or individual pads and controllers. Setting a preset voice, pattern, or wave to be played when a pad is struck involves the following two steps. 1. Indication of the MIDI note number(s) to be sent when a specific pad is struck. (MIDI setting area) 2. Indication of the preset voice, pattern, or wave to be played for each MIDI note number. (VOICE setting area) In cases where only a single layer is setup for a pad, however, it is possible to omit Step 1 above. (The required setting will be performed automatically when you select a voice in Step 2.) The following two methods of allocating voices are described below. • Assigning a voice directly to a pad • Specifying MIDI note numbers and assigning voices to each 32 Owner's Manual