Yamaha DTX502 Owner's Manual - Page 2

Contents Welcome 6 Product Manuals 6 Setup First Steps 7 Quick Start Guide 8 Choosing Drum Sounds 8 Playing Along with a Song 8 Practicing with the Metronome 8 Practicing in Training Mode 9 Recording Your Performances 9 Component Names & Functions 10 Control Panel 10 Rear Panel 11 Setting Up for Sound 12 Connecting the Power 12 Connecting Headphones or Speakers 12 Connecting a Music Player 12 Turning On the Drum Module 13 Initial Setup 13 Quickly Disabling Auto Power-Off 13 Turning Off the Drum Module 14 Restoring the Default Settings 14 Customizing the Metronome 32 Selecting a Click Set 32 Setting the Tempo 33 Setting the Time Signature 33 Setting the Timer 33 Setting Individual Volumes 34 Changing Sounds for All Subdivisions 34 Changing Sounds for Individual Subdivisions 35 Tuning Click-Set Sounds 36 Tapping the Tempo on the Pads 36 Storing a Customized Click Set 37 Practicing in Training Mode 38 1. Groove Check 38 2. Rhythm Gate 40 3. Measure Break 41 4. Tempo Up/Down 42 5. Change Up 44 6. Pad Gate 46 7. Part Mute 47 8. Fast Blast 49 Recording Your Performances 51 Getting Ready 51 Recording 52 Playing Back a Performance 52 Naming a User Song 53 Deleting a Recorded Performance 54 Basic Techniques Basic DTX502 Operations 15 Striking the Drum Pads 16 Snare 16 Hi-hats 17 Cymbals 18 Selecting & Playing a Kit 19 Selecting a Kit 19 Adjusting Pad Sensitivity 19 Balancing Instrument Volumes 19 Building Your Own Unique Kits 20 Assigning Voices to Instruments 21 Tuning & Changing Cymbal Sizes 22 Customizing Instrument Voices 23 Adjusting Instrument Volumes 24 Adjusting the Stereo Panning of Instruments 24 Saving Customized Kits 25 Performing with a Song 26 Selecting a Song 26 Adjusting the Song Volume 26 Adjusting the Song Tempo 27 Muting a Song's Drum Parts 27 Looping a Song 28 Playing with Count-In 28 Playing Pad Songs 29 Using the Metronome 31 Starting & Stopping 31 Adjusting the Tempo 31 Setting the Overall Volume 31 Advanced Techniques Setting Parameters using Menu Mode 55 Setting Procedure 56 Storing your settings 56 Integrating Separately Sold Accessories 76 Adding a PCY90AT Cymbal Pad 76 Using a KU100 Kick Unit as a Kick Pedal 76 Integrating Electronic & Acoustic Drums 77 Adding Drum Pads to an Acoustic Drum Set 77 Playing the DTX502 Using Acoustic Drums 77 Mounting the DTX502 on a Hi-Hat Stand 78 Connecting to a Computer 79 Making Connections 79 DTX502 Reference Manual 79 Reference Error Messages 80 Troubleshooting 81 Data List 83 Specifications 88 Index 89 2 DTX502 Owner's Manual