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Playing Pad Songs

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Basic Techniques Performing with a Song Playing Pad Songs The term "pad song" refers to songs that can be played by striking a specific drum pad. In the same way as snare sounds are produced by striking a pad to which a snare voice has been assigned, you can start and stop the playback of pad songs by striking the pads to which they are assigned.  Assigning a pad song to a pad 1. Press the [KIT] button to access the Kit area. 2. Using the Data Dial, select the kit you wish to edit. NOTICE When any of a kit's parameters have been changed but not yet saved, an asterisk (*) will appear beside the page name at the top-left of the screen. The asterisk will disappear when you save your settings. (See page 25.) KIt1 01:Maple Custom, 3. Navigate to the KIT2 page using the [] buttons. KIt2 Snare "S01:MapleCustm, 4. To select an input source, hold down the [SHIFT] button and strike the corresponding pad or zone. Tip Input Sources Each zone of an instrument (page 20) corresponds to one of the drum module's input sources. The snare instrument, for example, combines three distinct input sources-the head, the open rim, and the closed rim. As shown in the table, only the snare, the ride cymbal, the crash cymbal, and the hihat have more than one input source. Instrument Input sources snare Head snare OpenRim Snare snare ClosedRim snare(off) Head (*1) snare(off) OpenRim (*1) snare(off) ClosedRim (*1) ride Bow Ride ride Edge ride Cup Instrument Input sources crash Bow Crash crash Edge crash Cup hihat Open hihat EdgeOpen hihat CupOpen (*2) HiHat hihat Close hihat EdgeClose hihat CupClose (*2) hihat FootClose hihat FootSplash *1: These input sources apply when the Snares parameter from the KitC6 page (page 62) is set to "off". *2: These input sources apply when using a PCY100 as a hi-hat. NOTE Pad songs are assigned to input sources, not to instruments. NOTE Tom 1, Tom 2, Tom 3, Kick, Pad 8, Pad 10, Pad 11, and Pad 12 each have only one input source. DTX502 Owner's Manual 29

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Basic Techniques
DTX502
O
w
ner’s Man
u
al
Performing with a Song
29
The term “pad song” refers to songs that can be played by striking a specific drum pad. In the
same way as snare sounds are produced by striking a pad to which a snare voice has been
assigned, you can start and stop the playback of pad songs by striking the pads to which they are
assigned.
Assigning a pad song to a pad
1.
Press the [KIT] button to access the Kit area.
2.
Using the Data Dial, select the kit you wish to edit.
3.
Navigate to the KIT2 page using the [
<
]/[
>
] buttons.
4.
To select an input source, hold down the [SHIFT]
button and strike the corresponding pad or zone.
Playing Pad Songs
When any of a kit’s parameters
have been changed but not yet
saved, an asterisk (
*
) will
appear beside the page name at
the top-left of the screen. The
asterisk will disappear when
you save your settings. (See
page 25.)
NOTICE
KIt1
01:Maple Cus
t
om‚
KIt2
Snare
”S01:MapleCus
t
m‚
NOTE
Pad songs are assigned to inp
u
t
so
u
rces, not to instr
u
ments.
NOTE
Tom 1, Tom 2, Tom 3, Kick, Pad 8,
Pad 10, Pad 11, and Pad 12 each
ha
v
e only one inp
u
t so
u
rce.
Input Sources
Each zone of an instrument (page 20) corresponds to one of the drum mod-
ule’s input sources. The snare instrument, for example, combines three dis-
tinct input sources—the head, the open rim, and the closed rim. As shown
in the table, only the snare, the ride cymbal, the crash cymbal, and the hi-
hat have more than one input source.
*1:
These inp
u
t so
u
rces apply
w
hen the Snares parameter from the KitC6 page (page 62) is
set to “off”
.
*2: These inp
u
t so
u
rces apply
w
hen
u
sing a PCY100 as a hi-hat.
Instrument
Input sources
Snare
snare Head
snare OpenRim
snare ClosedRim
snare(off) Head
(*1)
snare(off) OpenRim
(*1)
snare(off) ClosedRim
(*1)
Ride
ride Bo
w
ride Edge
ride C
u
p
Crash
crash Bo
w
crash Edge
crash C
u
p
HiHat
hihat Open
hihat EdgeOpen
hihat C
u
pOpen
(*2)
hihat Close
hihat EdgeClose
hihat C
u
pClose
(*2)
hihat FootClose
hihat FootSplash
Instrument
Input sources
Tip