Yamaha DTX700 Owner's Manual - Page 53

Connecting Your DTX700 to a Computer Basic Operation Making Music with a Computer  Recording Performances using a DAW Application [Definition] DAW Application DAW is an abbreviation of digital audio workstation. DAW applications such as Cubase can be used to record, edit, and mix audio and MIDI data on a computer. The following section will describe how to connect your DTX700 to a computer and prepare for recording performances using a DAW application running on it. Normally, when playing in order to record on a computer, performance data produced by striking the pads is first sent to the computer and then returned to the instrument in order to play its internal tone generator. If local control of the DTX700 is turned on at this time, performance data will also be sent directly to the tone generator, and as a result, the direct and returned data will overlap, making it sound as if the pads are being struck twice. Sound is produced Within DTX700 On Trigger Off Internal tone generator No sound is produced. Local Control Settings Most DAW applications allow MIDI Thru to be turned on, and therefore, you can setup your system as shown below with local control of the DTX700 turned off and the DAW application returning performance data to the tone generator. In this way, performances can be recorded in comfort without each strike being heard twice. USB TO HOST port DTX700 IN OUT Computer Internal tone generator Local control LocalCtrl ="off" Trigger OUT IN MIDI Thru turned on within DAW application. We will now describe how to setup parameters for recording your performances, first on the DTX700, and then within the DAW application.  Preparing the DTX700 Using the following procedure, turn off DTX700 local control. 1 Use [MENU] m [Utility] m [MIDI] to access the MIDI parameters, and set LocalCtrl to "off". 2 Press the [STORE] button to store your new setting. With local control turned off in this way, performance data produced by striking the pads will not be sent to the internal tone generator.  Setting DAW-Application Parameters Within your DAW application, turn on MIDI Thru. This setting ensures that, when performance data is being recorded on a track within your application, it is also returned to the external MIDI system. For example, let's assume that performance data is being recorded on Track 3 by your DAW application. In addition, we'll also assume that MIDI Channel 1 has been set for the return of performance data. If MIDI Thru is now turned on for Track 3, the DAW application will return the performance data to the DTX700 on MIDI Channel 1 as it is being recorded, and the instrument's internal tone generator will sound as if it is being played directly. NOTE • For details on how to turn on MIDI Thru, refer to the manual that came with your DAW application. • If local control on the DTX700 and MIDI Thru within your DAW application are both turned off, no performance data will be sent to the internal tone generator, either directly or indirectly. As a result, no sound will be produced.  Playing the DTX700 using MIDI Data from a DAW Application As described below, you can setup your DTX700 to operate as a multi-timbral tone generator for your DAW application. In this way, you can easily integrate the instrument's highquality MIDI tone generator into your music-production setup. For details on how to connect the DTX700 to your computer, see page 52. 1 Set each of the tracks within your DAW appli- cation to output their MIDI data to the DTX700. 2 Play MIDI performance data using the DAW application. DTX700 Owner's Manual 53