Yamaha DTX700 Reference Manual - Page 4

Internal Design of the DTX700  Instrument assignments for trigger input jacks Assigning voices individually to each trigger input source can be quite time consuming. In order to speed up this process, the DTX700 features instrument parameters that group together the drum voices assigned to the multiple trigger input sources corresponding to each trigger input jack - or in other words, the drum voices assigned to each pad. Choosing instruments for each trigger input jack By selecting an instrument, all of the voices assigned to a pad's three trigger input sources can be changed together.  Voices grouped as kits For most drummers, the preset drum kits built into the DTX700 are sufficient to provide a wide range of variation in performances. If, however, you wish to customize these presets, you can simply change the instrument set for each trigger input jack to assign new voices to each of the corresponding pad's trigger input sources. If you wish to go even further, meanwhile, you can also change voice assignments on an individual trigger input source basis to create drum kits finely tuned to your individual needs (see page 16). Three-zone pads (like the PCY135): Trigger input source Crash1Bw Crash1Eg Crash1Cp Layer*1 Layer A Layer B Layer C Layer D Layer A Layer B Layer C Layer D Layer A Layer B Layer C Layer D MIDI note number Note No. Note No. Note No. Note No. Note No. Note No. Note No. Note No. Note No. Note No. Note No. Note No. Layer*2 Voice Voice Voice Voice Voice Voice Voice Voice Voice Voice Voice Voice Instrument Instrument Single-zone pads (like the KP65): Trigger input source Kick Layer*1 Layer A Layer B Layer C Layer D MIDI note number Note No. Note No. Note No. Note No. Layer*2 Voice Voice Voice Voice Instrument Instrument Sounds Produced Using the Pads Whenever the DTX700's internal tone generator receives a trigger signal produced by striking a pad or by operating a controller, it will play the voice or song assigned to that pad or controller. As described below, three different types of assignment are supported - namely, voices, songs, and waves. • Voices Drum sounds such as snares, bass drums, and cymbals; percussion sounds; and pitched-instrument sounds such as piano, xylophone, and guitar. • Songs Phrases containing performance data for a range of different instruments. • Waves Audio files imported into the DTX700 from a variety of sources. The Menu area's Kit/Voice page is used to assign voices, songs, and waves to pads and controllers. On that page, available assignments are categorized by musical instrument type (in the case of voices), as songs, or as waves. While these three assignment types can all be defined for pads in the same way, it is important to remember that each type plays in a different way and is configured using different parameters.  Voices The DTX700 comes preloaded with a vast library of drum sounds, such as snares, bass drums, and cymbals, together with a broad spectrum of percussion-instrument sounds. Also included are many pitched instruments, such as piano, xylophone, and guitar. The term "voice" is used to refer to these built-in instrument sounds. Drum and percussion voices from this collection are not rooted at one specific pitch; instead, you can intuitively adjust their tuning in order to match the sounds of other instruments. Meanwhile, pitched-instrument voices such as piano and guitar can be assigned to pads with a specific pitch setting, thus allowing you to play several different notes together to produce chords; in addition, you can also have pads trigger successive notes from a phrase each time they are struck, making it possible to play melodic parts (see page 21). With the timing and strength of your playing reflected in the sound produced by preset voices, you can perform with practically the same level of expressiveness as afforded by acoustic instruments. *1: See page 6 for details. *2: Sounds set using the VoiceCategory and VoiceNumber parameters from the Menu area's Kit/Voice page. DTX700 Reference Manual 4