Yamaha DTX900 Owner's Manual - Page 57

Reference Basic Structure of the DTX900 This section describes the internal design of the DTX900 so that you can fully take advantage of the advanced and convenient functions of this instrument. Take a few moments here to understand how trigger signals are generated and transferred to the DTX900 when you hit the pads and how the sound is produced. The Functional Blocks Pad (Trigger Input Source) Reference Song mode Drum Kit mode Click mode Trigger mode Trigger Signal Trigger Input jacks ● Trigger Setup • Preset • User Recording your drum performance as MIDI data. Trigger Signal Playing the tone generator by hitting the pad. DTX900 or [UTILITY] → [F5] MIDI → [SF3] OTHER → MIDI IN/OUT MIDI output Song ● Playback • Preset Song • User Song • External Song ● Recording Recording your drum performance to a User Song as MIDI data. Playback Tone Generator ● Drum Kit Created by assigning a Drum Voice to each of the Trigger Input Sources on the pad. The following banks are available. • Preset Drum Kit • User Drum Kit • External Drum Kit A - P ● Drum Voice Assigned to each Trigger Input Source of the pad to make up a Drum Kit. • Preset Voice • User Voice Sampling Assigns the audio signal (obtained from the external device) to a User Voice. Effect ● Set for each Drum Kit • Reverb • Chorus • Variation ● Set in the Utility mode • Master Effect • Master EQ or Audio output [DRUM KIT] → [F2] VOICE → [SF2] OUT-TUNE → OutputSel File mode Utility mode Sampling mode Chain mode Recording the audio signal from the external audio device or microphone in the Sampling mode, or loading the audio file from the USB storage device in the File mode. Microphone, etc. CD, MD, etc. Audio signal 57 DTX900 Owner's Manual