Yamaha IIs Owner's Manual - Page 55

Edit Section Effect Settings DTXTREME IIs provides reverb and chorus as system effects, as well as two different insertion effects, and a threedimensional Localizer effect. Reverb This system effect includes 12 reverb types that let you recreate the ambience of a performance space - from a small room to a large concert hall. In the voice settings (page 53), you can specify the amount of reverb applied to each drum voice in the drum kit. This is useful, for example, if you want more reverb for the snare drum, but less for the bass drum. Chorus This system effect includes 13 chorus types of soft to hard modulations (chorus, flanger, jet effect, and so on). In the voice settings (page 53), you can specify the amount of chorus applied to each drum voice in the drum kit. This is useful, for example, if you want unique flanging sounds for hi-hats and other cymbals. Insertion Effects 1 and 2 These additional effects give you tools to further enhance the sound - or even completely change the sonic character of a voice. Each effect block has a wide variety of 44 types (chorus, flanger, distortion, wah, etc.). These two insertion effects are arranged in parallel so that you can selectively apply the effects to specific drum voices in your drum kit. Localizer This effect is optimized for headphone monitoring and creates a realistic 3D sound image of your drum kit - placing each instrument in a specific "virtual" space in the 3D ambience, so that each sound appears to come from a different direction. This 3D effect can be specified separately for your drum kit and other instruments in the song, and gives you the feeling of playing drums in a realistic ensemble. This 3D effect is intended for headphones and cannot be heard well if played from normal speakers. n Both insertion effects and the system chorus effect are automatically disabled when the Localizer effect is active. Sound Mixing that Fully Utilizes Effects Slider controls on the top panel let you easily mix the instrument sounds of the DTXTREME IIs. However, you can also create more complex and more flexible mixing schemes in conjunction with the output routing for each drum voice (page 53) and effect settings explained here. First, take a look at the following diagram. It shows possible output routings for each drum voice with several parameter settings. Drum Voice Output IND InsFX2 InsFX1 stereo Thru on Thru on Ins FX2 Ins FX1 off on Thru Localizer Chorus Cho Send Rev Send Reverb Individual Output Stereo Output Stereo Phones The actual effect settings include the output routing after drum voices are applied with an effect, and this is closely associated with the output setting of each drum voice. In other words, specifying the output of a drum voice also determines which effect can be applied to that voice. In the left part of the diagram, you can see four basic output options - stereo, InsFX1, InsFX2, IND - provided for each drum voice. Also, thru is added to the options when you enable the Localizer. (Continued to next page) 55