Yamaha Djx 2 Manual

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Chapter 15
Part Controller 
Power Tips
68Activator textures
Here’s a key to getting the same smooth, shifting textures you hear in a lot of pro mixes!  
Select the Activator key in the Part Selector and turn the Part Controller volume to zero. Now, with 
the Pattern playing, trigger one of the Activator Loops, and bring up the volume gradually.  Hear 
how the Activator Loop slowly fades into the mix, adding more texture to the sound.  Turn the Vol-
ume knob back down, and the Activator Loop fades...

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70Instant reset!
Once you’ve made a few changes to the Part Controller settings — especially if you’ve tweaked 
more than one Part — it’s not so easy to get back to where you started!  Often, you’ll want to be 
able to backtrack and reset all the Parts to their original sound.  In such a case, the best and easiest 
way to return to home base is to re-select the Pattern.
Press PATTERN/ENTER so that the Pattern number appears in the display.  Then turn the dial for-
ward one step (+1) and then back...

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Chapter 16
Sampling
Sampling has become such an important music-making tool — in virtually all styles of 
modern music.  Thanks to the DJX-II’s Sampler functions, you can use it for your music, 
too!
72Sample it!
Roll your own samples!  With the DJX-II, you can record any audio source — such as a CD or MD 
player, or your own voice with a microphone — and create and play your own original samples.  It’s 
simple!  Just follow the easy steps here, and you’re off!
1 Set up the source.
Connect the...

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73Erase the sample
Want to erase a sample and start from scratch?  Easy!  Simultaneously hold down 
the SAMPLING/STOP button and press the appropriate Sample Pad (the one con-
taining the sample you wish to erase).  After about three seconds, the sample data 
is erased.
When the sampled voice is selected for playing (Tip 75), you cannot erase the sam-
ple. 
74Loops and One Shots
The DJX-II has two different kinds of Sample Pads — One Shot and Loop — that let you play back 
the samples two different...

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75Play samples from the keyboard!
Create melodies with your original samples.  Pitch them low and slow down the speed for special 
effects.  Pitch them high and speed them up.  Or play several samples together as a chord.  You can 
even play complex rhythms and stutter Patterns with them.
All of this — and more — is possible by playing samples from the keyboard.  To do this, simply 
switch to the Keyboard mode and select V203.
Playing a sample from one of the Sample Pads results in...

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Chapter 17
Performance Recorder
By now, you’re well on your way to becoming a master DJ.  In fact, you’ve probably got a 
slew of hip ideas and cool moves that you’d like to record for posterity.  Enter the Perfor-
mance Recorder!
76Record your performance
Here’s another powerful DJX-II function you’ll love!  Record all your DJ moves to this 
amazing Performance Recorder, and play them back — any time you want!  Six Perfor-
mance Recorder buttons give you recording space for up to six performances....

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77Jamming with Performance Player
Wow!  This is like having an extra pair of hands — or even more — to help you onstage!
Let the Performance Player take care of the basics while you work out on the Activator.  Or while 
you arrange on the fly with the Part Mixer.  Or while you tweak and mangle the sound with the Part 
Controller and Live Effector.
Which means you can sound like a whole battalion of DJs — just on one machine!
Let’s say for example, you want to have...

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Chapter 18
BPM/Tap Power Tips
78Tap out the beat!
Change the bpm in real time!  Tap the BPM/TAP button twice rhythmically, while the Pattern is run-
ning — and the bpm automatically changes to the tapped speed.
79Start with a tap...
You can also get the Pattern going at whatever speed you like by simply tapping it out.  Select a Pat-
tern, then instead of hitting one of the Pattern Player, tap the BPM/TAP button — four times, in 
rhythm — and the Pattern starts automatically at the bpm you’ve tapped....

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80Down and out!
In Tip 42, you learned how to recreate the sound of a turntable grinding to a halt — here’s a Varia-
tion on that trick.  This slows down the speed of the Pattern without changing the pitch.
While the Pattern is running and the bpm display is active (press BPM/TAP), turn the dial and slow 
down the bpm gradually.  After the bpm gets as slow as you want, wait until the right downbeat, 
then press PATTERN STOP to stop the Pattern.
81Check the bpm
Need to...

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Chapter 19
The Outside World
Here are a couple of tips that get you started interfacing the DJX-II with external gear.  
Go for it, and get your sound out there!
82Expanding your DJ setup
The DJX-II can easily do double-duty as part of a larger DJ setup.  For example, you can connect 
the LINE OUT jacks to two of the inputs of a DJ mixer.  Hook up a turntable to the other channels of 
the DJ mixer, and you’ve got a full dance production setup to rival the pros!  This way you can play 
the DJX-II as...