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Utility Mode [UTILITY]
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Song or Click playback of the DTXTREME III can be syn-
chronized with the external MIDI clock coming from the 
MIDI device connected to the DTXTREME III. (Song or 
Click conventionally plays according to the internal clock.) 
From this display, the related parameters can be set. 
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MIDI Sync
Determines whether Song playback will be...

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Chain Mode[CHAIN]
This chapter explains the Chain mode called up via the [CHAIN] button. 
In the Chain mode, you can program Chains, each consisting of up to 64 Steps and each of which has its own Drum Kit 
number, Song number or Click settings (only tempo and time signature). Each Step of the programmed Chain can be 
called up in order one by one by selecting a Step number in the [F1] SELECT display in the Chain mode or hitting the 
pad to which the “inc chain”...

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Programming a Chain[F2] EDIT
From this display, you can program a Chain by setting the parameters for each Step. 
1In the Chain Select display, move the cur-
sor to the chain number, then select the 
desired Chain number by using the data 
dial, [INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] buttons.
2Press the [F2] EDIT button to call up the 
Chain Edit display....

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7Press the [ENTER/STORE] button. 
The display prompts you for confirmation. To cancel the Store 
operation, press the [DEC/NO] button. 
8Press the [INC/YES] button to execute the 
Store operation. 
This feature is useful when you want to call up multiple 
Steps simultaneously (for example, calling up the Drum 
Kit number and tempo...

 
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Sampling Mode 
[SAMPLING] 
The Sampling Record function lets you record sounds—such as vocals from a connected microphone, the signal from 
an electric guitar, or audio from an external CD or MP3 player—directly to the DTXTREME III, and assign them to the 
DTXTREME III as User Drum Voices. The User Drum Voices obtained via the Sampling function can be...

 
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Sampling Operation and User Voice Assignment 
[F1] SELECT/[F2] SETTING 
This section describes the instructions on executing the Sampling operation and creating a User Voice. The created User 
V oice can be assigned to the Drum Kit and played back by hitting the pad.\
  
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Connect a microphone or...

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Press the [F1] SELECT button, then press 
the [F6] REC button.  
When the User Voice indicated on the [F1] SELECT display 
contains no audio data, the Sampling Standby display 
appears. 
When the User Voice indicated on the [F1] SELECT display 
contains the audio data, a confirmation message prompts you 
whether or not to...

 
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Press the [F6] STOP button to stop Sam-
pling.  
The Pad Assign display appears. From this display, you can 
hear the result of the Sampling operation by holding the [F3] 
AUDITION button and assign the recorded audio signal (or 
User Voice) to the Trigger Input Source (or pad).  
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Pad Assign
 
Determines the Trigger Input Source to which the recorded 
audio signal (in other words, User Voice) is assigned. When 
“no assign”...

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Trimming a User Voice[F3] TRIM
From this display, you can use the Trim function to delete unwanted portions of the User Voice selected on the [F1] SELECT 
display, located ahead of the Start point and located after the End point. 
1Press the [SAMPLING] button to enter the 
Sampling mode. 
The Sampling Select display appears.
2Select...

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E[SF1] AUDITION
You can hear the selected User Voice by holding this button.
F[SF2] LP=ST
When the menu indication here is “LP=ST,” the Start (Start 
Point) and the Loop (Loop Start Point) will share the same 
address, meaning that both of them will be changed simulta-
neously, even if just one of them is changed. Pressing the 
[SF2] button in this condition changes the menu from 
“LP=ST” to “LP≠ST.” When the menu indication here is...