Yamaha Dtxpress 2 Instruction Manual

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CONTENTSDTXPRESS II Internal Makeup ............. 4
Drum Kit Play Mode .............................. 61. Drum Kit & Song .......................................... 6
2. Trigger Setup & Tempo ................................. 6
3. Song & Mute ................................................. 7
Groove Check Function ................................... 7About the Song ..................................... 8Song Playback .................................................. 8
Song Recording...

3 3. Reverb Parameter ....................................... 21
3-1. Reverb Type, Time ........................................ 21
3-2. Reverb Master Return .................................. 21
4. Setup ........................................................... 22
4-1. Program Change, Bank Select ..................... 22
4-2. Volume,  Pan .................................................. 22
4-3. Drum Kit Voice Copy ..................................... 22
5. Drum Kit Common Parameters...

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The Tone Generator is sounded according to the Drum Maps
for each of the Drum Kits
• Each Preset Drum Kit has its own Drum Map
• User Drum Kits No. 49-80 use a common (one) Drum Map.
DTXPRESS II Internal Makeup
 The  DTXPRESS II’s Internal Signal Flow
Sequencer data
from a computer
or an external
MIDI device.
Song Data
RecordPreset
No. 1-95
User
No. 96-127
Record
PlaybackInput for Trigger Signals produced when the pad is struck
Trigger Setup Data BufferTrigger Setup Data
Preset
No. 1-5
User
No. 6-9...

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 Tone Generator
The DTXPRESS II’s tone generator contains a total of 928 drum
and percussion voices.
Preset Drum Kits use an exclusive Drum Kit Map for each kit in
which voices for the kit are assigned to individual MIDI note num-
bers.
The User Drum Kit uses one drum map (User Drum Map) that is
common for all drum kit numbers 49-80. The Utility mode’s [5.
Map (Drum Map)] group can be used to assign voices to each
MIDI note number (0-127) and edit the drum kit.
Along with the DTXPRESS II’s drum and...

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This mode enables you to play the DTXPRESS II drum
voices by hitting the pads (or drums with trigger sen-
sors attached) connected to the DTXPRESS II.
The DTXPRESS II automatically enters this mode when
the power is switched on.
You can select and play from 48 preset drum kits and 32
user kits.
Also, the drum kit, trigger setup and song specified in
this mode will be selected and ready for editing when
the Drum Kit Voice Edit, Trigger Setup Edit and Song
Edit modes are entered.
 Entering the Drum Kit...

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© eighth note, ©3 eighth note (triplet),
˙ sixteenth note, ˙3 sixteenth note (triplet).
Use the note values to set the click tempo of the metronome.
r SONG
[Range] 1-127
Selects the song. The song number and song name will be dis-
played. Preset songs are numbered 1-95 and user songs are num-
bered 96-127.
The selected song will playback when the [>/] button is pressed.
* When the rhythm mute ([SHIFT]+[PAGEs] is applied, the last
letter of the song name will be “˚”.
* Refer to [About the Song] (P....

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The DTXPRESS II can internally store data for a maximum of
127 songs that can be played back freely.
Song numbers 1-95 are preset songs and song data in those songs
cannot be changed or rewritten.
Song numbers 96-127 are user songs that can be used to record
new performance data and also edit song data in.
 Song Makeup
The Song consists of two sequencer tracks plus header data.
Header data is written at the front of the song and holds informa-
tion related to the song’s tempo, beat, program numbers...

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 Pad Song Playback (Start/Stop)
To playback a Pad Song, hit the pad that is assigned to the Pad
Song you want to playback. Hit the same pad during playback will
stop the song. Hit the pad again to start the song from the begin-
ning.
* Before using, set the pad’s function to “Pad Song Control” and
assign a song to the pad (m Drum Kit Voice Edit mode [2-6.
Function], [2-7. Pad Song] P. 20).
* The song can be played one measure at a time, each measure
triggered with a stroke on the pad (m Drum Kit Voice...

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Song Recording
Song recording lets you record data, produced as the drum kit is
played, to the sequencer in real-time (one track at a time). All MIDI
channels (1-16) are recorded simultaneously. Also, data produced
by a MIDI keyboard connected to the MIDI IN jack can be re-
corded as well as sequencer data received via the MIDI IN/TO
HOST jacks.
According to the recorded sequencer data (performance informa-
tion), drum kits and voices can be changed during song playback.
The songs that are recorded...