Yamaha DJX-IIB owner manual Contents

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Packing List...................................................4
How to Use the Manual.................................4
What is the DJX-IIB?.....................................5
Contents .............................................................6
Panel Controls....................................................8
Top Panel.......................................................8
Changing the Scratch Pad CD...................10
Rear Panel & Connections.........................11
Setting Up (Power supply connections)........12
Switching On the Power..................................13
Data Backup & Initialization............................13
100 Tips to be a DJ! 14
Chapter 1
Pattern Player Basics.............. 14
Tip 1 Work out with the Patterns!................................ 14
Tip 2 Switch between Banks..........................................15
Tip 3 Mixing Main and Fill-in Patterns........................16
Tip 4 Exploring other Patterns......................................16
Tip 5 Come down on the “one”!...................................18
Tip 6 Keep the bpm steady!...........................................19
Chapter 2
Live Effector Basics.................20
Tip 7 What is the Live Effector?.................................... 20
Tip 8 Distortion............................................................. 21
Tip 9 Auto Pan............................................................... 21
Tip 10 Ring Modulation..................................................21
Tip 11 Flanger.................................................................. 21
Tip 12 Phaser....................................................................22
Tip 13 Slice....................................................................... 22
Tip 14 Delay..................................................................... 22
Tip 15 Echo...................................................................... 23
Tip 16 Lo-Fi......................................................................23
Tip 17 Wah.......................................................................23
Chapter 3
Isolator Basics ........................24
Tip 18 Tweak the sound just right!................................. 24
Chapter 4
Filter Basics............................ 25
Tip 19 Cutoff and Resonance..........................................25
Chapter 5
Scratch Pad Clinic ....................26
Tip 20 Work out on the Scratch Pad!............................. 26
Tip 21 Quarter-note scratching.......................................27
Tip 22 Eighth-note scratching.........................................28
Tip 23 Sixteenth-note scratching.................................... 28
Tip 24 Shuffle feel............................................................ 29
Tip 25 Triggering drum loops from the
Scratch Pad........................................................... 29
Tip 26 Scratch Pad arpeggios.......................................... 30
Tip 27 Scratch Pad sound effects.................................... 30
Tip 28 Scratch low, scratch high..................................... 30
Tip 29 Stop the turntable................................................ 31
Tip 30 Give the Scratch Pad a new face!......................... 31
Tip 31 CD-ROM goodies................................................ 31
Chapter 6
Part Mixer Basics ................... 32
Tip 32 What is a Part?......................................................32
Tip 33 Take the console and remix the Parts!................ 32
Tip 34 Extra texture!........................................................ 33
Chapter 7
Crossfader Basics ...................34
Tip 35 Work the Crossfader!...........................................34
Tip 36 Mute the Pattern.................................................. 34
Tip 37 Crossfader cuts..................................................... 35
Chapter 8
Intermediate
Techniques ............................. 36
Tip 38 Transpose the key.................................................36
Tip 39 Change the bpm................................................... 37
Tip 40 Reset to the default bpm...................................... 37
Tip 41 Fade in, fade out...................................................38
Tip 42 Travel light!.......................................................... 38
Tip 43 Tweak the cutoff...................................................39
Tip 44 Wah-wah scratching............................................ 39
Tip 45 Warped vinyl and a cheap turntable!.................. 40
Tip 46 Scratch Drum Loops in sync............................... 40
Tip 47 Mute the Scratch.................................................. 40
Chapter 9
Pattern Player Power Tips .......41
Tip 48 Hitting a new Pattern and Variation
— at the same time!............................................. 41
Tip 49 Hitting a new Pattern, Bank and Variation —
at the same time!.................................................. 41
Tip 50 Break to a new Pattern!........................................42
Tip 51 One-bar Patterns — all in a row!........................ 43
Chapter 10
Crossfader Power Tips ............44
Tip 52 Quick Crossfader scratching............................... 44
Tip 53 Long Crossfader scratching................................. 44
Tip 54 Pattern loop vs. scratch loop............................... 44
Chapter 11
Using the BPM/TAP button....... 45
Tip 55 Tap out the beat!.................................................. 45
Tip 56 Start with a tap..................................................... 45
Chapter 12
The Outside World................... 46
Tip 57 Expanding your DJ setup.....................................46
Tip 58 Mute the speakers................................................ 46
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