Yamaha III 18

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DTXTREMEExternalaudioIII equipment

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Page SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE: NAME PLATE LOCATION: NOTICE: Model COMPLIANCE INFORMATION STATEMENT (DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY PROCEDURE) PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference Power supply/AC power adaptor Water warning Connections Maintenance Saving data Saving and backing up your data Handling caution Thank you for purchasing the YAMAHA DTXTREME The new DTXTREME III incorporates the highly acclaimed AWM2 tone generator and a sophisticated music sequencer ●AC Power Adaptor (Yamaha PA-300B,or an equivalent) ●Module stand ■Drum Trigger ■Tone Generator ■Music Sequencer (Song) ■High-performanceMetronome (Click) ■Chain Contents Contents Changing the Name of a File or Directory Resetting the User Memory to the Initial Creating a User Voice [F1] SELECT Panel Controls ■Front Panel Panel Controls !1TRIGGER INDICATOR !2Audition button !3[F1] – [F6] (Function) buttons !4[SF1] – [SF6] (Sub-Function)buttons ■Rear Panel Basic Operation Moving the Cursor Changing or Editing Parameter Values Functions and Sub-Functions Modes Edit Indicator Inputting a Number Directly Inputting Characters (Naming, etc.) ■Using the character list Setting Up ■DTXTREME III Standard Set (such as Page Page Page ■Compatible USB devices USB 1 Download the USB-MIDIdriver from our website: http://www.global.yamaha.com/download/usb_midi 2 Install the downloaded USB-MIDIdriver to the computer 3 Make sure that the USB TO HOST terminal of the DTXTREME III is enabled 5 Press the [ENTER/STORE] button to store this setting ■Precautions when using the USB TO HOST terminal on the computer Page Selecting the Trigger Setup Setting a Default Trigger Setup to be Called Up When the Power is Turned On ■Trigger Setup List Resetting the User Memory to the Initial Factory Settings -Hat Ride Cymbal Playing the DTXTREME 1MASTER slider BPHONES slider CCLICK slider DACCOMP slider EKICK slider Playing Along With the Click Playing Along With the Click 1 Press the [CLICK] button to enter the Click mode 2 Press the [F1] PLAY button to call up the Click Play display, if necessary 1BEAT (Time Signature) BTEMPO Tap Tempo Playing Along With a Song Playback From the Middle of the Song Fast Forward/Rewind Repeat Playback You can change the tempo of the current Song by following the operations below Indicates the current tempo BBEAT (Time Signature) Indicates the time signature of the Click sound 1 Use the Cursor buttons to move the cursor to the location to be edited 1[SF1] DRUM B[SF2] BASS Pressing this button toggles BASS part playback on and off (Mute) C[SF3] OTHER Pressing this button toggles OTHER part playback on and off (Mute) Creating a Drum Kit Page Storing the Edited Drum Kit Recording Your Drum Performance to a Song Realtime Recording Replace and Overdub (Loop) Two Tracks and Multi-channelRecording Recording Your Drum Performance to a Song 1 Select the desired Drum Kit in the Drum Kit mode This step is necessary because selecting a Song may change a Drum Kit 5 Press the [REC] button to call up the REC STANDBY display 1Type (Recording Type) ■How Quantize Works (example) DBeat (Time Signature) Determines the time signature of the Song ETempo Determines the tempo of the Song 1 Select an empty User Song (containing no data) in the Song mode 1Song bank and number 5 Press the [INC/YES] button to execute the Copy Song operation 6 Press the [REC] button to call up the REC STANDBY display 7 Move the cursor to “Type,” then set this parameter to “replace.” 8 Move the cursor to “Track,” then set this parameter to “2.” 9 Press the [SF1] DRUM button to mute the drum part of the Preset Song data 3 Select a track to be cleared 5 Press the [INC/YES] button to execute the Clear Track operation 6 Re-recordyour drum performance to the cleared track 1Name B[SF6] LIST 3 Enter the Song name by following the instructions on page Using the Groove Check Function 1 Select the desired Song (if you are using a Song) 1Trigger Input 1 – 4 Move the cursor to the Trigger Input, then select the desired one 6 Stop playback then conﬁrm the result of the Groove Check ■Groove Check Results BRhythm Gate Range When “ALL” is selected for any one of the lines, no other lines can be used 7 Stop playback, then conﬁrm the result of the Rhythm Gate For details on the Rhythm Gate display indications, see below ■Rhythm Gate Results Saving the Created Data to a USB Storage Device Saving the Created Data to a USB Storage Device After connecting the USB storage device, follow the instructions below 1 Press the [FILE] button to enter the File mode 2 Press the [F1] SAVE button to call up the Save display 4 Move the cursor to the ﬁle name input location, then input a ﬁle name 2 Press the [F2] LOAD button to call up the Load display 5 Press the [SF1] EXEC to execute the Load operation DTXTREME Basic Structure of the DTXTREME ■Mono pads generating one type of trigger signal ■2-zone pads/3-zonepads generating multiple types of trigger signal [F5] PAD Hi-Hat Obtaining trigger signals from an acoustic drum Trigger Setup Pad and Trigger Input Jack Trigger Input Sources ■Drum Voices assigned to each of the Trigger Input Sources ■Convenient Voice Set assignment for each Trigger Input jack ■Drum Kits consisting of Voice Sets (Drum Voices) ■Drum Voices and MIDI note numbers IMPORTANT ■Trigger mode [SAMPLING] → [F6] REC → Trigger Mode ●Starting recording manually [SAMPLING] → [F6] REC → Trigger Mode = manual ●Starting recording when the input signal exceeds the Trigger Level A song consists of two sequence tracks (Tracks 1 and 2) and header data PADSONG ■Effect Structure The Effects of the DTXTREME III consist of the following blocks ●Reverb ●Chorus ●Variation ■Effect Connection Effect Types and Effect Categories ■REVERB ■CHORUS ■TREMOLO & ROTARY ■DELAY REV-X Effect Parameters Page Page Page Data Lost and Retained When Power is Turned Off Internal Memory Memory Structure Drum Kit Mode Assigning the Drum Voice to the Pad Setting Volume, Tuning and Other Parameters The second page when the INPUT display is called up: The second page when the SOURCE display is called up: DRevSend (Reverb Send) EChoSend (Chorus Send) FVarSend (Variation Send) Setting EQ- and Tone-related Parameters IAttack JDecay KRelease LFilter MQ (Resonance) Setting Other Parameters EVelSensDpt (Velocity Sensitivity Depth) FVelSensOfs (Velocity Sensitivity Offset) GSliderSel (Slider Select) Programming the Stack/Alternate BNOTE CGATETIME D[SF3] ALL E[SF4] STEP F> (page) Programming the Stack From an External MIDI Keyboard Effect Connection Settings Variation Effect Settings Reverb Effect Settings Chorus Effect Settings Assigning a Function to the Pad Controller Snappy Settings Pad Song Settings Trigger Signal Settings Settings Common to the Entire Drum Kit Hi-HatController Settings MIDI Settings Naming the Drum Kit Copying the Parameter Settings Song Mode [SONG] [F1] PLAY [F2] JOB Basic Procedure in the Song Job Mode Song Jobs Track Jobs Measure Jobs 02: Create Measure 1Beat BNumber of measures to be inserted CTrack DMeas (Insertion point) Voice Job Click Mode [CLICK] Click Mode [CLICK] DCLICK VOICE CSUBDIVIDE EVOLUME (ACC) FVOLUME (quarter note) Performing the Groove Check Performing the Rhythm Gate Parameter Settings for the Groove Check and Rhythm Gate Setting how the Click sound is played Using the Measure Break Function Trigger Mode [F2] TYPE [F3] SENS CCurve DLEVEL EVEL (Velocity) [F4] REJECT BReject Time Naming the Trigger Setup Copying the Trigger Setup File Mode [FILE] File Mode [FILE] The DTXTREME III supports various ﬁle types that can be saved and loaded ■File types that can be saved ■File types that can be loaded [F1] SAVE Saving All User Data or All Data of a Speciﬁc Type Saving the Audio Data Assigned to a User Voice as a WAV or AIFF File Loading All User Data or All Data of aSpeciﬁc Type Loading a Speciﬁc Drum Kit From an “All Data” or “All Kit” File Loading a Speciﬁc Song From an “All Data” or “All Song” File Loading a Speciﬁc Trigger Setup From an “All Data” or “All Trigger” File Loading a Speciﬁc Chain From an “All Data” or “All Chain” File Loading a Speciﬁc Voice From an “All Data” or “All Voice” File Loading WAV or AIFF Audio Files to Create a User Voice Loading Standard MIDI ﬁles (SMF) [F3] RENAME This lets you rename the selected ﬁle/directory selected on the current drive B File /Directory (Folder) CFile name input location D[SF1] EXEC 4 Press the [SF1] EXEC button 5 Press the [INC/YES] button to execute the Delete operation [F5] FORMAT 1 Connect a USB storage device to the USB TO DEVICE terminal 1Volume Label B[SF1] EXEC 3 Enter the name of the Volume Label as desired Utility Mode Tone Generator Settings Output Gain Settings of the Output Jacks Count Settings Initial Settings Called Up When Turning the Power On Other Settings [F2] PAD Hi-HatSettings Pad Function Settings Trigger Bypass Settings Master EQ Settings Master Effect Settings Output Settings Insertion Effect Connection Settings Insertion Effect Type Settings Setting Program Change Reception On/Off MIDI Sync Settings MIDI Other Settings Chain Mode Chain Mode [CHAIN] [F2] EDIT 2 Press the [F2] EDIT button to call up the Chain Edit display 1STEP BTYPE Step Grouping [F3] NAME Sampling Mode Sampling Mode [SAMPLING] 1 Connect a microphone or audio equipment to the DTXTREME 2 Press the [SAMPLING] button to enter the Sampling mode 1User Voice B[SF1] AUDITION 4 Press the [F1] SELECT button, then press the [F6] REC button 1TrggrMode (Trigger Mode) BTrigger Level CRecMonitor DRecGain 8 Press the [F6] STOP button to stop Sam- pling 1Pad Assign B[F3] AUDITION 9 Press the [F3] AUDITION button to hear the sampled sound 10 Select the desired Trigger Input Source by setting the Pad Assign parameter [F3] TRIM 1 Press the [SAMPLING] button to enter the Sampling mode 2 Select the User Voice to be trimmed on the [F1] SELECT display 3 Press the [F3] TRIM button to call up the Trimming display 1Start (Start point) E[SF1] AUDITION F[SF2] LP=ST G[SF3] ZOOM – H[SF4] ZOOM + I[SF5] SET END Setting the End Point by Specifying Tempo, Beat and Measure [F4] JOB Basic Procedure of the Sampling Jobs Sampling Jobs the User Voice and a fade-outfor the ending section of the User Voice 1 Type (Fade Type) B Length a lo-ﬁsound, as well as reduce the User Voice size by half The ﬁrst display (for setting the related parameters) BSubDivide CSelect DSaveTo Use this job to enter or change the name of the current User Voice This Job lets you copy the data of one User Voice to another 1User Voice bank and number as Source BUser Voice bank and number as Destination 11:Delete This Job lets you delete a speciﬁc User Voice from mem- ory Optional DIMM Installation Installation Precautions Compatible DIMMs DIMM Type and DIMM Conﬁguration DIMM Installation Removing DIMMs Troubleshooting Troubleshooting No effects are applied Cannot save data to the external USB storage device The Trigger Signal from the acoustic drum is not Sound is missing when performing a roll or ﬂam on the pad Sound is cut off Only one sound is produced even when two pads (drums) are hit The sound volume is louder than expected The sound does not stop Display Messages Display Messages Speciﬁcations Index Page SOURCE 40, 41 SOURCE (Trigger 86, 93, 94 Starting measure number of NORTH AMERICA ASIA CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE AFRICA