Yamaha III Contents, Adjusting the Volume of the Song, Recording Additional Notes to an, Pads (Trigger Input Sources) and, Tone Generator Block (Drum Kits and

Contents

Introduction .............................................................	6
Included Accessories ..............................................	6
Main Features .........................................................	7
Panel Controls.....................................................	10
Basic Operation...................................................	13
Setting Up ............................................................	16
Connecting the Pads.............................................	16
Setting Up the Power Supply ................................	18
Turning the Power On...........................................	18
Connecting to Speakers or Headphones ..............	19
Connecting to External Audio Equipment .............	19
Connecting External MIDI Devices .......................	20
Connecting a USB Storage Device.......................	21
Connecting a Computer ........................................	22
Creating a Song by Using a Computer .................	24
Adjusting the Sound and Display Contrast ...........	25
Selecting the Trigger Setup ..................................	26
Quick Guide	28
How to Play the Drum Pads ...............................	28
Playing the DTXTREME III ..................................	30
Hitting the Pads.....................................................	30
Selecting a Drum Kit .............................................	30
Adjusting the Volume by Using the Sliders ...........	31
Playing Along With the Click .............................	32
Start the Click (Metronome) ..................................	32
Changing the Tempo and Time Signature
(Beat) of the Click .................................................	33
Tap Tempo ...........................................................	34
Playing Along With a Song ................................	35
Song Playback ......................................................	35
Adjusting the Volume of the Song
Accompaniment ....................................................	38
Changing the Tempo of the Song .........................	38
Song Part Mute Setting.........................................	39
Creating a Drum Kit ............................................	40
Recording Your Drum Performance to a Song ..	43
Recording System.................................................	43
Recording Method.................................................	43
Recording Your Drum Performance to a Song .....	44
Recording Additional Notes to an
Already-recorded Track (Overdub) .......................	46
Recording Along With the Preset Song ................	46
Re-recording a Track After Clearing .....................	48
Assigning a Name to a User Song........................	49

Using the Groove Check Function.....................	50
Setting the Check Timing .....................................	50
Trying Out Groove Check.....................................	51
Trying Out Rhythm Gate.......................................	52
Saving the Created Data to a USB Storage
Device ...................................................................	54
File/Folder Selection.............................................	54
Saving the Created Data to a USB Storage
Device...................................................................	55
Loading a File Saved to a USB Storage Device...	56
Reference	57
Basic Structure of the DTXTREME III.................	57
The Functional Blocks ..........................................	57
Pads (Trigger Input Sources) and
Trigger Signals .....................................................	58
Tone Generator Block (Drum Kits and
Drum Voices)........................................................	62
Sampling...............................................................	65
Song .....................................................................	67
Effects...................................................................	68
Internal Memory and File Management................	76
Drum Kit Mode [DRUM KIT] ................................	78
Basic Procedure in the Drum Kit Mode ................	78
Selecting a Drum Kit [F1] PLAY ...........................	79
Setting Drum Voice Parameters [F2] VOICE........	79
Programming the Stack/Alternate [F3] STK/ALT..	86
Effect Settings [F4] EFFECT ................................	89
Pad Settings [F5] PAD..........................................	92
Other Settings [F6] OTHER..................................	95
Song Mode [SONG] .............................................	98
Song Play [F1] PLAY............................................	98
Song Recording [F1] PLAY → [REC] ...................	98
Song Jobs [F2] JOB .............................................	98
Click Mode [CLICK] ...........................................	104
Basic Procedure in the Click Mode.....................	104
Basic Settings of the Click Sound [F1] PLAY .....	105
Click Voice Settings [F2] VOICE ........................	106
Tap Tempo function [F3] TAP ............................	106
Groove Check Function [F4] GROOVE..............	106
Click Sound Settings [F5] OTHER......................	107
Trigger Mode [TRIGGER] ..................................	108
Basic Procedure in the Trigger Mode .................	108
Selecting the Trigger Setup [F1] SELECT..........	109
Selecting the Pad Type [F2] TYPE.....................	109
Trigger Sensitivity Settings [F3] SENS ...............	109
Setting the Rejection [F4] REJECT ....................	110
Other Settings [F5] OTHER................................	111

8 DTXTREME III Owner’s Manual