Yamaha DD-65, YDD-60 Congratulations!

6DD-65/YDD-60 Owner’s Manual

Congratulations!

Thank you for purchasing the Yamaha DD-65/YDD-60.

The DD-65/YDD-60 has been developed to

respond and play like a drum set—

but with greater ease, ﬂexibility and sophisticated functions.

Before you use the instrument, we recommend that

you carefully read through this manual.

The DD-65/YDD-60 is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use instrument with the following features and functions.

■ Select and play 254 different percussion sounds

A wide variety of percussion voices is available, letting you play different sounds when you

hit the pads—for example, changing a pad to play a snare, tom, conga or even special sound

effects, such as a door slam or a lion’s roar.

■ Select and play 100 different Songs

The 100 songs include Demos, Drum patterns and Fill in patterns. You can mute the individual

parts and play the muted part on the pads and pedals yourself.

■ Record your own performance

Up to ﬁve of your performances can be saved to this instrument, and these songs can be played

in the same manner as the preset songs.

Main features

● Supplied accessories

• Drum Stick (x2)

• Foot Pedal 1 & 2

• Owner’s Manual

Contents

Main PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE: NOTICE: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: Battery Notice: FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) OBSERVERA! IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM Connecting the Plug and Cord Entsorgung leerer Batterien (nur innerhalb Deutschlands) PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING Do not open * Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference. WARNING Connections Maintenance Handling caution Saving data Congratulations! Main features Contents Setting Up 8 Panel Controls 10 Playing the Demo Song 12 Play the Pads/Pedals 13 Playing a Song 22 Setting Up Be sure to do the following operations BEFORE turning on the power. Power Requirements Page 10 Panel Controls Front Panel Rear Panel @0 @1 @2 @3 @4 @5 12 Playing the Demo Song 1 2 3 SGL Play the Pads/Pedals Pad Names Pad 2 Small Pad 3 Small Pad 1 LOC 1 2 Selecting a Drum Kit and play it 1 C01250 C03 16 1 2 CO1 CO3CO2CO1 20 27912021 5 CO1 rbt 18 1 2 3 [FUNCTION] button. SnS Setting the numerator of the time signature ................................... 1 2 3 Setting the Click ON/OFF Setting the Time Signature of the Click CL1 Setting the denominator of the time signature ............................... 1 2 3 Setting the click volume.................................................................... CL2 CL3 Eq 22 Playing a Song 3 1 2 Selecting and playing a Song 001 U01002 100 U05 010 PdS 1 2 3 Setting the Auto Kit Select ON/OFF AtS On 1 2 120 120 120 120 3 setting mode. Adjusting the Tempo 11 32012 319 Play along with a Song Use the pads and pedals to play along with the song accompaniment. 2 1 button. A b A-b Recording a Song 1 2 4 3 Recording 5 1 2 3 U05) to be cleared. Playing the recorded song About MIDI What is MIDI? What You Can Do With MIDI Transferring Performance Data To and From Another Instrument 1 2 3 Local ON/OFF LCL 32 1 2 -C2 G8-C,2F,8 Number. not A1 -C2 1 2 3 MIDI Note Number Auto Selection ON/OFF Ant Installing Musicsoft Downloader...................................................... Connecting a personal computer..................................................... Transferring Song les to and from a connected computer Transferring song les from a computer......................................... Transferring user song les from the instrument to a computer.. Appendix Backup and Initialization......................................................... Back Up Clear..................................................................................... FCL Clr Troubleshooting ....................................................................... Drum Voice List ........................................................................ Panel Voice List Phrase List TalkingDrum LeftHand-Open Song List .................................................................................. Drum Kit List ............................................................................ TalkingDrum LeftHand-Open Small Pad 1 Pedal 2 Pedal 1 Small Pad 3 Pad 2 Pad 3 Pad 1 Pad 4 Page Voice List.................................................................................. Maximum Polyphony Page Page Page Drum Map ................................................................................. Drum Map Page Page Page Page Page Effect map CHORUS REVERB Specications .......................................................................... Drum Score .............................................................................. 8 Beat (song No.010) 16 Beat (song No.012) Page Limited Warranty 90 DAYS LABOR 1 YEAR PARTS KEEP THIS DOCUMENT FOR YOUR RECORDS. DO NOT MAIL! DD, YDD SERIES OF Digitl Percussion CONSUMERS RESPONSIBILITIES NORTH AMERICA CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE AFRICA MIDDLE EAST ASIA