Yamaha Drum Trigger Module DTXPLORER Bedienungsanleitung

DR UM TRIGGER MODULE Owner’ s Manual[...]

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3 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference. WARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock , short-circuiting, damages, fire or other hazards. These precautions include, but are not limit[...]

4 Thank you for purchasing the Y amaha DTXPLORER. The DTXPLORER is a compact drum trigger module that includes a wealth of rich, high-quality drum voices, a multi-function metronome, and song play function. To get the most out of the DTXPLORER, please read this manual thoroughly . After reading the manual, k eep it in a safe place for future ref er[...]

5 The DTXPLORER’ s Main FeaturesMain Featur es The DTXPLORER is equipped with a high-quality 32-pol yphon y tone g enerator that produces realistic v oices, a high-performance metr onome, and a variety of songs, all b uilt into a compact design. The DTXPLORER is a versatile instrument that can be used in a v ariety of situations such as live perf[...]

6 CONTENTS Nomenc lature .......................................................................... 7 T op Panel ..................................................................................... 7 Rear P anel ................................................................................... 8 Connections .......................................[...]

7 Nomenclature q Drum Kit Button (DR UM KIT) • This button is used to enter the Drum Kit Select display . (P . 12) • Hold the [SHIFT] button and press the [DR UM KIT] button to enter the T rigger Setup Select display (P . 24) • Stops production of any v oices being produced. w Click Button (CLICK) • This button is used to enter the Click (M[...]

8 1 SNARE 1 SNARE 2 TOM 1 2 TOM 1 3 TOM 2 3 TOM 2 4 TOM 3 4 TOM 3 DC IN 12V DC IN 12V 5 RIDE 5 RIDE PHONES PHONES 6 CRASH 6 CRASH 7 HI HA T 7 HI HA T 8 KICK/9 8 KICK/9 MIDI OUT MIDI OUT HI HA T CONTROL HI HA T CONTROL A UX IN A UX IN VOLUME V OLUME ST ANDBY ON L/MONO L/MONO R R MIN MAX[...]

9 Connections Connecting the DTXPLORER’s pads to the main unit Refer to the illustration belo w and connect each pad’ s output cable to each T rigger Input jack on the rear panel of the DTXPLOR ER. All T rigger Input Jacks are labeled (1 SNARE, etc.) so mak e sure each pad is connected to its corresponding T rigger Input jack. * The DTXPLORER?[...]

10 ■ Connecting External De vices CAUTION Whenever making connections, make sure that the cable being used is equipped with a plug that corre- sponds to the jack type on the specific de vice . ● OUTPUT L/MONO , R Jac k (Monaural Standar d Phone Jac k) W ith these jacks you can connect the DTXPLORER to a mixer or audio equipment to produce sound[...]

11 Connections ■ Connecting the P ower Supply A special power sour ce adaptor supplies power to the DTXPLORER. Make sure the po wer is switched OFF and connect the supplied power adaptor to the DC IN jack on the rear panel. T o prevent the cord from becoming unplugg ed, wrap the cord around the cord hook and secure. W ARNING Please use the suppli[...]

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13 Time to Play Adjusting the Hi-Hat Hi-hat adjustment is used to determine the point at which the hi-hat closes when the hi-hat pedal (f oot contr oller) is pressed. Y ou can also set the ease at which foot splashes ar e pro- duced. * This setting is only valid when a f oot controller is connected to the HI HA T CONTROL jack. The setting has no ef[...]

14 Play Along With The Metronome 1. Start the Metronome Press the [ ON/OFF] button to start the metronome. The red lamp lights on the first beat of e v ery measure when the metronome is playing. Other beats are indicated with the green lamp. Press the [ ON/OFF] button again to stop the metronome. 2. Set the settings f or Click Set, T empo, Beat, et[...]

15 3. Create Y our Own Original Clic k Set Press the [ > ] button to vie w page 2 in the Click Setting. Use this display to set the indi vidual volume le vels (0 to 9) for each of the fi v e click bea ts. Set the volume le vel to “0” if you don’t w ant the beat to be produced. Use this page to create your own original click set. 4. Set the[...]

16 Play Along With The Metronome 8. Save an Original Clic k Set After creating your o wn original click set, sav e it in the DTXPLORER’ s memory using the Store Operation de- scribed below . * Any changes made to the data will be lost if another click set is selected bef ore carr ying out the store operation. 8-1. Press the [SA VE/ENT] button. Th[...]

17 Play Along With a Song! The DTXPLORER ’ s built-in sequencer contains data f or 22 songs that, in addition to drums, in- clude accompaniment with ke yboard, brass, and other v oices. T ry playing along with a song! 1. Select a Song Select one of the DTXPLORER’ s songs and listen. Press the [SONG > / ■ ] button to vie w the Song Select d[...]

18 6. Play Along with Bass Solo W ith the “Bass Solo” function, you can play along with just the bass part during playback. Since this function mutes the other accompaniment parts, it lets you concentrate on im- proving your ability to play in rhythm with the bass instru- ment. First, press the [SHIFT] + [SA VE/ENT] buttons to vie w the followi[...]

19 Using the Groove Check Function When y ou play along with a song or the metr onome, the Gr oove Check function compares y our timing with the c loc k used f or song or metronome pla ybac k and lets y ou know how accurate y ou are. Along with timing, the DTXPLORER gives y ou a graphic displa y of trigger levels so y ou can see how unif orm your p[...]

20 The DTXPLORER lets you create y our o wn original drum kit b y assigning drum v oices to the pads and setting their tuning, voice, decay , re verb, etc. 1. Select a Drum Kit Press the [DR UM KIT] button to vie w page 1 in Drum Kit Select (KIT1). Rotate the jog dial to select the drum kit you would lik e to use as a starting point for your origin[...]

21 Create Y our Own Original Drum Kit 2-3. Next, select the Drum V oice Category . Drum voice cat- egories are the same as those used for the metronome’ s click voice. ● V oice Categor y K : Kick S : Snare T : T o m C : Cymbal H : Hi-hat P : P ercussion E : Effect Here, select “ K : Kick”. Press the [ < ]/[ > ] buttons to mo v e the f[...]

22 none No rev erb (the same as thru). hall1 – 5 Simulates re verb in a hall. room1 – 5 Simulates re verb in a room. stage1 – 5 Simulates playing on a stage. plate Simulates steel plate re verb . white A special short rev erb ef fect. tunnel Simulates the rev erb of a tunnel. bsemnt Simulates the rev erb of a basement. * hall, room, or stage [...]

23 Factory Set This operation retur ns all of the DTXPLORER’ s inter- nal settings back to their original factory defaults. Procedure 1. Press the [SHIFT] + [SA VE/ENT] b uttons to view the f ollowing displa y (page 1 in the Utility Mode). 2. Ne xt, press the [ > ] button 7 times to vie w the fol- lowing displa y . 3. Using the displa y shown [...]

24 T rigger Setup Edit contains various settings related to trig g er input signals received from the pads or trigger sensors that are connected to the T rigger Input jacks. It lets y ou make adjust- ments so that the DTXPLORER can better deal with these signals. If y ou are using a drum trigger other than those that came with the DTXPLORER set, it[...]

25 TRIG2 ¡snare 0% –Type= TP1/SnrA‚ Previous page icon T rigger Input you want to edit Next page icon Flashing cursor (the item you w ant to edit) Completed! 3. Rotate the jog dial to change the setting. * An asterisk “ * ” will appear next to “ TRIG ” in the display if data is changed. This asterisk will disappear after the store oper[...]

26 V elocity m Strength of hit m *2 Rim1 and rim2 sounds on the [ TP1/SnrB ] are re versed from those on [ TP1/SnrA ]. This pro vides left-handed drummers with a proper setting when using a left-handed setting. *3 When a stereo pad such as the TP80S is connected to the 1 SNARE input, [ TP2-A ] will produce the sound that is assigned to rim 1, and [[...]

27 3. Press the [SA VE/ENT] button to carry out the cop y op- eration. * T o cancel the copy oper ation, press any b utton e xcept for the [SA VE/ENT] and [SHIFT] buttons (the jog dial will also cancel the operation). The f ollo wing displa y appears after the copy operation is complete. T rigger Setup Edit Completed! TRIG7 SPRej (Specified Rejecti[...]

28 T rouble Shooting The DTXPLORER does not pr oduce sound, and does not recognize trigg er inputs. ● Is the pad or trigger sensor properly connected to the DTXPLORER’ s trigger input jack? ( → P. 9 ) ● Is the volume knob on the rear panel turned down? ( → P . 12) ● Is the input le v el display ed when the pad is hit? ( → P . 25 [T ri[...]

29 Double-trig gers (when 2 sounds are pla yed at the same time) are pr oduced. ● P ads with output or sensitivity control v olumes should be adjusted (lowered). ● Is the gain set too high? ( → P . 26 [TRIG3 Gain, MVI (Minimum V elocity)]). ● Use the self-rejection. ( → P . 26 [TRIG5 SelfRejTime (Self Rejection Time)]) ● (If you are usi[...]

30 Specifications T one Generator 16 bit A WM2 Maxim um polyphony 32 V oices 192 drum, percussion voices Drum kits 32 Preset 10 User memory locations T rigger setups 4 Preset 1 User memor y location Sequencer tracks 1 Other Sequencer Functions Mute (rh ythm mute), Bass Solo , Groov e Check Song 22 Preset (2 Demo Songs, 20 P atter n Songs) Contr ols[...]

31 1. Channel Message Channel messages described below are sent from the drum triggers only . Other messages are also sent with the sequencer . 1.1 Key On K ey Off Note range: 0 (C-2) to 127 (G8) (10ch only) V elocity range: 1 to 127 (note on only) 1.2 Control Change 4 - foot controller (10ch only) 1.3 Pr ogram Change 2. System Exclusive Message 2.[...]

32 Display Global View Opening Display ( → P . 12) ( → P . 12) ( → P . 17) Song Select Utility Settings ( → P . 13) ( → P . 16) ( → P . 18) ( → P . 13) ( → P . 17) ( → P . 23) Drum Kit Settings ( → P . 12) ( → P . 20) ( → P . 21) ( → P . 21) ( → P . 21) ( → P . 21) ( → P . 22) ( → P . 22) ( → P . 22) ( → P . 22[...]

33 Display Over View Groo ve Check Function ( → P . 19) ( → P . 19) ( → P . 19) ( → P . 19)[...]

34 Transmitted Remarks Function ... Mode 1 : OMNI ON, POLY Mode 2 : OMNI ON, MONO o : Yes Mode 3 : OMNI OFF, POLY Mode 4 : OMNI OFF, MONO x : No Aux : All Sound Off x : Reset All Cntrls x : Local ON/OFF x : All Notes OFF x Mes- : Active Sense o sages: Reset x System :Clock o Real Time :Commands o System : Song Pos. x : Song Sel. x Common : Tune x S[...]

35 Drum V oice List ● V oice Categor y K : Kick S : Snare T : T o m C : Cymbal H : Hi-Hat P : P ercussion E : Eff ect K : Kick 1 Maple 22 2 MapleVtg 3 MapleAmb 4 Beech 22 5 Birch 20 6 Birch 18 7 DryTight 8 AnalogBD 9 T echnoBD 10 ElecBD 1 11 ElecBD 2 12 ElecBD 3 13 HHopBD 1 14 HHopBD 2 15 HHopBD 3 16 HHopBD 4 17 SlapBass S : Snare 1 Maple 2 Maple[...]

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