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Yamaha DD-35 manual

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    2 PLEASE KEEP THIS MANU AL This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). DO NOT connect this product to any po wer supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically recommended by Y amaha. This product should be used only with the components supplied or ; a car t, r ack, or stand [...]

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    3 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep these precautions in a saf e place f or future ref erence . W ARNING 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 a[...]

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    4 Setting Up 5 Power Requirements ............................................ 5 Front Panel 6 Playing the Demo Song 8 Play the Pads 9 Pad Names ........................................................... 9 Hand Percussion ON/OFF ................................. 10 Assigning a Drum Kit to the Pads....................... 10 Assigning a Voice to Ind[...]

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    5 Setting Up This section contains inf ormation about setting up y our DD-35 f or playing . Make sure to r ead this section car efully bef or e using the instrument. Although the DD-35 will run either from an optional A C adaptor or batteries, Y amaha recommends use of an AC adaptor whene ver possible. An A C adaptor is more en vironmentally friend[...]

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    6 Front Panel Front P anel q DISPLA Y ........................................................ 10 w DIAL ................................................................. 8 e P AD button .................................................... 11 r KIT button ..................................................... 10 t SONG b utton ......................[...]

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    7 Front Panel Side Panel (Right) w !3 !5 !6 !5 !2 !1 !0 uio erty !6 Using a pair of headphones A standard pair of stereo headphones can be plugged in here for pri vate practice or late- night playing. The internal speak er system is automatically shut of f when a pair of head phones is plugged into the PHONES/OUTPUT jack. Do not listen with the hea[...]

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    8 Playing the Demo Song The DD-35 features a demonstration song, specially cr eated to show you the dynamic possibilities of the instrument. 1 T urn on the power . 2 Start the Demo Song. 3 Stop the Demo Song. T urn the [ST ANDBY/ON] switch ON. • Even when the switch is in the “ST ANDBY” position, electricity is still flow- ing to the instrum[...]

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    9 Play the Pads Strike the pad with the supplied drum sticks or y our hand to play the drum voices. When playing the pads with y our hand, tur n the Hand P ercussion featur e on by pressing the [HAND PERC] b utton (“ on ” is indicated). The volume of the pads’ sounds responds to y our playing; when y ou play soft the volume is soft, and when [...]

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    10 Play the Pads Y ou can play the pads of the DD-35 either with the supplied sticks or with your hands. 1 Press the [HAND P ERC] button. The DD-35 allo ws you to choose from 100 dif ferent Drum Kits (00 - 99 : see the “Drum Kit List” page 20) quickly and easily . 100 of the kits hav e preset v oice combinations that will be set to the pads whe[...]

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    11 Play the Pads The DD-35 contains a total of 148 high quality drum sounds (see the “Drum V oice List” page 17) — and you can assign these freely to each of the four drum pads. T ry assigning some different voices and create your o wn “ CU ” Custom Drum Kit. • Any changes made to one of the preset drum kits will automatically be sav ed[...]

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    12 Playing a Song The DD-35 features 100 differ ent songs that can be used to pr ovide accompaniment (see the “Song List” page 19). Select one of the songs and ha v e a listen. The DD-35 also has special lesson songs (5 - 59 and 65 - 94), which featur e the model playing of a teacher . By trying to match the teacher’ s performance, y ou can m[...]

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    13 Playing a Song The T ap Start function allows you to set the song’ s overall tempo as well as start the accompani- ment — simply by tapping out the rhythm. The accompaniment will playback at the tempo with which the pads are struck. 1 Press the [TEMPO/T AP] button. 2 Play the T ap Star t. 3 Stop the Song Playback. The song tempo can be set a[...]

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    14 Playing a Song 2 Set the T empo. When the Pad Light function is on, pads that sound during song playback light up. The pads also light when they are struck. Pad Light is also used with the Game function. When playing a Game Song, the pads light along with the rhythm, indicating which pads are to be played. 1 Press the [LIGHT ON/OFF] button. 2 T [...]

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    15 Playing the Game The DD-35 features a v ariety of songs specifically designed to be play ed with the fun and educational Game function. Select one of these special songs (05 - 99) and play one of the three game types along with them — and see ho w well y ou can keep rhythm with the song . Game q .......... In this g ame type, you don’t need[...]

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    16 Appendix T r oub leshooting .......................................................................... In many cases, problems or malfunctions that occur during use can be r emedied easily . Please check the f ollowing list bef ore deciding that y our DD-35 is damaged. If the suggested remedy is ineffecti v e, take the DD-35 to an authorized Y a[...]

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    Appendix 17 Drum V oice List............................................................................ ● P anel V oice List V oice No. V oice Name 0 Bass Drum + Crash Cymbal 1 Bass Drum 2 Bass Drum Soft 3 Bass Drum Hard 4 Elec. Bass Drum 5 Snare Drum 6 Snare Drum Soft 7 Snare Drum Hard 8 Elec. Snare Drum 9 Sticks 10 Rim Shot 11 High T om 12 Mid[...]

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    18 Appendix 82 Good 83 V er y Good 84 Excellent 85 Uhh + Hit 86 Uhh 87 Y o-Kurt 88 Ooh 89 Huea 90 Hihfh 91 Come On 92 GetUp! 93 Gallop 1 94 Gallop 2 95 Gallop 3 96 Horse 97 Goat 98 Cow 99 Dog 100 Cat 101 Rooster 102 Chick 103 Duck 104 Big T rash Can 105 Mid T rash Can 106 Small T rash Can 107 Lid T rash Can 108 China Small Gong 109 T ee Off 110 F a[...]

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    Appendix 19 Song List ...................................................................................... Song No. Song Name Difficulty Demo 0 Funk Rock Demo 1 Hard Rock 2 Sound Effects 3 Salsa 4D J Pattern 5 8 Beat P op Easy 6 Rock 7 T wist Normal 8 Lov e Song 9 Hard Rock Difficult 10 Funk Rock 11 Thrash Metal 12 Contemporary R & B 13 16 [...]

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    20 Appendix Drum Kit List ................................................................................ Category Kit No. Pad 1 Pad 2 Pad 3 P ad 4 Normal 0 0 Bass Drum + Crash Cymbal 5 Snare Drum 1 Bass Drum 20 Hi-Hat Open 1 0 Bass Drum + Crash Cymbal 5 Snare Drum 1 Bass Drum 128 Drum Fill 1 2 0 Bass Drum + Crash Cymbal 5 Snare Drum 1 Bass Drum 1[...]

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    Appendix 21 Electronic 40 26 Hand Clap 8 Elec. Snare Drum 15 Elec. High T om 17 Elec. Lo w T om 41 29 Cowbell 8 Elec. Snare Drum 4 Elec. Bass Drum 26 Hand Clap 42 15 Elec. High T om 8 Elec. Snare Drum 16 Elec. Mid T om 17 Elec. Low T om 43 10 Rim Shot 30 Conga H Mute 31 Conga H Open 33 Conga L Open P ercussion 44 10 Rim Shot 36 Timbale H 37 Timbale[...]

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    22 Appendix Speci fi cations .............................................................................. Drum P ads 4 pads (125mm x 1, 88mm x 3), T ouch Sensitive Maximum P olyphony 16 Drum Kits 100 Preset + 1 Custom Songs 100 Drum V oices 148 Functions T rac k ON/OFF , T AP ST AR T , DEMO , HAND PERCUSSION, LIGHT ON/OFF , GAME 1, 2, 3 P anel C[...]

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    L imited W arr anty 90 D A YS LABOR 1 YEAR P AR TS Y amaha Corporation of America, hereafter referred to as Y amaha, warrants to the original consumer of a product included in the categories listed below , that the product will be free of defects in materials and/or workmanship for the periods indicated. This warranty is applicable to all models in[...]

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    U.S.A. AFRICA MIDDLE EAST ASIA OCEANIA HEAD OFFICE [PK] 22 Die Einzelheiten zu Produkten sind bei Ihrer unten aufgef ü hrten gen Bestimmungsl ä ndern erh ä ltlich. Yamaha PK CLUB (Portable Keyboard Home Page, English only) http://www.yamahaPKclub.com/ Yamaha Manual Library (English versions only) http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/english/ the auth[...]