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The DD-20 features a large variety of Auto
Rhythm Styles including variations of basic 8
and 16 beat patterns as well as more exotic
styles such as Son Afro and Calypso. You can
play along with any of the DD-20 Auto Rhythm
Styles. (See the front panel for the Style list.)
▼
To select and play back an Auto
Rhythm Style:
1. Press the STYLE button repeatedly or
turn the SELECTOR dial until the desired
Auto Rhythm Style number appears in the
LED display.
The Auto Rhythm Style numbers only cycle
forward when you press the STYLE button.
The SELECTOR dial turns either clockwise
or counterclockwise and the Auto Rhythm
Style numbers cycle up or down accordingly.
2. Press the START/STOP button.
The currently selected Auto Rhythm Style
plays back.
To stop playback, press the START/STOP
button again.
❏
You can select another Auto Rhythm Style or
enter the Tempo, Percussion Set or Sound Effect
Set mode while any Auto Rhythm Style is playing.
❏
Auto Rhythm Style “Dance 1” is automatically
selected and “00” appears in the LED
display when the power is turned on.
❏
Auto Rhythm Style “00” is selected and appears
automatically in the LED display when the
demonstration song is stopped.
The DD-20 contains a total of 55 high quality
voices that can be assigned to each of the four
percussion pads. The Custom Set pad assign-
ment allows any combinations of the 55 voices.
▼
To assign a voice to a percussion pad:
1. Strike the percussion pad to which you want
to assign a voice.
2. Press and hold either the
Q
or
W
PAD
ASSIGN button.
The currently assigned voice number is
shown in the LED display.
3. While holding either PAD ASSIGN button,
strike the same percussion pad repeatedly
or turn the SELECTOR dial until the
desired voice number appears in the LED
display. (See the Voice List on page 13.)
Voice numbers cycle from 00 to 54 to 00
when striking the percussion pad.
The
Q
PAD ASSIGN button decreases the
voice number and the
W
PAD ASSIGN
button increases the voice number.
4. Release the
Q
or
W
PAD ASSIGN button.
A new voice is now assigned to the desig-
nated percussion pad.
5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 for any or all of the
other DD-20 percussion pads to set the
four percussion pads to the desired
voice(s).
❏
The DD-20 always returns to Custom Set P0 when
assigning voices to a percussion pad.
❏
All pad assignment changes are memorized in
Custom Set P0 until the power is turned off.
Style
Pad Assign
OR
OR
BEAT
1
2
3
4
STYLE PERC.SET TEMPO DEMO
SELECTOR
OFF
ECHO
FLAM
ROLL
VOLUME
STANDBY
ON
STYLE LIST
00-05 DANCE
06-09 HOUSE
10-13 HIP HOP
14-16 RAP
17-19 DISCO
20-23 POP ROCK
24-26 HARD ROCK
27-28 HEAVY METAL
29-31 CONTEMPO. ROCK
32-35 8 BEAT
36-39 16 BEAT
40-43 ROCK SHUFFLE
44 PROGRE. ROCK
45 PUNK ROCK
46 TECHNO ROCK
47 LATIN ROCK
48-50 ROCK' N' ROLL
51-53 RHYTHM & BLUES
54-56 SOUL
STYLE / PERC.SET / TEMPO
57-60 FUNK
61-65 SWING
66-67 JAZZ BALLAD
68-71 FUSION
72-73 BOSSA NOVA
74-76 SAMBA
77-79 SALSA
80-81 REGGAE
82 CALYPSO
83 MERENGUE
SOUND EFFECT PADS
84 BEGUINE
85 RHUMBA
86 MAMBO
87 CHA-CHA
88 TANGO
89-90 AFRICAN
91 COUNTRY
92-93 MARCH
94-96 WALTZ
97-99 METRONOME
SE
SELECT
PAD ASSIGN
TAP
START
START/
STOP
AUTO
ROLL
PAD ASSIGN
SELECTOR
SELECTOR
STYLE
START/
STOP
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