Yamaha DD-20, Owner'S Manual

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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.)

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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.

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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.

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Auto Rhythm Style “Dance 1” is automatically
selected and “00” appears in the LED
display when the power is turned on.

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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.

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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).

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The DD-20 always returns to Custom Set P0 when
assigning voices to a percussion pad.

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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