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DD-45/YDD-40 Owner’s Manual
Playing the Pads
Strike the pad with the supplied drum sticks or your hands to play the Drum Voices.
When playing the pads with your hands, make sure to turn the Hand Percussion feature on
by pressing the [HAND PERC.] button.
The volume of the pads’ sounds responds to your playing; when you play soft the volume is
soft, and when you play strongly the volume is loud. The actual loudness of the sound may
vary according to which part of the pad is struck.
Setting the Hand Percus-
sion On/Off
You can play the pads of the instrument either with
the supplied sticks or with your hands. Press and
set the following button when you play the instru-
ment with your hands.
1.
Press the [HAND PERC.] button to
turn Hand Percussion on.
The indication “
on
” appears on the display, and the
pad sensitivity is automatically adjusted for opti-
mum playing by hand.
To turn Hand Percussion off, press the [HAND
PERC.] button again; “
oF
” appears on the display.
NOTE
• Be sure to strike the pads only with your hands when Hand Per-
cussion is on, since the sensitivity is automatically set to appro-
priate level for hand playing.
Locking the Panel But-
tons
If you perform on the instrument solely with your
hands, we recommend that you use this operation
to lock the panel buttons. This protects the instru-
ment from being inadvertently changed during your
performance.
1.
Turn on Hand Percussion (see the
left column).
2.
Press and hold the [HAND PERC.]
button until “
Lc
” appears on the
display.
All buttons other than the [HAND PERC.] button are
disabled.
To unlock the panel buttons, press and hold the
[HAND PERC.] button until the “
Lc
” is no longer
shown on the display.
NOTE
• The panel buttons cannot be locked when a Pattern or Demo
Song is playing.
on
Lc
Hold
