Playing the Pads
DD-45/YDD-40 Owner’s Manual
11
Selecting and Playing a Drum Kit
The instrument allows you to choose from 50 different Drum Kits (see the “Drum Kit List” on page 20) quickly
and easily. 50 of the kits have preset Voice combinations that will be set to the pads and the pedal when the
kit is selected. Select some different kits and try playing them.
The instrument also has a Custom Kit allowing you to assign the desired Voices to the four pads and the
pedal (see “Assigning Voices to Individual Pads and Saving to a Custom Kit” on page 12).
1.
Press the [KIT] button.
The currently selected Drum Kit number appears
on the display.
2.
Use the [
] and [
] buttons to
select a Drum Kit number.
Drum Kit numbers increase as the [
] button is
pressed, and decrease as the [
] is pressed.
Pressing the [
] and [
] buttons simultaneously
calls up kit number “
1
.”
NOTE
• Drum Kit number “
1
” is selected when the power is turned on.
• The “
CU
” Drum Kit is the Custom Kit. The Custom Kit is the one
for which you’ve assigned desired Voices to each pad and
pedal, then saved the entire assignments as a kit (see “Assign-
ing Voices to Individual Pads and Saving to a Custom Kit” on
page 12).
• If an optional pedal is connected to the instrument, the Bass
Drum Voice is assigned to the pedal. The Bass Drum Voice can
also be assigned to Pad 2 (see the right column).
1
Kit number
1
2
50
CU
1
2
50
CU
Assigning Bass Drum to Pad 2
The Drum Kit’s Bass Drum Voice is normally assigned
to the pedal, but it can also be assigned to Pad 2
allowing you to play it without a pedal.
While holding down the [KIT] button, striking Pad 2 tog-
gles between “
bd
” and “
HH
.” The Bass Drum Voice
(Pedal Voice) is assigned to Pad 2 when “
bd
” is dis-
played, and the Hi-Hat Voice (original Pad 2 Voice) is
assigned when “
HH
” is displayed.
Releasing the [KIT] button determines the setting.
bd
HH
Hold
Bass Drum
Hi-Hat
