Yamaha DTXTREME IIs, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...OWNER S MANUAL Strings Guitar Percussion Division Yamaha Corporation 2003 Yamaha Corporation Printed in Taiwan V908960 DIC434...

Page 2: ...e unit is operating as designed are not covered by the manufacturer s warranty and are therefore the owners responsibility Please study this manual carefully and consult your dealer before requesting...

Page 3: ...ANT When connecting this product to accessories and or another product use only high quality shielded cables Cable s supplied with this product MUST be used Follow all installation instructions Failur...

Page 4: ...any unusual smells or smoke should appear to be caused by it immediately turn off the power switch disconnect the adaptor plug from the outlet and have the instrument inspected by qualified Yamaha se...

Page 5: ...built in lithium backup battery When you unplug the power cord from the AC outlet the internal data is retained However if the backup battery fully discharges this data will be lost When the backup ba...

Page 6: ...or future reference How to Use This Manual This manual describes all features and aspects of the DTXTREME IIs for Playing page 22 Editing page 33 and global or Utility functions page 73 To familiarize...

Page 7: ...e generator A set of trigger to voice configurations can be stored as a drum kit DTXTREME IIs stores up to 40 drum kits internally and up to 99 externally on convenient memory cards Also DTXTREME IIs...

Page 8: ...y knobs These five knobs on the top panel provide easy accessibility to parameters shown in the LCD display Chain play feature that can play drum kits and songs in a specified order Built in mixing fe...

Page 9: ...in 32 Edit Section 33 DTXTREME IIs as Drum System 33 From Trigger Input to Sound Output 33 Memory Buffer and Store Operation 35 Trigger Settings 36 Edit Pages and Basic Operations 36 Voice Settings 48...

Page 10: ...n use the Tap Tempo feature page 28 Transport Controls Reset button Pressing this button while the song is stopped moves the playback point to the beginning of a song unavailable during song playback...

Page 11: ...is button for system settings sampling feature and memory card functions SONG JOB button Press this button to edit a User song TRIGGER button Press this button to edit trigger parameters for a drum ki...

Page 12: ...Trigger Inputs INPUT ATTENUATION switches Each DIP switch corresponds to a trigger input jack and adjusts its sensitivity This is useful when connecting pads and trigger sensors with a lower trigger...

Page 13: ...the supplied AC power adapter here to ensure the plug will not come loose DC IN jack Connect the supplied AC power adapter PA 5C or PA 5D here 1 SNARE to 8 HI HAT Each of these trigger input jacks is...

Page 14: ...tic drums This series include three different pads for bass drum snare drum and toms and designed especially for use with Yamaha System Drums Rubber Pad TP PCY KP BP series Standard lineup of drum and...

Page 15: ...rum Attach the sensor portion of the trigger near the rim on the batter head Ensure that the sensor does not touch the rim Attaching to a Snare Drum Attach the sensor portion of the trigger near the r...

Page 16: ...nsitivity for the drum trigger page 36 Trigger input 1 Snare 2 3 4 5 Tom 6 7 Cymbal 8 Hi Hat 9 10 Kick 11 12 to 15 16 Cymbal others Rim configurations switch piezo switch simple piezo switch only swit...

Page 17: ...ks are mono phone type To make audio connections via these jacks use cables with a mono phone plug for the DTXTREME IIs and an appropriate plug for the other device Use both of OUTPUT jacks L MONO and...

Page 18: ...rnal tone generator from an external device You can use MIDI THRU to connect an additional external sound module controlling it from a MIDI controller connected to MIDI IN If you want to share an exte...

Page 19: ...necessary connections trigger audio MIDI turn down all volume controls of the DTXTREME IIs and other audio equipment Turn on your system in the order of the audio signal flow first the mixer then the...

Page 20: ...e the leftmost knob to conveniently switch the target without changing the screen you are working in 4 If you are working in a specific page or performing a specific operation and the ENTER YES indica...

Page 21: ...e of the performance functions of the DTXTREME IIs n Preset trigger sets type1 to type6 are used for the Preset kits P1 to P90 When you play one of the User kits U1 to U40 or C1 to C99 use your own tr...

Page 22: ...n song from a variety of Preset songs song numbers starting with P Q and R and 32 User songs that can be recorded into the DTXTREME IIs memory page 60 By using an optional memory card to store your Us...

Page 23: ...table when ext is displayed or in other words when DTXTREME IIs is synchronized to an external clock page 82 n Since every song contains information about the playback tempo your tempo setting might b...

Page 24: ...Reset to the beginning of the song 3 Rewind to the first beat of the previous measure 4 Forward to the first beat of the next measure n You can use the Record button 6 when you start recording a User...

Page 25: ...t along with the main song Playback Parts Part selection buttons allows you to enable or disable playback of a specific part MIDI channel in the song For example you could mute the rhythm part to play...

Page 26: ...COMP slider Adjusts the output volume of the accompaniment parts other than MIDI channel 10 in the song This allows you to adjust the volume balance between the drum kit and accompaniment parts when y...

Page 27: ...rb page 57 is set too low Adjusting the Individual Output levels You can control the output level from INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT 1 to 6 jacks by simultaneously holding down the SHIFT button and moving the app...

Page 28: ...unt 1st to 3rd beat plus 1st beat of the next measure The tempo is detected from the timing at which you hit the pad and is shown in the LED display and indicated as a TEMPO value blinks in the LCD sc...

Page 29: ...erence for each hit is displayed both graphically and as a numerical value Timing difference for each hit The difference in timing accuracy each time you hit a pad or drum is displayed as a number in...

Page 30: ...th another chain n Select a target chain in the Chain Play screen beforehand page 32 Chain Edit Screen Here you can arrange drum kits or songs one by one to each step in a chain A chain can contain up...

Page 31: ...r song data for correct playback of the chain Otherwise No Card is shown in the display Procedure Create or edit a chain referring to above explanations concerning each item in the edit screen n In th...

Page 32: ...chain Procedure In addition to the panel knob you can assign increment and decrement functions respectively to two different switching devices pads page 77 foot switches page 46 or a combination of p...

Page 33: ...oduces a very humanized performance Our research and development was focused on that point a entirely new fusion of acoustic and electronic instruments The answer is DTXTREME IIs Converting what a pla...

Page 34: ...ce by hitting a drum pad You can also specify how each drum voice will sound volume pan etc in the kit Optionally you can activate MIDI settings for other parts when you choose the drum kit 4 Set syst...

Page 35: ...nation User kit number U1 to U40 or C1 to C99 where your current data is stored You do not need to select a new destination if you edit an existing User kit and overwrite it with edited data However i...

Page 36: ...gs of the current input with others n You can also select the target input by hitting the corresponding pad page 76 which is more convenient if you make fine tuning settings of your drum kit while pla...

Page 37: ...page 48 adjusted by the pad controller Select a value that ends with an R letter for simultaneous control for both pad and rim 1 voices Settings off no effect pitch R Tuning volume R voice R pan R la...

Page 38: ...igh minimum velocity will produce a loud sound when you hit the pad lightly However this will narrow the dynamic range and reduce the amount of expressive control you have over the volume change Relat...

Page 39: ...rum pads connected to the trigger inputs can be used for various controls Since this control function can also be assigned to the pad rim you can play the head of the pad normally while using the rim...

Page 40: ...gs are effective with a dual trigger pad In the Pad to Input Matching Chart page 16 for combinations indicated by A Best or B Good you can use up to two rims You cannot use the pad rim for C Fair comb...

Page 41: ...the rim Select this if you connect a drum pad to the target input 1 fix1 fix127 Outputs a fixed velocity value regardless of how hard you hit the pad However you cannot use the muting effect with one...

Page 42: ...t any necessary gate time to the 1st note then set the same value to the rest of the notes 5 Channel Set a MIDI channel for the note number 3 This channel will be used for both transmission and recept...

Page 43: ...te of the chord sounding with the same volume In this page you can set a velocity crossfade curve for each note triggered applying a kind of natural randomness to the velocity of the notes in the chor...

Page 44: ...king trigger settings MIDIEG MIDI Envelope Generator In this page you can create a MIDI controlled EG triggered from a pad head or rim page 39 This is a function that outputs the specified Control Cha...

Page 45: ...inks the hi hat controller and the hi hat pad when you select HiHatSP or HiHat 1 for the controller function If you select none here trigger inputs 1 to 16 will become identical in trigger settings pa...

Page 46: ...en selecting this HH BD Generates a trigger signal for trigger input 9 KICK when the foot switch is pressed Make sure to set an appropriate velocity value 2 when selecting this 2 Velocity Determines t...

Page 47: ...d at trigger input 9 KICK will be shared with trigger input 10 Then set trigger input 10 to play notes in an alternate mode for example from a footswitch no pad required When you play the bass drum in...

Page 48: ...Preset kit to suit you re applications but such settings are always minimal In the rest of the pages you can copy settings and make setups for other MIDI parts for playing together with a drum kit n Y...

Page 49: ...tion will be shown with a number in the upper row and name in the lower row A two layered voice is indicated by an asterisk at the end of its number A voice shown with a mark at the end of its name is...

Page 50: ...This page lets you adjust the stereo panning and filter of the voice assigned to the note number If you selected a two layered voice you can also specify the volume balance between the layers 1 Note...

Page 51: ...generator can play up to 64 polyphonic notes at a time However there may be times when this may not be enough particularly if you play along with many parts in a song or play the drum kit with a larg...

Page 52: ...Note Off events for the note number 1 Set this to off if you want to ensure that a cymbal voice or a one shot wave sample plays to its full duration Settings off on Using Note Off with Looped Voices...

Page 53: ...termines the send level to the reverb effect system effect for the voice assigned to the note number 1 Settings 0 127 4 ChoSend Determines the send level to the chorus effect system effect for the voi...

Page 54: ...wo events for the built in tone generator since it has no banks Settings 000 127 for both MSB and LSB 5 Volume Determines the value for the controller number 007 volume If used for the built in tone g...

Page 55: ...tual space in the 3D ambience so that each sound appears to come from a different direction This 3D effect can be specified separately for your drum kit and other instruments in the song and gives you...

Page 56: ...s of drum voices without any effects applied You can also utilize insertion effects for parallel outputs of drum voices while applying your favorite effects Settings in the Voice6 page Output InsFX1 f...

Page 57: ...hm part MIDI channel 10 from the built in tone generator These are equivalent to the reverb send and chorus send levels page 54 available when transmission to MIDI channel 10 is enabled Reverb System...

Page 58: ...tem effects you can use these to apply a variety of effects to drum voices or to make an advanced internal mix by DTXTREME IIs itself n You cannot configure the system chorus effect when the Localizer...

Page 59: ...This is a virtual position perceived when monitored with headphones As a larger positive value is set all instruments including the drum kit will accordingly rotate clockwise from the listener s front...

Page 60: ...OverDub mode to record other parts onto the same track Since you can merge contents on both tracks into one and free up a track page 68 you can use one track only for a specific part to separately be...

Page 61: ...ng mode Determines the recording mode Settings Replace Real time one way recording Recording stops when the specified number of measures is over or when you press the Start Stop button OverDub Real ti...

Page 62: ...in correct positions Recording Operations Now you can start recording according to the recording mode specified page 60 Real time Recording 1 Press the Start Stop button Actual recording will begin af...

Page 63: ...MIDI events exist turning the knob will alternately show each event In this case the cursor does not move to the next position until the last event at the current position has been reached 3 Enter add...

Page 64: ...nt function from pre defined controller numbers and set the amount of control with a value from 0 to 127 Controller number Set the controller number Settings 0 127 Control value Set the selected contr...

Page 65: ...r see note Settings 1 4 n Pad song numbers respectively correspond to four trigger inputs in ascending order If you assign a song to each of trigger inputs 11 12 15 and 16 Pad song number 3 will speci...

Page 66: ...rrent song is not empty and you attempt copying you will see the Sequence data is not empty message In this case just press the ENTER YES button then press the EXIT NO button to cancel the operation S...

Page 67: ...plays from beginning to end and repeats Set to icon so that song playback stops automatically at the end of the song Settings normal playback repeated playback Song4 Quantize Track This lets you quant...

Page 68: ...ack using the second to right knob Settings Song number Preset or User song cannot be copied from a song on the memory card Track number 1 2 2 to Track Select the destination track of the current song...

Page 69: ...s 001 999 5 Copy to Track Determines the destination track number of the current User song Settings 1 2 6 Measure Determines the first measure of the destination track in the current song Data from th...

Page 70: ...time signature in the timeline used in step recording For example if you insert 6 4 beat measures in the middle of 4 4 beat measures the display shows TimeSig 6 4 at the beginning of the first inserte...

Page 71: ...ternally via MIDI OUT or USB the next time you call up and play the User song n Similar MIDI part settings also exist for the User kits page 54 If you enable both MIDI part settings settings for your...

Page 72: ...bination with the program number 5 parameter to select a specific sound program voice Settings 000 127 for both MSB and LSB n The built in tone generator has no sound banks However you can use the two...

Page 73: ...ype1 UT 7 FCoffset FCspt IncFunc DecFunc SYSTEM 32 32 IN16 IN16 UT 8 Factory Set SYSTEM UT 9 Transmit Bulk Data MIDI all data UT 10 Dev No DumpIntrvl MIDImode Merge MIDI all 150 native off UT 11 Recei...

Page 74: ...ngs 32Hz 2 0kHz 2 Low Gain Determines the gain or level for the low frequency band Settings 12 12 dB 3 Mid Freq Determines the center frequency for the mid frequency band Settings 100Hz 10 0kHz 4 Mid...

Page 75: ...rum voices to the INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT jacks This setting is related to the output routing of each drum voice page 53 Settings manual Normal output routings as specified for the drum voices auto Drum voi...

Page 76: ...age in each mode UT 6 UT 7 System Trigger The System Trigger pages offer overall settings for the trigger inputs 1 TrgLink Trigger link is a function that shares trigger settings of the User kit 1 U1...

Page 77: ...th IncFunc and DecFunc the connected pad will work only as an increment switch UT 8 Factory Set This page allows for restoring the factory set data into the DTXTREME IIs memory Restoring Factory Set W...

Page 78: ...receive the bulk data Next on the DTXTREME IIs select the type of bulk data in the above display and press the ENTER YES button An Are You Sure confirmation message appears in the display Press the EN...

Page 79: ...number assignments for each unit 2 DumpIntrvl Determines the interval time between packets sent out during bulk dump Set a larger value if sending bulk data to older or slower devices Settings 50 100...

Page 80: ...em Exclusive data Set this to off if you do not want the DTXTREME IIs to receive bulk data or parameter change messages Settings off on UT 12 MIDI Send The MIDI Send page lets you set how the built in...

Page 81: ...the click count as MIDI events Note On on MIDI channel 10 Settings off on UT 14 UT 15 UT 16 Click Voice The Click Voice pages features settings of the user click voice when it is selected in the prev...

Page 82: ...justed n You ll need to specify the tempo on the connected external device if you set SyncMode 2 to external 4 PlayCount Enable or disable a two measure click count before actual song playback after y...

Page 83: ...le from the first recording If you use the sample for waveform data save it to the memory card page 87 before the second recording 1 Press the Record button in the transport control The following disp...

Page 84: ...ped Setting the same address as the start point the sample repeats the start point to the end point Setting an address larger than the start point the sample first plays from the start point to the en...

Page 85: ...use a compatible card reader writer You can also format the memory card on the computer however for best results and to avoid read write errors always use cards that have been formatted on the DTXTREM...

Page 86: ...elect allVoice The AUTOLOAD directory is used to load sample files If you store an AIFF or WAV audio file in this directory on the computer the DTXTREME IIs will automatically load that file when it i...

Page 87: ...orm sample wave appropriately specify its file name with up to eight characters beginning with a two digit number 00 to 99 used as voice number when loaded followed by the character that represents a...

Page 88: ...display UT 24 Deleting a Data File You can delete a specific data file on the memory card 1 Delete Determines the data type Settings all data system one kit all kit oneChain allChain one song all song...

Page 89: ...An Are You Sure confirmation message will appear in the display Press the ENTER YES button to rename the file Press the EXIT NO button to cancel the operation The display will show Now executing Pleas...

Page 90: ...emory Cards Before using a Memory Card with your instrument it must first be formatted Once it is formatted all data on it will be erased Be sure to check if the data is unnecessary for you or not bef...

Page 91: ...nnected external devices Make sure the value of the MIDI note numbers are set correctly Make sure the Trigger Bypass switch in Utility mode is off The Sound does not Match the Settings Make sure you h...

Page 92: ...Raise the gain setting Raise the rejection parameter The Sounds are Cut when you Play Continuously If you are playing a rim shot set the RIM Velocity parameter in Drum Kit Trigger Edit mode to a setti...

Page 93: ...e not muted Make sure the Tr parameter in Song Play mode is not set to mute The DTXTREME IIs does Not Receive any Switch or Trigger Data A data error has occurred Turn the power OFF and then ON while...

Page 94: ...s not corrupted and appropriate for the DTXTREME IIs and then retry Received bulk data contains illegal data Check if the data is not corrupted and appropriate for the DTXTREME IIs and then retry This...

Page 95: ...r song and then retry loading a song This message will be shown if you attempt to load a song from the memory card or by receiving bulk data when a card song is selected in Drum Kit Play mode First se...

Page 96: ...Panel MIDI IN OUT THRU USB Connector FOOT SW mono phone FC4 FC5 HH series HI HAT CONTROL stereo phone HH RHH series hi hat controllers OUTPUT L MONO mono phone OUTPUT R mono phone DIGITAL OUT EIAJ cp...

Page 97: ...e 88 Delete Measure 70 Deleting a Data File 88 Deleting a Sample 84 Dev No 79 DIGITAL OUTPUT jack 13 Directory Structure 86 Displays 10 Dist 59 DrSens 59 Drum Kit Name 47 Drum Kit current Copying from...

Page 98: ...te Number Name 49 50 51 53 Note Numbers Setting 42 Note Off Using with Looped Voices 52 Note On 64 Note On Event 41 Note 42 from Note 53 to Note 53 Num 31 O OffValue 46 Operations Basic 20 OTHERS butt...

Page 99: ...Func 39 TrgLevel 83 TrgLink 76 TrgMIDI1 40 TrgMIDI2 41 TrgMIDI3 43 TrgSens 37 TrgSens2 37 TrgSens3 39 TrgSet 77 Trigger Basics 37 TRIGGER button 11 Trigger Connections 16 Trigger Copy 44 Trigger Funct...

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Page 101: ...OWNER S MANUAL Strings Guitar Percussion Division Yamaha Corporation 2003 Yamaha Corporation Printed in Taiwan V908960 DIC434...