Table Of Contents - Yamaha DJX Owner's Manual

PANEL CONTROLS AND
TERMINALS
• Front Panel ................................... 6
• Rear Panel .................................... 7
SETTING UP
PPPPP @@@@@ PPPPP @@@@@ @@@@@ PPPPP
POWER REQUIREMENTS ..................... 8
TURNING ON THE POWER ................. 8
ACCESSORY JACKS ............................. 9
Quick Guide
Step 1 The DJX -
Take it for a spin! .............. 10
Step 2 Using the Keyboard .......... 12
Step 3 Demo Song/Voice/Style ... 14
Step 4 Digital Sampling ............... 16
Step 5 Function Parameters ......... 18
Step 6 Assigning Various Controls to
the ASSIGN Knob, RIBBON
CONTROLLER, and
Footswitch ........................ 20
PANEL DISPLAY INDICATIONS 22
PLAYING VOICES - THE VOICE
MODE
PLAYING A VOICE - MAIN VOICE ... 25
• About Panel Voices and
GM Voices .................................. 26
• Drum Kit Voice Chart
(voices 141 - 155) ...................... 26
Function Parameters - Main Voice .. 27
TRANSPOSE AND TUNING ................ 28
Transpose ........................................ 28
Tuning ............................................. 29
PLAYING TWO VOICES -
DUAL VOICE ....................................... 29
Function Parameters - Dual Voice ... 30
PLAYING TWO VOICES -
SPLIT VOICE ........................................ 31
Function Parameters - Split Voice .... 32
ADDITIONAL VOICE FUNCTIONS -
VOICE SET, TOUCH SENSITIVITY, AND
PITCH BEND RANGE ........................... 33
Function Parameters -
Voice Set, Touch Sensitivity and
Pitch Bend Range ............................. 33
EFFECTS
REVERB ................................................ 34
CHORUS .............................................. 35
DSP ..................................................... 36
ARPEGGIATOR .................................... 37
Function Parameters - Effects .......... 37
• Effect Types ................................ 38
Contents
SONG PLAYBACK -
6 THE SONG MODE
SELECTING AND PLAYING A SONG ... 40
CHANGING THE BPM (TEMPO) ......... 41
ABOUT THE BEAT DISPLAY ................. 42
8
ADJUSTING THE SONG VOLUME ....... 43
PATTERNS - THE STYLE MODE 44
SELECTING A STYLE AND PLAYING
THE PATTERN ......................................44
10
PATTERN CONTROLS .......................... 47
PATTERN SECTIONS (BEAT A, BEAT B
AND BREAK OUTS) ............................. 48
CHANGING THE BPM (TEMPO) ......... 48
ADJUSTING THE PATTERN VOLUME ..... 49
FINGERING ......................................... 50
BEAT REVERSE ..................................... 52
PART ON/OFF ..................................... 52
• About the Parts .......................... 53
SETTING THE PATTERN SPLIT POINT .... 54
Function Parameter -
Pattern Split Point ............................. 55
PERFORMANCE SETUP
24
PERFORMANCE SETUP - USER ......... 56
Recording a User Performance
Setup ................................................56
Recalling a User Performance
Setup ................................................57
• Selecting a User Bank ................. 57
PERFORMANCE SETUP - PRESET ...... 58
Selecting a Preset Performance
Setup ................................................58
THE KNOBS
USING THE KNOBS ............................. 59
• About CUTOFF and
RESONANCE .............................. 62
• About GROOVE .......................... 62
ASSIGN KNOB .................................... 63
ASSIGN Knob Parameters ................. 64
RIBBON CONTROLLER
USING THE RIBBON CONTROLLER .... 66
RIBBON CONTROLLER Parameters ... 67
• How the RIBBON CONTROLLER
works ......................................... 68
34
DIGITAL SAMPLING
40
ABOUT DIGITAL SAMPLING ............... 69
RECORDING A SAMPLE AND
PLAYING IT ......................................... 70
• Guidelines for sampling .............. 71
• Trigger Level ............................... 71
• Sampling memory capacity ........ 73
• Deleting a sample ...................... 74
• Recording additional samples ..... 74
SAMPLE EDITING ................................ 75
Setting the End Point ........................ 75
Creating Loops ................................. 78
• About the resolution settings ...... 79
SONG RECORDING
RECORDING A USER SONG -
REALTIME RECORDING ...................... 81
• Additional Operations ................ 84
RECORDING A USER SONG -
STEP RECORDING ............................... 85
Recording Notes ............................... 86
• Additional Operations ................ 88
Replacing a Note or Rest .................. 89
Entering Velocity Curves ................... 90
Velocity Curve Chart ......................... 90
56
CLEARING A SONG ............................. 91
MIDI FUNCTIONS
WHAT IS MIDI? ................................... 92
Channel Messages ............................ 93
System Messages .............................. 93
CONNECTING TO A PERSONAL
COMPUTER ......................................... 94
• MIDI Terminals ........................... 94
FUNCTION PARAMETERS - MIDI ..... 95
59
USING BULK DUMP SEND/
SAMPLING SEND TO SAVE DATA ....... 97
Saving Bulk Data/Sampling Data ...... 97
Loading Bulk Data/Sampling Data .... 99
USING INITIAL SETUP SEND
WITH A SEQUENCER ........................ 100
Sending Initial Setup Data .............. 100
66
TROUBLESHOOTING ........................ 102
DATA BACKUP & INITIALIZATION .... 103
VOICE LIST ........................................ 104
DRUM KIT LIST ................................. 108
STYLE LIST ........................................ 111
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART ...... 112
SPECIFICATIONS ............................... 115
INDEX ............................................... 116
69
80
92
5