The Super Session Player - Yamaha DD-12 Owner's Manual

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^. PAD 5:
You can start playing the DD-12 as soon as you turn the
POWER switch (8) ON and raise the VOLUME contro! (9) to
an appropriate level. Play the percussion pads (5) with the
supplied percussion sticks or your hands. The scraper ©) is
played by running the tip of a percussion stick or a finger
back and forth across its length. Finally, play the foot pedal
by tapping on it with the toes of your foot.
Initial Instrument Assignments
Whenever you turn the POWER switch (8) on, the following
instruments will be assigned to the percussion pads ©), the
scraper (6), and the foot pedal:
PAD 7 : Ride Cymbal
PAD 6 : Open Hi-Hat 1
PAD 8 : Crash Cymbal
Closed Hi-Hat 1
Су FOOT PEDAL :
Bass Drum 1
PAD 4: Tom Lo
PAD 3 : Tom Mid.
SCRAPER : Auto Harp
PAD 2: Tom Hi
PAD 1 : Snare 1
The pad and pedal assignments above correspond to
percussion set 00 (BASIC), which is one of the 30 different
percussion sets you can choose from. (The selection of
percussion sets is described in the next section.)
Pad Sensitivity
^ The percussion pads (5) are equipped with touch sensors so
If you wish, you can change the pad sensitivity level to suit
your playing style. To decrease the sensitivity, and thus get a
quieter response to a heavy touch, turn the POWER switch
off, then turn it on again while holding down the
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To increase the sensitivity, turn the POWER switch on while
holding down the PAD/PEDAL ASSIGN № button. Release
the PAD/PEDAL ASSIGN №» button when the word "Hi"
appears in the display (7).
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Your DD-12 was set to play with this sensitivity level when it
left the Yamaha factory.
Please note that the sensitivity of the pedal and the scraper
(6) will not be affected by this setting. The DD-12
will
remember your sensitivity setting even when the power is
turned off.
3.1 The Super Session Player
Each time you turn on the power to the DD-12, the indicator
above the SUPER SESSION PLAYER button 13 will light.
This means that the Super Session Player function has been
activated.
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S.S.P.
If you've already tried playing the percussion pads (5), you
probably have a good idea what this function does. When the
Auto Accompaniment is turned off, the DD-12 answers the
notes you play with sounds of its own. The response you get
depend partly on how many times you hit the pads, and partly
on how hard you hit them. The DD-12 may play a sound
effect, a Super Session Player pattern, or even echo the
notes you played. If you play a particularly long solo, the
Super Session Player will answer you with a hearty round of
applause.
If you use the Super Session Player function together with
the Auto Accompaniment, the DD-12 will respond to your
notes by adding Super Session Player patterns or temporarily
dropping instruments from the rhythm style that's playing.
These rhythm variations help make your sessions with the
Auto Accompaniment even more dynamic and exciting.
desired by pressing the Super Session Player button (3).
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