Playing Along With The Click - Yamaha DTX500 Owner's Manual

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Playing Along With the Click

Play the DTX500 along with the click (metronome).
The DTX500 is equipped with a high-performance metronome that gives you a comprehensive
variety of settings and allows you to create complex rhythms.
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Start the Click (Metronome)
Press the [ ON/OFF] button to start the click sound. The
left lamp lights in red on the first beat of every measure when
the click is playing. Other beats are indicated with the right
lamp in green. The click tempo (
LED display. Press the [
* If tempo is not shown, change the LED display setting (p.
19) to "Disp=tempo."
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Set the settings for Click Set, Tempo, Beat,
etc.
By fine tuning the different note value clicks that are shown
in the illustration below, the DTX500 can be used to create a
variety of click patterns. The patterns you set are called Click
Sets, and you can save up to 30 original patterns in the
DTX500's memory.
Example: Beat timings used when Beat=4
Press the [CLICK] button to view Click Setting Page 1.
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ON/OFF] button again to stop.
1st beat (red) Other beats (green)
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CLK1~~~~∫~B=4~÷ç
1~:User~~~⁄=123‚
Use this display to select the desired Click Set, and then set
the beat, tempo, timer, and the click sound's overall volume.
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Press the [ ]/[ ] buttons to move the flashing cursor to the
item you want to set, then rotate the jog dial to set its value.
Click Setting display (page 1)
CLK1~~~~∫~B=4~÷ç
1~:User~~~⁄=123‚
Click Set Number:
Click Timer
Click Set Name
• Click Set Number [Range] 1 to 30
Selects the Click Set to be used.
• Beat [Range] 1 to 9
Determines the click's time signature.
• Tempo [Range] 30 to 300
Determines the click's tempo (
* The tempo can also be set using the Tap Tempo Func-
tion. This function lets you set the song or click's tempo
by tapping in tempo on a pad. With this, you can set the
tempo to one that feels best to you. Refer to page 19 for
more information.
• Click Timer [Range] 0 to 600 seconds (in 30-second
steps)
This function is used to automatically stop the click at the
time set in this setting.
* The value (the remaining number of seconds) of the Click
Timer can be shown in the LED display. Refer to page 19
for more information.
• Click Master Volume [Range] 0 to 16
Determines the click's overall volume.
* When the flashing cursor is not positioned here, the
speaker icon will be displayed.
NOTICE
*
• An asterisk " " will appear next to "
if settings for beat and tempo are changed. This asterisk
will disappear after the Store operation (p. 18) is carried
out. If a different Click Set is selected, etc., before carry-
ing out the Store Operation, the current settings will
return to their original condition. If you want to keep
changes made to the data, make sure to carry out the
Store Operation.
CLK1*~~~∫~B=4~÷ç
1~:User~~~⁄=130‚
Click Master Volume
Beat
Tempo
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=).
CLK1
" in the display