Additional Package Contents; Features Of The Dtx-Multi 12 - Yamaha DTX-MULTI Owner's Manual

Thank you for purchasing the Yamaha DTX-MULTI 12 Electronic Percussion Pad.
To get the most out of your new instrument, please read this owner's manual carefully. And after reading this
document, be sure to store it in a safe place so that you can refer back to it again as needed.

Additional Package Contents

● Power adaptor
● Owner's Manual (this document)
● Data List booklet
● DVD-ROM (containing software)

Features of the DTX-MULTI 12

12 built-in pads and versatile input connectors
The DTX-MULTI 12 features 12 built-in pads that have been
conveniently arranged for ease-of-use in a wide variety of per-
formance situations. On the rear panel, furthermore, you will
find input connectors for five additional Yamaha electronic drum
pads and drum triggers. By combining separately-sold pads
and drum triggers with a central DTX-MULTI 12 unit, you can
create your own compact electronic drum kit and also integrate
acoustic drums. Furthermore, with a foot switch jack and a hi-
hat controller jack also included, you can use foot switches and
controllers to select drum kits, to simulate hi-hat playing tech-
niques, and to enhance your performances in a wide range of
other ways.
High-quality sound
In addition to a broad spectrum of voices from the top-of-the-
line DTXTREME III Drum Trigger Module, the DTX-MULTI 12
also features many newly-sampled percussion sounds and ver-
satile, ready-to-use effect sounds for a grand total of 1,277
voices. What's more, this rich variety of sounds also includes
timpani, marimba, vibraphone, and many other chromatic per-
cussion instruments. Together with great-sounding Reverb and
Chorus effects that can be applied to entire drum kits, the DTX-
MULTI 12 also features a Variation effect unit that can be used
to enhance individual voices in many exciting ways.
Wide selection of patterns
The DTX-MULTI 12 comes complete with 128 ready-to-use
melodic and rhythmic phrases (including 3 demos) known as
patterns. You can easily start and stop patterns by simply strik-
ing pads to which they are assigned, greatly adding to the
expressiveness of your performances. In addition, you can also
record your own performances as patterns and assign them to
pads in order to conveniently add original grooves to your drum
kits.
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Owner's Manual
Welcome
Powerful USB expandability
Using the USB TO HOST port and a USB cable (sold sepa-
rately), the DTX-MULTI 12 can be conveniently connected to a
computer. This affords you a much greater level of efficiency
and speed when recording performances and carrying out
many other music-production processes using computer-based
DAW (digital audio workstation) software such as Cubase AI,
which is bundled with your DTX-MULTI 12.
A USB TO DEVICE port allows USB memory devices to be
plugged in for flexible data exchange. This allows you to store
your DTX-MULTI 12 settings on such a device as standard
computer files; furthermore, you can also import WAV or AIFF
audio files from a USB memory device and assign them to indi-
vidual pads, thus adding a unique, highly personal flavor to
your performances.
Versatile triggering for enhanced musical possi-
bilities
With the Stack function, each pad can produce up to four differ-
ent sounds; meanwhile, the Alternate function triggers different
sounds each time a pad is struck. In addition, you can setup
the instrument to automatically select different sounds based
on how hard or soft you strike the corresponding pad or in
response to foot-switch operation.
The DTX-MULTI 12 can also be setup to allow sounds to be
silenced when a hand is pressed down on the pad and to allow
different sounds to be produced when a hand is pressed down
on a pad as it is struck. And you are not restricted to drumsticks
alone! The DTX-MULTI 12 can be easily setup to support a rich
variety of hand playing styles.