Creating A Song By Using A Computer - Yamaha DTX900 Owner's Manual

Setting Up

Creating a Song by Using a Computer

Recording Your Performance on the
DTX900 to Computer
NOTE
• The acronym DAW (digital audio workstation) refers to music software for
recording, editing and mixing audio and MIDI data, such as Cubase.
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Setting up the DTX900
On the DTX900, you need to set the Local Control parame-
ter to "off" in order to avoid a "double" sound.
When MIDI Thru is set to "on" in a DAW/sequencer soft-
ware on your computer, the note events you play on the
DTX900 are transmitted to the computer then returned
back to the DTX900, producing a "double" sound, since
the tone generator block is receiving performance data
(MIDI data) from both the keyboard directly and the com-
puter. To prevent such a situation, you need to separate the
keyboard block from the tone generator block of the
DTX900. This is why Local Control should be set to "off."
1
Press the [UTILITY] button to enter the
Utility mode, then press the [F5] MIDI but-
ton followed by the [SF1] SWITCH button.
2
Move the cursor to the "LocalCtrl," then
set this parameter to "off."
3
Press the [ENTER/STORE] button to store
this setting.
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Setting up the DAW on the computer
1
Set MIDI Thru to "on" on the DAW.
By setting MIDI Thru to "on," the MIDI data generated
by playing the pad and transmitted to the computer will
be returned back to the DTX900. As shown in the
example below, the MIDI data transmitted from the
DTX900 then recorded to the computer via MIDI chan-
nel 1 will be returned back from the computer to the
DTX900 via MIDI channel 3 according to the setting of
the recording track. As a result, the tone generator of
the DTX900 will sound the MIDI data generated by
playing the pad as MIDI data of channel 3.
NOTE
• For detailed instructions, refer to the manual of the DAW you are
using.
USB TO HOST terminal
Tone generator
block
(recognizing MIDI
Channel 3 data)
Local Control = off
DTX900
Computer
(Cubase, etc.)
Song Playback From a Computer
Using the DTX900 as a Tone Generator
The instructions below show how to use the DTX900 as a
MIDI tone generator. In this case, actual MIDI sequence
data is to be transmitted from a DAW or sequencer on the
computer.
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Setting up the DAW on the computer
1
Set the MIDI port on the DTX900.
2
Start playback of the MIDI file.
Keyboard
(output via
MIDI
Channel 1)
IN OUT
CH1 CH3
MIDI Through = on