Record Your Performance; Recording System; Start Recording - Yamaha DTXPRESS IV Owner's Manual

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Record Your Performance

In this section, you'll learn how to record your performance to the DTXPRESS IV's built-in
sequencer. In the song data you record, you can switch Drum Kits, change the tempo and play-
back in the same way as with Preset Songs.

Recording System

• Recording can be done with any of the User Songs (64–83).
However, you cannot record to Preset Songs (1–63).
• A recorded song doesn't contain recordings of the audio
'sounds' of the drums, but rather the performance 'informa-
tion' or data of precisely when and how each pad was hit. This
information is called sequence data. Unlike audio data,
sequence data can be freely used to change the tempo, select
the voice or drum kit during playback.
Now, let's start recording...
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Select the Song you want to record
Press the [SONG] button to display the Song Select display,
select a User Song number (64–83).
If you want to play along with a Preset Song and record it,
select the desired song (1–63). In this case, the lowest num-
bered empty User Song will automatically be selected for
recording.
CAUTION
If a User Song containing data is selected, any
recorded data previously existing is overwritten
and lost.
2
Set the Recording Conditions
Simultaneously hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the
■
>
[SONG / ] button to call up the following Recording Con-
ditions setting page.
* If a Preset Song is selected for recording and all User Songs
already contain data, the error message "Memory full" is
shown. Use the Song Clear function (p. 27) to prepare an
empty User Song, then set the recording conditions.
In this display set the click tempo, beat, and quantize.
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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.
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REC~~~~~~~~⁄=130
Beat=4~Quant=⁄3
Quantize
Beat
Owner's Manual
• Tempo [Range] 30 to 300
Sets the click's tempo (
• Beat [Range] 1 to 9
Sets the click's beat when recording.
• Quantize [Range]
note triplet),
no
let),
The Quantize function can be applied during recording
and is used to align the timing of your performance with
that of the nearest specified beat. The accuracy of quanti-
zation is assigned with a note value.
* A setting of "no" results in no quantization.
● How Quantize Works (an example)
Recorded notes were not played in time.
The Quantize Function aligns the timing.
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Start Recording

Press the [SONG
will start. Record while listening to the click sound.
CAUTION
Tempo
Never attempt to turn off the power during
recording. All User Song data may be lost.
q
=) when recording.
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, , (eighth note),
Ü Ü3
(sixteenth note), (sixteenth note trip-
Perfect timing
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>
/ ] button and after the count, recording
Current measure number during recording
REC~~Meas=~10
~Now~Recording.
(eighth