Main Features - Yamaha DD-75 Owner's Manual

Main Features

 Designed for comfortable playing
Each of the drum pads are angled and positioned on the panel for optimum playability and comfort. The
pads and pedal 1 can be adjusted independently over four levels, allowing for expressive drumming—not
only with the supplied sticks, but also for playing with your hands, by simply setting it to Hand Percussion
mode (page 18).
 Realistic drum sound – Stereo Sampling
You can choose and play with 570 Voices, which provide for a variety of percussion sounds, from realistic
drum sounds (created with Stereo Sampling) to ethnic percussion sound of Japanese drum, Asia, Latin
America and beyond.
 75 Drum kits
The instrument contains 75 drum kits of different genres for you to choose from. Moreover, the Voices
can be assigned to each drum pads and pedals to create your own original drum kits.
 105 Songs
The instrument features 22 Songs including the Demos, and 83 Patterns that cover a wide variety of
music genres. You can play along with the full playback, or mute tracks and play the missing parts.
 AUX IN Jack
This jack is for connection to an external audio source, letting you play the instrument with music and
accompaniment.
Compatible Formats and Functions
GM System Level 1
"GM System Level 1" is an addition to the MIDI standard which ensures that any GM-com-
patible music data can be accurately played by any GM-compatible tone generator, regard-
less of manufacturer. The GM mark is affixed to all software and hardware products that
support GM System Level.
XGlite
As its name implies, "XGlite" is a simplified version of Yamaha's high-quality XG tone gener-
ation format. Naturally, you can play back any XG song data using an XGlite tone generator.
However, keep in mind that some songs may play back differently compared to the original
data, due to the reduced set of control parameters and effects.
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