Yamaha DTX Owner's Manual page 107

Step Recording to a Chord Track
Enter the necessary chords from a selection of 26 types one step at a time.
A Refer to P.79 for details on chords.
! Select the CHO TR (chord track) according to step 3. Selecting a Recording Track (P.100) and press the
START/STOP button. The LED above the button will light up and the LCD display will turn to the Step
Recording display page.
TR1 TR1 TR2 TR2
MISC. MISC. CYMBAL CYMBAL
BASS BASS RHYTHM RHYTHM
TMP TR TMP TR PAT TR PAT TR
SNARE SNARE KICK KICK
CHORD CHORD
SOLO SOLO
CHO TR CHO TR
Root
Beat Indicator
Location pointer
Beat focus area ......... Shows the pattern beat of the measure for the current locationpointer position.
Tempo focus area ..... Shows the tempo of the measure for the current locationpointer position.
Root .......................... Shows the chord root of the measure for the current locationpointer position.
Type ......................... Shows the chord type of the measure for the current locationpointer position.
On-bass ..................... Shows the on-bass setting of the measure for the current locationpointer position.
Measure number ...... Shows the measure number for the current locationpointer position.
Chord input .............. Shows a " " when the current location pointer position contains a chord.
Location pointer ....... Indicates the current input position.
Data focus area ......... Shows the pattern data in this measure with dots.
" Move the cursor to the root focus area using the Q cursor buttons and select the root of the
chord by rotating the Data Scroll Wheel or using the +1/YES and -1/NO buttons.
# Move the cursor to the type focus area using the Q cursor buttons and select the type of the
chord. With this step you specify one chord.
$ (If necessary,) specify an on-bass chord. Move the cursor to the on-bass chord focus area and select the
bass note apart from the root note.
% Use the FORWARD or REWIND button to move the cursor to the next input position. You can move the
cursor 1/16th note at a time.
A You can also select the input position one measure at a time by moving the cursor to the MEASURE focus area and by rotating the Data Scroll
Wheel or using the +1/YES and -1/NO buttons.
& Repeat steps ! to % and continue to enter the chords.
' Press the START/STOP button after you have finished step recording. The display will return to Song Play
mode.
Erasing a Mistake
To change a chord that has been entered, simply use the FORWARD or REWIND button to move the cursor to the focus area
of the chord data you want to erase and select a different chord.
To erase the chord data of the current measure simply by press the ERASE button.
CLICK
Type On-bass
TEMPO BEAT
MEASURE
SONG
MISC.
CYMBAL
SNARE
KICK
Data focus area
Feature Reference — Song Record Mode
Tempo
Beat
Measure number
Chord input
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