Table Of Contents - Yamaha DTXPRESS III Owner's Manual

How to use the Manual
The DTXPRESS III Owner's Manual is divided into the
following two books.
Basic Guide
Please read this book before using the
DTXPRESS III.
This book contains cautions that must be followed for
safe and proper use of the DTXPRESS III.
Also, control and function names, connecting the pads
and how to play the DTXPRESS III, how to record
and playback songs, how to create original drum kits
are all described in this book.
At the rear of this book you will find an appendix sec-
tion with specifications and error messages.
Reference Guide (this book)
This book describes in detail each of the DTXPRESS
III's functions.
At the rear of this book you will find an appendix sec-
tion with drum voice, song, MIDI data format, etc.
About the descriptions
This manual describes buttons and explanations using the
following rules.
• [DRUMKIT], [>/ ], etc.
The button on the front panel is indicated with
[ ]. (brackets).
• [SHIFT]+[>/ ], etc.
Means hold the [SHIFT] button and press the [>/ ]
button.
• [PAGEs]/[PAGEt], etc.
Means use the [PAGEs] button or [PAGEt] button.
• " ", etc.
Words inside " " indicate the message shown on the
display.
• m P. 10, etc.
Indicates the reference page where further informa-
tion can be found.
NOTE
The illustrations and LCD screens as shown in this
owner's manual are for instructional purposes only,
and may appear somewhat different from those on
your instrument.
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CONTENTS
DTXPRESS III Internal Makeup ........... 4
Drum Kit Play Mode .............................. 6
1. Drum Kit & Song .......................................... 6
2. Trigger Setup & Tempo ................................. 6
3. Song & Mute ................................................. 7
Groove Check Function ................................... 7
About the Song ..................................... 8
Song Playback .................................................. 8
Song Recording ............................................. 10
Trigger Setup Edit Mode ..................... 11
1. INPUT Parameters ...................................... 12
1-1. Pad Type ....................................................... 12
1-2. Gain, Minimum Velocity ................................ 12
1-3. Velocity Curve ............................................... 13
1-4. Self Rejection, Rejection .............................. 13
1-5. Specific Rejection ......................................... 13
1-6. Trigger Setup Copy ....................................... 14
2. COMMON PARAMETERS ........................... 14
2-1. Hi-Hat Offset ................................................. 14
2-2. Increment/Decrement ................................... 14
2-3. Input Exchange ............................................. 15
2-4. Trigger Setup Name ...................................... 15
Drum Kit Voice Edit Mode ................... 16
1. Voice Parameters ........................................ 17
1-1. Voice ............................................................. 18
1-2. Volume, Pan .................................................. 18
1-3. Tuning ........................................................... 18
1-4. Layer Balance ............................................... 19
1-5. Decay, Cutoff Frequency .............................. 19
1-6. Note Number ................................................ 19
1-7. Channel, Gate Time ...................................... 19
2. Input Common Parameters ....................... 20
2-1. Cross Fade ................................................... 20
2-2. Reverb Send ................................................. 20
2-3. Alternate Group, Key Assign Mode .............. 20
2-4. Hold Mode .................................................... 21
2-5. Key Off Enable .............................................. 21
2-6. Function ........................................................ 21
2-7. Pad Song ...................................................... 21
2-8. Rim To Pad ................................................... 22