Pad Function Settings - Yamaha DTX500 Owner's Manual

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Play Along with Bass Solo
The useful Bass Solo function lets you isolate just the bass
part during playback and play along with it. Since this func-
tion mutes the other accompaniment parts, it lets you concen-
trate on mastering the important technique of 'locking in'
with the bass and forming a tight rhythm section.
First, press the [SHIFT] + [SAVE/ENTER] buttons to call up
the Utility pages.
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Next, press the [ ] button three times to call up the follow-
ing page. Rotate the jog dial and select "BassSolo=on."
UTIL3~Song
"~BassSolo=off~‚
With this set, press the [SONG
back—only the bass part will be heard.
* You may find that with the drum part muted or the bass solo,
it may be a little difficult to keep time. In this case, use the
click along with the song. Using the click sound as a refer-
ence will make it easier to play along with the song.
Press the [ ON/OFF] button to have the click play in tempo
along with song playback. Press the [
again to stop.
* Changing the song will normally change the drum kit to the
kit that is pre-assigned to the song.
If you want to use a different drum kit when playing along with
the song, press the [DRUM KIT] button to enter the Drum Kit
Select display, and then select another drum kit number.
If a different song is selected while Drum Mute is active, the
drum kit will not change when a different song is selected.
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/ ] button to start play-
ON/OFF] button
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Pad Function Settings

The DTX500 conveniently lets you execute important
operations by hitting a specific pad—without having to
press buttons on the panel. You can assign the following
functions to the pads.
off ................... Normal operation.
inc~kitNo..... Increases the drum kit number by 1
(increment).
dec~kitNo..... Decreases the drum kit number by 1
(decrement).
inc~clkNo..... Increases the click set number by 1
(increment).
dec~clkNo..... Decreases the click set number by 1
(decrement).
inc~tempo..... Increases the value of the tempo by 1
(increment).
dec~tempo..... Decreases the value of the tempo by 1
(decrement).
clkOn/Off..... Switches the click sound on/off.
Operation
1. First, press the [SHIFT] + [SAVE/ENTER] buttons to
call up the Utility pages.
UTIL1~Hi-hat
HHofs=~~0~T=~~5‚
2. Press the [>] button several times to call up the
UTIL7 page.
UTIL7~~ƒsnare
"Func=off~~~~~~‚
3. To select the pad (Trigger Input Source) to which you
want to assign a function, simply hit the target pad, or
press the [SHIFT] + [<]/[>] buttons.
4. Rotate the jog dial to select the desired function.
Pad (trigger input source) to which
a pad function is assigned
UTIL7~~™tom1
"Func=clkOn/Off‚
Function assigned to the pad
In the above setting, the click sound can be switched
ON/OFF by hitting the tom1 pad which is connected
to the 2TOM1/ 0 jack.
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