Groove Tracker - Yamaha DTX400K Owner's Manual

Practicing in Training Mode
Groove Tracker makes it simple to play a number of different practice drum patterns, which will automatically reflect the speed
and strength of your drumming. In addition, you can also freely add your own fills to the basic pattern. Please note that this type
of training is not scored.
1.
Press the [TRAINING] button to activate Training
Mode.
2.
Press number button [7].
The [ ] button will flash, indicating that the drum
module is on standby to start training.
3.
Press the [ ] button when you are ready to go.
The drum module will play the practice drum pattern
once. In addition, the number buttons ([1] to [10/0]) will
light up as the pattern plays.
4.
To select a different practice drum pattern, press the
corresponding number button ([1] to [10/0]).
5.
Play the hi-hat or kick pad. Each time you do so, the
next part of the drum pattern will be played.
•
Refer to the drum scores in the Data List section (page
62) for details on the pads to be played to advance
each drum pattern and how much the patterns advance
with each strike.
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The tempo of the drum pattern will change to reflect
the speed of your drumming.
•
The volume of the drum pattern will change to reflect
the strength of your drumming.
NOTE
• You can select which pad(s) you would like to use to
advance the drum pattern. For details, see the description
of the Groove Tracker Control Pad(s) parameter from
Menu Mode (page 51).
• You can set how much the practice drum pattern should
advance for each strike of the selected pad(s). For details,
see the description of the Groove Tracker Advance Step
parameter from Menu Mode (page 51).
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If you briefly stop drumming and then begin again,
the drum pattern will play from the start.
NOTE
You can set the period of time after which the drum pattern
will return to the start when you stop drumming. For details,
see the description of the Groove Tracker Return Time
parameter from Menu Mode (page 50).
6.
To end training, press the [
Muting specific parts from the practice drum pat-
tern
You can mute any of the individual drum parts (i.e.,
snare, kick, tom, hi-hat, and/or cymbal) that make up
the practice drum pattern. If, for example, you were to
mute the snare part, you could play whatever snare
pattern you like along with the rest of the drum parts.
1.
Press the [DRUM MUTE] button and verify that it
lights up.
2.
Strike the pad corresponding to the part from the
practice drum pattern you wish to mute.
• The selected drum part will now be muted.
• If the pad corresponding to the muted drum part is
not struck for certain period of time, it will be auto-
matically unmuted.
3.
To manually unmute all drum parts, press the
[DRUM MUTE] button once again and verify that it
turns off.
NOTE
The [ ] button is not used with this type of training.
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] button once again.