Yamaha DTX-MULTI Owner's Manual page 34

Internal Design
● Specifying MIDI note numbers and assigning
voices to each
The second approach to configuring a pad involves setting
one or more MIDI note numbers to be sent whenever the
pad is struck and then telling the internal tone generator
which voices to play when MIDI notes with these numbers
are received. In contrast to the direct approach described
above, this method allows multiple MIDI Note messages to
be sent from a single pad in order to play layered or alter-
nating voices using the Layer function. In addition, these
MIDI Note messages can also be output via the MIDI OUT
connector or USB TO HOST port in order to control
another MIDI instrument.
In the following example, we will setup built-in Pad 1 to
play two different voices simultaneously when it is struck.
Press the [KIT] button to access the KIT setting area. On
1
the Select Kit page (KIT1), select the kit to be set.
2 Press the [MIDI] button to access the MIDI setting area
and navigate to the Select Message Type page (MIDI1).
Pad
MIDI1≥-º¡-
MessageType=note
In the upper row of text, select "
be set. Following this, move the flashing cursor to the
lower row of text and set the MessageType parameter to
"note" (indicating that a MIDI Note message will be
sent when the pad is struck).
3 Press the [ENTER] button to open the Playing Mode
page (MIDI1-1).
MIDI1-1≥-º¡-
≥Mode=stack
In the lower row of text, set the Mode parameter to
"stack" (indicating that all MIDI notes assigned to the
pad will be played simultaneously).
NOTE
• In addition to "stack", you can also set the Mode parameter to "alter-
nate", which causes the notes assigned to the pad to play individually
in turn each time it is struck, or "hold", which causes the notes to be
alternately turned on and off each time the pad is struck. (See page
62.)
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-º¡- " as the pad to
C C ] button to navigate to the MIDI Note page
C
4 Press the [C
(MIDI1-2).
MIDI1-2≥-º¡-≥≥≥ç
Note=≥≥≥D≥1/≥38
On this page, we can set the MIDI notes to be sent by
the pad. Specifically, the Note parameter on the lower
row of text is used to set a MIDI note number, while the
indicator in the top right corner shows which of the
pad's four layers (A to D) is being set. For now, select
"D1/38" as the MIDI note to be sent by Layer A.
5 Press the [VOICE] button to access the VOICE setting
area and navigate to the Select Voice page (VCE1).
MIDI note number
VCE1≥≥≥D≥1/≥38
Sn001:OakCustom
Assigned voice
On the upper row of text, use the [-/DEC] and [+/INC]
buttons to select "D1/38" – that is, the MIDI note num-
ber that Layer A of Pad 1 will send. On the lower row of
text, set "Sn001:OakCustom" as the voice to be played
for that MIDI note number.
With the settings now made, a MIDI note with MIDI note
number 38 (i.e., D1) will be sent to the internal tone gener-
ator whenever Pad 1 is struck, and the tone generator will
respond by playing the preset voice Sn001 (OakCustom).
Next, we will setup Pad 1 to also send the MIDI note num-
ber 40 (E1) whenever struck, and we will tell the internal
tone generator to play the preset voice Cy013 (Thin16Eg)
in response.
Press the [MIDI] button to access the MIDI setting area
6
and navigate to the MIDI Note page (MIDI1-2
MIDI1-2≥-º¡-≥≥≥¬
Note=≥≥≥E≥1/≥40
Move the flashing cursor to the " " indicator in the top
right corner, and using the [+/INC] button, change this
¬
to " ". Move back to the lower row of text, and set
"E1/40" as the MIDI note number to be sent by Layer
B.
Layer
).
Layer
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