Internal Memory - Yamaha DTX-MULTI Owner's Manual

Internal Design

Internal Memory

By storing User kits, User patterns, and waves that you
have created and edited in the DTX-MULTI 12's internal
memory, you ensure that they will always be available for
use, even after the instrument has been turned off. In addi-
tion, User trigger setups and the settings from the UTIL-
ITY setting area can also be stored in memory for reuse.
■ Data Retained by the DTX-MULTI 12
The following types of setting data can be stored in the
instrument's internal memory.
● User kits
Original drum kits that you have created by assigning
voices to pads and external controllers can be stored as
User kits in the instrument's memory. After doing so, you
can then recall these kits at any time in the same way as
Preset kits. In total, up to 200 User kits can be stored, and
they will be available even after the DTX-MULTI 12 has
been turned off. In addition to settings from the KIT area,
each User kit also retains associated data configured in the
VOICE and MIDI setting areas.
● User patterns
User patterns – which may be put to use in exactly the
same way as Preset patterns – can be created by recording
your performances on the DTX-MULTI 12 or by importing
standard MIDI files (Format 0). The corresponding data is
stored as a User pattern within the DTX-MULTI 12 as it is
recorded or imported, and the pattern will then be available
even after the DTX-MULTI 12 has been turned off. Up to
50 of these User patterns can be stored internally.
● Waves
Wave data created by importing either WAV or AIFF type
audio files from a USB memory device (connected via the
USB TO DEVICE port) is automatically stored within the
DTX-MULTI 12 and can then be assigned to pads for play-
back in the same way as preset voices and patterns. In total,
up to 500 of these waves can be stored, ensuring that they
will be available even after the DTX-MULTI 12 has been
turned off.
● User trigger setups
The DTX-MULTI 12 can also store a number of original
User trigger setups, which you can conveniently prepare by
customizing a Preset trigger setup. In specific terms, the
instrument's internal memory can hold ten of these setups,
ensuring that they will always be available, even after the
power has been turned off and back on.
● UTILITY area settings
The parameter settings that you have configured within the
UTILITY setting area can also be stored in the DTX-
MULTI 12's internal memory. In this way, they can be
instantly recalled whenever the instrument is turned on.
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■ Editing & Storing User Kits
Whenever you select a drum kit, the corresponding data is
loaded into a non-permanent area of internal memory
known as the Edit Buffer. If any of the kit's parameter set-
tings are changed, it is the data within the Edit Buffer – not
the stored version – that is modified. In this way, User kits
can be protected from accidental or unintended modifica-
tion.
Kit being edited
Edit buffer (containing
(User or Preset)
all modifications)
[STORE] button
lights up.
When the kit is stored,
the version in permanent
memory is updated with
all modifications.
The purpose of the Edit Buffer is to hold a temporary ver-
sion of the kit being edited, and therefore, if a new kit is
selected without storing any modifications, those modifica-
tions will be lost (i.e., overwritten with the settings from
the newly selected kit). In addition, modifications to the kit
in the Edit Buffer will also be lost when the DTX-MULTI
12 is turned off if they are not stored in advance. It is good
practice, therefore, to store the content of the Edit Buffer as
a User kit whenever you are happy with it.
■ Saving & Loading Data Files
All of the above-mentioned items of data that can be stored
in the instrument's internal memory can also be saved as
files on a USB storage device. Whenever needed, further-
more, these memory files can be loaded back into the
instrument from the storage device. For more details, refer
to the description of the UTILITY setting area's FILE sec-
tion (UTIL7).
If the DTX-MULTI 12 is
turned off without stor-
ing the kit, all modifica-
tions will be lost.
[STORE] button
goes out.