Selecting & Playing A Kit; Selecting A Kit; Adjusting Pad Sensitivity; Balancing Instrument Volumes - Yamaha DTX Drums DTX502 Owner's Manual

Basic Techniques
Selecting & Playing a Kit
In terms of the DTX502, a "kit" is a full set of drum-sound assignments for all of the pads. Your
drum module comes with 50 different drum and percussion kits already set up.
KIT1

Selecting a Kit

1.
Press the [KIT] button to access the Kit area.
Verify that "KIT1" is displayed at the top-left of the screen.
2.
Turn the Data Dial to select a different kit.
3.
Play the pads and see how the kit sounds.

Adjusting Pad Sensitivity

A pad's sensitivity determines how the loudness (or power) of its drum sounds changes depending
on how hard you strike it. You can adjust the sensitivity of all pads as follows to make them more
accurately reflect the dynamics of your drumming.
Hold down the [KIT] button and press either the VOLUME [+]
or [–] button.
Hold
• Pressing the VOLUME [+] button increases the gain setting, making all of the pads more
sensitive. This means that louder sounds can be more easily produced with softer drumming.
• Pressing the VOLUME [–] button decreases the gain setting, making all of the pads less sen-
sitive. This means that louder sounds can only be produced by drumming hard.

Balancing Instrument Volumes

If necessary, you can change the volumes of individual instruments (page 20). For example, you
may need to lower the volume of the kick while increasing the volume of the snare. For details on
how to do so, see the description of the Mixer settings page from Menu Mode (page 57).
KIt1
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Kit number Kit name
aKit Gain=100% b
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NOTE
Your kit selection will be retained even
when the DTX502 is turned off.
NOTE
With certain drum kits, the Pad Song
function (page 29) will automatically
start playing a song when you strike a
pad.
NOTE
• Adjusting the sensitivity as shown
on the left affects the entire kit.
• If you wish to set sensitivities on an
individual pad basis, see the
description of the Gain page from
Menu Mode (page 68).
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