Creating A Song By Using A Computer - Yamaha DTXTREME III Owner's Manual

Setting Up

Creating a Song by Using a Computer

Recording Your Performance on the
DTXTREME III to Computer
NOTE
• The acronym DAW (digital audio workstation) refers to music software for
recording, editing and mixing audio and MIDI data, such as Cubase.
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Setting up the DTXTREME III
On the DTXTREME III, you need to set the Local Control
parameter to "off" in order to avoid a "double" sound.
When MIDI Thru is set to "on" in a DAW/sequencer soft-
ware on your computer, the note events you play on the
DTXTREME III are transmitted to the computer then
returned back to the DTXTREME III, producing a "dou-
ble" sound, since the tone generator block is receiving per-
formance data (MIDI data) from both the keyboard directly
and the computer. To prevent such a situation, you need to
separate the keyboard block from the tone generator block
of the DTXTREME III. This is why Local Control should
be set to "off."
1
Press the [UTILITY] button to enter the
Utility mode, then press the [F5] MIDI but-
ton followed by the [SF1] SWITCH button.
2
Move the cursor to the "LocalCtrl," then
set this parameter to "off."
3
Press the [ENTER/STORE] button to store
this setting.
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Setting up the DAW on the computer
1
Set MIDI Thru to "on" on the DAW.
By setting MIDI Thru to "on," the MIDI data generated
by playing the pad and transmitted to the computer will
be returned back to the DTXTREME III. As shown in
the example below, the MIDI data transmitted from the
DTXTREME III then recorded to the computer via
MIDI channel 1 will be returned back from the com-
puter to the DTXTREME III via MIDI channel 3
according to the setting of the recording track. As a
result, the tone generator of the DTXTREME III will
sound the MIDI data generated by playing the pad as
MIDI data of channel 3.
NOTE
• For detailed instructions, refer to the manual of the DAW you are
using.
USB TO HOST terminal
Tone generator
block
(recognizing MIDI
Channel 3 data)
Local Control = off
DTXTREME III
Computer
(Cubase, etc.)
Song Playback From a Computer
Using the DTXTREME III as a Tone
Generator
The instructions below show how to use the DTXTREME
III as a MIDI tone generator. In this case, actual MIDI
sequence data is to be transmitted from a DAW or
sequencer on the computer.
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Setting up the DAW on the computer
1
Set the MIDI port on the DTXTREME III.
2
Start playback of the MIDI file.
Keyboard
(output via
MIDI
Channel 1)
IN OUT
CH1 CH3
MIDI Through = on