Trying Out Rhythm Gate - Yamaha DTXTREME III Owner's Manual

Quick Guide
Using the Groove Check Function
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Groove Check Results
In the Groove Check display, you can view the result of the check and see how accurate your
timing is in real time. With the center line being correct timing, hits indicated at the left are
early, and hits on the right are late. For details on each indication, see below.
This white line represents the average timing
of all your hits so far in this session.
Actual timing at which
the pad was hit last.

Trying Out Rhythm Gate

The Rhythm Gate function lets you check the accuracy of your hit timing more finely and strictly. The sound is produced
only when you hit at the correct (allowable) timing, which can be specified beforehand.
1
Select the desired Song (if you are using a Song).
2
Press the [CLICK] button to enter the Click mode, then set the Note
and Swing parameters by following the instructions on page 50.
3
Press the [F4] GROOVE button, then the [SF2] R.GATE button to
call up the Rhythm Gate display.
1 Trigger Input 1 – 5
Here, you can set which pads (signals received via the Trigger Input jacks) will be
monitored by Rhythm Gate. Any (or all) pads can be selected, and up to five different
pads can be monitored at once.
The "ALL" indication shows the result for all sounds (from all pads). The "NO
ASGN" indication means no pad is selected. Lines showing other values indicate the
result for the signal received via the corresponding Trigger Input jack.
Settings NO ASGN, SNARE ... PAD15, ALL
B Rhythm Gate Range
The crosshatch bar graph which indicates the hit timing range (regarded by Rhythm
Gate as correct) is specified by setting the EARLY value and LATE value for each
Trigger Input. From this display, the pad sound is produced only when hitting the pad
within this timing window.
Range -59 – +59
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Center line; indicates the correct timing.
This crosshatch area indicates the range
of all your hits so far in this session.
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1
NOTE
• The interval between the left end
(EARLY position) and the right
end (LATE position) is equivalent
th
to the length of a 16 note.
2
NOTE
• This parameter can be set in 1/
th
120 of a 16 note. The distance
from the left edge to the right
edge of the display will be equiva-
th
lent to length of 16 note.