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Yamaha DD55C User Manual

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Setting Up

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Power Requirements .............................................5

Panel Controls

6

Playing the Demo Song

8

Play the Pads/Pedals

9

Pad Names ............................................................9
Hand Percussion ON/OFF ...................................10
Assigning a Drum Kit to the Pads and Pedals .....10
Assigning a Voice to Individual Pads and Pedals

(“CU” Custom Kit)............................................11

Reverb ON/OFF ...................................................12
Setting the Pad Sensitivity ...................................13
Adjusting the Pad Volume....................................14
Click ON/OFF.......................................................14

Playing a Song

15

Select the Song and Play.....................................15
Tap Start ..............................................................16
Auto Kit Select ON/OFF Setting...........................16
Adjusting the Tempo ............................................17

Play along with a Song

18

Track ON/OFF .....................................................18
Break....................................................................18
A-B Repeat ..........................................................19

Recording a Song

20

Recording............................................................ 20
Playback.............................................................. 20

MIDI Functions

21

What’s MIDI?....................................................... 21
What You Can Do With MIDI .............................. 23
Connecting to a Computer .................................. 24
Enter/Exit the MIDI/Utility Mode .......................... 25
Setting the Clock ................................................. 25
Local ON/OFF ..................................................... 26
Setting the MIDI Transmit Channel ..................... 27
Setting the MIDI Note Number ............................ 28
Saving and Loading Song Data .......................... 29

Appendix

31

Initialize ............................................................... 31
Troubleshooting .................................................. 32
Drum Voice List................................................... 33
Song List ............................................................. 35
Drum Kit List........................................................ 36
Drum Map ........................................................... 38
GM Voice List...................................................... 40
MIDI Implementation Chart ................................. 41
Specifications ...................................................... 44

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Contents

Supplied Accesoories
• Drum Stick (x2)
• Foot Pedal 1 & 2
• Owner’s Manual

Congratulations!

Thank you for purchasing the Yamaha DD-55. The DD-55 has been developed
to respond and play like a drum set - but with greater ease, flexibility and
sophisticated functions. Before you use the instrument, we recommend that you
carefully read through this manual.