Yamaha DJX User Manual
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Contents
• Front Panel ................................... 6
• Rear Panel .................................... 7
POWER REQUIREMENTS ..................... 8
TURNING ON THE POWER ................. 8
ACCESSORY JACKS ............................. 9
Take it for a spin! .............. 10
Step 2 Using the Keyboard .......... 12
Step 3 Demo Song/Voice/Style ... 14
Step 4 Digital Sampling ............... 16
Step 5 Function Parameters ......... 18
Step 6 Assigning Various Controls to
the ASSIGN Knob, RIBBON
CONTROLLER, and
Footswitch ........................ 20
PLAYING VOICES — THE VOICE
MODE
PLAYING A VOICE — MAIN VOICE ... 25
GM Voices .................................. 26
(voices 141 - 155) ...................... 26
Function Parameters — Main Voice .. 27
TRANSPOSE AND TUNING ................ 28
Transpose ........................................ 28
Tuning ............................................. 29
PLAYING TWO VOICES —
DUAL VOICE ....................................... 29
Function Parameters — Dual Voice ... 30
PLAYING TWO VOICES —
SPLIT VOICE ........................................ 31
Function Parameters — Split Voice .... 32
REVERB ................................................ 34
CHORUS .............................................. 35
DSP ..................................................... 36
ARPEGGIATOR .................................... 37
Function Parameters — Effects .......... 37
• Effect Types ................................ 38
SELECTING AND PLAYING A SONG ... 40
CHANGING THE BPM (TEMPO) ......... 41
ABOUT THE BEAT DISPLAY ................. 42
ADJUSTING THE SONG VOLUME ....... 43
SELECTING A STYLE AND PLAYING
THE PATTERN ......................................44
PATTERN CONTROLS .......................... 47
PATTERN SECTIONS (BEAT A, BEAT B
AND BREAK OUTS) ............................. 48
CHANGING THE BPM (TEMPO) ......... 48
ADJUSTING THE PATTERN VOLUME ..... 49
FINGERING ......................................... 50
BEAT REVERSE ..................................... 52
PART ON/OFF ..................................... 52
• About the Parts .......................... 53
SETTING THE PATTERN SPLIT POINT .... 54
Function Parameter —
Pattern Split Point ............................. 55
PERFORMANCE SETUP — USER ......... 56
Recording a User Performance
Setup ................................................ 56
Recalling a User Performance
Setup ................................................ 57
• Selecting a User Bank ................. 57
PERFORMANCE SETUP — PRESET ...... 58
Selecting a Preset Performance
Setup ................................................ 58
USING THE KNOBS ............................. 59
RESONANCE .............................. 62
• About GROOVE .......................... 62
ASSIGN KNOB .................................... 63
ASSIGN Knob Parameters ................. 64
USING THE RIBBON CONTROLLER .... 66
RIBBON CONTROLLER Parameters ... 67
works ......................................... 68
ABOUT DIGITAL SAMPLING ............... 69
RECORDING A SAMPLE AND
PLAYING IT ......................................... 70
• Guidelines for sampling .............. 71
• Trigger Level ............................... 71
• Sampling memory capacity ........ 73
• Deleting a sample ...................... 74
• Recording additional samples ..... 74
SAMPLE EDITING ................................ 75
Setting the End Point ........................ 75
Creating Loops ................................. 78
• About the resolution settings ...... 79
RECORDING A USER SONG —
REALTIME RECORDING ...................... 81
• Additional Operations ................ 84
RECORDING A USER SONG —
STEP RECORDING ............................... 85
Recording Notes ............................... 86
• Additional Operations ................ 88
Replacing a Note or Rest .................. 89
Entering Velocity Curves ................... 90
Velocity Curve Chart ......................... 90
CLEARING A SONG ............................. 91
WHAT IS MIDI? ................................... 92
Channel Messages ............................ 93
System Messages .............................. 93
CONNECTING TO A PERSONAL
COMPUTER ......................................... 94
• MIDI Terminals ........................... 94
FUNCTION PARAMETERS — MIDI ..... 95
USING BULK DUMP SEND/
SAMPLING SEND TO SAVE DATA ....... 97
Saving Bulk Data/Sampling Data ...... 97
Loading Bulk Data/Sampling Data .... 99
USING INITIAL SETUP SEND
WITH A SEQUENCER ........................ 100
Sending Initial Setup Data .............. 100
TROUBLESHOOTING ........................ 102
DATA BACKUP & INITIALIZATION .... 103
VOICE LIST ........................................ 104
DRUM KIT LIST ................................. 108
STYLE LIST ........................................ 111
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART ...... 112