Owner's Manual

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This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). DO NOT connect this product to any power supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specically recommended by Yamaha.

Battery Notice:

This product MAY contain a small non-rechargeable battery which (if applicable) is soldered in place. The average life span of this type of battery is approximately ve years. When replacement becomes necessary, contact a qualied service representative to perform the replacement. This product may also use household type batteries. Some of these may be rechargeable. Make sure that the battery being charged is a rechargeable type and that the charger is intended for the battery being charged. When installing batteries, do not mix batteries with new, or with batteries of a different type. Batteries MUST be installed correctly. Mismatches or incorrect installation may result in overheating and battery case rupture.
WARNING: Do not place this product in a position where anyone
could walk on, trip over ,or roll anything over power or connecting cords of any kind. The use of an extension cord is not recommended! IF you must use an extension cord, the minimum wire size for a 25' cord (or less ) is 18 AWG. NOTE: The smaller the AWG number ,the larger the current handling capacity. For longer extension cords, consult a local electrician. This product should be used only with the components supplied or; a cart, rack, or stand that is recommended by Yamaha. If a cart, etc., is used, please observe all safety markings and instructions that accompany the accessory product.

Warning:

Do not attempt to disassemble, or incinerate any battery. Keep all batteries away from children. Dispose of used batteries promptly and as regulated by the laws in your area. Note: Check with any retailer of household type batteries in your area for battery disposal information.
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NAME PLATE LOCATION:

The name plate is located on the bottom of the product. The model number, serial number, power requirements, etc., are located on this plate. You should record the model number, serial number, and the date of purchase in the spaces provided below and retain this manual as a permanent record of your purchase.

Chapter 6

Part Mixer Basics. 29
Tip 27 Tip 28 Tip 29 Tip 30 Tip 31 What is a Part?.. 29 Take the console and remix the Parts!. 29 Combination keys.. 30 Turn them all on!.. 30 Extra texture!... 31

Chapter 7

Part Selector. 32
Tip 32 Tip 33 Tip 34 Tip 35 Grab a Part and tweak it!.. 32 Combination keys.. 32 Tweak the Activator sound!.. 33 Select all Parts and tweak them!. 33

100 Tips to be a DJ!

Chapter 1

Chapter 8

Part Controller. 34
Tip 36 Tip 37 Tip 38 Cutoff and Resonance.. 34 Adjust the Part volume.. 35 Tweak the cutoff... 35
Pattern Player Basics. 14
Tip 1 Tip 2 Tip 3 Tip 4 Tip 5 Tip 6 Work out with the Patterns.. 14 Mixing Main and Fill-in Patterns. 15 Come down on the one!.. 15 Exploring other Patterns.. 16 Go back, go forward.. 17 Keep the bpm steady!.. 17

Chapter 9

Key Shifter.. 36
Tip 39 Tip 40 Transpose the key.. 36 Create your own chord progressions!.. 37

Chapter 10

Chapter 2

Ribbon Controller.. 38

Tip 41 Tip 42 Do some scratching on the Ribbon!. 38 Stop the turntable.. 38

Activator Basics.. 18

Tip 7 Tip 8 Tip 9 Tip 10 Tip 11 Tip 12 Work out on the Activator.. 18 Loops and One Shots.. 18 Explore the Activator kits!.. 19 Put em together!.. 20 Activator intro textures.. 20 Activator Loop bpm.. 21

Chapter 11

BPM/Tap Basics.. 39
Tip 43 Tip 44 Change the bpm... 39 Reset to the default bpm.. 39

Chapter 3

Chapter 12

Live Effector Basics..22

Tip 13 Tip 14 Tip 15 Tip 16 Tip 17 Tip 18 Tip 19 Tip 20 Tip 21 Tip 22 Tip 23 What is the Live Effector?. 22 Distortion... 23 Auto Pan... 23 Ring Modulation.. 23 Flanger... 23 Phaser... 24 Slice... 24 Delay... 24 Echo... 25 Lo-Fi... 25 Wah... 25
Pattern Player Power Tips. 40
Tip 45 Tip 46 Tip 47 Tip 48 Tip 49 Tip 50 Hitting a new Pattern and Variation at the same time!.. 40 Step up to the next Pattern and Variation.. 41 Cool outro.. 41 Creative fill-in 1... 42 Creative fill-in 2... 42 Using the Activator to lead into the next Variation... 42

Chapter 13

Live Effector Power Tips.. 43
Tip 51 Tip 52 Tip 53 Tip 54 Tip 55 Tip 56 Tip 57 Tip 58 Tip 59 Distortion... 43 Auto Pan... 44 Ring Modulation.. 44 Flanger... 44 Phaser.. 45 Slice... 45 Delay... 45 Echo... 46 Lo-Fi... 46

Chapter 4

Isolator Basics.26
Tip 24 Tweak the sound just right!.. 26

Chapter 5

The Keyboard. 27
Tip 25 Tip 26 Play the keyboard.. 27 Try some different voices!. 28
Tip 60 Tip 61 Tip 62 Wah... 46 One-hand Effector control!.. 47 Isolator to the max!... 48 Tip 95 Tip 96 Toggling on beat, muting in rhythm. 68 Sync applications using the DJX-II as the master.. 68 Tip 97 Sync applications using the DJX-II as the slave. 69 Tip 98 Get more Patterns!.. 70 Tip 99 Using MIDI Bulk Send.. 71 Tip 100 Create your own Patterns!.. 72

The LINE OUT jacks are used to send the DJX-II output to a DJ mixer, stereo sound system, mixing console, or tape recorder.
The DJX-II also features MIDI terminals, allowing you to interface the DJX-II with other MIDI instruments and devices. (For more information, see page 68.) CD Amplier MD
These are for recording an external audio source in the Sampling functions (page 53). The MIC jack is for connection to a microphone for recording vocals and acoustic instruments. The LINE IN jack is for connecting to and recording a line level signal, such as that of a CD player or cassette deck.
Never connect a line level signal (CD player, cassette deck, electronic instrument, etc.) into the MIC input jack! Doing this could damage the DJX-II and its Sampling functions.
Setting Up (Power supply connections)
Although the DJX-II will run either from an optional AC adaptor or batteries, Yamaha recommends use of the more environmentally safe AC adaptor. Follow the instructions below according to the power source you intend to use. The batteries should be considered an auxiliary power source for data backup (page 13).
s Using An Optional AC Power Adaptor
Make sure that the STANDBY/ON switch of the DJX-II is set to STANDBY. Connect the AC adaptor (PA-5B, PA-5C or other adaptor specically recommended by Yamaha) to the power supply jack. Plug the AC adaptor into an AC outlet.
To disconnect the adaptor: Set the STANDBY/ON switch to STANDBY, then unplug the adaptor from the AC outlet, and then disconnect it from the DJX-II power supply jack.
Use ONLY a Yamaha PA-5B or PA-5C AC Power Adaptor (or other adaptor specically recommended by Yamaha) to power your instrument from the AC mains. The use of other adaptors may result in irreparable damage to both the adaptor and the DJX-II. Unplug the AC Power Adaptor when not using the DJX-II, or during electrical storms.

s Using Batteries

For battery operation the DJX-II requires six 1.5V SUM-1, D size, R-20 or equivalent batteries. When the batteries need to be replaced, the volume may be reduced, the sound may be distorted, and other problems may occur. When this happens, turn the power off and replace the batteries. Replace the batteries as follows:

While the Pattern is running. When the Pattern is stopped.

Change the Pattern.

. and the bpm stays the same.
. and the bpm is set to best suit the selected Pattern.

Activator Basics

The Activator section adds to the power of the Patterns. It gives you a whole new set of rhythms and sounds that you can use to augment, complement, and spice up the basic rhythms of the DJX-II.
Work out on the Activator
Try it out now! Just hit the One Shot 1 key in the Activator section and the Activator sounds. Try hitting the Loop 1 key and a special phrase starts. To stop the phrase manually, press the same key again or press PATTERN STOP.
Each of the keys has a different rhythm or sound and, naturally, you can add these sounds while a Pattern is playing back. Improvise while the Pattern is playing, hitting different keys to create your own sound. The DJX-II has a total of 52 different Activator kits each kit with ve Loops and eight One Shots. Go on to the next Tip and learn some more about these!

Loops and One Shots

The DJX-II has two kinds of Activator sounds: Loop and One Shot. You can guess from their names how these two types behave. A Loop sounds when you press one of the Loop keys (1 - 5), and the sound cycles indenitely until you press the same key again. The One Shots (1 - 8) sound only while holding down the key and sound only once unless the key is pressed repeatedly, of course. You can stop all Loop sounds simultaneously by pressing PATTERN STOP. Build up your sound part-by-part and y in the different Loops and One Shots while the Pattern is playing!
Chapter 2 Activator Basics

One Shots

Explore the Activator kits!
As we pointed out above, the DJX-II is loaded with a variety of different Activator kits. Select a few of them now, and try out their sounds. Press ACTIVATOR (the display shows A 00) and turn the dial to change the Activator number. Activator number 00 is a special kit called Auto. When Auto is selected, changing the Pattern automatically changes the Activator as well. The new Activator kit is the one that best matches the selected Pattern and its Variations. In the remainder of the Tips, Pattern x will be abbreviated as P x, Variation x as V x, and Activator x as A x.
"A" stands for "Activator." Currently selected number

10 Put em together!

Get a Pattern going, then play the One Shots rhythmically along with the Pattern. Get into the rhythm, feel the downbeats and layer the One Shots on top of the main beat.

60 Wah

Tweak the knob until you hit the sweet spot the point at which the Wahs modulation cycle syncs up to the bpm and gives you the rhythmic effect you want. (See the illustration in Tip 52 for details on how the knob settings relate to bpm.)
61 One-hand Effector control!
This technique may take a little practice and some digital dexterity but once youve got it down and are able to play in the pocket, youre on your way to being a true DJ wizard! Grab the Control knob with your forenger and thumb, and use your middle nger or ring nger to ick the effect switch on and off. This lets work the effect in rhythm and still have your right hand free to change Patterns and trigger Activator loops and one-shots. Or use your right hand to further mangle the sound with the Isolator or Part Controller knobs! As always, keep the rhythm steady a master DJ is only as good as his time!

Left hand

Right hand

62 Isolator to the max!

Play the Isolator in real time! Get the Pattern running, then tweak the knobs to their extreme settings for radical changes to the sound on the y! For example, try cutting back Low and Mid to zero, and bring High up to the max for a really brittle, tinny sound. Or try boosting Low to the max while taking Mid and High all the way down for a boomy, bass-only sound. Or go for the sound of an AM radio by setting Mid to max and cutting Low and High. Since the effect of the Isolator controls depends in part on the selected Pattern, youll need to do some playing around. Stick to one Pattern and some of its Variations, then experiment with the Isolator to nd some hip settings. For maximum dramatic effect, make these changes as quickly as you can, bringing the knobs up or down instantly, if possible. Also, rhythm rules so, make your moves on the downbeat, right in time! Practice your moves and get them down so you can tweak the sound as you perform!

Brittle, tinny sound

Boomy, bass-only sound

AM radio sound

Part Mixer Power Tips

63 Toggle the Part Mix

Heres a quick and really powerful way to break up the beat! The Toggle key lets you switch between two opposite arrangements of the rhythm. For example, if the Bass is off and all the rest of the Parts are on, pressing the Toggle key instantly switches the Pattern so that only the Bass is on, and all the rest of the Parts are off. What a great way to turn the sound around!

64 Cool intro

Heres a specic example to get you started arranging your own tracks! Select P07 and start V6, and set Part Mixer so that only Phrase 1, 2 and 3 are playing. Then try adding the Kick, Bass, Hi-Hat and Snare Parts one-by-one until youve got the whole Pattern happening. Try this one-by-one arranging technique on other Patterns as well.

65 Solo a single Part instantly!
Heres another useful mixing and arranging trick! Use this after a climactic part, and bring the whole sound down to one certain instrument like the Bass, or one of the Phrases. Heres how: When all the Parts are on, press one of the Part keys and the Toggle key simultaneously. This turns all Parts but the selected one off instantly soloing your selected Part!

66 Hit the downbeat!

We said it before, well say it again make sure you keep it in the pocket! That means making all your hits right on the beat, so that the whole rhythm grooves. Hitting the downbeat is a little bit tricky, though. When you turn on a Part, youll probably have to hit the key a fraction of a second before the actual downbeat to make everything ow smoothly and stay in the pocket. Turning off a Part is easier and more forgiving basically do it whenever you want, or wherever feels good!
For example, just before this timing!
67 Custom Combination keys
For times when the Combination keys dont have quite the right combination, you can add the needed Parts to them. For example, if you want to turn on only the Bass, Kick and Hi-Hat, rst press BASS+KICK, then immediately follow that with the HI-HAT key. Provided youre fast enough, all three Parts should kick in simultaneously and smoothly!
Part Controller Power Tips

68 Activator textures

Heres a key to getting the same smooth, shifting textures you hear in a lot of pro mixes! Select the Activator key in the Part Selector and turn the Part Controller volume to zero. Now, with the Pattern playing, trigger one of the Activator Loops, and bring up the volume gradually. Hear how the Activator Loop slowly fades into the mix, adding more texture to the sound. Turn the Volume knob back down, and the Activator Loop fades out.
Fade in the Activator Loop.
Fade out the Activator Loop.
69 Dark mixes and deep grooves cut

the Cutoff!

Heres a powerful trick to instantly darken up your tracks if thats what youre after. Its also great for getting a phat, bottom-heavy sound! Select all of the Parts with the Part Selector, then set the Cutoff and Resonance to zero. Notice how all the high end disappears from the sound, and all your left with is a pulsing bass! You can accentuate this effect even more by boosting the Isolator Low knob to the maximum and setting Mid and High to the minimum.

3 Stop recording.

To stop recording, press PATTERN STOP or RECORD. Performance Recorder records the following performances.
Mode status (Pattern or Keyboard) Keyboard performance (Keyboard mode) Voice number Pattern Player settings and performance (Pattern mode) Pattern number bpm (including BPM/TAP performance ) Key Shifter performance (Pattern mode) Activator settings and performance (Pattern mode)
Live Effector settings and performance Sample Pad settings and performance Ribbon Controller settings and performance Part Controler settings and performance
If youve recorded to a Pad when the external clock is set to Sync, the bpm value is not recorded. This means that when you play back the performance, it will play at the current bpm value, and not necessarily the one intended.
x Tech tips: The length of your recorded performance is quantized to the next downbeat. This ensures that the recorded data makes rhythmical sense even if you stop a Pattern between downbeats. Be careful, though! Always try to stop slightly before the downbeat, or the recorded performance may carry through to the next beat! A maximum of 2500 events (for all six Pads) can be recorded to the Performance Recorder. What constitutes an event differs depending on the control used. For example, pressing a button or a key is a single event, but turning a knob or working the Ribbon Controller use up dozens of events at a time.

4 Play the performance.

Simply press the appropriate PLAYER Pad to play the recorded performance. The DJXII gives you six pads for six separate performances. Playback continues repeatedly until you press PATTERN STOP. Pressing the same Pad during playback instantly re-starts the recorded performance from the beginning. Pressing a different Pad during playback stops playback of the previous Pad and starts playback of the pressed Pad. Naturally, you can record your entire performance to one button. Or you may want to divide your performance up into several parts, and record each separately, one-by-one. This lets you change the order of playback as you see t, and it lets you repeat individual performances as many times as you like, and string them all together in various orders and. well, you get the idea! Its an awesome tool for live performance!
Chapter 17 Performance Recorder
77 Jamming with Performance Player
Wow! This is like having an extra pair of hands or even more to help you onstage! Let the Performance Player take care of the basics while you work out on the Activator. Or while you arrange on the y with the Part Mixer. Or while you tweak and mangle the sound with the Part Controller and Live Effector. Which means you can sound like a whole battalion of DJs just on one machine! Lets say for example, you want to have different Patterns and Variations play in succession, complete with various Cutoff and Resonance moves, plus some twiddling on the Live Effector controls. Just try and do that with one set of hands! To perform all that live by yourself would be difcult, if not impossible! However, if you record your Pattern playback plus the Cutoff and Resonance tweaking to the Performance Recorder beforehand, you can work the Live Effector controls onstage as much as you want, while the DJX-II plays back your recorded performance!

The volume is reduced or the sound is distorted. The sound quality has gotten progressively worse. Performance Recorder/Sampler data will not play back properly. The display goes blank and all panel controls are reset. The selected voice cannnot be played via the keyboard.
Check whether the DJX-II is set to the Pattern mode (page 10) or not. When set to the Pattern mode, the keyboard of the DJX-II does not function as a conventional keyboard. The DJX-II is polyphonic up to a maximum of 32 notes. If Samples and Activator phrases are playing simultaneously with a Pattern, some notes/sounds may be omitted (or stolen) from one or more of those sections. Check that nothing is connected to the PHONES jack on the rear panel. When a set of headphones is plugged into this jack, no sound is output. Check whether MIDI bulk data is being transmitted or received. If a MIDI Bulk Send operation is in process, none of the panel buttons (with the exception of PATTERN STOP) function. Check whether the DJX-II is set to the Keyboard mode (page 10) or not. When set to the Keyboard mode, the keyboard of the DJX-II functions as a conventional keyboard and cannot start the Pattern or Activator. Check whether the BPM is set to "Sync" or not by pressing the BPM/TAP button. When this is set to Sync, only an external MIDI device can start the DJX-II Patterns. Check the Part Mixer settings. The volume of the corresponding part might have been set to 0 by using the VOLUME knob of the PART CONTROLLER.
Not all of the voices seem to sound, or the sound seems to be cut off.
There is no sound even when the keyboard is played or when a Pattern is being played back. The panel buttons do not function.
The Pattern does not start even when a PATTERN PLAYER key is pressed. The Activator does not start even when an ACTIVATOR key is pressed.
Some parts of the Pattern do not seem to sound.
PROBLEM The sound is distorted or noisy.
POSSIBLE CAUSE/SOLUTION Many of the DJX-II sounds have been deliberately processed or created with a lo-fi or grunge sound to suit certain styles of music. Using the CUTOFF and RESONANCE knobs at or near the maximum settings (especially when the MASTER VOLUME knob is also at maximum) may result in distortion. If this applies to the Sampled voice, you may have recorded the sample(s) at too high a level. Make sure that the INPUT LEVEL knob is set appropriately. The lower the input level, the louder the signal must be to start sampling. It is important to avoid setting the input level too high: at high levels, recording start may be triggered too soon by unintentional noise (room noise, noise on the line, etc.). If recorded data has exceeded the maximum limit, a Full message appears and no further data can be recorded. Delete any unnecessary data and try again.

bpm... Tips 6, 43, 44, 78 - 81 Abbreviation for beats per minute. Obviously, a rhythm playing at 120 bpm would have two beats every second. The bpm value determines the speed of the rhythm the higher the bpm, the faster the rhythm. This is also called tempo. Bulk Send..Tip 99 Bulk Send is a MIDI function that allows you to transfer important data among various MIDI devices. With the use of a MIDI data ler (such as the Yamaha MDF3), Bulk Send allows you to save your original DJX-II Performance Recorder and Sampler data for future recall. This not only lets you keep an archive of those settings, it also frees up extra memory space on the DJX-II for additional recording and sampling. Bulk Send is also used with the Pattern Launcher software for transferring Pattern data from a Mac or Windows compatible computer to the DJX-II.
Live Effector.. Tips 13 - 23, 51 - 61 Effects are used to process the sound and change it in various ways. In modern recording studios, almost every recorded sound is processed in some way. On the DJX-II, the Live Effector section provides ten different, high-quality effects the same effects used by the pros in creating hot tracks. All of the DJX-II sounds the Pattern, Activator, and Sampler are processed by these effects. A toggle switch lets you turn the effect on and off in time with the rhythm, and special CONTROL and BALANCE knobs let you tweak the effects as the Pattern plays. Loop... Tips 8, 12, 74 A loop is a (usually) short audio passage or phrase that is repeated indenitely, or looped. Originally used with tape recorders (tape loops), loops have inltrated the world of sampling and music making in general. Sometimes loops are used to create sustained sound. More commonly (and especially on the DJX-II), loops are mainly for rhythmic phrases drum and percussion rhythms, arpeggiator phrases, etc. In sampling, Loop is the opposite of One Shot. The DJX-II Patterns are made up entirely of loops. The Activator and Sampler both have special Loop keys and pads that cycle indenitely, creating a continous rhythmic Pattern.
lter..Tips 36, 38, 69 Filters were originally used to process sound on analog synthesizers. The DJX-II uses the same basic lter setup to process the sound of the Parts. More than just process, the lter is capable of radically altering and completely changing the character of the sound! The lter is controlled by the CUTOFF and RESONANCE knobs in the Part Controller section.
Isolator...Tips 24, 62 The Isolator section provides three separate controls Low, Mid, and High for adjusting the tone or timbre of the sound. Like the Bass and Treble controls on a stereo

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Ain'tGoingOut(1) Ain'tGoingOut(2) Beat ClapYourHands Club ComOn DJ FeelTheBass(1) FeelTheBass(2) FeelTheBass(3) Huhh Kickin'It Massive MoveIt MyFlowIsTight(1) MyFlowIsTight(2) MyFlowIsTight(3) OK Peace PlayThatBeat(1) PlayThatBeat(2) PlayThatBeat(3) RespectIsDue(1) RespectIsDue(2) RespectIsDue(3) Scratchin' TheHouse Uuuuugh What'sGoingDown(1) What'sGoingDown(2) What'sGoingDown(3) Wow YeahWhat'sUp(1) YeahWhat'sUp(2) YeahWhat'sUp(3) YoBady(1) YoBady(2) IamYourDJ(robot)(1) IamYourDJ(robot)(2) IamYourDJ(robot)(3) RockTheHouse(robot)(1) RockTheHouse(robot)(2) RockTheHouse(robot)(3) FeelTheVibe(robot)(1) FeelTheVibe(robot)(2) FeelTheVibe(robot)(3) TheRealBass(robot)(1) TheRealBass(robot)(2) TheRealBass(robot)(3)
Scratch1-F Scratch1-R Scratch2-F Scratch2-R Scratch3-F Scratch3-R Scratch4-F Scratch4-R Scratch L SCR 1M SCR 2M SCR 3M SCR 4M SCR 6ML SCR 7ML TurnTable

MIDI Data Format MIDI

Many MIDI messages listed in the MIDI Data Format are expressed as decimal numbers, binary numbers or hexadecimal numbers. Hexadecimal numbers may include the letter H as a suffix. Also, n can freely be defined as any whole number. To enter data/values, refer to the table below.
Decimal Hexadecimal 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F Binary Decimal Hexadecimal 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F Binary Decimal Hexadecimal 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F Binary Decimal Hexadecimal 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F Binary 0111 1111
Other messages not listed above include: 144-159(decimal)/9nH/1111(binary) denotes the Note On Message for each channel (1-16). 176-191/BnH/1011 0000-denotes the Control Change Message for each channel (1-16). 192-207/CnH/1100 0000-denotes the Program Change Message for each channel (1-16). 240/FOH/denotes the start of a System Exclusive Message. 247/F7H/denotes the end of a System Exclusive Message. aaH (hexidecimal)/0aaaaaaa (binary) denotes the data address. The address contains High, Mid, and Low. bbH/0bbbbbbb denotes the byte count. ccH/0ccccccc denotes the check sum. ddH/0ddddddd denotes the data/value.
s Channel/Mode/Realtime Messages
o : available Status byte MIDI Events Status Key Off Key On Control Change 8nH 9nH BnH Data (n:channel no.) kk kk Mode Message BnH 127 Program Change CnH pp cc MIDI Clock Start Stop (00H) (20H) (01H) (06H) (26H) (07H) (0AH) (0BH) (40H) (47H) (48H) (49H) (4AH) (54H) (5BH) (5DH) (60H) (61H) (64H) (65H) (78H) (79H) (7BH) (7CH) (7DH) (7EH) (7FH) (HEX) Parameter Key no. (0 - 127) Key no. (0 - 127) Bank Select MSB Bank Select LSB Modulation Data Entry MSB Data Entry LSB Main Volume Panpot Expression Sustain (Damper) Harmonic Content Release Time Attack Time Brightness Portamento Control 0 - 127 (.7FH) 0 - 127 (.7FH) x 0 - 127 (.7FH) 0 - 127 (.7FH) 0 - 127 (.7FH) 0 - 127 (.7FH) 0 - 127 (.7FH) 0 - 127 (.7FH) 0 - 127 (.7FH) 0 - 127 (.7FH) 0 - 127 (.7FH) 0 - 127 (.7FH) x x x x x x x x x x x x o o o o o o o o o o o Data vv vv 0 (00H) 126, 127 (7FH) (HEX) Parameter Velocity (0 - 127) Key On :vv=1 - 127 Key Off :vv=0 Normal Drum kit Transmitted Recognized x x x x x o o o o o o 1st Data byte 2nd Data byte MIDI

Functions Pattern

Panel Operation Pattern Player Pattern Player 1 Pattern Player 2 Pattern Player 3 Pattern Player 4 Pattern Player 5 Pattern Player 6 Pattern Player 7 Pattern Player 8 Pattern Player 9 Pattern Player 10 PREV NEXT Pattern number selection
MIDI Data Format ** = Note On (7FH), Note Off (00H) Note (93H, 48H, **H) Note (93H, 49H, **H) Note (93H, 4AH, **H) Note (93H, 4BH, **H) Note (93H, 4CH, **H) Note (93H, 4DH, **H) Note (93H, 4EH, **H) Note (93H, 4FH, **H) Note (93H, 50H, **H) Note (93H, 51H, **H) Note (93H, 52H, **H) Note (93H, 53H, **H) Bank Select MSB (B3H, 00H, 00H) Bank Select LSB (B3H, 20H, 01H) Program Change (C3H, **H)
** = Pattern Number Preset: 00H - 45H User: 46H - 4AH
PART MIXER setting BASS+KICK PHRASE1+2+3 KICK+HI-HAT BASS KICK SNARE PHRASE1 HI-HAT PHRASE2 PERC PHRASE3 TOGGLE PART SELECTOR setting BASS+KICK PHRASE1+2+3 KICK+HI-HAT BASS KICK SNARE PHRASE1 HI-HAT PHRASE2 PERC PHRASE3 ACTIVATOR Part Controller Knobs CUTOFF knob RESONANCE knob VOLUME knob Ribbon Controller TYPE Select Switch SCRATCH1 SCRATCH2 PITCH BEND PITCH&BPM Ribbon Controller operation Overall pitch control (Pitch&BPM)
** = Note On (7FH), Note Off (00H) Note (93H, 3CH, **H) Note (93H, 3DH, **H) Note (93H, 3EH, **H) Note (93H, 3FH, **H) Note (93H, 40H, **H) Note (93H, 41H, **H) Note (93H, 42H, **H) Note (93H, 43H, **H) Note (93H, 44H, **H) Note (93H, 45H, **H) Note (93H, 46H, **H) Note (93H, 47H, **H) ** = Note On (7FH), Note Off (00H) Note (93H, 30H, **H) Note (93H, 31H, **H) Note (93H, 32H, **H) Note (93H, 33H, **H) Note (93H, 34H, **H) Note (93H, 35H, **H) Note (93H, 36H, **H) Note (93H, 37H, **H) Note (93H, 38H, **H) Note (93H, 39H, **H) Note (93H, 3AH, **H) Note (93H, 3BH, **H) Brightness (B3H, 4AH, **H) Harmonic Content (B3H, 47H, **H) Volume (B3H, 07H, **H) Bank Select MSB (B3H, 00H, 00H) Bank Select LSB (B3H, 20H, 03H) Program Change (C3H, 00H) Program Change (C3H, 01H) Program Change (C3H, 02H) Program Change (C3H, 03H) Breath Controller MSB (B3H, 02H, mmH) Breath Controller LSB (B3H, 22H, llH)

** = 00H - 7FH

mm, ll: 00H - 7FH

Functions Live Effector

Panel Operation ON/OFF switch Hold/On Hold/Off Effect Type selection DISTORTION AUTO PAN RING MOD FLANGER PHASER SLICER DELAY ECHO LO-FI WAH CONTROL knob BALANCE knob

MIDI Data Format

Soft Pedal (B3H, 43H, 7FH) Soft Pedal (B3H, 43H, 00H) Bank Select MSB (B3H, 00H, 00H) Bank Select LSB (B3H, 20H, 04H) Program Change (C3H, 00H) Program Change (C3H, 01H) Program Change (C3H, 02H) Program Change (C3H, 03H) Program Change (C3H, 04H) Program Change (C3H, 05H) Program Change (C3H, 06H) Program Change (C3H, 07H) Program Change (C3H, 08H) Program Change (C3H, 09H) Effect4 Depth (B3H, 5EH, **H) Effect5 Depth (B3H, 5FH, **H) ** = Note On (7FH), Note Off (00H) Note (93H, 24H, **H) Note (93H, 25H, **H) Note (93H, 26H, **H) Note (93H, 27H, **H) Note (93H, 28H, **H) Note (93H, 29H, **H) Note (93H, 2AH, **H) Note (93H, 2BH, **H) Note (93H, 2CH, **H) Note (93H, 2DH, **H) Note (93H, 2EH, **H) Note (93H, 2FH, **H) ** = Note On (7FH), Note Off (00H) Note (93H, 1EH, **H) Note (93H, 1FH, **H) Note (93H, 20H, **H) Note (93H, 21H, **H) Note (93H, 22H, **H) Note (93H, 23H, **H) Channel Pressure (D3H, 06H) General Purpose Controller Absolute tempo value MSB (B3H, 10H, **H) Absolute tempo value LSB (B3H, 30H, **H) Relative tempo value MSB (B3H, 11H, **H) Relative tempo value LSB (B3H, 31H, **H) Channel Pressure (D3H, 00H) Channel Pressure (D3H, 01H) Channel Pressure (D3H, 02H) Channel Pressure (D3H, 03H) Channel Pressure (D3H, 05H) ** : 00H - 7FH

MIC (SAMPLING/AUX IN) jack..11, 53 Mid (Isolator)..9, 26, 48 MIDI... 5, 9, 11, 68, 69, 70, 72, 78 MIDI Bulk Send...9, 71 MIDI Data Format..87 MIDI Implementation Chart...94
Echo... 25, 46 effects...5, 22, 43, 78 endings (outro)... 41, 63 Error Message List.. 76

NEXT....17, 41

One Shot...18, 54, 79
ll-in..15, 42, 62, 79 lter... 34, 51, 78 Flanger... 23, 44
Part...29, 79 Part Controller...9, 34, 51, 79 Part Mixer...10, 29, 49, 79 Part Selector..32, 79 Pattern...5, 10, 14, 79 Pattern Launcher..70, 71, 72, 79 Pattern List...80 Pattern Mode...10 Pattern Player...5, 14, 40 PATTERN STOP..9, 14, 18, 41, 59 PATTERN/ENTER..8, 10, 16, 27, 40, 52 Patterns, creating your own..72 Percussion...29, 72

Glossary... 78

High (Isolator)... 9, 26, 48 Hi-Hat...29, 32, 49, 72, 79 HOLD.... 22
Performance Recorder..5, 9, 13, 56, 66 Phaser... 24, 45 PHONES... 11, 61 Phrase... 29, 49 Pitch Bend... 52, 73 Pitch&bpm... 38 PREV/NEXT keys... 17
Recording... 53, 56, 71 Resonance...34, 35, 51, 78 Ribbon Controller..9, 38, 52, 79 Ring Modulation... 23, 44
sample...53, 54, 55, 65 Sample Pad... 9, 53 Sampler... 5, 53, 79 sampling...13, 53, 71, 78 SAMPLING/AUX IN... 11 SAMPLING/STOP... 9, 53 scratch... 38, 79 sequencer..68, 69, 70, 72 Slice... 24, 45 Snare..29, 32, 49, 72 Specications... 77 STANDBY/ON... 8, 12, 13 SYNC... 39, 65, 69
Toggle key... 49, 50, 68 transpose... 10, 36
Variation..14, 15, 19, 31, 40, 79 Voice..27, 28, 52, 79 Voice List.... 82 VOICE/KEYBOARD..8, 10, 27, 28 Volume...8, 13, 35, 68

Wah... 25, 46

FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.)
1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT!
This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. with FCC regulations does not guarantee that interference will not occur in all installations. If this product is found to be the source of interference, which can be determined by turning the unit OFF and ON, please try to eliminate the problem by using one of the following measures: Relocate either this product or the device that is being affected by the interference. Utilize power outlets that are on different branch (circuit breaker or fuse) circuits or install AC line lter/s. In the case of radio or TV interference, relocate/reorient the antenna. If the antenna lead-in is 300 ohm ribbon lead, change the lead-in to co-axial type cable. If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results, please contact the local retailer authorized to distribute this type of product. If you can not locate the appropriate retailer, please contact Yamaha Corporation of America, Electronic Service Division, 6600 Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park, CA90620 The above statements apply ONLY to those products distributed by Yamaha Corporation of America or its subsidiaries.

2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/or
another product use only high quality shielded cables. Cable/s supplied with this product MUST be used. Follow all installation instructions. Failure to follow instructions could void your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA.
3. NOTE: This product has been tested and found to comply with the
requirements listed in FCC Regulations, Part 15 for Class B digital devices. Compliance with these requirements provides a reasonable level of assurance that your use of this product in a residential environment will not result in harmful interference with other electronic devices. This equipment generates/uses radio frequencies and, if not installed and used according to the instructions found in the users manual, may cause interference harmful to the operation of other electronic devices. Compliance
* This applies only to products distributed by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA.

(class B)

OBSERVERA!
Apparaten kopplas inte ur vxelstrmskllan (ntet) s lnge som den ar ansluten till vgguttaget, ven om sjlva apparaten har stngts av. ADVARSEL: Netspendingen til dette apparat er IKKE afbrudt, slenge netledningen siddr i en stikkontakt, som er t endt ogs selvom der or slukket p apparatets afbryder. VAROITUS: Laitteen toisiopiiriin kytketty kyttkytkin ei irroita koko laitetta verkosta.

(standby)

Entsorgung leerer Batterien (nur innerhalb Deutschlands)
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(battery)

Limited Warranty
90 DAYS LABOR 1 YEAR PARTS
Yamaha Corporation of America, hereafter referred to as Yamaha, warrants to the original consumer of a product included in the categories listed below, that the product will be free of defects in materials and/or workmanship for the periods indicated. This warranty is applicable to all models included in the following series of products: