Yamaha DTXPRESS IV, Owner'S Manual

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3 Playing Along With the Click
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DTXPRESS
IV
Owner’s Manual
Tap Tempo Function
With the Tap Tempo Function, you can set the song or
click’s tempo by manually tapping in the tempo on a pad.
This lets you set the tempo to one that is most comfortable
for you.
The [
< <
< <
]/[
> >
> >
] buttons can also be used to set the tempo
instead of tapping on a pad.
Operation
1. Press the [SHIFT] + [ ON/OFF] button.
The Tap Tempo Setting display shown below will
appear.
* The Tap Tempo function can even be used during song
playback or while the click is sounding.
2. Tap on the pad at the tempo in which you want to play
the song. (Or use the [
<
]/[
>
] buttons.) Tap on the pad
steadily and repeatedly—as many times as there are
circles (
≠ªªªª ) in the display. Every time you tap a
circle disappears, and the resulting tempo value is set
and shown in the LED display.
* Any pad will do.
* The jog dial can also be used to change the tempo value.
3. Press the [ ON/OFF] button to hear your newly set
tempo.
4. Press the [DRUM KIT], [CLICK], or [SONG
>
/
■
] but-
ton to exit from the Tap Tempo page. In the Click Set-
ting page and Song Select page, the tempo is set to
the newly selected tempo. If the song or click is play-
ing, the tempo will immediately change to the new
tempo.
TAP ~ TEMPO
¤=123 ~ ≠ªªªª
LED Display Setting
Generally, the tempo is shown in the LED display. You can
change the value to be displayed to one of the following
three types.
tempo ..... Shows the current tempo.
mode ........ • When pressing the [DRUM KIT] button:
Drum kit Number
• When pressing the [SHIFT] + [DRUM KIT]
buttons: Trigger Setup Number
• When pressing the [SONG] button: Song
Number
• When pressing the [CLICK] button: Click
Set Number
• When pressing the [SHIFT] + [SAVE/
ENTER] buttons: Shows nothing.
• Others: Shows the current tempo.
timer ......Shows the current click timer (p. 18).
Operation
1. First, press the [SHIFT] + [SAVE/ENTER] buttons to
call up the Utility pages.
2. Next, press the [
>
] button four times to call up the fol-
lowing page.
3. Rotate the jog dial to select the type you want to dis-
play.
UTIL1 ~ Hi-hat
HHofs= ~~ 0 ~ T= ~~ 5‚
UTIL4 ~ LED
” ~ Disp=tempo ~~~ ‚
Even though a parameter value other than “ tempo ”
is shown in the LED display, when tempo is
changed by one of the operations below, the new
tempo briefly appears in the LED after the change is
made.
• When the tempo is changed by holding the
[SHIFT] button and rotating the jog dial.
• When operating a pad controller (p. 17) whose
function is set to “ tempo .”
• When hitting a specific pad whose pad function
(p. 23) is set to “ inc tempo ” or “ dec tempo .”