User manual YAMAHA DX21E2

[. . . ] This product may also use "household" type batteries. 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. 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. [. . . ] Then, go back to octave C3 and use buttons [14] and [7] to add a rapid-fire hi-hat pattern. Keep building your tracks part by part in this way until you've got just what you want. · MIDI keys Have you bought yourself a MIDI keyboard yet?One that's at least five octaves long, has touch sensitive keys, and features Pitch Bend and Modulation wheels?If you haven't, you're missing out on a very easy and powerful way to record!Just hook one up (see Tip 87) -- and lay down your best keyboard licks. Select a blank Pattern and set the Beat (below). Select a track with [SYNTH TRACK] and [RHYTHM TRACK], and press [KEYBOARD]. Press red Record button to enable recording, then press Start/Stop button to start, and play the keyboard. Beat Determines the number of steps for the Pattern. Hold down [SHIFT] and press [SWING], and use the DATA knob to change. Settings 16, 12, 8 steps 71 Chapter 14 Pattern Recording 60 Step Recording In Tip 59, you learned how to record a Pattern in real time, by playing the notes on the keyboard as the Pattern was looping. Now, you'll learn a completely different method -- Step recording. For example, the PORTAMENTO knob controls entry for Step 1, the HARMONIC knob for Step 2, and so on. Set the knobs (roughly) to the positions indicated above. In fact, you can set these any way you want. We just figured that twiddling them around 11:00 to 1:00 is easy to do. You won't wind up with an earthshakingly memorable melody, but it should at least give you a listenable set of pitches to work with. Notice that when you tweak a knob, the corresponding Step button flashes. 7 Now, let's work with Steps 9 - 16. Press button [9]. We just showed you the fast way to select Steps 9 - 16 for editing: 1) Edit Steps 1 - 8 first, then 2) Press button [9] to edit the same parameter for Steps 9 -16. An alternate way is to hold [SHIFT] and press [STEP 9-16], repeatedly if necessary (like you did in instruction Step 5 above). 73 Chapter 14 Pattern Recording Enter the notes for these Steps in the same way as you did with Steps 1 - 8 above, but use the setting guide below: Again, this is ONLY a guide -- make your own settings, if you want. 8 Finally, press the Start/Stop button -- and hear your new masterpiece. s Gate Time · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · In the next few steps, let's work with Gate Time and lengthen some of the notes. 9 Hold down [SHIFT] and press [STEP 1-8], until the GATE TIME indicator is lit. 10 Set the knobs as shown. Set knobs [1] and [5] to around 12:00. (The display value should be around 200. ) Set knobs [2], [3], [4], [6], [7], and [8] to around 9:00. [. . . ] 4, Jakarta 12930, Indonesia Tel: 21-520-2577 GREECE Philippe Nakas S. A. Navarinou Street 13, P. Code 10680, Athens, Greece Tel: 01-364-7111 CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA MEXICO Yamaha de Mexico S. A. De C. V. , Departamento de ventas Javier Rojo Gomez No. 1149, Col. Tel: 686-00-33 KOREA Cosmos Corporation 1461-9, Seocho Dong, Seocho Gu, Seoul, Korea Tel: 02-3486-0011 SWEDEN Yamaha Scandinavia AB J. [. . . ]