Congratulations! on your purchase of a Yamaha DD-14 Digital Percussion unit. The DD-14 Is a portable electronic percussion unit packed with features that make it fun and exciting to play, whether you use # as a practice drum set or an instrument in its awn right.
Taking Care of Your DD-14 Your DD-14 Digital Percussion unit will give you years of playing pleasure if you folio the simple rules below. 1. Avoid placing the DD-14 in areas that are subject to excessive heat or humidity. Do not leave the instrument near heaters or in a car exposed to direct sunlight, for example. 2. Avoid locations whets the instrument is likely to be exposed to excessive dust or moisture. 3. Make any connections between the DD-14 and other devices with both paces of equipment turned off.
1.
Rear Panel & FOOT PEDAL Jack @ MIDI OUT terminal @ MIDI IN terminal & HEADPHONES/AUX. OUT jack jack (1012 volts) Using Headphones or an External Sound System You can plug a standard pair of stereo headphones into the HEADPHONES/AUX. OUT jack @3 for privates practice or late-night playing. The DD-14's butt-in speakers will turn off automatically when you plug in your headphones, You can also use tha HEADPHONES/AUX.
2. The Demonstration Songs The DD-14 is programmed with two demonstration songs that lot you hear many of its features in action. Folio the steps below to play the dame songs. 1. Lids the POWER switch (® to the ON position OFF ON anal 90006560, POWER 2. Set the VOLUME control @ to a position about half way between the MIN and MAX settings. You can make further volume adjustments after you start the demonstration. MIN || | | MAX CEDE! ) VOLUME 3. Press the DEMO button @ to start the demonstration.
3. Manual Percussion You can start playing the DD-14 as soon as you turn the POWER switch () ON and raise the VOLUME control B fo an appropriate level. Play the percussion pads () with the supplied percussion sticks or your hands, The scraper & is played by running the tip of a percussion stick or a finger back and forth merinos its length, Finally, play the foot pedal by tapping on it with the toes of your foot.
3.2 Percussion Set Selection The DD-14 has thirty different percussion sis that you can select to match your musical requirements. Each set assigns different instruments {or melody percussion rioted) to the DD-14's percussion pads (B) and foot pedal. The pad and pedal assignments for each percussion set are listed below. (The names of these sets are also listed in the PERCUSSION SET LIST (3) in the upper right panel of the control panel.
. Check to make sirs that the indicator above the STYLE/PERCUSSION SET button @ is not fit, press the STYLE/PERCUSSION SET button. The indicator wiki go out, and the number of the current percussion set will appear in the display @. o STYLE O Uy SET THEATER Note: Percussion set 00 (BASIC) is automatically selected gate time you turn the POWER switch @ on. 2. Use the number buttons @ 1o enter the number of the desired percussion set (00 through 29). Always enter two digits 10 select a percussion set.
2. Select one of the percussion pads & to which you will It you wish, you can simply enter the number of an assign the new instrument. Tap the pad once. instrument instead of tapping the pad repeatedly. To do so, press and hood either of the PAD/PEDAL ASSIGN buttons, tap the pad you've selected once, thin enter tha number of the desired instrument using the number buttons @, (Be sure to enter wo digits.) 3. Press one aof the PAD/PEDAL ASSIGN bunions @.
3.4 The Auto Roll Function The DD-14 features a hardy Auto Roll function which helps you dress up your performances with smooth echoes, flans, and roofs. Since the length and speed of each of these effects varies automatically to match the temps, alf you have to do is hit the first note with the right timing and the DD-14 will do the rest. Even novice percussionists can get slick, professional-sounding results every time. 1. Press the AUTO ROLL button @ cone.
4. Auto Accompaniment 10 The DD-14 is capable of accompanying you with 100 automatic rhythm styles covering an extremely wide range of musical genres. These styles are listed in the STYLE LIST (O which is divided bat wean the right and let sides of the control pans. You can select ard play back any of the styles, then play along with them using the manual percussion techniques described in the preceding chapter. Try pressing the START/STOP button 8.
The range of available tempos runs from 40 1o 280 beats per minute. You can change the current temps setting within this range at any time, even whine the Auto Accompaniment is playing, using the TEMP buttons @. Press the TEMPO B> button to increase the tempo, or the TEMPO «{ button to decrease the tempo. When you press one of the TEMP buttons, the tens and songs digits of the cement tempo will appear in the display (. These digits will retainer there for about a second after you release the TEMP button.
12 Stopping with Style We described at the beginning of this chapter how you can stop the Auto Accompaniment instantly by passing the START/STOP button (8. If you wish, you can stop it with a tittle more class by pressing the INTRO/ENDING button 3@, instead. INTRO/ ENDING If you press this button at the start or in the middies of & measure, the ending pattern will begin playing immediately.
4. Press the START/STOP button @ when you're ready to begin recording. The lat dot in the display (D will flash to indicate that the DD-14 is now recording. START/ STOP You can press the INTRO/ENDING button @ at this point if you want to begin the song with an intro pattern, {f you play a chord while the intro pattern is playing, the intro pattern will be backed by the Auto Bass Chord action during playback.) Otherwise, begin paying chords using the method described at the end of this section.
14 2. Start receding. You can press the INTRO/ENDING bunion by a chord, if you so begin the song with an intro pattern. Otherwise, begin playing chords using the method described at the end of this section. As you proceed with the recording, the numbers in the display will change constantly to indicate the measure and beat you are going to record next. The left digit is the ones digit of the measure, while the right digit shows the beat. PERISTYLE SETS CA.
6. MIDI MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, & worldwide standard that allows digital musical instruments and other equipment to communicate musical information and control one another. This standard makes it possible to create systems of MIDI instruments and equipment that offer {ar greater versatility than is passable with isolated instruments.
Playing a Keyboard or Tone Generator From the DD-14 When you connect the DD-14 MIDI OUT terminal to the MIDI IN terminal of a MIDI keyboard or tone generator, the keyboard or tone generator will respond to the notes played on the DD-14.
YAMAHA [ Digital Percussion ] Date : 12718 1982 Model DD-14 MIDI Implementation Chart Version Transmitted : Recognized : Remarks : 1 Function Basic Default Y 118 ! ! | Channel Changed p 1-18 | 1-18 fom from Default :Mode Messages Alders PR kt kindred Note Vo7 104 | 24-108 | See page 15 | | Number True voice | 24-108 metadata | Velocity Note an : O 9nH, | O : i | Note off i X 9nH, b i | Otter Key's Touch Ch's Pitch Bender from e —— Fromm— Control 1 Change Program |Change True # Pavswninsnnsnss | 1 i e | Syst
18 Troubleshooting In many cases, problems that appear 1o be malfunctions can ba traced to simple causes. Please sack the following fist of symptoms, causes, and remedies before deciding that your DD-14 is broken. A buzz or click occurs momentarily when the DD-14 Is muted ON or OFF. This is & result of the transient power surge that occurs when the POWER switch (® is operated, and is normal. The sounds produced by some instruments {such as 85 VIBRAPHONE) are accompanied by a small amount of noise.
Specifications -~ Max. Simultaneous Notes 28 [instrument Voices 75 percussion (incl. 10 pitched) + 9 scraper Percussion Sets 25 preset {incl.
FCC INFORMATION IMPORTANT NOTICE : DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIS This product, wham installed as indicated in the Instructions contained in this manual, nests FCC requirements. Mastication not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by tha FCG, to use the product. IMPORTANT : When connecting this product to accessories and/ or another product use ably high quality shielded cables. Cable/s supplied with this product MUST be used.
D14 Instruments 00 Bass Drum { 49 | Cross Sticks Bass Drums Gl ! Bass Drum 2 Percussion 47 | Guido (Short) 02 Ambassadress 42 | Guido {Long) 03 | Bass Drum 4 43 | Bell Tree 04 | Rare 1 44 | "Ore" 05 [Rare 2 % Two’ Snare Drums 06 | Snare 3 48 "Thrash” 07 | Snare 4 47 | “Four” 08 | Snare & 45 | Dog 09 | Rim Shot 49 | Cat 10 | Tommie 50 | Lion 11 | Tom Mid.