User Manual

Producing Sounds with the Pads
Quick Guide
Owner’s Manual 17
You can also adjust the sensitivity of the pads to allow them to be
played by hand (see page 19).
•Drum and other individual instrument sounds known collectively as preset
voices and rhythmic or musical phrases known as patterns can be
assigned to each of the pads. Whenever you strike a pad to which a pat-
tern has been assigned, the pattern will either be played through just once
(one-shot) or repeated (loop), and the corresponding lamp within the Pad
Indicator will light up. If a pad playing a looped pattern is struck again, the
pattern will stop playing and the lamp will go out.
• If looping patterns are assigned to multiple pads and you loose track of
which ones are actually being played, you can silence all sound output by
holding down the [SHIFT] button and pressing the [EXIT] button.
• If a pad is struck too lightly or very close to an edge or corner, the corre-
sponding lamp in the Pad Indicator may not turn on.
■ Muting
Muting is the action of placing a hand on a struck percussion
instrument in order to silence it, and the DTX-MULTI 12 pads
support this playing technique. In addition, when multiple
sounds have been assigned to a pad, you can use also muting to
switch between these sounds for more expressive performances.
•For details on how to switch sounds by muting, see page 51.
Selecting a Preset Kit
The term “kit” is used to refer to a collection of sounds (i.e., pre-
set voices, waves, and patterns) produced when you strike each
of the pads, and the DTX-MULTI 12 comes complete with an
impressive range of specially-prepared preset kits. Using the pro-
cedure outlined below, select various kits and enjoy some of the
stunning sounds that your instrument can produce.
• The screen displays shown in this Owner’s Manual are for instructional
purposes only, and they may appear somewhat different from those on
your DTX-MULTI 12.
1
Press the [KIT] button to open the Select
Kit page.
The [KIT] button will light up.
2
Use the [-/DEC] and [+/INC] buttons to
select a new drum kit.
Try playing the each of the pads from various differ-
ent types of kit.
•A number of the Preset kits have been specially setup for
playing by hand. When you select one of them, a hand icon
will be displayed on-screen as shown below.
• Kits having a number preceded by the letter “U” are User kits
(i.e., user-defined kits). With these kits, you can create and
save your own collections of preset voices, patterns, and
waves.
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE
KIT1
P001:PercsMaster
NOTE
KIT1≥≥≥≥≥≥≥ˇÁ
P001:PercsMaster
● Kit suitable for playing by hand
KIT1
U001:User≥Kit
● User-defined kit
Starts with “U”