Yamaha DD-9 - Manual (Page 7)

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The DD-9 features a large variety of Auto
Rhythm Styles including variations of basic 8
and 16 beat patterns as well as more exotic
styles such as Son Afro and Calypso. You can
play along with any of the DD-9 Auto Rhythm
Styles. (See the front panel for the Style list.)
▼ To select and play back an Auto
Rhythm Style:
1. Press the STYLE button repeatedly or turn
the SELECTOR dial until the desired Auto
Rhythm Style number appears in the LED
display.
The Auto Rhythm Style numbers only cycle
forward when you press the STYLE button.
The SELECTOR dial turns either clockwise
or counterclockwise and the Auto Rhythm
Style numbers cycle up or down accordingly.
2. Press the START/STOP button.
The currently selected Auto Rhythm Style
plays back.
To stop playback, press the START/STOP
button again.
❏ You can select another Auto Rhythm Style or
enter the Tempo, Percussion Set or Sound Effect
Set mode while any Auto Rhythm Style is playing.
❏ Auto Rhythm Style “Dance 1” is automatically
selected and “00” appears in the LED
display when the power is turned on.
❏ Auto Rhythm Style “00” is selected and appears
automatically in the LED display when the
demonstration song is stopped.
The DD-9 contains a total of 55 high quality
voices that can be assigned to each of the four
percussion pads. The Custom Set pad assign-
ment allows any combinations of the 55 voices.
▼ To assign a voice to a percussion
pad:
1. Strike the percussion pad to which you want to
assign a voice.
2. Press and hold either the or PAD
ASSIGN button.
The currently assigned voice number is
shown in the LED display.
3. While holding either PAD ASSIGN button,
strike the same percussion pad repeatedly or
turn the SELECTOR dial until the desired
voice number appears in the LED display.
(See the supplied Voice List or page 33.)
Voice numbers cycle from 00 to 54 to 00
when striking the percussion pad.
The
PAD ASSIGN button decreases the
voice number and the PAD ASSIGN
button increases the voice number.
4. Release the or PAD ASSIGN button.
A new voice is now assigned to the desig-
nated percussion pad.
5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 for any or all of the other
DD-9 percussion pads to set the four percus-
sion pads to the desired voice(s).
❏ The DD-9 always returns to Custom Set P0 when
assigning voices to a percussion pad.
❏ All pad assignment changes are memorized in
Custom Set P0 until the power is turned off.
57-60 FUNK 61-65 SWING 66-67 JAZZ BALLAD 66-71 FUSION 72-73 BOSSA NOVA 74-76 SAMBA 77-79 SALSA 80-81 REGGAE 82 CALYPSO 83 MERENGUE
84 BEGUINE 85 RHUMBA 86 MAMBO 87 CHA-CHA 88 TANGO 89-90 AFRICAN 91 COUNTRY 92-93 MARCH 94-96 WALTZ 97-99 METRONOME
1 2
3
4
ASSIGN
OFF
ECHO FLAM ROLL
SE
SELECT PAD TAP
START
STYLE PERC.
SET TEMPO DEMO
START/
STOP AUTO
ROLL
STYLE LIST 00-06 DANCE 06-09 HOUSE 10-13 HIP HOP 14-16 RAP 17-19 DISCO 20-23 POP ROCK 24-26 HARD ROCK 27-28 HEAVY METAL 29-31 CONTEMPO. ROCK
32-35 8 BEAT 36-39 16 BEAT 40-43 ROCK SHUFFLE 44 PROGRE, ROCK 45 PUNK ROCK 46 TECHNO ROCK 47 LATIN ROCK 48-50 ROCK'N'ROLL 51-53 RHYTHM & BLUES 54-56 SOUL SELECTOR
VOLUME
SOUND EFFECT PADS
POWER
OFF ON
STYLE/PERC.SET/TEMPO
BEAT
PAD ASSIGN
Style Pad Assign
START/
STOP
OR
STYLE
OR