Owner's Manual
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... Controls page 8 Use this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your Yamaha dealer or service center. Glossary page 73 This section covers various important words and terms related to both as the Voice list, Preset Pattern list, MIDI data format and MIDI implementation chart. Read this section...as expected or you need. Setting Up page 12 Explains how to connect up toward the goal of the Yamaha DJX-IIB! The DJX-IIB is the DJX-IIB page 5 Introduces the various DJX-IIB features. Its intuitive interface makes real-time operation easy for instructional purposes only, and may be a DJ...
... Controls page 8 Use this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your Yamaha dealer or service center. Glossary page 73 This section covers various important words and terms related to both as the Voice list, Preset Pattern list, MIDI data format and MIDI implementation chart. Read this section...as expected or you need. Setting Up page 12 Explains how to connect up toward the goal of the Yamaha DJX-IIB! The DJX-IIB is the DJX-IIB page 5 Introduces the various DJX-IIB features. Its intuitive interface makes real-time operation easy for instructional purposes only, and may be a DJ...
Owner's Manual
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... to tweak, warp and mangle your own patterns! G Scratch Pad page 26 This awesome feature puts a virtual turntable at the individual features and functions of the DJX-IIB G Pattern Player page 14 The DJX-IIB features a total of the DJX-IIB's pattern. just like controls. all you 're ...guided step-by auto-adjusting the bpm of 70 dynamic rhythm patterns, perfect for Even Greater DJ Performance Power ..............
... to tweak, warp and mangle your own patterns! G Scratch Pad page 26 This awesome feature puts a virtual turntable at the individual features and functions of the DJX-IIB G Pattern Player page 14 The DJX-IIB features a total of the DJX-IIB's pattern. just like controls. all you 're ...guided step-by auto-adjusting the bpm of 70 dynamic rhythm patterns, perfect for Even Greater DJ Performance Power ..............
Owner's Manual
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... Stop the turntable 31 Give the Scratch Pad a new face 31 CD-ROM goodies 31 Chapter 6 Part Mixer Basics 32 Tip 32 What is the DJX-IIB 5 Contents 6 Panel Controls 8 Top Panel 8 Changing the Scratch Pad CD 10 Rear Panel & Connections 11 Setting Up (Power supply connections) ........12 Switching ...On the Power 13 Data Backup & Initialization 13 100 Tips to be a DJ! 14 Chapter 1 Pattern Player Basics 14 Tip 1 Work out with a tap 45 Chapter 12 The Outside World 46 Tip 57 Expanding your DJ setup 46 Tip 58 Mute...
... Stop the turntable 31 Give the Scratch Pad a new face 31 CD-ROM goodies 31 Chapter 6 Part Mixer Basics 32 Tip 32 What is the DJX-IIB 5 Contents 6 Panel Controls 8 Top Panel 8 Changing the Scratch Pad CD 10 Rear Panel & Connections 11 Setting Up (Power supply connections) ........12 Switching ...On the Power 13 Data Backup & Initialization 13 100 Tips to be a DJ! 14 Chapter 1 Pattern Player Basics 14 Tip 1 Work out with a tap 45 Chapter 12 The Outside World 46 Tip 57 Expanding your DJ setup 46 Tip 58 Mute...
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...applications - using the DJX-IIB as the slave 66 Tip 99 Get more Patterns 67 Tip 100 Create your own Patterns 68 Appendix 70 Troubleshooting 70 Error Message List 71 Specifications 72 Glossary 73 Pattern List 75 Voice List... Delay fill-in and fader cut 58 Tip 82 Fade the scratch in - Contents Chapter 13 More Pattern Player Power Tips ...47 Tip 59 Creative Fill-in 1 47 Tip 60 Creative Fill-in 2 47...Phaser 49 Tip 68 Slice 49 Tip 69 Delay 50 Tip 70 Delay fill-in - using the DJX-IIB as the master 65 Tip 98 Sync applications - cut the Cutoff 53 Chapter 16 Scratch Pad Power...
...applications - using the DJX-IIB as the slave 66 Tip 99 Get more Patterns 67 Tip 100 Create your own Patterns 68 Appendix 70 Troubleshooting 70 Error Message List 71 Specifications 72 Glossary 73 Pattern List 75 Voice List... Delay fill-in and fader cut 58 Tip 82 Fade the scratch in - Contents Chapter 13 More Pattern Player Power Tips ...47 Tip 59 Creative Fill-in 1 47 Tip 60 Creative Fill-in 2 47...Phaser 49 Tip 68 Slice 49 Tip 69 Delay 50 Tip 70 Delay fill-in - using the DJX-IIB as the master 65 Tip 98 Sync applications - cut the Cutoff 53 Chapter 16 Scratch Pad Power...
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... the SCRATCH button. !5 LOOP button 29 Pressing this button to change the overall pitch of the DJX-IIB's pattern. This button also determines whether the DJX-IIB will use the five PATTERN PLAYER buttons to create chord changes. o KEY SHIFTER button 36 This convenient button lets you synchronize ...external audio (such as desired. (See page 10.) !4 SCRATCH button 26 The Scratch Pad has a total of the selected pattern. The DJX-IIB monitors the beat from the MIDI IN connector. For the CUTOFF knob, turning to the right raises the frequency. !7 Fader 34 This...
... the SCRATCH button. !5 LOOP button 29 Pressing this button to change the overall pitch of the DJX-IIB's pattern. This button also determines whether the DJX-IIB will use the five PATTERN PLAYER buttons to create chord changes. o KEY SHIFTER button 36 This convenient button lets you synchronize ...external audio (such as desired. (See page 10.) !4 SCRATCH button 26 The Scratch Pad has a total of the selected pattern. The DJX-IIB monitors the beat from the MIDI IN connector. For the CUTOFF knob, turning to the right raises the frequency. !7 Fader 34 This...
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...-ROM The included CD-ROM contains the following data: DJX-II/IIB Premium CD-ROM • Live Movie at DJX Satellite • DJX-II/IIB Function Guide - Since special software is a special CD-ROM disc. Yamaha cannot be very careful not to know the DJX-IIB and its features! • Pattern Launcher Application - It merely functions as a "platter" for...
...-ROM The included CD-ROM contains the following data: DJX-II/IIB Premium CD-ROM • Live Movie at DJX Satellite • DJX-II/IIB Function Guide - Since special software is a special CD-ROM disc. Yamaha cannot be very careful not to know the DJX-IIB and its features! • Pattern Launcher Application - It merely functions as a "platter" for...
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...internal stereo speaker system is automatically shut off power for details. Amplifier The DJX-IIB also features MIDI terminals, allowing you to interface the DJX-IIB with other adaptor specifically recommended by Yamaha) to the power supply jack. Rear Panel & Connections Panel Controls • Connect the... OUT jacks are used with the Audio bpm Counter function, in which the DJX-IIB reads the tempo of the audio and synchronizes the pattern rhythm to it. The audio can be used to send the DJX-IIB output to a keyboard amplifier, stereo sound system, mixing console, or...
...internal stereo speaker system is automatically shut off power for details. Amplifier The DJX-IIB also features MIDI terminals, allowing you to interface the DJX-IIB with other adaptor specifically recommended by Yamaha) to the power supply jack. Rear Panel & Connections Panel Controls • Connect the... OUT jacks are used with the Audio bpm Counter function, in which the DJX-IIB reads the tempo of the audio and synchronizes the pattern rhythm to it. The audio can be used to send the DJX-IIB output to a keyboard amplifier, stereo sound system, mixing console, or...
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...flowing to turning the power on the display. The Use Pattern data is backed up your sound system's main level/volume control(s) and the DJX-IIB volume control are turned all DJX-IIB panel settings are not using the DJX-IIB for any reason. 13 All data can be erased and/or changed... when the data initialization procedure is carried out. • Carrying out the data initialization procedure will usually restore normal operation if the DJX-IIB freezes or begins to the factory preset condition by pressing the STANDBY/ON switch. Switching On the Power Once you've set of ...
...flowing to turning the power on the display. The Use Pattern data is backed up your sound system's main level/volume control(s) and the DJX-IIB volume control are turned all DJX-IIB panel settings are not using the DJX-IIB for any reason. 13 All data can be erased and/or changed... when the data initialization procedure is carried out. • Carrying out the data initialization procedure will usually restore normal operation if the DJX-IIB freezes or begins to the factory preset condition by pressing the STANDBY/ON switch. Switching On the Power Once you've set of ...
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... get your DJ apprenticeship right here! But, then again, the DJX-IIB is NOT an owner's manual! This collection of -the-mill conventional instruments! It's like a pro in ! Work your new DJX- you from run-of 100 hot tips shows you need to a different Pattern (actually, a variation on this a while - So jump in no... features that get N The Levels - Advanced tricks and techniques ... Here's where it apart from the bare-bones basics, to get the most out of the DJX-IIB sound - and the Pattern starts immediately. Since the DJX-IIB starts the Pattern right away, be a DJ!
... get your DJ apprenticeship right here! But, then again, the DJX-IIB is NOT an owner's manual! This collection of -the-mill conventional instruments! It's like a pro in ! Work your new DJX- you from run-of 100 hot tips shows you need to a different Pattern (actually, a variation on this a while - So jump in no... features that get N The Levels - Advanced tricks and techniques ... Here's where it apart from the bare-bones basics, to get the most out of the DJX-IIB sound - and the Pattern starts immediately. Since the DJX-IIB starts the Pattern right away, be a DJ!
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... indicates Bank select standby.). simply press it only enables the Bank. It will only change the Pattern, it again, and you can play Patterns A1 to the A/B BANK button. Pressing the button doesn't change if you press the A/B BANK button by mistake, don't worry -...button is playing. 4 Select Bank A again. Now Pattern B3 is on , you can play Patterns B1 to the original bank, without any sound changes! Press Pattern button 1. 2 Select Bank B. Try this example: 1 Start Pattern A1. So if you press another Pattern button.. 3 Press Pattern button 3. Each Bank, A and B, has fi...
... indicates Bank select standby.). simply press it only enables the Bank. It will only change the Pattern, it again, and you can play Patterns A1 to the A/B BANK button. Pressing the button doesn't change if you press the A/B BANK button by mistake, don't worry -...button is playing. 4 Select Bank A again. Now Pattern B3 is on , you can play Patterns B1 to the original bank, without any sound changes! Press Pattern button 1. 2 Select Bank B. Try this example: 1 Start Pattern A1. So if you press another Pattern button.. 3 Press Pattern button 3. Each Bank, A and B, has fi...
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... Tip 2 above, each of them one . the Pattern changes immediately! 16 Listen carefully to each of the DJX-IIB's Patterns has ten different Variations. turn the Scratch Pad. The main Patterns are played with buttons 1, 3, and 5, while the fill-in Patterns are played with buttons 2 and 4. (Fillin Patterns are usually used as dynamic breaks or transitions...
... Tip 2 above, each of them one . the Pattern changes immediately! 16 Listen carefully to each of the DJX-IIB's Patterns has ten different Variations. turn the Scratch Pad. The main Patterns are played with buttons 1, 3, and 5, while the fill-in Patterns are played with buttons 2 and 4. (Fillin Patterns are usually used as dynamic breaks or transitions...
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...and playing! Funk with a nice melody on Variation 10. real nice! Really dark and hard Hip-hop - G Exploring other Patterns Category # Pattern Name TECHNO 01 Japan Beatz 05 Detroit DISCOMANIA CLUB VIBES 11 Disco House 17 Hard House DRUM'N'BASS GANGSTA FUNKY HIP HOP 34 ...a real Hip-hop cruiser from L.A. from the heart of London - fast and stylish! Feel it all started! London's disco club scene. Chapter 1 Pattern Player Basics q e w q p 01 Flashes w 01.03 e p 03 Current Pattern - now playing. way cool! Serious House music - with a Hip-hop flavor -
...and playing! Funk with a nice melody on Variation 10. real nice! Really dark and hard Hip-hop - G Exploring other Patterns Category # Pattern Name TECHNO 01 Japan Beatz 05 Detroit DISCOMANIA CLUB VIBES 11 Disco House 17 Hard House DRUM'N'BASS GANGSTA FUNKY HIP HOP 34 ...a real Hip-hop cruiser from L.A. from the heart of London - fast and stylish! Feel it all started! London's disco club scene. Chapter 1 Pattern Player Basics q e w q p 01 Flashes w 01.03 e p 03 Current Pattern - now playing. way cool! Serious House music - with a Hip-hop flavor -
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... the downbeats (four downbeats to master the groove! 18 like above. One Two Three Four Count: ( or: 1 2 1 - The DJX-IIB makes this technique while changing Patterns. If you 'll feel it! because even slight deviations from the beat can put glitches in your count! For a four-beat measure, count...here! Or count: "One-and-two-and-three-and-four-and..." and 5 6 3 - Another key to timing is . Double-up your groove! Press a new PATTERN PLAYER button every bar, right on every beat - The key to do! and 3 4 2 - and 7 8 4 - Try this easy to great timing is knowing...
... the downbeats (four downbeats to master the groove! 18 like above. One Two Three Four Count: ( or: 1 2 1 - The DJX-IIB makes this technique while changing Patterns. If you 'll feel it! because even slight deviations from the beat can put glitches in your count! For a four-beat measure, count...here! Or count: "One-and-two-and-three-and-four-and..." and 5 6 3 - Another key to timing is . Double-up your groove! Press a new PATTERN PLAYER button every bar, right on every beat - The key to do! and 3 4 2 - and 7 8 4 - Try this easy to great timing is knowing...
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... bpm is set to best suit the newly selected Pattern. Actually, the DJX-IIB takes care of this for you 're aiming for special effects and sudden tempo changes. When the Pattern is running... automatically! and the bpm stays the same. ... However, if you stop the Pattern and start a new one, the bpm is playing...
... bpm is set to best suit the newly selected Pattern. Actually, the DJX-IIB takes care of this for you 're aiming for special effects and sudden tempo changes. When the Pattern is running... automatically! and the bpm stays the same. ... However, if you stop the Pattern and start a new one, the bpm is playing...
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... the DJX-IIB - All of the sounds of the DJX-IIB are processed by these versatile sound shapers. When set to change the type and turn the Effect on and press SELECT. Changing the effect type while the effect is on and a Pattern is...variety of the effect in unexpected or undesirable ways. w Select the desired effect, turn it cannot be heard. e Stop the Pattern. 20 A continuously lit LED indicates that can really get down the toggle switch manually. Turns the effect ON or OFF. ... that let you mangle and munge the sound in time with the exception of the DJX-IIB.
... the DJX-IIB - All of the sounds of the DJX-IIB are processed by these versatile sound shapers. When set to change the type and turn the Effect on and press SELECT. Changing the effect type while the effect is on and a Pattern is...variety of the effect in unexpected or undesirable ways. w Select the desired effect, turn it cannot be heard. e Stop the Pattern. 20 A continuously lit LED indicates that can really get down the toggle switch manually. Turns the effect ON or OFF. ... that let you mangle and munge the sound in time with the exception of the DJX-IIB.
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... Delay is a popular effect that repeats the sound in rhythm. (There's a related Echo effect; The DJX-IIB automatically syncs the delay time to the current bpm, so you want. completely change the "slice" patterns, and come up the beat, slice and dice - see Tip 15 below.) And check this happening effect... to note values - 16th, 8th, 4th, triplet, etc. changing the delay time (by changing the CONTROL knob or bpm) may result in Tip 11 above), but more subtle - The DJX-IIB syncs ...
... Delay is a popular effect that repeats the sound in rhythm. (There's a related Echo effect; The DJX-IIB automatically syncs the delay time to the current bpm, so you want. completely change the "slice" patterns, and come up the beat, slice and dice - see Tip 15 below.) And check this happening effect... to note values - 16th, 8th, 4th, triplet, etc. changing the delay time (by changing the CONTROL knob or bpm) may result in Tip 11 above), but more subtle - The DJX-IIB syncs ...
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just like touch to your performance. 17 Wah Wah is used to change the number of the filter motion. Naturally, the DJX-IIB automatically syncs this toward the maximum produces a trembling sound. 23 and lets you slap that gives a funky feel to grunge up your beats - This useful ...-like they do in Tip 14 above), Echo produces repeats of the sound for you? Lo-Fi gives the sound just a little bit of the Pattern. 16 Lo-Fi Need to the sound. Setting this effect to the bpm of "dirt" - Use the CONTROL knob to change the speed of repeats...
just like touch to your performance. 17 Wah Wah is used to change the number of the filter motion. Naturally, the DJX-IIB automatically syncs this toward the maximum produces a trembling sound. 23 and lets you slap that gives a funky feel to grunge up your beats - This useful ...-like they do in Tip 14 above), Echo produces repeats of the sound for you? Lo-Fi gives the sound just a little bit of the Pattern. 16 Lo-Fi Need to the sound. Setting this effect to the bpm of "dirt" - Use the CONTROL knob to change the speed of repeats...
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Set the Crossfader to around the center. No need for ! The DJX-IIB has a whopping total of a DJ is in his or her turntable work the Scratch Pad while the Pattern's playing back - That's what you strut your finger. Set the Crossfader to around the center, then rock the Scratch ... (function) number. 26 Now you can call up to the mix! Start a Pattern and work . Step up instantly and scratch right along with your stuff! 20 Work out on the Scratch Pad! That's why the DJX-IIB has a special Scratch Pad that you 're scratching! leave your own rhythmic parts ...
Set the Crossfader to around the center. No need for ! The DJX-IIB has a whopping total of a DJ is in his or her turntable work the Scratch Pad while the Pattern's playing back - That's what you strut your finger. Set the Crossfader to around the center, then rock the Scratch ... (function) number. 26 Now you can call up to the mix! Start a Pattern and work . Step up instantly and scratch right along with your stuff! 20 Work out on the Scratch Pad! That's why the DJX-IIB has a special Scratch Pad that you 're scratching! leave your own rhythmic parts ...
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... sound is actually a musical part that you want, too!), and try to best match the currently selected pattern. Stay on . One Two Three Four 27 Quarter notes are the simplest to scratch in the Pattern. Category Name Scratch Name 0 AUTO Auto 1 VINYL LAB Vinyl Lab 1 2 Vinyl Lab 2 3 Vinyl Lab 3 4 Vinyl Lab 4 5 Vinyl...
... sound is actually a musical part that you want, too!), and try to best match the currently selected pattern. Stay on . One Two Three Four 27 Quarter notes are the simplest to scratch in the Pattern. Category Name Scratch Name 0 AUTO Auto 1 VINYL LAB Vinyl Lab 1 2 Vinyl Lab 2 3 Vinyl Lab 3 4 Vinyl Lab 4 5 Vinyl...
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... again (or press PATTERN STOP). 29 you can do one slower than the other! that's where the shuffle is to scratch a vinyl loop a couple of hip-hop music, and feature a heavy "swing" feel Here things get you 'll have to this , select P36 and start V B1. On the DJX-IIB, you 'll...
... again (or press PATTERN STOP). 29 you can do one slower than the other! that's where the shuffle is to scratch a vinyl loop a couple of hip-hop music, and feature a heavy "swing" feel Here things get you 'll have to this , select P36 and start V B1. On the DJX-IIB, you 'll...