Yamaha DD-75- Manuals

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 5 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING Please keep this manual in a safe and handy place for future reference. For AC adaptor WARNING • This AC adaptor is designed for use with only Yamaha electronic instruments. Do not use for any other purpose. • Indoor use only...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 6 CAUTION Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you or others, or damage to the instrument or other property. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following: • Do not connect the instrument to an electri...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 7 Thank you for purchasing this Yamaha Digital Percussion!We recommend that you read this manual carefully so that you can fully take advantage of the advanced and convenient functions of the instrument. We also recommend that you keep this manual in a safe and handy place for f...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 8 Main Features  Designed for comfortable playing Each of the drum pads are angled and positioned on the panel for optimum playability and comfort. The pads and pedal 1 can be adjusted independently over four levels, allowing for expressive drumming—not only with the supplied s...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 9 Contents PRECAUTIONS .............................................. 5 NOTICE .......................................................... 6 Information ...................................................... 6 About the Manuals .......................................... 7 Include...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 10 Panel Controls q MASTER VOLUME control............................. 14 w Dial .................................................................. 13 e KIT ASSIGN button......................................... 20 r SENSITIVITY button ....................................... 22 ...

Panel Controls DD-75 Owner’s Manual 11 @0 DC IN 12V (AC Adaptor) jack ......................... 12 @1 AUX IN jack ..................................................... 39 @2 PHONES/OUTPUT jack .................................. 14 @3 PEDAL 2 • HI-HAT jack................................... 13 @4 PED...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 12 Setting Up Be sure to do the following operations BEFORE turning on the power. Power Requirements Although the instrument will run either from an AC adaptor or batteries, Yamaha recommends use of an AC adaptor whenever possible. An AC adaptor is more environmen- tally friendl...

Setting Up DD-75 Owner’s Manual 13 Connecting Pedals 1 and 2 Connect the supplied Pedal 1 to the [PEDAL 1 (KICK)] jack and Pedal 2 to the [PEDAL 2 (HI-HAT)] jack. Turning the Power On/Off 1 Turn down the [MASTER VOLUME] dial to “MIN.” 2 Press the [ ] (Standby/On) switch to turn the power on. The dis...

Setting Up DD-75 Owner’s Manual 14 Adjusting the Master Volume To adjust the volume of the entire pad/pedal sound, use the [MASTER VOLUME] dial while striking the pads or pressing the pedals. Setting the Auto Power Off function To prevent unnecessary power consumption, this instru-ment features an A...

Setting Up DD-75 Owner’s Manual 15 Using a Snare Drum Stand This instrument can be installed on a snare drum stand (sold separately) for convenience and ease in playing. Snare drum stand (sold separately): SS662, SS740A  Setting Up • Open the legs wide enough so that the snare drum stand is stable,...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 16 Playing the Demo Song This instrument features several demonstration songs (“001”–“005”), specially created to show you the dynamic possibilities of the instrument. 1 Start the Demo Song. 2 Select a Demo Song Number. 3 Stop the Demo Song. Press the [DEMO] button and the demo ...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 17 Play the Pads/Pedals Strike the pad with the supplied drum sticks or your hands to play the drum voices.When playing the pads with your hands, turn the Hand Percussion feature on by press-ing the [HAND PERC.] button (the lamp lights).The sound volume of the pads responds to y...

Play the Pads/Pedals DD-75 Owner’s Manual 18 You can play the pads of the instrument either with the supplied sticks or with your hands. Press and set the fol-lowing button when you play the instrument with your hands. 1 Press the [HAND PERC.] button. If you perform on the instrument solely with you...

Play the Pads/Pedals DD-75 Owner’s Manual 19 The instrument allows you to choose from 75 different Drum Kits, which are preset voice combinations set to the the eight pads and two pedals. (See “Drum Kit List” on page 48.)The instrument also has ten Custom Drum Kits allowing you to assign the desired...

Play the Pads/Pedals DD-75 Owner’s Manual 20 Drum Kit Voices can be changed and saved as a Custom Kit “ C01 ”–“ C10 .” The instrument contains a total of 570 high quality drum sounds plus 30 drum phrases (see the “Drum Voice List” on page 43)—and you can assign these freely to each of the 8 drum pad...

Play the Pads/Pedals DD-75 Owner’s Manual 21 5 Save to a Custom kit. You can now play the voice you have assigned to the pad/pedal.To call up the saved Custom Kit, press the [KIT] button and use the dial to select a Custom Kit number. • The Reverb Type of the currently assigned Drum Kit will be carr...

Play the Pads/Pedals DD-75 Owner’s Manual 22 The instrument allows you to custom-set the sensitivity of the pads and pedal 1 (excluding pedal 2).  Setting all pads and pedal to the same value ..................... page 22  Setting each pad and pedal to different values .................. page 23 ...

Play the Pads/Pedals DD-75 Owner’s Manual 23  Setting each pad and pedal to different values............................................. The instrument allows you to custom-set the sensitivity of the pads and pedal. The sensitivity value of pad 2 can not be adjusted. 1 Press the [SENSITIVITY] butt...

Play the Pads/Pedals DD-75 Owner’s Manual 24 About the Sensitivity Setting For beginning percussionists, we recommend setting the sensitivity level higher, in order to give a more consistent sound volume, even if the pads are hit weakly. For experienced per-cussionists, we recommend setting it to lo...

Play the Pads/Pedals DD-75 Owner’s Manual 25 The instrument includes a click sound with adjustable tempo and time signature.  Setting the numerator of the time signature ................................................. The range is 0 to 16. (The numerator is the top value; for example, in the time...

Play the Pads/Pedals DD-75 Owner’s Manual 26  Setting the denominator of the time signature ............................................. Determines the basic note value for each measure; for example, in the time signature 6/8, “8” is the denomina-tor, or basic note value. 1 Enter the denominator v...

Play the Pads/Pedals DD-75 Owner’s Manual 27  Setting the click voice ..................................................................................... Set the click voice to Metronome, Cowbell, Stick or Human voice. 1 Enter the click voice setting function. 2 Turn the dial and select a click v...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 28 Playing a Song This instrument features a wide variety of songs to choose and play: 105 songs, includ-ing 5 demos, 83 rhythm/fill-in patterns and 17 full songs. (See the “Song List” on page 47.) Selections “ U01 ”–“ U05 ” can also be used to playback songs you’ve recorded you...

Playing a Song DD-75 Owner’s Manual 29 The Tap Start function allows you to set the song’s overall tempo as well as start the accompaniment—simply by tapping out the rhythm.The accompaniment will playback at the tempo with which the pads are struck or the pedals are pressed. The song tempo can be se...

Playing a Song DD-75 Owner’s Manual 30 2 Play an appropriate Tap Start. 3 Stop the Song playback. The Pad Start function allows you to start the song simply by striking a pad or pressing a pedal. 1 Enter the Pad Start setting function. 2 Turn Pad Start On/Off. 3 Press the [FUNCTION] button to exit f...

Playing a Song DD-75 Owner’s Manual 31 With the Auto Kit Select feature turned on, the best suited Drum Kit for the song will automatically be selected. If Auto Kit Select is OFF, the Drum Kit does not change even if the song number is changed. 1 Enter the Auto Kit Select function. 2 Turn Auto Kit S...

Playing a Song DD-75 Owner’s Manual 32 The song tempo and Click tempo can be set by using the dial or the [TEMPO/TAP] button. The higher the tempo value, the faster the tempo. Tempo value range • dial : 11–320 beats per minute• [TEMPO/TAP] button : 32–320 beats per minute 1 Press the [TEMPO/TAP] but...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 33 Play along with a Song Use the pads and pedals to play along with the song accompaniment. • The instrument can play a total of 32 notes simultaneously. That includes notes produced by song accompani- ment, pads, foot pedals, and note data received through the [MIDI IN] jack. ...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 35 Recording a Song The User Songs feature (song numbers “ U01 ”–“ U05 ”) allows you to record and play- back five original songs. The data capacity is approximately 7,000 notes per song. The recording will automatically stop when it reaches the capacity. Data that can be record...

Recording a Song DD-75 Owner’s Manual 36 4 Start recording. 5 Stop Recording. The recorded User Songs ( “ U01 ”–“ U05 ” ) can be played back in the same manner as any song (song num- bers “ 001 ”–“ 100 ” ). Press the [START/STOP] button or simply play your performance to start recording. To stop rec...

Recording a Song DD-75 Owner’s Manual 37 The Song clear operation completely erases all recorded data on all tracks of a selected user song. 1 Press the [REC] button. 2 Turn the dial to select the desired song (“ U01 ”–“ U05 ”) to be cleared. 3 Press the [BACKING] button to mute the track. 4 Press t...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 38 Connecting to External Devices Use the [MIDI] terminals and standard MIDI cables to connect external MIDI devices (keyboard, sequencer, etc.). The MIDI related settings can be can be configured using the corresponding Function parameter. For details, refer to the “MIDI Refere...

Connecting to External Devices DD-75 Owner’s Manual 39 By connecting an audio device such as a portable music player to the instrument’s [AUX IN] jack, you can output the sound of the audio device through the built-in speakers of this instrument. This lets you play the instrument along with the play...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 40 The Functions The “Functions” provide access to a range of detailed instrument parameters. Find the desired item in this Func-tion List. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Press the [DRUM 3] or [BACKING] button a number of times until desired item appears. 3 Use the dial to set...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 41 Backup and Initialization Some internal parameters will be backed up to internal memory even if the power is turned off.You can initialize all internal memory to the default settings or initialize the memory with the exception of the Songs. * Value selected when the power is ...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 42 Troubleshooting Problem Cause/Solution Power suddenly and unexpectedly turns off. This is normal and the Auto Power Off function may have been activated (page 14). If desired, disable the Auto Power Off function. When the instrument is turned on, power is turned off suddenly ...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 43 Drum Voice List  Panel Voice List Vocie No. Voice name 1 Maple Bass Drum 1 2 Maple Bass Drum 2 3 Maple Bass Drum 3 4 Oak Bass Drum 5 Bass Drum Hard Rock 1 6 Bass Drum Hard Rock 2 7 Bass Drum Hard Rock 3  8 Bass Drum Ambient+  9 Bass Drum Open Power  10 Bass Drum Close P...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 47 Song List Song No. Song Name Demo 001 Rockadelic 002 16 Beat Ballad 003 Latin Pop 004 DD Funk 005 World Beat Pattern 006 Hard Rock 1 007 Hard Rock 2 008 Hard Rock 3 009 Hard Rock 4 010 Hard Rock 5 011 Heavy Metal 1 012 Heavy Metal 2 013 Heavy Metal 3 014 Southern Rock 015 Lat...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 48 Drum Kit List Kit No. Kit Name Voice No. Pedal 1 Voice No. Pedal 2 Voice No. Pad 1 Voice No. Pad 2 Voice No. Pad 3 1 Maple Kit 1 3 Maple Bass Drum 3 180 Hi-Hat Pedal Bright 40 Maple Snare Open Rim 102 Maple Tom 5 103 Maple Tom 4 2 Maple Kit 2 3 Maple Bass Drum 3 180 Hi-Hat Pe...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 52 Drum Score There are many different types of drum score commercially available, but we’ve chosen the following commonformat for the examples below. The following is an actual rhythm pattern using the notation.  8 Beat (song No.021)  16 Beat (song No.023) Hi-Hat Cymbal (H.H....

Drum Score DD-75 Owner’s Manual 53   4 Beat (song No.045) In the notation above, eighth notes are to be played with a triplet feel (as shown in the nota-tion below). For swing and shuffle rhythms, this straight notation is preferable to the triplet indication since it is easier to read.  Shuffle ...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 54 Specifications * The contents of this manual apply to the latest specifications as of the publishing date. To obtain the latest manual, access the Yamaha website then download the manual file. Since specifications, equipment or separately sold accessories may not be the same ...

DD-75 Owner’s Manual 55 Index A A-B Repeat ......................................................................... 34 AC Adaptor ......................................................................... 12 Auto Kit Select ................................................................... 31 Auto ...