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Yamaha DD-65 Owner's Manual

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    Owner’s manual en digital percussion.

  • Page 2: Please Keep This Manual

    2 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual please keep this manual this product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). Do not connect this product to any power supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically recommended by yamaha. This product shoul...

  • Page 3: Fcc Information (U.S.A.)

    3 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual 1. Important notice: do not modify this unit! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions con- tained in this manual, meets fcc requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by yamaha may void your authority, granted by the fcc, to use the product...

  • Page 4: Precautions

    4 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual precautions please read carefully before proceeding * please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference. Warning always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting,...

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    5 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual • before moving the instrument, remove all connected adaptor and other cables. • when setting up the product, make sure that the ac outlet you are using is easily accessible. If some trouble or malfunction occurs, immediately turn off the power switch and disconnect the...

  • Page 6: Congratulations!

    6 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual congratulations! Thank you for purchasing the yamaha dd-65/ydd-60. The dd-65/ydd-60 has been developed to respond and play like a drum set— but with greater ease, flexibility and sophisticated functions. Before you use the instrument, we recommend that you carefully rea...

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    7 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual main features ........................................................6 setting up 8 power requirements ............................................8 panel controls 10 playing the demo song 12 adjusting the volume...........................................12 song volume...

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    8 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual setting up be sure to do the following operations before turning on the power. Although the instrument will run either from an optional ac adaptor or batteries, yamaha recom- mends use of an ac adaptor whenever possible. An ac adaptor is more environmentally friendly th...

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    Setting up 9 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual the dd-65/ydd-60 speakers are automatically shut off when a plug is inserted into this jack. The phones/output jack also functions as an external output. You can connect the phones/output jack to a keyboard amplifier, stereo system, mixer, tape recorder, or o...

  • Page 10: Front Panel

    10 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual panel controls front panel q [master volume] control..................... 12 w dial........................................................... 15 e [assign] button ....................................... 16 r [reverb] button...................................... 17 t [...

  • Page 11: Rear Panel

    Panel controls 11 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual rear panel @0 [dc in 12v] (ac adaptor) jack .................. 8 @1 [aux in] jack ............................................... 9 @2 [phones/output] jack ............................ 9 @3 [pedal 2] jack........................................... 9 @4 [...

  • Page 12: Turn On The Power.

    12 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual playing the demo song the dd-65/ydd-60 features several demonstration songs (001–005), specially created to show you the dynamic possibilities of the instrument. 1 turn on the power. 2 start the demo song. 3 stop the demo song. Turn on the [standby/on] switch on. • eve...

  • Page 13: Struck.

    13 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual 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 volume of the pads’ sounds r...

  • Page 14: Lamp Is Lit).

    Play the pads/pedals 14 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual you can play the pads of the instrument either with the supplied sticks or with your hands. Press and set the following button when you play the instrument with your hands. 1 press the [hand perc.] button. If you perform on the instrument solely wi...

  • Page 15: Press The [Kit] Button.

    Play the pads/pedals 15 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual the instrument allows you to choose from 50 different drum kits (1–50: see the “drum kit list” page 41) quickly and easily. 50 of the kits have preset voice combinations that will be set to the pads and pedals when the kit is selected. Select some ...

  • Page 16: Press The [Assign] Button.

    Play the pads/pedals 16 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual the instrument contains a total of 254 high quality drum sounds plus 25 drum phrases (see the “drum voice list” page 38)—and you can assign these freely to each of the 8 drum pads and 2 ped- als. Try assigning some different voices and save your ow...

  • Page 17: Save to A Custom Kit.

    Play the pads/pedals 17 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual 5 save to a custom kit. After you’ve assigned the voice, the instrument will automatically be set to the assigned custom kit. You can now play the voice you have assigned to the pad/pedal. Different depths of the dd-65/ydd-60’s reverb effect can be...

  • Page 18: Set The Sensitivity.

    Play the pads/pedals 18 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual the instrument allows you to custom-set the sensitivity of the pads (range 0–2). When set to a value of 2, the pad sensitivity is the highest, providing the most dynamic range for your playing (softest to loudest volume). 1 enter the pad sensitivit...

  • Page 19: Function Mode.

    Play the pads/pedals 19 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual 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 first beat is accented with a bell sound and the rest with c...

  • Page 20: Function Mode.

    Play the pads/pedals 20 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual ■ setting the denominator of the time signature ............................... Set the basic note value for each measure. 1 enter the denominator value setting function. 2 set the denominator value of the time signature. 3 press the [function] but...

  • Page 21: Set The Equalizer On/off.

    Play the pads/pedals 21 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual when you use the internal speakers, set equalization to on (default setting is on). When you use headphones or external speakers, set this to off. 1 enter the equalization setting function. 2 set the equalizer on/off. 3 press the [function] button ...

  • Page 22: Press The [Song] Button.

    22 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual playing a song this instrument features 100 different songs (five demo songs, as well as rhythm pat- terns and fill-in patterns) that can be used to provide accompaniment. (see the “song list” on page 40.) u01–u05 can also be used to playback songs you’ve recorded your...

  • Page 23: Play The Tap Start.

    Playing a song 23 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual the tap start function allows you to set the song’s overall tempo as well as start the accompani- ment—simply by tapping out the rhythm. The accompaniment will playback at the tempo with which the pads are struck or the pedals are pressed. 1 press the [b...

  • Page 24: Turn Auto Kit Select On/off.

    Playing a song 24 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual 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 aut...

  • Page 25: Press The [Tempo] Button.

    Playing a song 25 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual the song tempo and click tempo can be set anywhere from 11 to 320 beats per minute. The higher the tempo value, the faster the tempo. 1 press the [tempo] button. 2 set the tempo. 3 press the [song] button to exit from the tempo setting mode. Adjusting th...

  • Page 26: Button.

    26 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual 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 accompaniment, pads, foot pedals, and note data received through the midi in jac...

  • Page 27: Exit The Break Mode.

    Play along with a song 27 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual 3 exit the break mode. If you want to practice a particular section of a song, you can specify that section’s “a” (start repeat) and “b” (end repeat) points. The accompaniment will continuously repeat between points “a” and “b” allowing you to pr...

  • Page 28: Prepare to Record.

    28 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual recording a song the user songs feature (song number uo1–uo5) allows you to record and playback five original songs (maximum 10,000 notes approximately per song). Data that can be recorded in the user song mode • drum pad and pedal played data • song data (the number c...

  • Page 29: Stop Recording.

    Recording a song 29 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual 5 stop recording. The recorded user songs (uo1–uo5) can be played back in the same manner as any song (song numbers 001–100). The song clear operation completely erases all recorded data on all tracks of a selected user song. 1 press the [rec] button. ...

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    30 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual about midi the midi in and midi out terminals, located on this instrument’s rear panel, allow connection to other midi instruments, devices and computers for expanded musical functionality—for example, using this instrument to play sounds on other instruments, or for r...

  • Page 31: Turn Local On/off.

    About midi 31 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual a yamaha ux16 or similar usb-midi interface (sold separately) will be necessary for midi connection between the instrument and a usb equipped computer. Make sure to purchase a yamaha ux16 or a quality usb-midi interface at a musical instrument store, compute...

  • Page 32: Number.

    About midi 32 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual each pad and pedal (10 total) can be assigned a specific midi note number anywhere from c-2 to g8. • for information on transmit notes and voices, refer to the “drum map” on page 48. 1 enter the midi note number setting function. 2 select a pad or pedal to b...

  • Page 33: Function.

    About midi 33 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual ordinarily, you should keep this function set to on for the instrument (default setting is on). When midi number auto selection is on and you strike the pad, the midi note number correspond- ing to the pad (voice) you strike is sent via the midi out terminal...

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    About midi 34 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual even though this instrument has 100 preset songs, you can also transmit song files from your com- puter to this instrument’s flash memory. Since the area in flash memory is shared between user songs (u01–o05) and loaded songs, you may need to erase some user...

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    About midi 35 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual ■ transferring song files from a computer ......................................... You can transmit song files from your computer to your instrument’s flash memory. For details about how to transmit the data using the musicsoft downloader application, refer...

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    36 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual appendix 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 m...

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    Appendix 37 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual troubleshooting ....................................................................... In many cases, problems or malfunctions that occur during use can be remedied easily. Please check the following list before deciding that your instrument is damaged. If th...

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    Appendix 38 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual drum voice list ........................................................................ ● panel voice list voice no. Voice name ♦ 1 bass drum amb+ ♦ 2 bass drum power open ♦ 3 bass drum power closed 4 bass drum soft 5 bass drum hard 6 bass drum 7 bass drum 2 ...

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    Appendix 39 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual ● phrase list 163 cowbell top 164 agogo h 165 agogo l 166 cabasa 167 maracas 168 guiro short 169 guiro long 170 claves 171 wood block h 172 wood block l 173 cuica mute 174 cuica open 175 triangle mute 176 triangle open 177 shaker 178 jingle bell 179 wind chime...

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    Appendix 40 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual song list .................................................................................. Song no. Song name diffi- culty demo 001 dd funk - 002 16beat ballad - 003 swing jazz - 004 latin pop - 005 world beat - pattern 006 8 beat 1 easy 007 8 beat 2 easy 00...

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    Appendix 41 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual drum kit list ............................................................................ Kit no. Kit name voice # pedal 1 voice # pedal 2 01 stereo kit 1 3 bass drum power closed 101 hi-hat pedal power 02 stereo kit 2 2 bass drum power open 101 hi-hat pedal ...

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    Appendix 42 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual kit no. Kit name voice # pad 1 voice # pad 2 voice # pad 3 voice # pad 4 01 stereo kit 1 21 snare power 1 52 tom power 6 54 tom power 4 56 tom power 2 02 stereo kit 2 24 snare power 2 53 tom power 5 55 tom power 3 57 tom power 1 03 stereo kit 3 25 snare rough ...

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    Appendix 43 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual kit no. Voice # small pad 1 voice # small pad 2 voice # small pad 3 voice # small pad 4 01 113 crash cymbal stereo 1 100 hi-hat closed power 1 116 ride cymbal stereo 2 119 splash cymbal stereo 02 113 crash cymbal stereo 1 103 hi-hat closed power 2 116 ride cym...

  • Page 44: Maximum Polyphony

    Appendix 44 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual voice list .................................................................................. ■ maximum polyphony the instrument has 32-note maximum polyphony. This means that it can play a maximum of up to 32 notes at once, regardless of what functions are us...

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    Appendix 45 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual 0 112 89 fantasia 0 113 90 dark moon 0 113 101 bell pad percussion 0 112 12 vibraphone 0 112 13 marimba 0 112 14 xylophone 0 112 115 steel drums 0 112 9 celesta 0 112 11 music box 0 112 15 tubular bells 0 112 48 timpani drum kits 127 0 1 standard kit 1 127 0 2...

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    Appendix 46 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual 0 0 34 finger bass 0 18 34 finger dark 0 40 34 bass & distorted electric guitar 0 43 34 finger slap bass 0 45 34 finger bass 2 0 65 34 modulated bass 0 0 35 pick bass 0 28 35 muted pick bass 0 0 36 fretless bass 0 32 36 fretless bass 2 0 33 36 fretless bass 3 ...

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    Appendix 47 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual the voice with an asterisk (*) is xglite optional voice. 0 0 94 metallic pad 0 0 95 halo pad 0 0 96 sweep pad xg synth effects 0 0 97 rain 0 65 97 african wind 0 66 97 carib 0 0 98 sound track 0 27 98 prologue 0 0 99 crystal 0 12 99 synth drum comp 0 14 99 pop...

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    Appendix 48 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual drum map ................................................................................. • “ ” indicates that in the column on the immediate left. • each percussion voice uses one note. • the midi note # and note are actually one octave lower than listed. Fo...

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    Appendix 49 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual msb (0–127) / lsb (0–127) / pc (1–128) 127/000/001 127/000/113 127/000/033 127/000/041 127/000/049 127/000/88 keyboard midi key off alternate assign standard kit 1 dance kit jazz kit brush kit symphony kit stereo power kit 1 note# note note# note 25 c # 0 13 c...

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    Appendix 50 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual msb (0–127) / lsb (0–127) / pc (1–128) 127/000/001 127/000/89 126/000/001 126/000/002 126/000/035 126/000/037 keyboard midi key off alternate assign standard kit 1 stereo power kit 2 sfx kit 1 sfx kit 2 china kit atabic kit note# note note# note 25 c # 0 13 c ...

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    Appendix 51 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual msb (0–127) / lsb (0–127) / pc (1–128) 127/000/001 126/000/040 126/000/044 126/000/113 126/000/114 keyboard midi key off alternate assign standard kit 1 indian kit pop latin kit sound effect kit world kit note# note note# note 25 c # 0 13 c # -1 3 surdo mute 2...

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    Appendix 52 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual yamaha [ digital percussion ] date:01-nov-2006 model dd-65/ydd-60 midi implementation chart version : 1.0 transmitted recognized remarks function... Basic default 1o 1 - 16 channel changed x x default 3 3 mode messages x x altered ************** x note 0 - 127...

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    Appendix 53 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual prog x o 0 - 127 change : true # ************** system exclusive o * 4 o *4 : song pos. X x common : song sel. X x : tune x x system : clock o x real time: commands o x *2 aux :all sound off x o(120,126,127) : reset all cntrls x o(121) :local on/off x o(122) :...

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    Appendix 54 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual note: *1 value of pan for each drum pad and foot pedal is not transmitted via midi. *2 the dd-65/ydd-60 can accept start/stop signals, received via midi, by setting the midi clock to “external”. *3 this data is transmitted only when it is contained in the song...

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    Appendix 55 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual specifications .......................................................................... Drum pads 8 pads (125mm x 4, 88mm x 4), touch sensitive maximum polyphony 32 drum kits 50 preset + 3 custom songs 100 tracks 4 (drum 1/drum 2/drum 3/backing) custom song ...

  • Page 56: 8 Beat

    Appendix 56 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual drum score .............................................................................. There are many different types of drum score commercially available, but we’ve chosen the following common format for the examples below. The following is an actual rhyth...

  • Page 57: 4 Beat

    Appendix 57 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual ■ 4 beat (song no.042) in the notation above, eighth notes are to be played with a triplet feel (as shown in the notation below). For swing and shuffle rhythms, this straight notation is preferable to the triplet indication since it is eas- ier to read. ■ shuf...

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    58 dd-65/ydd-60 owner’s manual limited warranty 90 days labor 1 year parts yamaha corporation of america, hereafter referred to as yamaha, warrants to the original consumer of a product included in the categories listed below, that the product will be free of defects in materials and/or workmanship ...

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