Yamaha DJX Owner's Manual - Desired Parts.

53

Indicates Part Control (including

Part On/Off) is off.

PATTERNS — THE STYLE MODE

1

Select a style and start the pattern.

Do this in the normal way.  (Need a refresher course?  See pages 44 - 46.)

2

Turn Part Control on (if it isn’t on already).

Press the PART CONTROL button.

Indicates that Part Control is on.

001 142

MEASURE

3

Press the appropriate keys to mute and un-mute the

desired Parts.

As the pattern is playing back, press the key in the PART ON/OFF section

that corresponds to the Part you want to mute/un-mute.  (You can also

press several keys at once, to instantly mute/un-mute several Parts.)

• On certain patterns and

sections, not all of the Parts

may be available — in

other words, some of the

Parts may be “empty” and

not sound.  For example,

Beat A of the “Acid” style

(#009) doesn’t have any

Percussion, Phrase 2, or

Phrase 3 Parts, so pressing

the corresponding keys will

have no effect; however, the

Beat B section of that style

does have the Percussion,

Phrase 2, and Phrase 3

Parts.

• If you’ve recorded a

pattern to the Chord track

of the User song (see page

80), the Part On/Off

function lets you easily mute

and un-mute specific

instrument Parts of the

pattern as it plays back.

To turn the Part On/Off function off, press the PART CONTROL button

again.  (When Part Control is off, “- - - -” appears in the Part Control sec-

tion of the icon window.)

001 142

MEASURE

About the Parts

The actual instruments and musical backing used for

Phrases 1, 2 and 3 may differ widely depending on

the selected style.  This applies to some of the other

Parts as well.  For example, the Snare Part in some

patterns may not sound like a snare drum at all!  (In

particular, “Kick,” “Snare,” and “Hi-hat” refer mainly

to those special elements of the rhythm — and not

necessarily the sounds.)

Each time Part Control is

turned off and on again, the

PART ON/OFF keys are reset

to the default (all Parts on).