DTXPRESS IV Owner's Manual - MIDI Manuals

4 Playing Along With a Song6 Play Along with Bass SoloThe useful Bass Solo function lets you isolate just the basspart during playback and play along with it. Since this functionmutes the other accompaniment parts, it lets you concentrateon mastering the important technique of ‘locking in’with the bass and forming a tight rhythm section.First, press the [SHIFT] + [SAVE/ENTER] buttons to call upthe Utility pages.Next, press the [>] button three times to call up the followingpage. Rotate the jog dial and select “BassSolo=on.”UTIL3~Song”~BassSolo=off~‚With this set, press the [SONG >/■] button to start playback—onlythe bass part will be heard.*You may find that with the drum part muted or the bass solo,it may be a little difficult to keep time. In this case, use theclick along with the song. Using the click sound as a referencewill make it easier to play along with the song.Press the [ ON/OFF] button to have the click play in tempoalong with song playback. Press the [ ON/OFF] buttonagain to stop.* Changing the song will normally change the drum kit to thekit that is pre-assigned to the song.If you want to use a different drum kit when playing along withthe song, press the [DRUM KIT] button to enter the Drum KitSelect display, and then select another drum kit number.If a different song is selected while Drum Mute is active, thedrum kit will not change when a different song is selected.Pad Function SettingsThe DTXPRESS IV conveniently lets you execute importantoperations by hitting a specific pad—without havingto press buttons on the panel. You can assign the followingfunctions to the pads.off ................... Normal operation.inc~kitNo..... Increases the drum kit number by 1(increment).dec~kitNo..... Decreases the drum kit number by 1(decrement).inc~clkNo..... Increases the click set number by 1(increment).dec~clkNo..... Decreases the click set number by 1(decrement).inc~tempo..... Increases the value of the tempo by 1(increment).dec~tempo..... Decreases the value of the tempo by 1(decrement).clkOn/Off..... Switches the click sound on/off.Operation1. First, press the [SHIFT] + [SAVE/ENTER] buttons tocall up the Utility pages.UTIL1~Hi-hatHHofs=~~0~T=~~5‚2. Press the [>] button several times to call up theUTIL7 page.UTIL7~~ƒsnare”Func=off~~~~~~‚3. To select the pad (Trigger Input Source) to which youwant to assign a function, simply hit the target pad, orpress the [SHIFT] + [] buttons.4. Rotate the jog dial to select the desired function.Pad (trigger input source) to whicha pad function is assignedUTIL7~~tom1”Func=clkOn/Off‚Function assigned to the padIn the above setting, the click sound can be switchedON/OFF by hitting the tom1 pad which is connectedto the 2TOM1/10 jack.DTXPRESS IV Owner’s Manual23