Yamaha DTX-Multi 12 Electronic Percussion Pad STAGE RIG

Unlimited sonic possibilities
In addition to a broad spectrum of voices taken from the Yamaha Motif series synthesizers, DTX-Multi 12 also features many new percussion sounds that have been collected through Yamaha's advanced sampling techniques and ready-to-use effect sounds for a grand total of 1,277 voices. DTX-Multi 12 includes not only digital sounds but also DJ sounds and a rich variety of voices from percussion, chromatic percussion, folk and acoustic drum instruments. If you'd like to mix in some sounds from your own sample collection, you can also import WAV and AIFF audio files via USB and use them as voices. DTX-Multi 12 functions as a sample playback device with 64MB of battery-backed flash ROM.

Patterns
DTX-Multi 12 comes complete with 128 different MIDI playing patterns (including 3 demo patterns) from a worldwide range of musical genres including folk music, rock and house. You can easily start and stop patterns by simply striking the pads. In addition, you can record your own performances as patterns or create patterns on a computer; these patterns can then be assigned to pads. Using the tap tempo function you can set the tempo for patterns and the click track by simply striking pads. In this way, you can conveniently and intuitively set the tempo that you need.

Assignable pads
Up to four different voices can be assigned to each pad. You can then creatively trigger those voices through several functions such as Stack Mode, in which all the notes assigned to a pad are triggered simultaneously with a single strike, and Alternate Mode, in which the notes assigned to the pad are played individually in turn each time it is struck. You can also set the pads to trigger each of the four samples based on the velocity with which you strike the pad.

Music production interface
In addition to the MIDI in/out ports, DTX-Multi 12 is equipped with a USB-to-host port that can be connected to a PC with a USB cable (sold separately) and a USB-to-device port that can save the user kit data on a USB memory device. This connection can be used in a variety of ways. For example, those who have difficulty playing a keyboard can input MIDI data directly to digital audio workstation (DAW) software, while others can play computer software synthesizer sounds by striking DTX-Multi 12. Essentially, this allows the unit to be used as a MIDI controller using USB instead of MIDI.

Trigger expandability
DTX-Multi 12 comes with trigger input jacks that five external pads can be connected to as well as a footswitch jack and a hi-hat controller jack. This allows for a wide variety of setups including: connecting a hi-hat controller and a kick pad to use DTX-Multi 12 as a compact drum kit, using a footswitch to switch between different drum kits and phrase patterns, using a foot controller to control the volume and effect values in real time or connecting a drum trigger to convert acoustic drum performances to trigger signals and input these signals for playback. (Hi-hat controllers, footswitches, foot controllers, kick pads and drum triggers are all sold separately.)