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2 SPECIAL MESSA GE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). DO NO T connect this product to any pow er supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically recommended by Y amaha.
3 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep these precautions in a saf e place for future ref erence. W ARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock , short-circuiting, damages, fire or other hazards.
4 Congr atulat ions on your pur chase of the Y amaha DJX-IIB! The DJX-IIB is a complete dance-music workstat ion that can be used both as a real-time per formance instr ument and a power ful production tool. I ts intuitive inter face makes real-time operation easy for artists w ith a DJ background.
5 What is the DJX-II? What is the DJX-IIB? The new DJX-IIB is a digital DJ powerhouse! If you ’ve dreamed of creat ing and performing your ow n cutt ing-edge, phat ‘ n ’ funky dance music, you ’ve come to the r ight place.
6 Packing List ...................................................4 How to Use the Manual.................................4 What is the DJX-IIB? .....................................5 Contents ..........................................................
7 Contents Chapter 13 More Pattern Player Power Tips ... 47 Tip 59 Creative Fill-in 1 ................................................... 47 Tip 60 Creative Fill-in 2 ................................................... 47 Tip 61 Playing intros and transitions .
8 P0 1 01 w !3 !5 !6 !7 !4 e !2 r t !0 !1 y u i o !8 q ◆ Be careful! Avoid pressing three or more panel buttons simultaneously . Doing so can cause the DJX-IIB to behave erratically .
Panel Controls 9 q ST ANDBY/ON switch ................................13 Pr ess to toggle the pow er on or off. (P o wer is on when the switch is pressed in.) w MASTER V OLUME .....................................13 This determines the ov erall volume of the DJX-IIB.
10 Panel Controls Changing the Scratch Pad CD Included with the DJX-IIB is a special CD-ROM disc. The disc nor mally serves as a “platt er” for the Scratch P a d function. Since special softwar e is included on the disk, y ou will need to remo ve the disc t o install the software.
Panel Controls 11 Rear Panel & Connections CD MD Refer to page 13. A standard pair of stereo headphones can be plugged in here for priv ate prac- tice or late-night playing. The internal stereo speaker system is automatically shut off when a pair of headphones is plugged into the PHONES jack.
12 Setting Up (Power supply connections) Although the DJX-IIB w ill run either from an optional A C adaptor or batteries, Y amaha rec- ommends use of the more en vironmentally safe A C adaptor . F ollow the instructions below acc ording to the po wer sour ce y ou intend to use.
13 Once y ou've set up y our DJX-IIB, t r y turning the powe r on. Mak e sure y our sound system's main level/v olume contr ol(s) and the DJX-IIB volume c on- trol are turned all the wa y down prior to turning the power on. 0J'. Set the MASTER V OLUME knob to "min.
14 1 W ork out with the P atterns! Here’ s where it all starts! Hit one of the buttons in the P A TTERN PLA YER section — and the Pattern starts immediately . Hitting another button instantly switches to a different Pattern (actually , a variation on the main Pattern).
Chapter 1 Pattern Player Basics 15 2 S witch between Banks Even though there are five buttons in the P A TTERN PLA YER, you have a total of ten Patterns at your disposal — thanks to the A/B BANK button. Each Bank, A and B, has five Patterns. When the A/B BANK button lamp is off, you can play Patterns A1 to A5.
16 3 Mixing Main and Fill-in P atterns T ry mixing it up! As you learned in Tip 2 above, each of the DJX-IIB’ s Patterns has ten different Variations. The main Patterns are played with buttons 1, 3, and 5, while the fill-in Patterns are played with buttons 2 and 4.
Chapter 1 Pattern Player Basics 17 q e w Flashes 01.03 p0 3 w e p0 1 q Current P attern — now pla ying. New P atter n — waiting in standby . The new P atter n is up and playing! ● Exploring othe.
18 5 Come do wn on the “one”! The key to great timing is knowing where the “one” is. And the “one” is the first beat in a four -beat Pattern.
Chapter 1 Pattern Player Basics 19 6 K eep the bpm steady! Once you’ve started a Pattern, it's better to keep it playing at a steady bpm — unless you’re aiming for special effects and sudden tempo changes.
20 Chapter 2 Live Effector Basics The effects of the DJX-IIB are more than just frosting on the cake — the y’ r e power ful tools that can completely t ransform the sounds and r hythms, and put a .
Chapter 2 Live Effector Basics 21 8 Distor tion This popular effect lets you distort the sound — from a soft grunge to a full-on metallic assault. T urn the CONTROL knob to the right for more crunch and bite.
22 12 Phaser The Phaser effect is similar to Flanger (in T ip 11 above), but more subtle — not quite as dramatic. Phaser is good for adding a little bit of warm animation and movement to the sound. Use the CONTROL knob to change the speed of the modulation.
Chapter 2 Live Effector Basics 23 15 Echo Like Delay (in Tip 14 above), Echo produces repeats of the sound for rhythmic effect. However , the CONTROL knob is used to change the number of repeats (also called “feedback”). Naturally , the DJX-IIB automatically syncs this effect to the bpm of the Pattern.
24 Chapter 3 Isolator Basics Mor e sonic control to you! The Isolator le ts you tailor the sound just the way you want it — phat and round, thin and edg y , or big and banging! 18 T weak the sound j.
25 Chapter 4 Filter Basics Pump up the energ y on the dance floor a s er ious notch or two w ith these power ful filte r tools! 19 Cutoff and Resonance The CUTOFF and RESONANCE knobs control the filter effects.
26 Chapter 5 Scratch Pad Clinic The tr ue mettle of a DJ is in his or he r turntable wor k. That’ s why the DJX-IIB has a special Sc ratch P ad that lets you st rut your stuff! 20 W ork out on the S.
Chapter 5 Scratch Pad Clinic 27 ● Scratch List The Auto kit (0) automatically selects a kit to best match the currently selected pattern. 21 Quar ter-note scratching Now that you’ve tried out the Scratch Pad and some different Scratch sounds, let’ s get started using the Scratch Pad in real musical examples.
28 22 Eighth-note scratching Once you’ve mastered quarter -note scratching, eighth notes are real easy! Just double up your scratching and play two scratches (forward and back) on every beat! For this example, call up P39 and play V B5. For your scratching, try out Scratch 01 and rock the pad back and forth in short 1/8 turns.
Chapter 5 Scratch Pad Clinic 29 24 Shuffle feel Here things get a bit tricky! But don’t worry — once you feel the rhythm, you’ll have no trouble playing it! Shuffle rhythms are a cornerstone of hip-hop music, and feature a heavy “swing” feel.
30 26 Scratch P ad arpeggios The Scratch Pad has so much more than just scratch sounds! For some examples of how musical you can get with the Scratch Pad, check out the Arpeggiator kits. T ry this out! Select P29 and start V A3. Call up Scratch 49. Now the Scratch Pad plays arpeggi- ated phrases in time with the rhythm.
Chapter 5 Scratch Pad Clinic 31 29 Stop the turntable Y ou’ve heard the effect — where the whole track drops in pitch and slows down to a grinding halt! Guess what — you can do the same thing on the DJX-IIB, and have fingertip control over it, too! Select Scratch 72.
32 Chapter 6 Part Mixer Basics N ow that you ’ve got your rhythm chops up to speed and some DJ t ricks up your slee ve, it’ s time to wor k on the P ar ts! This chapte r gives you the ke ys to improv ising interest- ing arrangements and inst rume ntal textures.
Chapter 6 Part Mixer Basics 33 ◆ Helpful hint: If you’ve muted several Parts, you can turn them all back on again instantly! Simply press LOOP — do this on the “one” downbeat — and the whole rhythm kicks in at once! 34 Extra texture! Work on your instrument textures.
34 Chapter 7 Crossfader Basics The DJX-IIB has a feather-touch C rossfader — just like thos e found on real DJ mixers — that lets you cross fade betwee n your beats and your scratching! 35 W ork the Crossfader! This short-throw , feather -touch Crossfader gives you easy and fast control over the Pattern/Scratch balance.
Chapter 7 Crossfader Basics 35 37 Crossfader cuts This is one of the most basic moves in the DJ’ s collection of Crossfader techniques — cutting in with a scratch. Hit a Pattern and keep the Crossfader all the way to the left so that only the Pattern is heard.
36 Chapter 8 Intermediate T echniques This chapter is a g rab bag full of various tips that s olidify your DJ chops and put you on your way to r eally master ing the instr ument! T ake your time and get these dow n be fore mov ing on to Chapter 9.
Chapter 8 Intermediate T echniques 37 39 Change the bpm Another sure-fire way to stir things up is to play with the bpm. T urn up the bpm and turn up the heat! Press BPM/T AP once and turn the scratch pad. For you techies, the bpm range is 32.0 - 280.
38 41 F ade in, fade out Easy , but effective! Simply use the MASTER VOLUME dial to create your own smooth fade-ins and fade-outs. One specific trick you can try is to fade out a Pattern down to sile.
Chapter 8 Intermediate T echniques 39 43 T weak the cutoff Select P06 and start V A1. Set RESONANCE to about 2 or 3 o'clock, then slowly turn the CUTOFF knob to create a slow sweeping effect. T widdle the knob back and forth quickly and create a wah- wah like trembling effect.
40 45 W arped vinyl and a cheap turntable! A lot of dance styles call for a lo-fi, analog sound. This simple trick lets you mimic the wow and flutter of a warped record — or a bad turntable! Select Scratch 72 to call up the Pitch & bpm “kit” — this lets you speed up and slow down the Pat- tern.
41 Chapter 9 Pattern Player Power T ips 48 Hitting a new P attern and V ariation — at the same time! There will be times when you’ll want to change not only to a new Pattern, but to a specific V ariation — instantly and at the same time.
42 50 Break to a new P attern! One sure-fire method to turn up the heat on the dance floor is to use a break or a drop-out just before hitting a new Pattern! Here, we’ll try dropping everything out for a full measure (four beats).
Chapter 9 Pattern Player Power Tips 43 51 One-bar P atterns — all in a ro w! Nearly all of the DJX-IIB’ s Patterns change every bar (four beats). Some loop in two-bar patterns, some loop every four bars.
44 Chapter 10 Crossfader Power T ips 52 Quick Crossfader scratching Here’ s a cool way to change the sound of a Pattern — and put your personal scratch touches on it — without disrupting the flow of the rhythm! Select P50 and start V A1. Also, call up Scratch 01.
45 Chapter 11 Using the BPM/T AP button 55 T ap out the beat! Change the bpm in real time! T ap the BPM/T AP button twice rhythmically , while the Pattern is run- ning — and the bpm automatically changes to the tapped speed. 56 Star t with a tap... Y ou can also get the Pattern going at whatever speed you like by simply tapping it out.
46 Chapter 12 The Outside World Here ar e a couple of tips that ge t you started inte r facing the DJX-IIB w ith exte rnal gear . Go for it, and get your sound out there! 57 Expanding your D J setup The DJX-IIB can easily do double-duty as part of a larger DJ setup.
47 Chapter 13 More Pattern Player Power T ips 59 Creative Fill-in 1 Select P35 and start with V A1. Then, hit the V A1 button in the following rhythm. 60 Creative Fill-in 2 Select P35 and start with V A1.
48 Chapter 14 Live Effector Power T ips 63 Distor tion This little trick can kick your tracks into high gear! Use the Distortion effect selectively , applying it only to certain beats in the Pattern, places you want to add an accent — such as on the 2nd or 3rd beat of the bar .
Chapter 14 Live Effector Power Tips 49 65 Ring Modulation As we pointed out in Tip 10, this effect is a powerful one, so you’ll want to save it for huge, in-your - face intros, transitions and endings. Here’ s how you can use Ring Modulation to build to an enor - mous climax: First, set the controls — CONTROL to min and BALANCE to max.
50 69 Dela y Clever use of Delay is a cornerstone in many different styles of dance music — especially dub. For a dub flavor , set the BALANCE knob to around 2 or 3 o'clock, and turn on the effect only for certain beats.
Chapter 14 Live Effector Power Tips 51 71 Echo Many styles of dance music use echo effects in surprising, unique ways. The DJX-IIB’ s Echo effect lets you use the popular 3/4 beat delay to build up dramatic rhythmic rolls and fills. It also gives you some fascinating echo textures to use in transitions and endings.
52 Chapter 15 Isolator and Filter Power T ips 74 Isolator to the max! Play the Isolator in real time! Get the Pattern running, then tweak the knobs to their extreme set- tings for radical changes to the sound — on the fly! For example, try cutting back Low and Mid to zero, and bring High up to the max — for a really brit- tle, tinny sound.
Chapter 15 Isolator and Filter Power Tips 53 75 Dark mix es and deep groo ves — cut the Cutoff! Here’ s a power ful trick to instantly darken up your tracks — if that’ s what you’re after . It’ s also great for getting a phat, bottom-heavy sound! First, set the Cutoff and Resonance to zero.
54 Chapter 16 Scratch Pad Power T ips 76 Scratching triplets The triplet feel is common to a lot of hip-hop music. T riplets are three notes played in the space of one beat (or other note value). It’ s a tricky rhythm to master , so we’ll give it to you in steps! For these exer cises, select P51 and start V A5.
Chapter 16 Scratch Pad Power Tips 55 77 Scratch on an intro! Improvise on the Scratch Pad for a bar or two, then start the Pattern. T o pull this off properly , you’ll want to have the bpm firmly in your memory .
56 79 Instrumental dropout Here’ s a cool outro that’ s like a fade-out — only much more interesting! While the Pattern is running, select Scratch 73 (Part Mixer). T urn the Scratch Pad counter-clock- wise slowly to take instruments out of the mix, one-by-one.
Chapter 16 Scratch Pad Power Tips 57 . One T w o Three Four One T w o Three Four One T w o Three Four One T w o Three Four Bring back the whole mix — press LOOP . Cymbal and bass only — 1/4 turn counter-clock- wise. Whole mix — press LOOP . Bass again — 3/4 turn counter-clock- wise.
58 Chapter 17 Advanced T echniques 81 Dela y fill-in and fader cut Like Tip 69 above, this shows you another way to use Delay for a fi ll-in — while you flick the Cross- fader to mute the Pattern. First, select the Delay effect and set the CONTROL knob to about 1 o’clock and the BALANCE knob to 12 o’clock.
Chapter 17 Advanced T echniques 59 83 Bored? Add some chords... and scratching! While you’re scratching along with a repeating Pattern, sometimes it may feel as if the rhythm’ s going nowhere. And no amount of intense scratch work can keep the Pattern from getting old.
60 85 One-hand Effector control! This technique may take a little practice and some digital dexterity — but once you’ve got it down and are able to play in the pocket, you’re on your way to bein.
Chapter 17 Advanced T echniques 61 86 Instant reset! Once you’ve made a few changes to the Filter or Key Shifter settings, it’ s not so easy to get back to where you started! Often, you’ll want to be able to backtrack and instantly reset the Pattern to its original sound and pitch.
62 Chapter 18 DJ Performance Master Class T ake it up to the nex t level! Use these adv anced tips as a spr ingboard to explore all the amazing DJ possibilities — and become a t rue mixing v ir tuos.
Chapter 18 DJ Performance Master Class 63 91 Creative Fill-in 3 Here’ s a cool technique for stopping the Pattern and coming back in with the rhythm. Select P42 and start with V A1. Then, hit P A TTERN STOP and the Variation as shown. 92 Crossfader cut-in — Scratch plus effect This requires a bit of tricky finger work.
64 94 Outro -tro -tro -tro Here’ s another popular technique from the producer’ s bag of tricks — ending with an echo! Select the Delay or Echo effect. Then, on the very last beat (or last two beats) of the last bar of the Pattern, switch and hold the effect on.
Chapter 18 DJ Performance Master Class 65 97 S ync applications — using the D JX-I I B as the master The advanced sync features of the DJX-IIB let you lock it together with the rhythm and bpm of another device, such as a DJX-II, another DJX-IIB, or an external sequencer .
66 98 S ync applications — using the D JX-I I B as the slave Here we’ll do the opposite of T ip 97 above. This sophisticated application lets you play sequenced patterns and song data on an external sequencer and have the Patterns of the DJX-IIB lock into the bpm of that device.
Chapter 18 DJ Performance Master Class 67 99 Get more P atterns! One of the great things about the DJX-IIB is how open-ended the system is! Y ou can get additional Patterns from the DJX Internet Site ( www .
68 100 Create your o wn P atterns! Roll your own! Y es, you can even create your own Patterns — for mangling, mucking about, and mashing on the DJX-IIB! Simply use a conventional MIDI sequencer soft.
Chapter 18 DJ Performance Master Class 69 • The timings indicated in the chart below are for example purposes only . The actual timing of the Variations and the marker meta-events (starting with V ariation 2) depends on the length of the recorded Patterns.
70 Appendix T roubleshooting PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE/SOLUTION The speakers produce a “ pop ” sound when- ever the power is turned ON or OFF. This is normal and is no cause for alarm. When using a mobile phone, noise is pro- duced. Using a mobile phone in close proximity to the DJX-IIB may produce interference.
71 Appendix Error Message List ERROR MESSAGE DESCRIPTION Err1 This appears when the MIDI reception buffer of the DJX-IIB has filled up, and pro- cessing is not possible. Try decreasing the amount of data or increasing the interval time and transmit the data once again.
72 Appendix Specifications ● P A TTERNS T otal 700 Preset Patterns and V ariations Preset 70 P atter ns User 5 P atter ns .............. Up to 85 KB for all User P atterns V ariation 10 ● SCRA TCH P AD Preset 74 Kits ................... Includes A uto function (00) ● V OICES Preset 203 .
73 Appendix Glossary A udio bpm Counter ................................. Tips 90, 96 This powe rful function lets you synchr onize exte rnal audio (such as from a CD , MD , or vinyl rec ord) with the P atterns of the DJX-IIB.
74 Glossary Appendix MIDI....................................................... Tips 97 - 100 MIDI (M usical Instrument Digital Interfac e) allows elec- tronic instruments of various t ypes and manufacturers to “ comm unicate” with each other .
75 Appendix Pattern List Pattern No. Category Name Pattern Name 00 TECHNO Berlin Techno 01 Japan Beatz 02 Detroit 2000 03 Parade Beat 04 French Techno 05 Detroit 06 UNDERGROUND Acid Techno 07 German U.
76 Appendix V oice List Bank Select MIDI Program Change# Voice Name MSB LSB HYPER MIX 0 123 96 DJX-IIB KEYBOARD 0 112 4 Funky EP 0 0 1 Bright Piano 0 0 7 Clavi 0 0 9 Glocken 0 0 11 Vibes 0 0 12 Marimb.
V oice List 77 Appendix 0 112 35 Fretless 0 0 32 Aco. Bass 0 0 35 Fretless SCRATCH 0 123 80 Scratch 1F 0 123 81 Scratch 1B 0 123 82 Scratch 2F 0 123 83 Scratch 2B 0 123 84 Scratch 3F 0 123 85 Scratch .
78 Appendix Drum Kit List • : Same as Standard Kit1. • : Same as the kit to the immediate left. • The Keyboard Note Numbers (#) and Note names shown in this list apply to all kits, with the exception of Voice #190 (Electronic Kit2), #191 (B900 Kit), #192 (DJX Kit), #196 (Human Kit) and #197 (Scratch Kit).
79 Appendix Drum Kit List Voice # 198 182 187 185 183 184 190 Bank MSB# 127 127 127 127 127 127 126 Bank LSB# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Program # 0 10 11 12 13 14 0 Keyboard MIDI Key off Alternate assign Standard.
80 Appendix Drum Kit List Voice # 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 Bank MSB# 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 Bank LSB# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Program # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Keyboard MIDI Key off Alternate assign B900 Kit DJX .
81 Appendix Decimal Hexadecimal Binary 0 00 0000 0000 1 01 0000 0001 2 02 0000 0010 3 03 0000 0011 4 04 0000 0100 5 05 0000 0101 6 06 0000 0110 7 07 0000 0111 8 08 0000 1000 9 09 0000 1001 10 0A 0000 .
82 Appendix MIDI Data Format ■ Channel/Mode/Realtime Messages o : available MIDI Events Status byte 1st Data byte 2nd Data byte MIDI Status Data (HEX) Parameter Data (HEX) Parameter Transmitted Recognized Key Off 8nH (n:channel no.) kk Key no. (0 - 127) vv Velocity (0 - 127) x o Key On 9nH kk Key no.
MIDI Data Format 83 Appendix ■ System Exclusive Messa ges Universal System Exc lusive o : available XG standard Bulk dump Others MIDI Event Data Format Transmitted Recognized MIDI Master Volume F0H .
84 Appendix MIDI Data Format ■ MIDI P arameter Change T ab le MIDI P ARAMETER CHANGE T ABLE (EFFECT) * Between MIDI messages and panel operation(Live Effector), the last message will take priority. ■ Effect Map REVER BLOCK If the received value does not contain an effect type in the TYPE LSB, the LSB will be directed to TYPE LSB 0.
MIDI Data Format 85 Appendix ■ About MIDI remote control About MIDI IN channel and DJX-IIB parts The individual Parts of the DJX-IIB respond to incoming data over the MIDI channels as listed below. MIDI IN channel Data received over channel 4 (Remote) is used to control the various panel controls of the DJX-IIB.
86 Appendix MIDI Data Format Live Effector ON/OFF switch Hold/On Hold/Off Soft Pedal (B3H, 43H, 7FH) Soft Pedal (B3H, 43H, 00H) Effect Type selection DISTORTION AUTO PAN RING MOD FLANGER PHASER SLICER.
87 Appendix YAMAHA [ DJ-GEAR ] Date :17-MAR-2000 Model DJX-IIB MIDI Implementation Chart Version : 1.0 Transmitted Recognized Remarks Function... Basic Default x 1 - 16 Channel Changed x 1 - 16 Defaul.
88 Appendix A A C adaptor .......................................................................... 12 A UDIO BPM COUNTER .............................................. 9, 62 A UDIO BPM IN jack .................................................... 11, 62 A uto P an .
Index 89 Appendix Sense .................................................................................... 62 sequencer ................................................................. 65, 66, 67 Slice...............................................
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