- MULTI-Level, MULTI-Play, and MULTI-Purpose!
- MULTI-Voice and MULTI-Effect! -Preset Kit
- MULTI-Pattern! -Preset Pattern
- MULTI-Mode! -Play Modes
- MULTI-Assignment! -Trigger Function
- MULTI-Interface! -Music Production
- MULTI-Triggering! -Expandability
MULTI-Level. MULTI-Play. MULTI-Purpose.
DTX-MULTI 12 features 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. It includes not only digital sounds but also DJ sounds and a rich variety of voices from percussion, chromatic percussion, folk, and acoustic drum instruments. With 128 different MIDI playing patterns from a range of musical genres, you can start and stop patterns by simply striking the pads.
Then comes the multiple playing modes that enable performers to express their talent with ease. Explore the Stick mode, hand mode, finger mode and muting feature. In addition to this, the Stack mode stimulates creativity as all notes assigned to a pad can be triggered simultaneously with one strike. The DTX-MULTI 12 deploys Steinberg’s Cubase AI 5 software which can be controlled from the front panel. You can customize the multi pad to suit your needs, it comes with trigger-input jacks that 5 external pads can be connected to including one foot switch jack and one hi-hat controller jack.
| DTX-MULTI12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dimensions | Width | 345mm |
| Height | 96mm | |
| Depth | 319mm | |
| Weight | Weight | 3.3kg |
| Pad section | ||
| Built-in pads | 12 | |
| External inputs | 5 (three-zone x 1; monaural x 4) | |
| Tone generator | ||
| Maximum Polyphony | 64 notes | |
| Voices | Drum and percussion: 1,061Keyboard: 216 | |
| Effects | Variation x 42 types; Chorus x 6 types; Reverb x 6 types: 5-band master equalizer | |
| Drum kits | Preset: 50User-defined: 200 | |
| Wave memory | 100 MB (16-bit linear conversion) | |
| Sequencer | ||
| Note Resolution | Quarter note / 480 | |
| Patterns | Preset patterns: 128 phrases (including 3 demo patterns)User-defined patterns: 50 phrases | |
| Sequence formats | ProprietarySMF Format 0 (for loading only) | |
| Sequence capacity | 152,000 notes | |
| Recording method | Real-time overdubbing | |
| Waves | ||
| Readable quantity | 500 | |
| Bit depth | 16 bit | |
| Wave memory | 64 MB | |
| Maximum size | Mono sample: 2 MBStereo sample: 4 MB | |
| Sample formats | Proprietary, WAV, and AIFF | |
| Other | ||
| Display | Backlit LCD with 2 rows of 16 characters | |
| Connectors | PAD (13) jack (standard stereo-phone plug; left = trigger, right = rim switch)PAD (14)/(15) and PAD (16)/(17) jacks (standard stereo-phone plug; left = trigger, right = trigger)HI-HAT CONTROL jack (standard stereo-phone plug)FOOT SW jack (standard stereo-phone plug)OUTPUT L/MONO and R jacks (standard phone plugs)PHONES jack (standard stereo-phone plug), AUX IN jack (standard stereo-phone plug), MIDI IN and OUT connectors, USB TO HOST port, USB TO DEVICE port, and DC IN. | |
| Power Consumption | 9W | |
| Package Contents | Power adaptor (PA-5D or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha), Owner's Manual , Data List booklet, DVD-ROM (Cubase AI5) | |
| Trigger section | ||
| Pad functions | Increment or decrement of drum kit, pattern, or tempo; tap tempo; switching on or off of click-track; transmission of control change messages | |
| Click-track | ||
| Tempo | 30 to 300 BPM. Tap tempo functionality | |
| Beats | 1/4 – 16/4, 1/8 – 16/8, 1/16 – 16/16 | |
| Note timing | Accent notes, quarter notes, eight notes, sixteenth notes, triplets |
