Adjusting Pad Sensitivity ............19 Adding Drum Pads to an Acoustic Drum Set ......77 Balancing Instrument Volumes..........19 Playing the DTX502 Using Acoustic Drums ......77 Mounting the DTX502 on a Hi-Hat Stand......78 Building Your Own Unique Kits ......... 20 Assigning Voices to Instruments ...........
This product should be used only with the components supplied or; a When installing batteries, never mix old batteries with new ones, and cart, rack, or stand that is recommended by Yamaha. If a cart, etc., is never mix different types of batteries. Batteries MUST be installed cor- used, please observe all safety markings and instructions that accom- rectly.
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If it should appear to be malfunctioning, discontinue use • When one of the following problems occur, immediately turn off the immediately and have it inspected by qualified Yamaha service power switch and disconnect the electric plug from the outlet. Then have personnel.
If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, consult a physician. Yamaha cannot be held responsible for damage caused by improper use or modifications to the instrument, or data that is lost or destroyed. Always turn the power off when the instrument is not in use.
Using PDF Manuals The Reference Manual for your DTX502 is made available in digital format as a PDF document. As such, a computer and suitable software will be required in order to read it. We recommend that Adobe® Reader® be used for this purpose as it allows you to quickly and easily search for keywords, to print out specific sections, and to conveniently jump from page to page by clicking embedded links.
• Connect the pads and the DTX502 using the cable provided. Refer to the Assembly Manual that came with your pad set. • Connect the power adaptor to the DTX502 module and turn on the module. See page 12 of this booklet.
[SHIFT] button and press the [ button once again. Practicing with the Metronome (page 31) q Press the [ ] button. w To adjust the tempo, hold down the [SHIFT] button and turn the Data Dial. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Press the flashing button ([ ] or ]) when you are ready to go. Eight different training options are available on your DTX502. See page 38 for more details of each. Recording Your Performances (page 51) q Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [SONG] button.
VOLUME [+] and [–] buttons (page 15) • Hold down the [SHIFT] button and turn the Data Dial to change the tempo. These buttons are used to adjust the overall DTX502 vol- ume—that is, the volume of sound output via the OUTPUT !1 [<]/[>] buttons and [PHONES] jacks.
These trigger input jacks are used to connect pads and/or drum This jack is used to connect an HH65 Hi-hat Controller or the triggers (such as the Yamaha DT10 or DT20) to your DTX502 [HI-HAT CONTROL] output jack of an RHH135 Real Hi-hat so that it may produce sounds in response to the trigger signals Pad.
Standard 1/4” mono-audio jack Connecting Headphones or Speakers Your DTX502 does not feature built-in speakers. In order to hear it, therefore, you will need to connect headphones or a DTX- series monitor system, such as the MS40DR. You can adjust the output volume using the VOLUME [+] and [–] buttons on the...
Settings 5min, 10min, 15min, 30min, 60min, and 120min When you turn on your DTX502 for the first time, the Initial NOTICE Setup page will be displayed. On this page, you will be required • Any unsaved changes to parameters will be lost when to specify the following.
NOTICE The drum module automatically stores its system settings Turn the DTX502 back on while holding down the [<] and before turning off. For this reason, please do not unplug the power adaptor until the LCD screen is no longer lit. Unsaved [>] buttons.
Basic Techniques Basic DTX502 Operations Basic Techniques >Pad1 ” Splash= 30 ‚ For adjusting the volume For changing values For selecting the parameter to set Adjusting the volume NOTE • To adjust the song volume, hold Press the VOLUME [+] button to increase the volume.
Closed rim shots (cross sticking) Striking the main surface of the pad produces a head shot Striking the closed-rim zone produces a closed rim-shot sound. sound. Open rim shots Striking the open-rim zone produces an open rim-shot sound. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
In order to do so, you will need to set the cup switch (CUP Edge shots SW) on the rear of the pad to the ON position. Striking the outside edge of the hi-hat pad produces an edge shot sound. OUTPUT CUP SW DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Striking the outside edge of the cymbal pad produces an Muting edge shot sound. Striking the pad while holding the edge will produce a muted sound. Bell shots Striking the cup produces a bell shot sound. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Basic Techniques Selecting & Playing a Kit In terms of the DTX502, a “kit” is a full set of drum-sound assignments for all of the pads. Your drum module comes with 50 different drum and percussion kits already set up.
Basic Techniques Building Your Own Unique Kits It’s easy to build your own unique drum kits with the DTX502—simply change the drum sounds assigned to the individual pads on pages KIT2 to KIT6 as described below. NOTE The KIT1 page is used only for selecting different kits.
If necessary, turn the Data Dial to select a different NOTE The term “Wave Voice” refers to an voice category. audio file transferred from a computer Voices are organized into the following categories on the DTX502. to your DTX502 via USB (page 79). Kick Hi-hat Snare...
Raise or lower the parameter value to change the tuning (i.e., pitch) of the voice. Cymbal (C) or Hi-hat (H): KIt3* Ride ” Size=+ 0 ‚ Raise or lower the parameter value to simulate the effect of changing the cymbal size. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
The smaller the setting, the quicker an open hi-hat sound will decay to silence. Percussion (P), Effect (E), or Wave Voice (W): KIt4* Pad12 ” Decay=+ 0 ‚ Raise or lower the parameter value to change how quickly the sound decays to silence. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
As an alternative to selecting a pad by change. striking it, you can change the current selection by pressing the [<]/[>] but- tons with the [SHIFT] button held Turn the Data Dial to change the pan setting. down. KIt6* Snare ” Pan= C DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Saving Customized Kits You can now save your customized kit as one of the drum module’s User kits, which are num- bered 51 to 100. User kits are retained in memory even when the DTX502 is turned off. Press the [SAVE/ENTER] button.
Basic Techniques Performing with a Song Your DTX502 comes complete with a full complement of practice songs. Covering a wide range of genres, they provide a convenient, enjoyable way to practice drumming. Songs are selected on the SONG1 page. Press the [SONG] button to open the SONG1 page.
When the drum parts have been muted, the symbol “ ” will be displayed on-screen. parts. For details, see the description of Part Mute from Training Mode (page 47). SONG1 01:Demo ‚ Hold DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
NOTE The loop setting for User songs is • When Loop is set to “off”, the song will stop automatically when it has played to the retained even when the DTX502 is end. turned off. • When Loop is set to “on”, the song will start again from the beginning when it has played to the end.
CupClose hihat FootClose hihat FootSplash *1: These input sources apply when the Snares parameter from the KitC6 page (page 62) is set to “off” . *2: These input sources apply when using a PCY100 as a hi-hat. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
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: The pad song will play one measure at a time whenever the pad is struck. Á : If any other pad song of the same type is already playing, it will be stopped before playing the pad song selected here. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
] button and press either the VOLUME [+] NOTE The overall volume setting applies to or [–] button. all click sets. You can set the overall metronome volume between “0” (off) and “16” (loudest). aClickVolume=10b cÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇd Hold DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
The term “click set” is used to describe a collection of metronome settings. You can customize NOTE these click sets as necessary, and your DTX502 can store up to 30 of them. The following Your click-set selection will be retained even when the DTX502 is describes how to recall a previously stored click set.
Training Mode. Turn the Data Dial to set the metronome timer. The time can be freely set between 0 seconds (i.e., the timer is disabled) and 600 sec- onds in units of 30 seconds. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
”, “ ”, “ ”, and “ ”). Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [ ] button to access the Metronome area. Navigate to the CLK3 page using the [<]/[>] buttons. CLK3* Sound ” 1:Metronome ‚ DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
” can be selected only for “ ” sary, turn the Data Dial to select a different category. ¤ and “ ” . Voices are organized into the following categories on the DTX502. Kick Percussion Snare Effect Wave Voice ë...
Metronome area. Navigate to the CLK6 page using the [<]/[>] buttons. CLK6* tAP tEMPO ” ⁄=120 Strike a pad at least three times at the desired tempo. The tapped tempo will be displayed on-screen. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Storing a Customized Click Set After you have customized a click set (as described on pages 32 through 36), you should store it to prevent your settings being lost when the DTX502 is turned off. Press the [SAVE/ENTER] button. The button will start to flash and the following page will be displayed.
Basic Techniques Practicing in Training Mode Your DTX502 comes complete with eight different types of training that allow you to improve various drumming skills while having fun at the same time. You can work on your sense of rhythm, learn drum patterns from a wide range of different musical genres, and even practice playing as wildly as you can.
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) at the bottom of the screen, the larger the degree of varia- when the song plays once to the end. tion in your drumming. • Press the [SAVE/ENTER] button to return to the training menu page (TRNG1). DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Turn the Data Dial to select “03:MeasureBreak” . The [ ] button will start flashing, indicating that the drum module is on standby to start training. tRNG1 03:MeasureBreak‚ Press the [>] button to move to the TRNG2 page. tRNG2 ” Meas=3 Brk=1 DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
] button will start flashing, indicating that the drum module is on standby to start training. tRNG1 04:tempo Up/Down Press the [ ] button when you are ready to go. NOTE You can adjust the training tempo by turning the Data Dial. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
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• This training can be set either to mute pads when they are not played in time or to always play pads when- ever they are struck. For details, see the description of the Ignore Timing page from Menu Mode (page 72). DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
• If you strike the pad too early, the “t” symbol will be shown to the left of the scale. • If you strike the pad too late, the “t” symbol will be shown to the right of the scale. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
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Data Dial to select whether to play or skip them. Page Rhythm Page Rhythm É èA TRNG2 TRNG6 Ñ ê TRNG3 TRNG7 ÑA êB TRNG4 TRNG8 è TRNG5 DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Toms Kick Bass Drum parts Accompaniment (non-drum) parts The letters displayed on-screen correspond to the following parts. H: Hi-hat S: Snare K: Kick T: Toms C: Cymbals B: Bass O: Other (i.e., accompaniment parts other than bass) DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
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Practice playing the pads along with the song. To end training, press the [ ] button. NOTE If looping (page 28) is turned off for the selected song, training will finish when the song plays once to the end. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
• To end a training session before the time limit, press the [ ] button once again. When the time limit is reached, the message “Fin- ished!” will be displayed on-screen together with your final score. Finished! º 63726 p ‚ DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
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With the message “Finished!” displayed on-screen, press the [>] button twice. 5-2. The best score you have recorded so far will be displayed. BESt SCORE ” 63726 p Press the [SAVE/ENTER] button to return to the training menu page (TRNG1). DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Basic Techniques Recording Your Performances You can record your performances in the DTX502 in the form of User songs. NOTE • Performances recorded in the drum module are not saved as audio files. Instead, they are saved in the form of MIDI data, which describes which pads were played and when.
Quantization is a function that corrects any small deviations in the timing of your ations in the timing of your drumming performance. The DTX502 can make recordings quantized based on a specified will not be corrected. note length. The available quantization settings are as follows.
:[tntitled] Press the [SAVE/ENTER] button once again. SONG saVe name Are you sure? To cancel the process without changing the song name, press the [ ] button. Press the [SAVE/ENTER] button to save the new song name. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Navigate to the SONG4 page using the [<]/[>] buttons. SONG4 Clear ” Current Song Press the [SAVE/ENTER] button. SONG4 Clear Are you sure? To cancel the process without deleting the song, press the [ ] button. Press the [SAVE/ENTER] button to delete the selected song. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
To cancel the process without storing any settings, press Parameter values from pages where an asterisk is not dis- the [ ] button. played are stored automatically. When your settings have been successfully stored, the message “Completed.” will be displayed. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Voices are organized into input groups based on their voice category. For example, when you change the T setting (tom sound volumes), the volume of all sounds from the Tom (T) voice category will change accordingly. Settings 0 to 16 DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
In addition, when you have selected Pad Song as the voice category, you can also set the song’s Repeat and Play modes as shown below (page 30). >KitV2* snareHd˙ ”Ö39:Funk C ≥‚ Repeat mode Play mode DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
This setting has no effect when Pad Song ( e ) is selected as the voice category. w CutOffFreq Use this parameter to set the filter cutoff frequency for the voice assigned to the selected layer. Negative values produce darker sounds and vice-versa. Settings –64 to 0 to +63 DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Use this parameter to set the MIDI channel on which notes Settings 0 to 127 are output whenever a trigger signal is received from the selected trigger input source. Settings can be made individu- ally for Layer A and Layer B. Settings 1 to 16 DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
• When a voice from the Open Hi-hat group is triggered, other voices from that group and those from the Closed Hi-hat group are not silenced. • When a voice from the Closed Hi-hat group is triggered, all voices from the Open Hi-Hat group are silenced. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Use this parameter to specify the tempo to be set automati- cally upon selection of the current drum kit. When set to “off”, the tempo will not change automatically when the cur- rent kit is selected. Settings off, 30 to 300 DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Bank Select LSB Settings 000 to 127 NOTE In order to set the Bank Select MSB and LSB parameters cor- rectly, you will need to refer to the MIDI instrument’s Voice List and MIDI Data Format. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
>KitJ1 CopyPad ”02:tom1≥tom2 ‚ Destination pad NOTE When the destination pad is flashing, you can also select a dif- ferent one by striking it or by holding down the [SHIFT] button and pressing the [<]/[>] buttons. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
The lower the value, the smaller the virtual open- When the User kit has been successfully cleared, the mes- ing between the top and bottom hi-hats. sage “Completed.” will be displayed. Settings 0 to 32 DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Turn the metronome on or off and simulta- clk&song> neously start or stop an external song (syn- chronized with the metronome) Turn the Double Bass Switch on or off (page doubleBass NOTE Pad Function cannot be used when in Training Mode. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
R side to ensure that the rim sounds instead. Similarly, if the rim sounds when the Settings 0 to 99 (%) head is struck, move the balance further to the H side. >tRG3 tom1 ”2P:Balance=R 6‚ DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
4 to 500 (ms) Larger noise filter settings can, in cases where the pad is struck multiple times in rapid succession, result in sounds being dropped. Be sure to adjust the setting to best match your style of drumming. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Crosstalk page (TRG10) will apply to these pads. No crosstalk elimination is performed for unselected pads ( ). Sn (Snare), T1 (Tom1), T2 (Tom2), T3 (Tom3), Ri (Ride), Cr (Crash), KK (Kick), P8 (Pad8), Settings HH (HiHat), P10 (Pad10), P11 (Pad11), and P12 (Pad12) DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
>tRG12 CopyPad ” 2:tom1≥tom2 Destination pad NOTE When the destination pad is flashing, you can also select a dif- ferent one by striking it or by holding down the [SHIFT] button and pressing the [<]/[>] buttons. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
With this setting, you must play the drum • Tempo Up/Down all note • Change Up pattern exactly as it is in the song. • Pad Gate NOTE The above setting applies only to Pad Gate training. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
DrumMuteVol Use this parameter to set the volume of the drum parts when muted with [DRUM MUTE]. Settings 0 to 10 NOTE When DrumMuteVol is set to “0”, the drum parts will be totally silent when muted. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
• Turning the Data Dial with the [SHIFT] button held down • Operating a pad controller whose function has been set to “tempo” (page 62) • Striking a pad whose pad function has been set to “inc tempo”, “dec tempo”, or “tap tempo” (page 66) DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
To cancel the Restore process, press the [ ] button. Press the [SAVE/ENTER] button to reset the parameters. When the parameters have been successfully reset, the mes- sage “Completed.” will be displayed. The drum module will automatically restart. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
For details on how to do so, see the description of the Pad Type page from Menu Mode (page 68). Specifically, you should set “Pad8” as the trigger input and set the Pad Type parameter to “PCY90”. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
The following describes a couple of examples of how you can integrate electronic and acoustic drums. Adding Drum Pads to an Acoustic Drum Playing the DTX502 Using Acoustic Drums By attaching a CSAT924A Cymbal Stand Attachment and a drum You can attach a DT10 or DT20 Drum Trigger to the head or shell...
Advanced Techniques Integrating Electronic & Acoustic Drums Mounting the DTX502 on a Hi-Hat Stand The drum module can be conveniently mounted on a hi-hat stand using a CSAT924A Cymbal Stand Attachment. The following diagram shows a typical example of how the various components can be set up.
Precautions when using the [USB TO Making Connections HOST] terminal While your DTX502 is highly powerful and versatile all by itself, If proper care is not taken when connecting your drum mod- you can connect it to a computer via USB for even greater conve- ule to a computer via the [USB TO HOST] terminal, either or nience and flexibility.
Recording was carried out with a Preset song selected, but no memory is avail- able for User songs. not empty. • User data could not be stored when the drum module was turned off. Backup error! • After displaying this error message, the Factory Set will be automatically restored. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Mode. High settings will result in loud drum sounds. (See page 68.) 74.) • Ensure that you are using only the recommended Yamaha If you cannot play foot closed hi-hat sounds, try the fol- pads. (Products from other manufacturers can output exces- lowing.
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• Ensure that the drum parts have not been muted. (See page 27.) My training scores are strange. Why is this? • Crosstalk could be triggering sounds unintentionally as you drum. See the above section Crosstalk is occurring. DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
HipHop Indian Pop ChilOut2 Break 1 Break 1 China ChilOut3 Break 2 Break 2 Japan DigiRck1 DNB 1 Pad Song GM Kit DigiRck2 DNB 2 DigiRck3 RollFill TrancSeq Bongo Conga 1 Conga 2 Shaker Tambrin Triangle Samba DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
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Gate 3 M Dhol RH Cl Gate 3 L Dhol LH Op Noise H Dhol LH Cl Noise M KanjiraHit Noise L KanjiraSlp Electric 1 KanjiraShk Electric 2 Electric 3 Amb Tom DNB H DNB M DNB L DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
Synth 1 Jazz OpRim Synth 2 Jazz ClRim Synth 3 Jazz Off Vo Kick Jazz OpOf Vo Snare Jazz ClOf Vo SnOp Brush Vo SnClR Brush OpRm Vo Tom H Amb Rim Vo Tom M Vo Tom L DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
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Elec2 Sp Noise L ElecCym 4 Elec3 Op Electric 1 ElecCym 5 Elec3 OpEg Electric 2 ElecCym 6 Elec3 Cl Electric 3 ElecCym 7 Elec3 ClEg Amb Tom ElecCym 8 Elec4 Cl DNB H DNB M DNB L DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
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MG Kick 6 Dhol RH Op MG Snare 1 MG Snare 2 Dhol RH Cl Dhol LH Op MG FX 1 Dhol LH Cl MG FX 2 KanjiraHit Synth 1 KanjiraSlp Synth 2 KanjiraShk Synth 3 ZangGu ZangGu Rim DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
*: Total memory capacity of 1 MB. Specifications and descriptions in this owner’s manual are for information purposes only. Yamaha Corporation reserves the right to modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice. Since specifications, equipment, and options may not be the same in every locale, please check with your Yamaha dealer.
Pad set .............7 Factory Set ..........75 Pad Songs ..........29 Fast Blast ..........49 Pad Type ..........68 Fast Blast Timer ........73 Part Mute ..........47 Foot Close Position ....... 65 PCY90AT ..........76 Foot-close sounds ......... 17 PDF ............6 DTX502 Owner’s Manual...
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Notez le numéro de série dans l'espace fourni ci-dessous et conservez ce manuel en tant que preuve permanente de votre achat afin de faciliter l'identification du produit en cas de vol. N° de modèle N° de série (bottom_fr_01) DTX502 Owner’s Manual / Mode d’emploi...
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