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DTX700 Owner’s Manual

Basic Operation

Connecting Your DTX700 to a Computer

 Recording Performances using a DAW

Application

[Definition] DAW Application

DAW is an abbreviation of digital audio worksta-

tion. DAW applications such as Cubase can be

used to record, edit, and mix audio and MIDI

data on a computer.

The following section will describe how to connect your

DTX700 to a computer and prepare for recording perfor-

mances using a DAW application running on it. Normally,

when playing in order to record on a computer, performance

data produced by striking the pads is first sent to the com-

puter and then returned to the instrument in order to play its

internal tone generator. If local control of the DTX700 is

turned on at this time, performance data will also be sent

directly to the tone generator, and as a result, the direct and

returned data will overlap, making it sound as if the pads are

being struck twice.

Most DAW applications allow MIDI Thru to be turned on,

and therefore, you can setup your system as shown below

with local control of the DTX700 turned off and the DAW

application returning performance data to the tone generator.

In this way, performances can be recorded in comfort with-

out each strike being heard twice.

We will now describe how to setup parameters for recording

your performances, first on the DTX700, and then within the

DAW application.

 Preparing the DTX700

Using the following procedure, turn off DTX700 local con-

trol.

1 Use [MENU] m [Utility] m [MIDI] to access the

MIDI parameters, and set LocalCtrl to “off”.

2 Press the [STORE] button to store your new

setting.

With local control turned off in this way, performance data

produced by striking the pads will not be sent to the internal

tone generator.

 Setting DAW-Application Parameters

Within your DAW application, turn on MIDI Thru. This set-

ting ensures that, when performance data is being recorded

on a track within your application, it is also returned to the

external MIDI system.

For example, let’s assume that performance data is being

recorded on Track 3 by your DAW application. In addition,

we’ll also assume that MIDI Channel 1 has been set for the

return of performance data. If MIDI Thru is now turned on

for Track 3, the DAW application will return the perfor-

mance data to the DTX700 on MIDI Channel 1 as it is being

recorded, and the instrument’s internal tone generator will

sound as if it is being played directly.

NOTE

• For details on how to turn on MIDI Thru, refer to the man-

ual that came with your DAW application.

• If local control on the DTX700 and MIDI Thru within your

DAW application are both turned off, no performance

data will be sent to the internal tone generator, either

directly or indirectly. As a result, no sound will be pro-

duced.

 Playing the DTX700 using MIDI Data from

a DAW Application

As described below, you can setup your DTX700 to operate

as a multi-timbral tone generator for your DAW application.

In this way, you can easily integrate the instrument’s high-

quality MIDI tone generator into your music-production

setup. For details on how to connect the DTX700 to your

computer, see page 52.

1 Set each of the tracks within your DAW appli-

cation to output their MIDI data to the

DTX700.

2 Play MIDI performance data using the DAW

application.

Making Music with a Computer

Within DTX700

Sound is

produced

Trigger

Internal tone

generator

No sound is

produced.

Local Control Settings

Off

DTX700

Local control

LocalCtrl =“off”

Computer

MIDI Thru turned on

within DAW applica-

tion.

Tri gg er

OUT

OUTIN

USB TO HOST port

Internal

tone

generator

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