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Yamaha DTX-Multi 12 Digital Percussion Pad  

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With truly limitless possibilities, this pad is sure to inspire.

This powerful, all-in-one percussion pad suits beginners and experts alike, accommodating different levels of playing, as well as a wide variety of playing styles and performance situations. The 12 stepped pads make this unit as compact as it is limitless.

Infinite usability
You can use the DTX-MULTI 12 in many ways, such as using the percussion pad in combination with acoustic drums and percussion to accent music with a rich variety of voices, transferring data to the connected computer where you can compose music with the included Cubase AI-5 program, and connecting kick and hi-hat pedals (sold separately) to create a compact drum set.

Unlimited sonic possibilities
In addition to a broad spectrum of voices taken from the MOTIF-series synthesizers, the 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. The 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. The DTX-MULTI 12 functions as a sample playback device with 64MB of battery-backed Flash ROM.

Effects
The DTX-MULTI 12 is loaded with sweet effects including delays, flangers, phasers, pitch shifters, and more. Great-sounding reverb and chorus effects can be applied to entire drum kits, but there is also a Variation effect unit that can be used to enhance individual voices in many exciting ways through compression and EQ. A five-band master EQ adds yet another level of sound sculpting possibilities.

Patterns
The 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 PC. 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.

Play modes
The DTX-MULTI 12 provides a number of playing modes and features that enable performers to directly express their art and talent by making the pads more or less sensitive. In Stick Mode the pads have low velocity sensitivity and are optimized for playing the instrument with drumsticks. Conveying subtle expressions through hand percussion is easy in Hand Mode, but if your style involves extremely intricate finger drumming, Finger Mode is ultra sensitive. A Muting Feature enables sounds to be muted or changed when a hand is pressed down on a pad as it is struck. This allows for skin bends, drum mutes, and other feel-based modulations.

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 port, the 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, and others can play computer software synthesizer sounds by striking the DTX-MULTI 12. Essentially, this allows the unit to be used as a MIDI controller using USB instead of MIDI.

Start your recording career today.
Cubase AI 5 by Steinberg, a DAW software application, is bundled with the DTX-MULTI 12. You can begin modifying the pitch and rhythm of the MIDI data that you input using the DTX-MULTI 12 and begin composing elaborate pieces of music on the same day you receive it. Additionally, by installing the DTX-MULTI 12 Extension from Yamaha's website, you will be able to control Cubase AI 5 directly from the DTX-MULTI 12 front panel. This extension will dramatically improve your efficiency in music composition.

Trigger Expandability
The DTX-MULTI 12 comes with trigger-input jacks that five external pads can be connected to as well as a foot switch jack and a hi-hat controller jack. This allows for a wide variety of set-ups including connecting a hi-hat controller and a kick pad to use the DTX-MULTI 12 as a compact drum kit; using a foot switch 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, foot switches, foot controllers, kick pads, and drum triggers are sold separately.

Features

  • The DTX-Multi 12 features make it flexible enough for multiple applications:
  • Create a compact electronic drum kit for portable playability with the addition of a kick drum pad and hi-hat pedal (sold separately)
  • Easily add electronics to an acoustic drum set
  • Complement hand drums with a full palette of percussion sounds
  • Use as a MIDI controller for any MIDI enabled device such as a hardware sampler or a synthesizer
  • Integrate electronic drums and percussion into a digital audio workstation such as the included Cubase AI5
  • USB in/out for transferring both MIDI and WAV data to and from a computer or digital memory source
  • 1,277 individual voices, many from Yamaha's MOTIF-series synthesizers but also a rich variety of other sounds and instruments such as timpani, marimba, vibraphone, and other chromatic percussion instruments
  • Flash ROM supports WAV and AIFF files imported via USB
  • A wide variety of classic effects including delay, flanger, tremolo, phaser, reverb, chorus, EQ, and more
  • Variable pad sensitivity is defined in three modes:
  • Stick Mode: This mode works best when playing with drumsticks and has the least sensitivity
  • Hand Mode: This further articulates the nuances of playing a hand drum
  • Finger Mode: This mode gives the pads the highest sensitivity and allows for extremely subtle technique
  • Muting Feature enables sounds to be muted or changed when a hand is pressed down on a pad as it is struck, allowing for skin bends, mutes and other feel-based modulations
  • Each pad can have up to four voices assigned to it and then triggered all at once in Stack Mode, triggered one-after-another each time the pad is struck in Alternate Mode, held until the pad is hit again in Hold Mode, or you can set the pads to trigger different assigned voices based on how hard the pad is struck
  • 128 preset patterns in a wide variety of musical styles
  • 50 user-defined patterns that can be created by performing on the device or by composing on a computer
  • Innovative Tap Tempo sets tempo for patterns or Click Track by simply striking the pads
  • Jacks for five external pads in addition to an input for a hi-hat controller and a footswitch
  • Bundled with Cubase AI5
  • Includes power adapter, owner's manual, data list booklet, and DVD-ROM for Cubase AI5
  • All other accessories are sold separately

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DTX-Multi 12 Digital Percussion Pad Specifications:

  • Dimensions: 3.8" x 13.6" x 12.6"
  • Weight: 7.27 lb. " 3.3kg
  • Built-in pads: 12
  • External inputs: 5 (One 3-zone input, 4 monaural inputs)™
  • Maximum polyphony: 64 notes
  • Wave memory: 100 MB (16-bit linear conversion)
  • Drum and percussion voices: 1,061
  • Keyboard voices: 216
  • Preset drum kits: 50
  • User-defined kits: 200
  • Effects: 42 types of Variation; 6 types of Chorus; 6 types of Reverb; 5-band master equalizer
  • 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
  • Waves:
  • Readable quantity: 500
  • Bit depth: 16 bit
  • Wave memory: 64 MB
  • Maximum size: Mono sample: 2 MB
  • Stereo sample: 4 MB
  • Sample formats: Proprietary, WAV, and AIFF
  • Sequence capacity: 152,000 notes
  • Note resolution: Quarter note / 480
  • Recording method: Realtime overdubbing
  • Preset patterns: 128 phrases (including 3 demo patterns)
  • User-defined patterns: 50 phrases
  • Sequence formats: Proprietary
  • SMF Format 0 (for loading only)
  • Click-track features:
  • 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
  • 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 switch 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.
  • Display: Backlit LCD with 2 rows of 16 characters
  • Power Consumption: 9W (DTXM12 and PA-5D adaptor)
  • Minimum system requirements for Cubase AI5:
  • Macintosh:
  • Mac OS X 10.5.5
  • PowerPC G5 (Intel Core Duo CPU recommended)
  • 1024 MB RAM
  • Display resolution of 1280 x 800 recommended
  • DVD-ROM drive
  • 1 GB of free HD space
  • Internet access required for license activation
  • PC:
  • Windows XP Home Edition (SP3) and XP Professional (SP3), Windows Vista (32-bit)
  • 2 GHz CPU (dual core CPU recommended)
  • 1024 MB RAM
  • Display resolution of 1280 x 800 recommended
  • DVD-ROM drive
  • 1 GB of free HD space
  • Internet access required for license activation
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DTX-Multi 12 Digital Percussion Pad

| Review By: mark wright | 10 months, 1 week ago

2 people out of 3 found this review helpful

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in prinicple the features sound great, adjustable pads, sensitivity etc, however in reality the pads are only adjustable in groups, top, middle and bottom. Not a very good idea, cross talk is a problem and sensitivity is set in global these groups, the default setting for sticks is unplayable. Dont even think about trying a press roll. I have had to set the sensitivty up to finger mode to barely get it playable. It has been a very disappointing experience.

 

as for the sounds, they are pretty good, I was tired of the stock Roland offerings and thought I might like something different, the percussion sounds are excellent, but the stock drum kits are severely lacking, Yamaha does offer three free downloads, Asian set, acoustic set and electronic set. the asian set is spectacular for percussion, its very good. the Acoustic set is usable and the electronic set is a complete waste of time.

 

the reason I bought this was the ability to add my own samples, which works great except for the time it takes to load any sample set and the extremely limited storage. There is no way you can load samples during a live gig.

 

finally you must use the yamaha hihat pedal hh-65 I think, none of the others work with it. I was able to use Roland drum pads and bass drum pads with it. Programming the Hihat pad is a bit of a challenge and they even dedicate several manual pages to it.

 

the pads themselves are a thick sponge rubber and are almost sticky, it takes getting used to if you've never played on them.

 

the top 3 and bottom 3 pads have a lot of crosstalk problems, you have to hit them just right or you will trigger the large pads. Even programming the pads you must take care to make sure you are editing the pad you want, cause its very easy to hit one and get a completely different pad.

 

it doesnt come with a mounting plate, but I was able to use a Roland and an older one I had used for my DrumKat and they both line up, however you have to buy your own screws.

Quality:

I'll give it a 5 on quality, its well built, looks nice and works well considering the technology seems old. You can plug in a USB drive and load your samples but it is slow, the potential is there to have a really good piece of equipment but it really seems like they gave up half way thru development and just said its good enough lets sell em now. It is really a shame.

Value:

at the list price it is way too much for what the un it actually delivers, if the features it lists actually worked well it would be a great value, but unfortunately they do not. Plus you must plan on spending more money to get the hihat pedal, which by the way is very difficult to find. Musicians friend did not carry them, nor did several other online retailers.

Overall:

The value is just not there at full price. I was looking for an all in one simple pad I could take to church rehearsals or small percussion gigs and cover drum kits and percussion. Something I could play with my hands or sticks.

 

While this is possible, the sensitivity just isnt good enough. I wanted to load my own sounds, but again I am disappointed in the load times, I have an old Mirage Sampler that loads faster from disks. I wanted to fill up the user kits but not enough sample space. by the way it uses 16bit wav samples.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Over 30 yrs playing, in school, rock bands and church
Style of music you play:
Rock, Contemporary Christian
Where you live:
Texas

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Why I didn?t buy the DTX-Multi 12

| Review By: Steve-X.7ny | 1 year, 3 months ago

0 people out of 2 found this review helpful

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I am a composer/producer/engineer, and have been doing this for a long time. Long enough that when I shop for gear, one rule applies: I never pay full price. I don?t try to save every penny I can on a deal, because I like to have a working relationship with various stores, and "leaving some meat on the bone for them" is part of that cooperation. However, since I represent easy repeat business, I do expect to get a deal.  We need to update our horribly outdated electronic drum kit. It?s an old Roland TD-7 brain and a strange collection of pads, most so old I don?t even want to say their name? It?ll mainly work as a controller for BFD, so to bring it into this decade, I decided to shrink it into a compact kit. This means using a multi-pad control at its center with fewer than half a dozen additional pieces for kick, HH, snare, and a cymbal or two.  It came down to one of Roland?s Octopads, the Alesis Control Pad, or Yamaha?s DTX Multi 12 (they need to work on naming things better too). Despite its price, for use as a controller, the DTX still squeaked ahead and won as our first choice. This the point where the problem starts ? Yamaha doesn?t let their authorized retailers advertise their products at discounted prices. Because of this, there?s no "who has the best prices?" starting point to this purchase ? everyone has the same price. And it?s not just the unit, it?s also a stand and mount, which are horribly overpriced for what they are, let?s be realistic - the real street price of this unit not sitting on a table is $897.97. I said I never pay full price and mean it, so I waited for a sale of some sort (one always eventually occurs if you?re patient). When Musician?s Friend had a 15% off "whatever in this price range" sale, I said that?s the one, and pulled the trigger, ordering the unit, mount, and stand. Their shopping cart didn?t telling me it didn?t apply the sale?s coupon code, but it also didn?t tell me it did apply it, so I had to follow up. Eventually, I was told that my order went it at full price (no discount), at Yamaha?s insistence, so I canceled the order. Then they told me it had already shipped, so I?d have to refuse the shipment, so I will have to make a concerted effort to be ready to refuse it. In the past, I?ve found good deals on a few pricey units from Yamaha, but not this time. This serves as a good example of why they keep missing out on the cash I spend. It?s a nice unit, but not a "must-have". I would rather send Yamaha a message by buying something I like a little less.
Do you own the product?:
No
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Recording composer
Style of music you play:
Rock, pop, jazz, classical
Where you live:
Omaha, NE

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Very Sturdy, hard working, compact unit.

| Review By: Twoloudfouryou | 1 year, 9 months ago

1 people out of 1 found this review helpful

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The 12 pads are very responsive, very durable, compact design. I am a hard hitting drummer and it is very durable to wacking it. The controls are fairly easy and understandable. I like the recording abilities, and has tons of effects and sounds to make any genre of music lovers happy. Its rather pricey but I believe you get what you pay for. I am a loyal Yamaha user and was very pleased with this product
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Active Musician
Style of music you play:
Heavy Metal
Where you live:
Iowa

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Yamaha DTX-Multi 12, ok but...

| Review By: JE | 2 years, 1 week ago

0 people out of 0 found this review helpful

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Nice to have 12 triggers plus several places to plug in midi, USB and USB host, although I think that the MIDI 1.0 standard is dated and limiting.  The + and - buttons are nice and textured so you can feel them in the dark, but don't light up for some reason and I would rather tap with a stick.  Tap tempo is useless, simply didn't work and kept turning on the metronome.  Worst edge triggers ever.  Although they are several inches wide, you only have an inch in the center that actually triggers.  Even in hand mode, it is next to impossible to use the edge triggers.  Plenty of sounds, but marching percussion doesn't include modern pitched basses or tenors.  And the marching snare sensitivity is set so high, you need marching sticks to make it work.  It is next to impossible to roll on the pads.  The headphone jack and volume control for it is on the back, but a bit hard to get to quickly.  Soft pads are great but hard to roll.  Angled design is nice, but seems like they are trying to catch up with Roland.  Get rid of the "YAMAHA" sample please.
Do you own the product?:
No
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
musician audio engineer
Style of music you play:
rock jazz classical theater
Where you live:
Las Vegas, NV

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1023125

Great sounds and alot of FUN

| Review By: Drummer4hire-ezDai | 2 years, 1 month ago

1 people out of 1 found this review helpful

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This was a great addition to my acoustic and electronic set ups. Sounds are great, easy to use, layering is even better. Love it. I have used Yamaha edrums for years so and the controls on the DTX-Multi 12 are familiar to me so no worries there. Get it, you will love it.
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Active Musician for 25 years
Style of music you play:
Rock, Jazz, Latin, Funk, Metal
Where you live:
Boulder, CO

Did you find this review helpful? yes no800081

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