Yamaha DTX MULTI 12 Electronic Percussion Pad

The DTX-MULTI 12 has many applications. It’s perfect for the acoustic drummer looking to add electronics to their kit; the hand percussionist who needs a full palette of percussion instruments in a versatile self-contained unit; or as a percussion controller for a producer in a recording studio setting. It’s a great solution for anyone looking to add top-notch percussion sounds and rhythms to their music.

The DTX-MULTI 12 has many applications. It's perfect for the acoustic drummer looking to add electronics to their kit; the hand percussionist who needs a full palette of percussion instruments in a versatile self-contained unit; or as a percussion controller for a producer in a recording studio setting. It’s a great solution for anyone looking to add top-notch percussion sounds and rhythms to their music.

• 1,061 drum/percussion/effects voices
• 216 keyboard voices from the Motif library
• 100MB wave ROM
• 64 MB Flash ROM for loading custom WAV/AIFF files
• USB – to device/host
• Expandable via 5 aux trigger inputs
• Hi-hat control jack/foot switch/tap tempo
• Stick, hand, and finger-play mode

Features:

• 100MB Wave ROM with drum sounds from DTXTREME III
• Layered pads have a natural feel when played with sticks or hands
• 64MB of built-in Flash-ROM for importing User Samples
• "Hands" and "Fingers" modes allow for alternative play style
• Bundled with Cubase AI – Plus the ability of M12 as a remote controller

Advantage:

• High-Quality sounds of our "Top-of-the-line" Drum Module
• Better playability due to staggered triggers even on a dark stage
• Sounds stay in memory so they're ready to play when you are
• Hand percussion parts can be played/sequenced more naturally
• Use your computer to record audio samples and sequences then load them into the DTX-M12

Benefits:

• Tons of drums and percussion sounds in a convenient playable package
• More accurate for live playing with less chance of hitting the wrong pad
• Future-proof. You can add new drum sounds whenever you need them
• Multiple styles of play for the drum set player or hand percussionist
• Complete solution for e-drummer, percussionist, teacher, and producer – virtually any musician.

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: 1,061 Keyboard: 216
• Effects Variation x 42 types; Chorus x 6 types; Reverb x 6 types: 5-band master equalizer
• Drum kits Preset: 50 User-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 Proprietary SMF Format 0 (for loading only)
• Sequence capacity 152,000 notes
• Recording method Real-time overdubbing

Others

• 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 (DTXM12 and PA-5D adaptor)
• Package Contents Power adaptor (PA-5D or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha), Owner's Manual, Data List booklet, DVD-ROM (Cubase AI5)
• Pad functions Increment or decrement of the 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