Yamaha DD-65 Drum Machine

Description of the Yamaha DD-65 Drum Machine

The Yamaha DD-65 is a digital drumkit with eight touch sensitive pads and two foot pedals. High quality drum and wide variety of percussion sounds from all over the world are mixed with orchestra voices to provide a wide range of musical opportunities. AUX IN jack lets you connect an MP3 player and play along with your favorite music.

Features of the Yamaha DD-65 Drum Machine

• Eight touch sensitive drum pads plus two foot pedals
• Connect CD, MD, or MP3 player to AUX IN jack, and play along with your favorite music
• Wide variety of percussion sounds from all over the world
• Flash ROM memory
• Load MIDI songs from the internet via USB-MIDI interface, and play along with it

Extended Description of the Yamaha DD-65 Drum Machine

8-pad digital drum system

Eight touch responsive drum pads allow for expressive drumming with hands or drumsticks. Each pad is velocity sensitive, so that all performance dynamics are perfectly reproduced. Playing can be as expressive as on an acoustic instrument.

Hand percussion mode

Hand percussion responds to the pressure of hands in an accurate way that sounds exactly like the real thing - great for those bongo and conga sessions!

Assignable percussion voices

A wide variety of percussion voices provide for a variety of percussion sounds, from rock to rap and beyond. The percussion voices can be assigned to each pad, to recreate classic drumkit sounds, or to create wild combinations of percussion instruments.

AUX IN Jack

This jack is for connection to an external audio source such as an MP3 player or CD. You can play the instrument with backing music and accompaniment, like playing with a full band.

Recording your Performances

Up to five of your performances can be saved to this instrument, and these songs can be played in the same manner as the preset songs.

Headphone jack & drum sticks

A headphone jack for drumming in private, and included drumsticks make it easy to get started quickly.

Specifications of the Yamaha DD-65

• Drum Pads 8 pads (125mm x 4, 88mm x 4), Touch Sensitive
• Maximum Polyphony 32
• Drum Kits 50 Preset + 3 Custom
• Songs 100
• Tracks 4 (DRUM 1/DRUM 2/DRUM 3/BACKING)
• Custom Song 5 Songs (approximately 10,000 notes per song)
• Voices Drum Voices 254 + phrase 25
• Functions HAND PERCUSSION ON/OFF, TRACK ON/OFF, TAP START, PAD START, BREAK, A-B REPEAT, DEMO
• Panel Controls ASSIGN button, REVERB button, HAND PERC. button, KIT button, CLICK button, SONG button, TEMPO button, PART MUTE DRUM 1–3, BACKING buttons, FUNCTION button, DEMO button, STANDBY/ON button, REC button, BREAK/TAP button, A-B REPEAT button, START/STOP button, DRUM PAD x 8
• LED Display Song/Drum Kit/Tempo etc.
• Auxiliary jacks DC IN12 V, AUX IN, PHONES/OUTPUT, MIDI IN/OUT, PEDAL 1/2
• Main Amplifier 5W + 5W
• Speaker 8 cm x 2
• Power Consumption 19 W
• Dimensions (WxDxH) 602 x 411 x 180 mm
• Weight 4.5 kg
• Supplied Accessories Drum Stick x 2, Foot Pedal 1 & 2, Owner’s Manual types

NOTE: The Yamaha DD-65 does not come with a power supply. The compatible power supply is the Yamaha KPA3 (shown below).