DJX-IIB
groove box
Yamaha DJX-IIB audio demos in .mp3
FACTORY DEMO: Yamaha DJX-IIB demo
Stream all audio examples below
| Preset name with .mp3 demo | My comments |
| 00 Techno | A classy techno beat, with cool synth pad and bass. I'm tweaking the effects in real-time. |
| 07 Underground | Classic house style - with nice synth work. I'm probably overdoing the effects... ;-D |
| 09 Discomania | Modern rendition of classic disco styles, with obligatory string runs and bass played near the bridge. Check out how cool the effects in the DJX-IIB are. The Kraftwerk-style rez-zaps come from scratching the cd-pad. |
| 16 Club Vibes | Very modern club style - hypnotic and fat - very Euro. I'm (badly) scratching at the end. |
| 22 Trance Traxx | One of my favorite genres, Trance is here well-represented. Powerful FX - this machine is great for live use. |
| 25 Elektro Empire | Unashamedly ripped off from Herbie Hancock's "Rockit", this is a killer preset. I definitely need to learn how to scratch.. but I'm having too much fun! |
| 29 Garage | Ultra-cool British garage here - aka 2-step. More cool scratch variants and sounds. |
| 32 Drum 'n' Bass | Dreamy jungle/d 'n' b pattern - very busy and particular. |
| 38 Hip Hop | Sounds more like rock but hey. Very nice effects... |
| 41 Space Hop | Only needs the bouncing car |
| 43 Swing Hop | Classy and cool |
| 47 Gangsta | Very cool! Great distortion fx, among the others. |
| 54 Intelligent | Sounds a bit like Britney Spears' arrangement |
| 57 Funky Hip Hop | Funk |
| 61 Old Skool | I hear influences from Juan Atkins/Cybotron - Cosmic Cars, and Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F here... |
| 67 Trip Hop | Awesome pattern, very early Portishead... I love the delay and echo on this machine.. just beautiful (pardon my bad scratching technique...) |
Yamaha DJX-IIB pictures
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Yamaha DJX-IIB manual
PDF Manual found at Yamaha site: Yamaha DJX-IIB manual.pdf
Resources:
- Review in "Keyboard magazine" Janfebmarch 198___
Features
- A lot of fun!
- Live "effector", plenty of knobs, and scratch pad
- High quality sounds and patterns
- highly portable, cool vinyl-style inlays
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Links
| SITE | Type of resource | DESCRIPTION |
| Home page | website. | |