The new Yamaha DTX530 electronic drum kit expands upon the bestselling DTX family offering yet another option and ensuring that, within the DTX range, everyone's needs are covered. The DTX530 features the same great module and responsive DTX Snare Pad as the DTX520K, but includes a larger crash cymbal and a hi hat pad that can be mounted on a real stand.
If you can stretch your budget a little more over the 520k, the DTX530K will allow for an even more authentic drumming experience with all the benefits of an electronic kit included as well. The DTX series of electronic kits is affordable and offers professional features and responsive pads which will help you improve your chops - even when everyone else has gone to bed!
The DTX 530 does not come with a stool, sticks or headphones. If you already have a drum kit, then chances are you'll have all these items anyway, but if you're starting from scratch you'll need to buy these extra bits in order to get going. Any stool, kick drum pedal, headphones & sticks will work with the DTX530, but here are some links to some of the basic options you might need.
Here's what Yamaha say about the DTX530K
The DTX-PAD provides snare head, open rimshot, and closed rimshot voices for authentic snare expression, and the real hi-hat trigger and stand lets you match your ideal setup. Both cymbals feature cup, bow and edge voices and are "choke-able" for more expression. The realistic sounds of the DTX500 module lets you sound your best, and with the advanced practice tools and easy song recorder you will be getting better all the time.
DTX-PAD - For Quiet Practice that Improves Technique!
After years of designing and manufacturing some of the world's finest drums, Yamaha knows what it means for drums to feel good and play naturally. We designed the DTX-PAD to be the new standard in electronic drum pads, providing drummers with a pad that feels good, offers playability that is as close as possible to acoustic drums, and is exceptionally quiet. Teaming up with the world's top drummers to satisfy their demanding sense of perfection, we focused our knowledge and experience and created the DTX-PAD. This next generation drum pad allows for true development of acoustic drumming techniques. The DTX530K utilizes an 8-inch DTX-PAD for the snare, with authentic stick response and ability to play open/closed rim shots essential for snare performance.
Legendary Yamaha Sound Quality for All Your Drum Kits!
The DTX500 drum trigger module features Yamaha's high-quality tone generator with realistic acoustic drum, cymbal, and percussion sounds. You get the sounds of hi-end oak, maple, beech and birch drums, with details like velocity-switching samples (that changes sound characteristic as you play harder) so you will feel like you are listening to a "live" set of drums. The 50 preset kits are ready for you to perform a wide range of music styles, and you can select your favorite sounds to create custom user kits, and add digital reverb effects and master EQ to sweeten the sound. While the DTX-PADs provide an authentic drum feel, the DTX500 drum trigger module provides you with amazingly realistic drum sounds. Using digital sound technology derived from the MOTIF ES synthesizer, these instruments come alive from under your sticks, directly responding to your dynamic performance with full musical expression.
Play Along With Musical Practice Songs!
The songs of the DTX530K let you play along in different styles with or without the recorded drum track, solo the bass player, or with the full ensemble to make playing fun and practicing seem more like a band rehearsal.
Practical Tools that Improve your Groove!
Yamaha's popular groove tools have set the standard for educational functions that are not only easy and fun to use, but actually help you become a better drummer. The DTX530K has a collection of training functions including the popular Groove Check that displays whether you are playing early or late, so you can more easily correct undesirable habits. Rhythm Gate is like a drumming game that automatically mutes the sound if you playing is too far out of time, so you quickly learn to control your groove and play "in the pocket". Practice has never been this much fun!
3-Zone Cymbals with "Choke" Feature Deliver Realistic Expression!
The DTX530K also features our professional 3-zone cymbal pads, which can express a different sound in each of the cup, bow and edge zones. These cymbals have a good stick feel and low acoustic noise, which is essential for electronic drums when used for private practice. In addition to a very natural swaying motion, they also have the "choke" function 360-degrees around the edge.
Real Hi-Hat System that Reproduces Your Every Nuance!
The hi-hat system of the DTX530K features a dual-zone trigger pad (for edge and bow sounds) that mounts to the included Yamaha hi-hat stand for realistic pedal action and versatile positioning. Moreover, the hi-hat can express various styles of play such as open/close position, closed pedal and foot splash. You can even play tip and edge voices for adding subtle nuances to the beat!
AUX INPUT Connection to Play Along With Your Favorite Tunes!
The DTX530K includes an audio input for connecting an external music player to the module so you can play along with your favorite music, either though the main output or in your headphones, so you can quickly master the piece you want to learn note for note.
Programmable Click Tracks with the Hi-Performance Metronome!
The DTX530K is equipped with a high-performance, programmable metronome made for drummers that allows complicated rhythms and tones to be set.
Impressive Expandability and Upgrades - Add up to Four Pads!
The DTX530K gives you peace of mind, too. Even after purchasing the kit, you can expand by adding up to four pads if you want more toms, cymbals or a double-bass configuration. All kinds of upgrades including support for the DTX-PADs are possible.
MIDI Connection Offers More Possibilities!
The DTX500 trigger module is equipped with a MIDI output port for connecting the kit to additional devices or a computer* for music production applications. *Computer connection requires MIDI interface (ex: Yamaha UX16 USB-MIDI Interface)
RS500 Ergonomic Rack System with Real Drum Hardware!
The RS500 rack for the DTX530K uses curved steel pipes for a compact setup that offers durable stability, and features a ball clamp that lets you precisely position the snare pad.
Specifications
Configuration
- Bass Drum Pedal: No
- DTX-PAD: Snare
- Snare diameter: 8"
- 3-zone cymbals: Crash, Ride
- Real Hi-Hat System: Yes
- Trigger Module: DTX500
- Rack System: RS500
- Pad Set: DTP520P (PAD SET) includes: XP80, TP65 x 3, KP65. DTP700C (PAD SET) includes: PCY135 x 2, RHH135, HS650A
Size/Weight (Trigger Module)
- Dimensions: Width: 252 mm (9-15/16 inch)
- Height: 147 mm (5-13/16 inch)
- Depth: 52 mm (2-1/16 inch)
- Weight: Weight: 898 g (2 lbs)
Tone generator
- Maximum Polyphony: 32 notes
- Voices: Drum and percussion: 427, Melodies: 22
- Effects: Reverb: 19, Master EQ: 2 bands
- Drum kits: Preset: 50, User: 20
Sequencer
- Note Capacity: Approx. 16,000 notes
- Note Resolution: 96 ppq (parts per quarter note)
- Song recording type: Real-time replace
- Song tracks: 1 track
- Songs: Demo: 3, Practice: 41, Pad: 19, User: 20
Click
- Tempo: 30 to 300 BPM, Tap Tempo supported.
- Beat: 1/4 to 9/4
- Timing: Accent, Quarter note, Eighth note, Sixteenth note, Triplet
- Training Functions: Measure break, Groove check, Rhythm gate
Other
- Connectors: OUTPUT [L/MONO] (Standard mono phone), OUTPUT [R] (Standard mono phone), Trigger Inputs 1, 5, 6, 7 (Standard stereo phone, L: Trigger Input, R: Rim Switch), Trigger Inputs 2, 3, 4, 8 (Standard stereo phone, L: Trigger Input, R: Trigger Input), HI-HAT CONTROL (Standard stereo phone), AUX IN (Stereo Mini), PHONES (Standard stereo phone), MIDI IN/OUT
- Accessories: Power Adaptor (PA-130A or PA-3C)
