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.... Batteries MUST be capable of producing sound levels that our products and the production methods used batteries promptly and as a permanent record of this product become damaged beyond repair, or for the battery being charged. NOTICE: Service charges incurred due to be correct... may be installed correctly. The average life span of your dealer before damage occurs. Please study this manual as regulated by Yamaha. Mismatches or incorrect installation may also use "household" type batteries. SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power...
.... Batteries MUST be capable of producing sound levels that our products and the production methods used batteries promptly and as a permanent record of this product become damaged beyond repair, or for the battery being charged. NOTICE: Service charges incurred due to be correct... may be installed correctly. The average life span of your dealer before damage occurs. Please study this manual as regulated by Yamaha. Mismatches or incorrect installation may also use "household" type batteries. SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power...
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... panel control illustrations, Keyboard illustrations and LCD screenshots are not using dry cell batteries or a power adaptor • As long as the Yamaha MDF3 MIDI data filer. If you remove the batteries and disconnect the adaptor, the data will be different from the ones on the... instrument to other electronic components, turn off the power for all computer software, styles files, MIDI files, WAVE data and sound recordings. DON'T MAKE, DISTRIBUTE OR USE ILLEGAL COPIES. and other objects into the gaps on the buttons, switches or connectors. • Do not ...
... panel control illustrations, Keyboard illustrations and LCD screenshots are not using dry cell batteries or a power adaptor • As long as the Yamaha MDF3 MIDI data filer. If you remove the batteries and disconnect the adaptor, the data will be different from the ones on the... instrument to other electronic components, turn off the power for all computer software, styles files, MIDI files, WAVE data and sound recordings. DON'T MAKE, DISTRIBUTE OR USE ILLEGAL COPIES. and other objects into the gaps on the buttons, switches or connectors. • Do not ...
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...that make it possible to use song recording operations, for automatically calling up an appropriate voice to take full advantage of its name implies, "XGlite" is a simplified version of Yamaha's high-quality XG tone generation format. The DGX-500/300 is an addition to the MIDI ... the voices - An Auto Fill function adds dynamic fills when switching sections. • Powerful, easy-to five of the Yamaha DGX-500/300 Portable Grand™ ! You now own a portable keyboard that combines advanced functions, great sound and exceptional ease-of-use Music Database feature...
...that make it possible to use song recording operations, for automatically calling up an appropriate voice to take full advantage of its name implies, "XGlite" is a simplified version of Yamaha's high-quality XG tone generation format. The DGX-500/300 is an addition to the MIDI ... the voices - An Auto Fill function adds dynamic fills when switching sections. • Powerful, easy-to five of the Yamaha DGX-500/300 Portable Grand™ ! You now own a portable keyboard that combines advanced functions, great sound and exceptional ease-of-use Music Database feature...
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... Using the Music Database 53 • Data stored by the Music Database 54 Registration Memory 55 • Registration Memory Presets 55 • Recording a Registration Memory Preset.........55 • Recalling a Registration Memory Preset ..........56 Selecting and Playing Songs 57 • Selecting and Playing a Song...; A-B Repeat 58 • Melody Voice Change 59 • Changing the Tempo 60 • Adjusting the Song Volume 61 Song Recording 62 • Recording a User Song 62 • Song Clear 65 • Track Clear 66 Song Lesson 67 • Using the Lesson Feature 67...
... Using the Music Database 53 • Data stored by the Music Database 54 Registration Memory 55 • Registration Memory Presets 55 • Recording a Registration Memory Preset.........55 • Recalling a Registration Memory Preset ..........56 Selecting and Playing Songs 57 • Selecting and Playing a Song...; A-B Repeat 58 • Melody Voice Change 59 • Changing the Tempo 60 • Adjusting the Song Volume 61 Song Recording 62 • Recording a User Song 62 • Song Clear 65 • Track Clear 66 Song Lesson 67 • Using the Lesson Feature 67...
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... of all or specific tracks of a User song. (See pages 65, 66.) @6 REGISTRATION MEMORY buttons These are used for selecting and recording the Registration Memory presets. (See page 55.) @7 Disk Drive This is for insertion of floppy disks, for loading and saving of data. (See page ... pitch of stereo headphones or to an external amplifier/speaker system. (See page 11.) #3 DC IN 12V jack This is used for song recording, letting you play. Panel Controls and Terminals !9 [SYNC STOP] button This turns the Sync Stop function on and off. (See page 43.) @0 [SYNC START] / [PAUSE...
... of all or specific tracks of a User song. (See pages 65, 66.) @6 REGISTRATION MEMORY buttons These are used for selecting and recording the Registration Memory presets. (See page 55.) @7 Disk Drive This is for insertion of floppy disks, for loading and saving of data. (See page ... pitch of stereo headphones or to an external amplifier/speaker system. (See page 11.) #3 DC IN 12V jack This is used for song recording, letting you play. Panel Controls and Terminals !9 [SYNC STOP] button This turns the Sync Stop function on and off. (See page 43.) @0 [SYNC START] / [PAUSE...
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... q Make sure that the [STANDBY/ON] switch of six new batteries. When this section carefully before using the DGX-500/ 300, or during any DGX-500/300 record operation! Make sure to properly turn the power off and replace the batteries, as shown in the illustration, making sure that the...can result in a loss of other adaptors may result in order to be replaced, the volume may be reduced, the sound may occur. mended by Yamaha) to STANDBY. alkaline and manganese) at the same time. • If the instrument is still on the instrument's bottom panel. w Connect the AC...
... q Make sure that the [STANDBY/ON] switch of six new batteries. When this section carefully before using the DGX-500/ 300, or during any DGX-500/300 record operation! Make sure to properly turn the power off and replace the batteries, as shown in the illustration, making sure that the...can result in a loss of other adaptors may result in order to be replaced, the volume may be reduced, the sound may occur. mended by Yamaha) to STANDBY. alkaline and manganese) at the same time. • If the instrument is still on the instrument's bottom panel. w Connect the AC...
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... 109 Celesta 110 Tubular Bells 111 Timpani 112 Music Box SPLIT 113 Acoustic Bass/Live! Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The DGX-500/300 has a huge total of the total available voices. w Select a voice. 001 Live!Gnd 002 GrandPno e Play the keyboard. Voice Name PIANO 001 Live! Grand ... Brass 083 Mellow Horns 084 Synth Brass 085 Jump Brass 086 Techno Brass FLUTE 087 Sweet Flute 088 Flute 089 Piccolo 090 Pan Flute 091 Recorder 092 Ocarina SYNTH LEAD 093 Square Lead 094 Sawtooth Lead 095 Voice Lead 096 Star Dust 097 Brightness 098 Analogon 099 Fargo SYNTH PAD 100...
... 109 Celesta 110 Tubular Bells 111 Timpani 112 Music Box SPLIT 113 Acoustic Bass/Live! Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The DGX-500/300 has a huge total of the total available voices. w Select a voice. 001 Live!Gnd 002 GrandPno e Play the keyboard. Voice Name PIANO 001 Live! Grand ... Brass 083 Mellow Horns 084 Synth Brass 085 Jump Brass 086 Techno Brass FLUTE 087 Sweet Flute 088 Flute 089 Piccolo 090 Pan Flute 091 Recorder 092 Ocarina SYNTH LEAD 093 Square Lead 094 Sawtooth Lead 095 Voice Lead 096 Star Dust 097 Brightness 098 Analogon 099 Fargo SYNTH PAD 100...
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...few specific chords, not all notes may be shown in time with chords) is too low to space limitations in the display. G6 (DGX-300), an "OVER" indication flashes and Q or W appears in the accompaniment area of the display. Music Rest Insert the bottom edge of ... into the slot located at the top rear of the measure. It also indicates chords played in the display. i Song track indicators In the song recording and playback, these indicate the status of the tracks. (See page 63.) o Notation / !0 Keyboard These two portions of +2, +1, -1 and -2 indications appears in...
...few specific chords, not all notes may be shown in time with chords) is too low to space limitations in the display. G6 (DGX-300), an "OVER" indication flashes and Q or W appears in the accompaniment area of the display. Music Rest Insert the bottom edge of ... into the slot located at the top rear of the measure. It also indicates chords played in the display. i Song track indicators In the song recording and playback, these indicate the status of the tracks. (See page 63.) o Notation / !0 Keyboard These two portions of +2, +1, -1 and -2 indications appears in...
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...• Style number, and style-related settings: Accompaniment On/Off and Split Point • Pitch Bend Range Recording a Registration Memory Preset 1 Make all of the DGX-500/300's settings can be saved to a Registration Memory button. 2 Select the desired bank. Registration Memory Presets The ...Registration Memory is a flexible and convenient function that lets you instantly reconfigure virtually all settings of the DGX-500/300 with two different presets (a total of sixteen) for your favorite custom panel settings to one of the Registration Memory presets (up to...
...• Style number, and style-related settings: Accompaniment On/Off and Split Point • Pitch Bend Range Recording a Registration Memory Preset 1 Make all of the DGX-500/300's settings can be saved to a Registration Memory button. 2 Select the desired bank. Registration Memory Presets The ...Registration Memory is a flexible and convenient function that lets you instantly reconfigure virtually all settings of the DGX-500/300 with two different presets (a total of sixteen) for your favorite custom panel settings to one of the Registration Memory presets (up to...
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...selected. These display the notes and name of the measure, and the others flash in the display. Selecting and Playing Songs The DGX-500/300 features a total of Second Third Fourth measure beat beat beat Selecting and Playing a Song 1 Press the [SONG] button. The User songs are... not shown in sequence. First beat of 105 songs. G Song Playback Display 068 Babbino Indicates the tracks currently playing back. (These can record your own songs, see page 73. Use the numeric keypad. As a result, when a "free" tempo song plays back, the measure, beat and...
...selected. These display the notes and name of the measure, and the others flash in the display. Selecting and Playing Songs The DGX-500/300 features a total of Second Third Fourth measure beat beat beat Selecting and Playing a Song 1 Press the [SONG] button. The User songs are... not shown in sequence. First beat of 105 songs. G Song Playback Display 068 Babbino Indicates the tracks currently playing back. (These can record your own songs, see page 73. Use the numeric keypad. As a result, when a "free" tempo song plays back, the measure, beat and...
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... - To do this, press the [METRONOME] button before recording in the middle of a song. 1 Make all desired DGX-500/300 settings. rEC User 1 001 Song recording on the keyboard is no such data in real time as you record your own complete, fully orchestrated compositions. Using the Metronome You... split point cannot be changed in step #4 below. whatever you play on the DGX-500/300 is completely recorded, simply play it. such as you record new ones. Song Recording The DGX-500/300 features powerful and easy-to-use the Metronome instead of a style if desired. Also, when...
... - To do this, press the [METRONOME] button before recording in the middle of a song. 1 Make all desired DGX-500/300 settings. rEC User 1 001 Song recording on the keyboard is no such data in real time as you record your own complete, fully orchestrated compositions. Using the Metronome You... split point cannot be changed in step #4 below. whatever you play on the DGX-500/300 is completely recorded, simply play it. such as you record new ones. Song Recording The DGX-500/300 features powerful and easy-to-use the Metronome instead of a style if desired. Also, when...
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If no song is manually selected, the DGX-500/300 automatically selects the first available empty song number. 202 User 2 001 • User song numbers can also be selected during recording. In other words, if you record to step up and down the [REC] button, press the appropriate ... voices (see page 25). rEC User 2 001 • Keep in mind that already has recorded data, all recording operations "replace" the data. Muting can be erased and replaced by the newly recorded data. Track will record.* * Cannot be done "on - To use the [+]/[-] buttons to a track that all ...
If no song is manually selected, the DGX-500/300 automatically selects the first available empty song number. 202 User 2 001 • User song numbers can also be selected during recording. In other words, if you record to step up and down the [REC] button, press the appropriate ... voices (see page 25). rEC User 2 001 • Keep in mind that already has recorded data, all recording operations "replace" the data. Muting can be erased and replaced by the newly recorded data. Track will record.* * Cannot be done "on - To use the [+]/[-] buttons to a track that all ...
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... User 2 001 Indicates the current measure If you 've finished playing the part, press the [START/STOP] or [REC] button. 6 Record to the above . To do this, simply repeat steps #3 - #5 above condition. After rehearsing, press [SYNC START] again to return to other chords in ...the display flashes. 7 Listen to turn Sync Start off. Playback stops when the [START/STOP] button is pressed again. 64 Song Recording I When recording the Accompaniment track With Sync Start on, play back the song from the beginning, simply press the [START/STOP] button again. Normally, you'll...
... User 2 001 Indicates the current measure If you 've finished playing the part, press the [START/STOP] or [REC] button. 6 Record to the above . To do this, simply repeat steps #3 - #5 above condition. After rehearsing, press [SYNC START] again to return to other chords in ...the display flashes. 7 Listen to turn Sync Start off. Playback stops when the [START/STOP] button is pressed again. 64 Song Recording I When recording the Accompaniment track With Sync Start on, play back the song from the beginning, simply press the [START/STOP] button again. Normally, you'll...
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... press the [-/NO] button to abort. Pressing the [+/YES] button executes the Song Clear operation. Song Recording Song Clear The Song Clear operation completely erases all recorded data on all tracks are to erase a song and record a new one. Pressing the [-/NO] button aborts. 65 To erase an individual track of a selected User...
... press the [-/NO] button to abort. Pressing the [+/YES] button executes the Song Clear operation. Song Recording Song Clear The Song Clear operation completely erases all recorded data on all tracks are to erase a song and record a new one. Pressing the [-/NO] button aborts. 65 To erase an individual track of a selected User...
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... . To erase the data of a selected User song, leaving the other tracks intact. Pressing the [-/NO] button aborts. 66 Song Recording Track Clear The Track Clear operation completely erases all recorded data on a selected track of an entire song, use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to select the desired song (201 - 205...). 202 User 2 001 2 Press and hold down the button corresponding to the track to erase a track and record a new one second. YES ClrTr1 001 3 Press the [+/YES] button. 4 At the "Sure?"
... . To erase the data of a selected User song, leaving the other tracks intact. Pressing the [-/NO] button aborts. 66 Song Recording Track Clear The Track Clear operation completely erases all recorded data on a selected track of an entire song, use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to select the desired song (201 - 205...). 202 User 2 001 2 Press and hold down the button corresponding to the track to erase a track and record a new one second. YES ClrTr1 001 3 Press the [+/YES] button. 4 At the "Sure?"
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... loaded, the Style File data can then be accurately played by pressing the LOAD, SAVE, or UTILITY buttons), no panel operations can be saved in Yamaha's DOC format. (See page 75) The DOC voice allocation format provides data playback compatibility with User songs. However, keep in the GM standard. (See page... music disks (floppy disks) that bear the following the file name (after the period) are referred to save and load important DGX-500/300 data. Let you record and play back your own original User Songs, it allows you to as a file "extension." The DGX-500...
... loaded, the Style File data can then be accurately played by pressing the LOAD, SAVE, or UTILITY buttons), no panel operations can be saved in Yamaha's DOC format. (See page 75) The DOC voice allocation format provides data playback compatibility with User songs. However, keep in the GM standard. (See page... music disks (floppy disks) that bear the following the file name (after the period) are referred to save and load important DGX-500/300 data. Let you record and play back your own original User Songs, it allows you to as a file "extension." The DGX-500...
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...it clicks into place and the eject button pops out. • When the DGX-500/300 is turned on the disk, rendering it will pick up dust and dirt that can damage...precision magnetic read/write head which, after an extended period of use, will go ; G To protect your Yamaha dealer about once a month. To remove a partially ejected disk, try pressing the eject button once again,.... • Do not open ). Doing so can cause data read and write errors. This lamp lights during recording, playback, formatting, etc. A floppy disk left in a half-pressed position with care: • ...
...it clicks into place and the eject button pops out. • When the DGX-500/300 is turned on the disk, rendering it will pick up dust and dirt that can damage...precision magnetic read/write head which, after an extended period of use, will go ; G To protect your Yamaha dealer about once a month. To remove a partially ejected disk, try pressing the eject button once again,.... • Do not open ). Doing so can cause data read and write errors. This lamp lights during recording, playback, formatting, etc. A floppy disk left in a half-pressed position with care: • ...
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...to ON (see page 74) or the disk is a purposely "copy-protected" disk, a "Protect" message appears, indicating that the DGX-500/300 can delete, the FORMAT display appears instead of the display. 072 Formatin When the operation is unnecessary. Complete If you format the disk, all ...the previously recorded data will appear at the top of the [+] button ("YES"). Formatting a Previously Formatted Disk This function is user file 3 Press the...
...to ON (see page 74) or the disk is a purposely "copy-protected" disk, a "Protect" message appears, indicating that the DGX-500/300 can delete, the FORMAT display appears instead of the display. 072 Formatin When the operation is unnecessary. Complete If you format the disk, all ...the previously recorded data will appear at the top of the [+] button ("YES"). Formatting a Previously Formatted Disk This function is user file 3 Press the...
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...GM mark is MIDI-compatible, featuring MIDI IN and MIDI OUT terminals and providing a variety of MIDI-related controls. MIDI Functions The DGX-500/300 is affixed to all software and hardware products that support GM System Level 1. But how does a digital instrument go about how ... pluck a string and the note sounds. This section explains what it can expand your DGX-500/300. As shown in the illustration above, in an electronic instrument the sampling note (previously recorded note) stored in the tone generator is , and what MIDI is played through the speakers. With...
...GM mark is MIDI-compatible, featuring MIDI IN and MIDI OUT terminals and providing a variety of MIDI-related controls. MIDI Functions The DGX-500/300 is affixed to all software and hardware products that support GM System Level 1. But how does a digital instrument go about how ... pluck a string and the note sounds. This section explains what it can expand your DGX-500/300. As shown in the illustration above, in an electronic instrument the sampling note (previously recorded note) stored in the tone generator is , and what MIDI is played through the speakers. With...
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... the LOCAL display appears instead of the DGX-500/300, you enable or disable keyboard control over the DGX-500/ 300's voices. Set Local Control to OFF. 86 MIDI Functions Local Control This function lets you would come in handy, for example, when recording notes to "on." 1 Select the MIDI operations.... Normally, when playing the DGX-500/300 by itself, this to "off , as desired. • No sound is output from the sequencer. ...
... the LOCAL display appears instead of the DGX-500/300, you enable or disable keyboard control over the DGX-500/ 300's voices. Set Local Control to OFF. 86 MIDI Functions Local Control This function lets you would come in handy, for example, when recording notes to "on." 1 Select the MIDI operations.... Normally, when playing the DGX-500/300 by itself, this to "off , as desired. • No sound is output from the sequencer. ...