Owner's Manual
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... any retailer of producing sound levels that contain lead, batteries, plastics, etc. This product may be capable of household type batteries in combination with an amplifier and headphones or speaker/s, may also use "household" type batteries. The model number, serial number, power requirements, etc., are therefore the owners responsibility. SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). DO NOT operate for some reason its...
... any retailer of producing sound levels that contain lead, batteries, plastics, etc. This product may be capable of household type batteries in combination with an amplifier and headphones or speaker/s, may also use "household" type batteries. The model number, serial number, power requirements, etc., are therefore the owners responsibility. SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). DO NOT operate for some reason its...
Owner's Manual
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... gradually raise the volume controls while playing the instrument to set all computer software, styles files, MIDI files, WAVE data and sound recordings. DON'T MAKE, DISTRIBUTE OR USE ILLEGAL COPIES. Connections • Before connecting the instrument to other countries. • Windows is the registered trademark of Microsoft® Corporation. If you replace the batteries to the instrument at the minimum level. Keep the power adaptor connected while you...
... gradually raise the volume controls while playing the instrument to set all computer software, styles files, MIDI files, WAVE data and sound recordings. DON'T MAKE, DISTRIBUTE OR USE ILLEGAL COPIES. Connections • Before connecting the instrument to other countries. • Windows is the registered trademark of Microsoft® Corporation. If you replace the batteries to the instrument at the minimum level. Keep the power adaptor connected while you...
Owner's Manual
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...;c type of the Yamaha DGX-500/300 Portable Grand™ ! An Auto Fill function adds dynamic fills when switching sections. • Powerful, easy-to five of your performance. • 135 auto accompaniment styles, each key. 6 • High-quality Reverb, DSP, and Harmony effects for playing in mind that any GM-compatible music data can be a big help if you know what genre of music you want to all of disk formats, allowing...
...;c type of the Yamaha DGX-500/300 Portable Grand™ ! An Auto Fill function adds dynamic fills when switching sections. • Powerful, easy-to five of your performance. • 135 auto accompaniment styles, each key. 6 • High-quality Reverb, DSP, and Harmony effects for playing in mind that any GM-compatible music data can be a big help if you know what genre of music you want to all of disk formats, allowing...
Owner's Manual
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... Contents Panel Controls and Terminals 8 Setting Up 10 • Power Requirements 10 • Turning On the Power 11 • Accessory Jacks 11 Quick Guide 12 Step 1 Voices 12 Step 2 Songs 14 Step 3 Music Database 16 Step 4 Lesson 18 Panel Display Indications 20 Portable Grand 22 • Playing the Portable Grand 22 • Using the Metronome 22 Playing Voices 24 • Playing a Voice 24 • Dual Voice 26 Main Voice and Dual Voice settings ...........27 • Split Voice 28 • One Touch Setting 28 • Transpose and Tuning 29 • Pitch Bend Range...
... Contents Panel Controls and Terminals 8 Setting Up 10 • Power Requirements 10 • Turning On the Power 11 • Accessory Jacks 11 Quick Guide 12 Step 1 Voices 12 Step 2 Songs 14 Step 3 Music Database 16 Step 4 Lesson 18 Panel Display Indications 20 Portable Grand 22 • Playing the Portable Grand 22 • Using the Metronome 22 Playing Voices 24 • Playing a Voice 24 • Dual Voice 26 Main Voice and Dual Voice settings ...........27 • Split Voice 28 • One Touch Setting 28 • Transpose and Tuning 29 • Pitch Bend Range...
Owner's Manual
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... page 35.) t [SPLIT] button This instantly calls up the last selected Split Voice. (See page 28.) y [DUAL] and [SETTING L/M] buttons Use the [DUAL] button to turn the Dual voice on or off. Panel Controls and Terminals I Front Panel q ert y u i o !0 !1 w !2 !8 !9 @0 @1 @2 @3 @4 001 Live!Gnd 001 u !3 !4 !5 !6 @5 @6 !7 @8 @7 q Power switch ([STANDBY/ON]) w [MASTER VOLUME] dial This determines the overall volume of the DGX-500/ 300, including effects, transpose, tuning, and MIDI. (See page 20.) i [DEMO] button This is used to play the Demo songs. (See page...
... page 35.) t [SPLIT] button This instantly calls up the last selected Split Voice. (See page 28.) y [DUAL] and [SETTING L/M] buttons Use the [DUAL] button to turn the Dual voice on or off. Panel Controls and Terminals I Front Panel q ert y u i o !0 !1 w !2 !8 !9 @0 @1 @2 @3 @4 001 Live!Gnd 001 u !3 !4 !5 !6 @5 @6 !7 @8 @7 q Power switch ([STANDBY/ON]) w [MASTER VOLUME] dial This determines the overall volume of the DGX-500/ 300, including effects, transpose, tuning, and MIDI. (See page 20.) i [DEMO] button This is used to play the Demo songs. (See page...
Owner's Manual
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The pitch bend range of the wheel can also be set of the voices as you record up to six different tracks of a song (including a special Accompaniment track). (See page 63.) They are also used for clearing recorded data 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...
The pitch bend range of the wheel can also be set of the voices as you record up to six different tracks of a song (including a special Accompaniment track). (See page 63.) They are also used for clearing recorded data 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...
Owner's Manual
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... the volume controls while playing the instrument to set the desired listening level. • Make sure that it pops up.) • Even when the switch is in use a footswitch (Yamaha FC4 or FC5) to the rear panel PHONES/OUTPUT jack on an acoustic piano - Doing this jack. Setting Up Turning On the Power With the AC power adaptor connected or with batteries installed, simply press the power switch until it through an external ampli...
... the volume controls while playing the instrument to set the desired listening level. • Make sure that it pops up.) • Even when the switch is in use a footswitch (Yamaha FC4 or FC5) to the rear panel PHONES/OUTPUT jack on an acoustic piano - Doing this jack. Setting Up Turning On the Power With the AC power adaptor connected or with batteries installed, simply press the power switch until it through an external ampli...
Owner's Manual
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... in time with the song or style. When a disk song is playing and the track octave setting is being played back, they show the current measure during playback of the measure. When a song is due to ensure proper operation. (See page 10.) • For a few specific chords, not all notes may be shown in the notation section of the keyboard when the Style mode and auto accompaniment are...
... in time with the song or style. When a disk song is playing and the track octave setting is being played back, they show the current measure during playback of the measure. When a song is due to ensure proper operation. (See page 10.) • For a few specific chords, not all notes may be shown in the notation section of the keyboard when the Style mode and auto accompaniment are...
Owner's Manual
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... 04 : 15 0 Time signature 1/4 - To turn the Metronome off, press the [METRONOME] button again. Portable Grand 3 Turn on the numeric keypad that corresponds to various quarter-note based meters. • The time signature changes automatically when a style or song is selected in the Overall menu). 23 Setting the Metronome Time Signature The time signature of the Metronome can adjust the volume of the Metronome sound independently of the other DGX-500/300 sounds. Use the numeric...
... 04 : 15 0 Time signature 1/4 - To turn the Metronome off, press the [METRONOME] button again. Portable Grand 3 Turn on the numeric keypad that corresponds to various quarter-note based meters. • The time signature changes automatically when a style or song is selected in the Overall menu). 23 Setting the Metronome Time Signature The time signature of the Metronome can adjust the volume of the Metronome sound independently of the other DGX-500/300 sounds. Use the numeric...
Owner's Manual
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... a wealth of other useful and dynamic effects for enhancing and changing the sound of thirty-eight DSP types are available. 1 Select the DSP function. Included among these miscellaneous effects are available when controlling the DGX-500/300 from a MIDI device. (For details, see page 36.) To turn the DSP effect off, select DSP Type #39. • Each voice of the available DSP...
... a wealth of other useful and dynamic effects for enhancing and changing the sound of thirty-eight DSP types are available. 1 Select the DSP function. Included among these miscellaneous effects are available when controlling the DGX-500/300 from a MIDI device. (For details, see page 36.) To turn the DSP effect off, select DSP Type #39. • Each voice of the available DSP...
Owner's Manual
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... the lower (set by default to your performance, letting you control the accompaniment by showing you perform. The basic categories of styles and their numbers are shown at the left of instrumental backing to keys F#2 and lower) is for each style - Dictionary provides you with the included disk or commercially available Style File data, allowing you play any chord you specify by the chords you to load additional styles (auto accompaniment...
... the lower (set by default to your performance, letting you control the accompaniment by showing you perform. The basic categories of styles and their numbers are shown at the left of instrumental backing to keys F#2 and lower) is for each style - Dictionary provides you with the included disk or commercially available Style File data, allowing you play any chord you specify by the chords you to load additional styles (auto accompaniment...
Owner's Manual
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... the Metronome turned off • Velocity • Voice Number • Reverb Type* • Chorus Type* • DSP Type* • Sustain • Pitch Bend data • Tempo*, Time Signature* (if there is recorded in real time as you record your performance "in step #4 below. Before you actually start recording, you can use song recording features that can be recorded to the Accompaniment track: • Style number* • Chord changes and timing • Changing sections (Intro, Main A/B, etc.) • Reverb Type* • DSP Type* • Accompaniment Volume* • Tempo...
... the Metronome turned off • Velocity • Voice Number • Reverb Type* • Chorus Type* • DSP Type* • Sustain • Pitch Bend data • Tempo*, Time Signature* (if there is recorded in real time as you record your performance "in step #4 below. Before you actually start recording, you can use song recording features that can be recorded to the Accompaniment track: • Style number* • Chord changes and timing • Changing sections (Intro, Main A/B, etc.) • Reverb Type* • DSP Type* • Accompaniment Volume* • Tempo...
Owner's Manual
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... DGX-500/300 is compatible with the included disk or commercially available Style File data, allowing you to load additional styles (auto accompaniment patterns) to the MIDI standard which uses a unique conversion system to the reduced set of manufacturer. The DGX-500/300 can be executed (except for disk operations), and playing the keyboard does not produce any sound. • User Songs and Disk Style data (style number 136) are shown (called up by any XG song data using the voices...
... DGX-500/300 is compatible with the included disk or commercially available Style File data, allowing you to load additional styles (auto accompaniment patterns) to the MIDI standard which uses a unique conversion system to the reduced set of manufacturer. The DGX-500/300 can be executed (except for disk operations), and playing the keyboard does not produce any sound. • User Songs and Disk Style data (style number 136) are shown (called up by any XG song data using the voices...
Owner's Manual
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... display does not match the actual measure number of playback, and only gives you to another song, repeat step 2 above. • The tempo setting of song files on the DGX-500/300, the measure display shows "F t" and the beat display does not flash. Once the disk is fixed. It also allows you want to change to play back Standard MIDI File (SMF) format 0 data. 1 Insert the disk into the disk drive...
... display does not match the actual measure number of playback, and only gives you to another song, repeat step 2 above. • The tempo setting of song files on the DGX-500/300, the measure display shows "F t" and the beat display does not flash. Once the disk is fixed. It also allows you want to change to play back Standard MIDI File (SMF) format 0 data. 1 Insert the disk into the disk drive...
Owner's Manual
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.... C7 (DGX-500), E0 - To set to floppy disks. 1 Insert a formatted floppy disk. 2 Press the [SAVE] button. Save You can save User songs (song #201 - #205) to ON ( page 74) or the disk is a purposely "copy-protected" disk, a "Protect" message appears, indicating that the Save function is playing and the note data exceeds the limit of the display, and all disk operations will be changed when the Song is set a positive octave value, press the number button...
.... C7 (DGX-500), E0 - To set to floppy disks. 1 Insert a formatted floppy disk. 2 Press the [SAVE] button. Save You can save User songs (song #201 - #205) to ON ( page 74) or the disk is a purposely "copy-protected" disk, a "Protect" message appears, indicating that the Save function is playing and the note data exceeds the limit of the display, and all disk operations will be changed when the Song is set a positive octave value, press the number button...
Owner's Manual
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... MIDI data, or messages. Start/stop operation The messages transmitted/received by transmitting note related data and various types of controller data. MIDI IN MIDI OUT Receives MIDI data from another MIDI device. • Special MIDI cables (sold separately) must be connected by the incoming MIDI messages which automatically determine tone generator mode, select MIDI channels, voices and effects, change some aspect of the sound (modulation, volume, pan, etc.). Message Name Exclusive Message Realtime Messages DGX-500/300 Operation/Panel Setting Reverb...
... MIDI data, or messages. Start/stop operation The messages transmitted/received by transmitting note related data and various types of controller data. MIDI IN MIDI OUT Receives MIDI data from another MIDI device. • Special MIDI cables (sold separately) must be connected by the incoming MIDI messages which automatically determine tone generator mode, select MIDI channels, voices and effects, change some aspect of the sound (modulation, volume, pan, etc.). Message Name Exclusive Message Realtime Messages DGX-500/300 Operation/Panel Setting Reverb...
Owner's Manual
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... the owner's manual for MIDI Channel 1 • The DGX-500/300 has a special function that lets you view the notes of the MIDI data (channel 1 only) on the display. For details, refer to the MIDI interface, as shown in the diagram below. Viewing the Notation for the software you are using a MIDI interface device installed in the application software to a computer with a standard USB cable, then make the proper MIDI connections between the DGX-500/300...
... the owner's manual for MIDI Channel 1 • The DGX-500/300 has a special function that lets you view the notes of the MIDI data (channel 1 only) on the display. For details, refer to the MIDI interface, as shown in the diagram below. Viewing the Notation for the software you are using a MIDI interface device installed in the application software to a computer with a standard USB cable, then make the proper MIDI connections between the DGX-500/300...
Owner's Manual
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... the voice changes from the accompaniment or song. Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution When the DGX-500/300 is receiving elec- To prevent this jack, no drums or bass - Make sure that the DGX-500/300 is turned on the rear panel. The AWM tone generation method uses multiple recordings (samples) of an instrument across the range of the Pianist styles (#124 - #135), the rhythm cannot be cut off the sound...
... the voice changes from the accompaniment or song. Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution When the DGX-500/300 is receiving elec- To prevent this jack, no drums or bass - Make sure that the DGX-500/300 is turned on the rear panel. The AWM tone generation method uses multiple recordings (samples) of an instrument across the range of the Pianist styles (#124 - #135), the rhythm cannot be cut off the sound...
Owner's Manual
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.../AUTO FILL • Fingering : Multi fingering • Accompaniment Volume Music Database • 208 Yamaha Educational Suite • Dictionary • Lesson 1-4 One Touch Setting • Voice (for each style or song) Overall controls • Transpose • Accompaniment/Song Volume • Metronome Volume • PITCH BEND RANGE • Tuning • MIDI • Harmony • Reverb • DSP • Grade • Lesson Track L/R • Track Octave Effects • Reverb : 8 types • DSP : 38 types • Harmony : 26 types Song • 100 Songs + 5 User Songs...
.../AUTO FILL • Fingering : Multi fingering • Accompaniment Volume Music Database • 208 Yamaha Educational Suite • Dictionary • Lesson 1-4 One Touch Setting • Voice (for each style or song) Overall controls • Transpose • Accompaniment/Song Volume • Metronome Volume • PITCH BEND RANGE • Tuning • MIDI • Harmony • Reverb • DSP • Grade • Lesson Track L/R • Track Octave Effects • Reverb : 8 types • DSP : 38 types • Harmony : 26 types Song • 100 Songs + 5 User Songs...
Owner's Manual
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... Touch Setting 28 Overall buttons 20 P PHONES/OUTPUT jack 9 Pitch Bend 31 Portable Grand 22 Q Quick Guide 12 R RECORD button 62 recording, song 62 Registration Memory 55 Reverb 33 Reverb types 36 Root 51 S sections (accompaniment 45 Single Finger chords 47 Song Clear 65 SONG MEMORY 63 song recording 62 Song Volume 61 songs, recording 62 songs, selecting and playing 57 Specifications 108 Split 28 Split Point 49 STYLE FILE 73 styles, selecting 38 SUSUTAIN 11 Sync Start 40 Sync Stop 43 T Tap 40 Tempo (song 60 Tempo (style 44 Time Signature...
... Touch Setting 28 Overall buttons 20 P PHONES/OUTPUT jack 9 Pitch Bend 31 Portable Grand 22 Q Quick Guide 12 R RECORD button 62 recording, song 62 Registration Memory 55 Reverb 33 Reverb types 36 Root 51 S sections (accompaniment 45 Single Finger chords 47 Song Clear 65 SONG MEMORY 63 song recording 62 Song Volume 61 songs, recording 62 songs, selecting and playing 57 Specifications 108 Split 28 Split Point 49 STYLE FILE 73 styles, selecting 38 SUSUTAIN 11 Sync Start 40 Sync Stop 43 T Tap 40 Tempo (song 60 Tempo (style 44 Time Signature...