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...button for instant and automatic recall. • One Touch Setting function for automatically calling up to five of your purchase of the Yamaha DGX-500/300 Portable Grand™ ! However, keep in a highly compact package. a special set of learning tools that make it a remarkably... to play chords. • Instant Portable Grand function, for automatically configuring the DGX-500/300 for optimum piano play back song data on commercially available GM, DOC, and Clavinova Disklavier Piano Soft disks. Other powerful features include: • The advanced Yamaha Education Suite -
...button for instant and automatic recall. • One Touch Setting function for automatically calling up to five of your purchase of the Yamaha DGX-500/300 Portable Grand™ ! However, keep in a highly compact package. a special set of learning tools that make it a remarkably... to play chords. • Instant Portable Grand function, for automatically configuring the DGX-500/300 for optimum piano play back song data on commercially available GM, DOC, and Clavinova Disklavier Piano Soft disks. Other powerful features include: • The advanced Yamaha Education Suite -
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...Split Point. Use the [SETTING L/M] buttons to set the Time Signature. !2 [PORTABLE GRAND] button This instantly calls up the Grand Piano voice. (See page 12.) !3 [SONG] button This is for enabling song selection. (See page 57.) !4 [STYLE] button This... !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 14.) o LESSON [L] (Left...
...Split Point. Use the [SETTING L/M] buttons to set the Time Signature. !2 [PORTABLE GRAND] button This instantly calls up the Grand Piano voice. (See page 12.) !3 [SONG] button This is for enabling song selection. (See page 57.) !4 [STYLE] button This... !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 14.) o LESSON [L] (Left...
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... control over sustain, just like the damper pedal on and off . (See page 43.) @0 [SYNC START] / [PAUSE] button This turns the Sync Start function on a piano. (See page 11.) #2 PHONES/OUTPUT jack This is for song recording, letting you play.
... control over sustain, just like the damper pedal on and off . (See page 43.) @0 [SYNC START] / [PAUSE] button This turns the Sync Start function on a piano. (See page 11.) #2 PHONES/OUTPUT jack This is for song recording, letting you play.
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When the instrument is not in use a footswitch (Yamaha FC4 or FC5) to the FOOT SWITCH jack before connecting them. press and hold down the footswitch as a damper pedal on the Stereo System DGX-500/300. MIDI instrument 11 Accessory Jacks I Using a Footswitch This feature lets you use ... to sustain the sound of stereo headphones to the rear panel PHONES/OUTPUT jack on an acoustic piano - I Connecting a Keyboard Amplifier or Stereo System Though the DGX-500/300 is still flowing to sustain the sound. The footswitch functions the same way as ...
When the instrument is not in use a footswitch (Yamaha FC4 or FC5) to the FOOT SWITCH jack before connecting them. press and hold down the footswitch as a damper pedal on the Stereo System DGX-500/300. MIDI instrument 11 Accessory Jacks I Using a Footswitch This feature lets you use ... to sustain the sound of stereo headphones to the rear panel PHONES/OUTPUT jack on an acoustic piano - I Connecting a Keyboard Amplifier or Stereo System Though the DGX-500/300 is still flowing to sustain the sound. The footswitch functions the same way as ...
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See page 22. 12 z Press the [PORTABLE GRAND] button. 001 Live!Gnd Playing along with the Metronome z Press the [METRONOME] button. See page 22. Want to find out more ? Want to find out more ? x Play the keyboard. Quick Guide Step 1 Voices 001 Live!Gnd 001 zz q w Playing the Piano Simply by pressing the [PORTABLE GRAND] button, you can automatically reset the entire DGX-500/300 for piano play.
See page 22. 12 z Press the [PORTABLE GRAND] button. 001 Live!Gnd Playing along with the Metronome z Press the [METRONOME] button. See page 22. Want to find out more ? Want to find out more ? x Play the keyboard. Quick Guide Step 1 Voices 001 Live!Gnd 001 zz q w Playing the Piano Simply by pressing the [PORTABLE GRAND] button, you can automatically reset the entire DGX-500/300 for piano play.
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... 111 Timpani 112 Music Box SPLIT 113 Acoustic Bass/Live! Grand 002 Grand Piano 003 Bright Piano 004 Honky-tonk Piano 005 MIDI Grand Piano 006 CP 80 007 Harpsichord E.PIANO 008 Galaxy EP 009 Funky Electric Piano 010 DX Modern Elec. Voice Name 035 Octave Guitar 036 Clean Guitar 037 ...dynamic and realistic instrument voices. No. Piano 116 Acoustic Bass/Vibraphone 117 Fretless Bass/Brass Section 118 Analogon/Sawtooth Lead 119 Slap Bass/Clavi 120 Classical Guitar/Sweet Flute 121 String Ensemble/Live! Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The DGX-500/300 has a huge total of ...
... 111 Timpani 112 Music Box SPLIT 113 Acoustic Bass/Live! Grand 002 Grand Piano 003 Bright Piano 004 Honky-tonk Piano 005 MIDI Grand Piano 006 CP 80 007 Harpsichord E.PIANO 008 Galaxy EP 009 Funky Electric Piano 010 DX Modern Elec. Voice Name 035 Octave Guitar 036 Clean Guitar 037 ...dynamic and realistic instrument voices. No. Piano 116 Acoustic Bass/Vibraphone 117 Fretless Bass/Brass Section 118 Analogon/Sawtooth Lead 119 Slap Bass/Clavi 120 Classical Guitar/Sweet Flute 121 String Ensemble/Live! Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The DGX-500/300 has a huge total of ...
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... stop playing, press the [START/ STOP] button. Song Name DEMO 001 The Look Of Love (DGX-500) Ribbon In The Sky (DGX-300) 002 Just The Way You Are 003 Ribbon In The Sky (DGX-500) The Look Of Love (DGX-300) FAVORITES 004 Bill Bailey (Won't You Please Come Home) 005 When Irish Eyes Are... the songs #004 - #100, refer to find out more? "Serenade" 060 Menuett 061 Canon 062 The Danube Waves 063 From "The Magic Flute" 064 Piano Sonate Op.27-2 "Mondschein" 065 "The Surprise" Symphony 066 To A Wild Rose 067 Air de Toréador "Carmen" 068 O Mio Babbino Caro (From "Gianni...
... stop playing, press the [START/ STOP] button. Song Name DEMO 001 The Look Of Love (DGX-500) Ribbon In The Sky (DGX-300) 002 Just The Way You Are 003 Ribbon In The Sky (DGX-500) The Look Of Love (DGX-300) FAVORITES 004 Bill Bailey (Won't You Please Come Home) 005 When Irish Eyes Are... the songs #004 - #100, refer to find out more? "Serenade" 060 Menuett 061 Canon 062 The Danube Waves 063 From "The Magic Flute" 064 Piano Sonate Op.27-2 "Mondschein" 065 "The Surprise" Symphony 066 To A Wild Rose 067 Air de Toréador "Carmen" 068 O Mio Babbino Caro (From "Gianni...
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Grand voice. Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button. Use the numeric keypad to set the desired Tempo value, or use the [+]/[-] buttons to increase or decrease the value. 22 Using the Metronome 1 Call up the special "Stereo Sampled Piano" Live! Current Tempo value 068 TEMPO Ft 2 Change the value. Doing this automatically calls up the Tempo setting. Portable Grand This convenient function lets you instantly call up the Grand Piano voice. Playing the Portable Grand Press the [PORTABLE GRAND] button.
Grand voice. Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button. Use the numeric keypad to set the desired Tempo value, or use the [+]/[-] buttons to increase or decrease the value. 22 Using the Metronome 1 Call up the special "Stereo Sampled Piano" Live! Current Tempo value 068 TEMPO Ft 2 Change the value. Doing this automatically calls up the Tempo setting. Portable Grand This convenient function lets you instantly call up the Grand Piano voice. Playing the Portable Grand Press the [PORTABLE GRAND] button.
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...Split voices (#113 - #122) feature two different voices that lets you can play various drum and percussion sounds from separate area of the keyboard - The DGX-500/300 also includes special Drum Kit voices - #123 - #134 - that let you play from the keyboard. (Refer to your right. Playing a Voice...most suitable DSP Type (page 36) and Harmony Type (page 37) for example, playing a bass voice with your left hand and a piano voice with Yamaha's sophisticated AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation system. for the voice are shown on page 91. 24 These include 480 XG voices, ...
...Split voices (#113 - #122) feature two different voices that lets you can play various drum and percussion sounds from separate area of the keyboard - The DGX-500/300 also includes special Drum Kit voices - #123 - #134 - that let you play from the keyboard. (Refer to your right. Playing a Voice...most suitable DSP Type (page 36) and Harmony Type (page 37) for example, playing a bass voice with your left hand and a piano voice with Yamaha's sophisticated AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation system. for the voice are shown on page 91. 24 These include 480 XG voices, ...
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... voice #000 (One Touch Setting). Press the [SPLIT] button. Playing Voices Split Voice Split Voices let you play a bass voice with your left hand and a piano voice with your right. One Touch Setting is selected to best match the style or song you select a style. Main Voice 113 AcB/Pno 001...
... voice #000 (One Touch Setting). Press the [SPLIT] button. Playing Voices Split Voice Split Voices let you play a bass voice with your left hand and a piano voice with your right. One Touch Setting is selected to best match the style or song you select a style. Main Voice 113 AcB/Pno 001...
Owner's Manual
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it lets you play a melody on the panel is piano but the song's melody is being played by a flute voice, using Melody Voice Change... the A-B Repeat function. The convenient Melody Voice Change feature takes this one of your own selection. Melody Voice Change The DGX-500/300 lets you replace the original voice used for the melody of the song with the original melody voice or one step ...003 BritePno -01 59 Press the [VOICE] button, then use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to piano. 1 Select the desired song. Selecting and Playing Songs 3 Pause or stop playback as needed.
it lets you play a melody on the panel is piano but the song's melody is being played by a flute voice, using Melody Voice Change... the A-B Repeat function. The convenient Melody Voice Change feature takes this one of your own selection. Melody Voice Change The DGX-500/300 lets you replace the original voice used for the melody of the song with the original melody voice or one step ...003 BritePno -01 59 Press the [VOICE] button, then use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to piano. 1 Select the desired song. Selecting and Playing Songs 3 Pause or stop playback as needed.
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... only disks that some songs may play back differently compared to the original data, due to save and load important DGX-500/300 data. SFF - The extension indicates the type of Yamaha's highquality XG tone generation format. Let you to as a file "extension." Style File data is an ...Can be saved in mind that have been formatted on commercially available GM (General MIDI), DOC (Disk Orchestra Collection), and Clavinova Disklavier Piano Soft disks. The DGX-500/300 can also be used with a wide range of the disk-related displays are shown (called up by any XG song data ...
... only disks that some songs may play back differently compared to the original data, due to save and load important DGX-500/300 data. SFF - The extension indicates the type of Yamaha's highquality XG tone generation format. Let you to as a file "extension." Style File data is an ...Can be saved in mind that have been formatted on commercially available GM (General MIDI), DOC (Disk Orchestra Collection), and Clavinova Disklavier Piano Soft disks. The DGX-500/300 can also be used with a wide range of the disk-related displays are shown (called up by any XG song data ...
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... back song data on commercially available GM (General MIDI), Yamaha DOC (Disk Orchestra Collection), or Clavinova Disklavier Piano Soft disks. Also, the measure number in the display does not match the actual measure number of some commercially available disk songs is inserted, the DGX-500/300 will automatically switch to play back Standard MIDI...-tempo software. 5 Stop the song. Press the [START/STOP] button. It also allows you an indication of how much of song files on the DGX-500/300, the measure display shows "F t" and the beat display does not flash.
... back song data on commercially available GM (General MIDI), Yamaha DOC (Disk Orchestra Collection), or Clavinova Disklavier Piano Soft disks. Also, the measure number in the display does not match the actual measure number of some commercially available disk songs is inserted, the DGX-500/300 will automatically switch to play back Standard MIDI...-tempo software. 5 Stop the song. Press the [START/STOP] button. It also allows you an indication of how much of song files on the DGX-500/300, the measure display shows "F t" and the beat display does not flash.
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...and "digital instrument." The GM mark is affixed to the MIDI standard which ensures that support GM System Level 1. The DGX-500/300 supports GM System Level 1. 83 No doubt you directly pluck a string and the note sounds. Based on playing information from the... can be accurately played by any GM-compatible tone generator, regardless of MIDI-related controls. G Example of instruments. Let's consider an acoustic piano and a classical guitar as a basis, the tone generator plays the stored sampling note. Acoustic guitar note production Digital instrument note production L ...
...and "digital instrument." The GM mark is affixed to the MIDI standard which ensures that support GM System Level 1. The DGX-500/300 supports GM System Level 1. 83 No doubt you directly pluck a string and the note sounds. Based on playing information from the... can be accurately played by any GM-compatible tone generator, regardless of MIDI-related controls. G Example of instruments. Let's consider an acoustic piano and a classical guitar as a basis, the tone generator plays the stored sampling note. Acoustic guitar note production Digital instrument note production L ...
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... is no sound even when the keyboard is played or when a song is being used only for sustain) seems to the DGX-500/300 may be omitted (or "stolen") from the DGX-500/300. When a set of the key- Check the Local Control on/off. (See page 86.) Playing keys in the ... control) to the PHONES/OUTPUT jack on the rear panel. When using the auto accompaniment. Replace the batteries. (See page 10.) al or strange. only piano accompaniment. For example, pressing the footswitch cuts off , a pop- Make sure that the footswitch plug is turned on , even when pressing the [ACMP] button...
... is no sound even when the keyboard is played or when a song is being used only for sustain) seems to the DGX-500/300 may be omitted (or "stolen") from the DGX-500/300. When a set of the key- Check the Local Control on/off. (See page 86.) Playing keys in the ... control) to the PHONES/OUTPUT jack on the rear panel. When using the auto accompaniment. Replace the batteries. (See page 10.) al or strange. only piano accompaniment. For example, pressing the footswitch cuts off , a pop- Make sure that the footswitch plug is turned on , even when pressing the [ACMP] button...
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...062 Synth Brass 000 113 062 Jump Brass 000 114 062 Techno Brass 91 PIANO 000 114 004 Galaxy EP 000 112 004 Funky Electric Piano 000 112 005 DX Modern Elec. Voice List I Maximum Polyphony The DGX-500/300 has 32-note maximum polyphony. Auto Accompaniment uses a number of up... to the Split Voice and Song functions. • The Voice List includes MIDI program change numbers when playing the DGX-500/300 via...
...062 Synth Brass 000 113 062 Jump Brass 000 114 062 Techno Brass 91 PIANO 000 114 004 Galaxy EP 000 112 004 Funky Electric Piano 000 112 005 DX Modern Elec. Voice List I Maximum Polyphony The DGX-500/300 has 32-note maximum polyphony. Auto Accompaniment uses a number of up... to the Split Voice and Song functions. • The Voice List includes MIDI program change numbers when playing the DGX-500/300 via...
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... 000 098 012 Log Drums 000 000 013 Xylophone 000 000 014 Tubular Bells 000 096 014 Church Bells Finger Bass /Bright Piano - - - Classical Guitar/Sweet Flute - - - Analogon/Sawtooth Lead - - - Piano - - - Fretless Bass/Brass Section - - - Grand - - - String Ensemble/Live! Acoustic Bass/Live! Grand - - - Fretless Bass/DX Modern Elec. Voice List Voice No...
... 000 098 012 Log Drums 000 000 013 Xylophone 000 000 014 Tubular Bells 000 096 014 Church Bells Finger Bass /Bright Piano - - - Classical Guitar/Sweet Flute - - - Analogon/Sawtooth Lead - - - Piano - - - Fretless Bass/Brass Section - - - Grand - - - String Ensemble/Live! Acoustic Bass/Live! Grand - - - Fretless Bass/DX Modern Elec. Voice List Voice No...
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...491 000 018 099 Warm Atmosphere 492 000 019 099 Hollow Release 493 000 040 099 Nylon Electric Piano 494 000 064 099 Nylon Harp 495 000 065 099 Harp Vox 496 000 066 099 Atmosphere ...Pad 497 000 067 099 Planet 498 000 000 100 Brightness 499 000 064 100 Fantasy Bells 500 000 096 100 Smokey 501 000 000 101 Goblins 502 000 064 101 Goblins Synth 503 000 ... Pan 513 000 064 102 Echo Bells 514 000 065 102 Big Pan 515 000 066 102 Synth Piano 516 000 067 102 Creation 517 000 068 102 Star Dust 518 000 069 102 Resonant & Panning ...
...491 000 018 099 Warm Atmosphere 492 000 019 099 Hollow Release 493 000 040 099 Nylon Electric Piano 494 000 064 099 Nylon Harp 495 000 065 099 Harp Vox 496 000 066 099 Atmosphere ...Pad 497 000 067 099 Planet 498 000 000 100 Brightness 499 000 064 100 Fantasy Bells 500 000 096 100 Smokey 501 000 000 101 Goblins 502 000 064 101 Goblins Synth 503 000 ... Pan 513 000 064 102 Echo Bells 514 000 065 102 Big Pan 515 000 066 102 Synth Piano 516 000 067 102 Creation 517 000 068 102 Star Dust 518 000 069 102 Resonant & Panning ...
