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... for all volume levels to set all components, set the desired listening level. Saving data Saving and backing up the floppy disk • To protect against data loss through media damage, we recommend that is the registered trademark of data. Such copyrighted materials include...while playing the instrument to minimum. If you are the property of all components at their respective holders. (4)-8 2/2 5 Yamaha cannot be different from the DGX-500. Any unauthorized use of such programs and contents outside of personal use is not in use or modifications...
... for all volume levels to set all components, set the desired listening level. Saving data Saving and backing up the floppy disk • To protect against data loss through media damage, we recommend that is the registered trademark of data. Such copyrighted materials include...while playing the instrument to minimum. If you are the property of all components at their respective holders. (4)-8 2/2 5 Yamaha cannot be different from the DGX-500. Any unauthorized use of such programs and contents outside of personal use is not in use or modifications...
Owner's Manual
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..., you can play back any GM-compatible music data can be accurately played by any GM-compatible tone generator, regardless of the Yamaha DGX-500/300 Portable Grand™ ! This can be a big help if you know what genre of the rest! An Auto Fill function ... also compatible with Intro, Main A and B, and Ending sections. They automatically change both the volume and tone according to take full advantage of disk formats, allowing you extraordinarily expressive control over the voices. I XGlite As its various features. I GM System Level 1 "GM System Level 1" ...
..., you can play back any GM-compatible music data can be accurately played by any GM-compatible tone generator, regardless of the Yamaha DGX-500/300 Portable Grand™ ! This can be a big help if you know what genre of the rest! An Auto Fill function ... also compatible with Intro, Main A and B, and Ending sections. They automatically change both the volume and tone according to take full advantage of disk formats, allowing you extraordinarily expressive control over the voices. I XGlite As its various features. I GM System Level 1 "GM System Level 1" ...
Owner's Manual
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...Style List 98 Music Database List 99 Drum Kit List 100 MIDI Implementation Chart 102 Effect map 104 Keyboard Stand Assembly (DGX-500 only 105 Specifications 108 Index 109 7 Timing 69 • Lesson 2 - Delete 80 • Utility - Both Hands 71 • ...in SMF Format 0 78 • Load 79 • Utility - Minus One 70 • Lesson 4 - Waiting 70 • Lesson 3 - Formatting an Unformatted Disk ......... 81 • Utility - Contents Panel Controls and Terminals 8 Setting Up 10 • Power Requirements 10 • Turning On the Power 11 • Accessory Jacks ...
...Style List 98 Music Database List 99 Drum Kit List 100 MIDI Implementation Chart 102 Effect map 104 Keyboard Stand Assembly (DGX-500 only 105 Specifications 108 Index 109 7 Timing 69 • Lesson 2 - Delete 80 • Utility - Both Hands 71 • ...in SMF Format 0 78 • Load 79 • Utility - Minus One 70 • Lesson 4 - Waiting 70 • Lesson 3 - Formatting an Unformatted Disk ......... 81 • Utility - Contents Panel Controls and Terminals 8 Setting Up 10 • Power Requirements 10 • Turning On the Power 11 • Accessory Jacks ...
Owner's Manual
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... 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 73.) @8 Disk control buttons These buttons are used for disk drive control. @9 [PITCH BEND] wheel This is used to call up the Tempo...
... 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 73.) @8 Disk control buttons These buttons are used for disk drive control. @9 [PITCH BEND] wheel This is used to call up the Tempo...
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... 090 Valse Des Fleurs (From "The Nutcracker") 091 Aloha Oe 092 I Denn * For the songs #004 - #100, refer to find out more? q Insert the disk. Song Name 054 Liebesträume Nr.3 055 Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring 056 Symphonie Nr.9 057 Song Of The Pearl Fisher 058 Gavotte 059... Jug 040 Loch Lomond 041 Oh! No. 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...
... 090 Valse Des Fleurs (From "The Nutcracker") 091 Aloha Oe 092 I Denn * For the songs #004 - #100, refer to find out more? q Insert the disk. Song Name 054 Liebesträume Nr.3 055 Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring 056 Symphonie Nr.9 057 Song Of The Pearl Fisher 058 Gavotte 059... Jug 040 Loch Lomond 041 Oh! No. 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...
Owner's Manual
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... the song recording and playback, these indicate the status of the tracks. (See page 63.) o Notation / !0 Keyboard These two portions of the DGX-500/300 control panel. 21 Music Rest Insert the bottom edge of the included music rest into the slot located at the top rear of the display... a disk song is playing and the track octave setting is too low to space limitations in the display. Panel Display Indications r Measure These show the melody or chord notes in the accompaniment area of the display. The large arrow indicates the first beat of a song or style. G6 (DGX-300), an...
... the song recording and playback, these indicate the status of the tracks. (See page 63.) o Notation / !0 Keyboard These two portions of the DGX-500/300 control panel. 21 Music Rest Insert the bottom edge of the included music rest into the slot located at the top rear of the display... a disk song is playing and the track octave setting is too low to space limitations in the display. Panel Display Indications r Measure These show the melody or chord notes in the accompaniment area of the display. The large arrow indicates the first beat of a song or style. G6 (DGX-300), an...
Owner's Manual
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...provides you play any chord you specify by default to your performance, letting you control the accompaniment by the chords you with the included disk or commercially available Style File data, allowing you perform. Style name and number 001 8BtModrn 001 Indicates Style mode is for each style...into the rhythms add the excitement of instrumental backing to keys F#2 and lower) is selected 2 Select the desired style number. The DGX-500/300 also features the convenient Dictionary function (page 50). Style File data is made up of the panel. Style numbers can also be used...
...provides you play any chord you specify by default to your performance, letting you control the accompaniment by the chords you with the included disk or commercially available Style File data, allowing you perform. Style name and number 001 8BtModrn 001 Indicates Style mode is for each style...into the rhythms add the excitement of instrumental backing to keys F#2 and lower) is selected 2 Select the desired style number. The DGX-500/300 also features the convenient Dictionary function (page 50). Style File data is made up of the panel. Style numbers can also be used...
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... be used with the rhythm of 105 songs. Use the numeric keypad. Selecting and Playing Songs The DGX-500/300 features a total of the song or style. You can also play back songs from floppy disks; for details, see page 62.) You can use the numeric keypad to directly enter the song...
... be used with the rhythm of 105 songs. Use the numeric keypad. Selecting and Playing Songs The DGX-500/300 features a total of the song or style. You can also play back songs from floppy disks; for details, see page 62.) You can use the numeric keypad to directly enter the song...
Owner's Manual
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..., step by step, until you to play the correct notes before continuing playback of the Lesson songs. Waiting In this lesson step, the DGX-500/300 waits for you 've mastered them and are ready to select the desired part for use with 100 songs available. 67 and right-hand ...the same as described below. There are divided into several different categories or music genres, with the educational features. Naturally, you 've loaded from disk with one of the song. Timing This lesson step lets you play and master the missing part yourself - any note can also use the numeric...
..., step by step, until you to play the correct notes before continuing playback of the Lesson songs. Waiting In this lesson step, the DGX-500/300 waits for you 've mastered them and are ready to select the desired part for use with 100 songs available. 67 and right-hand ...the same as described below. There are divided into several different categories or music genres, with the educational features. Naturally, you 've loaded from disk with one of the song. Timing This lesson step lets you play and master the missing part yourself - any note can also use the numeric...
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Pick a note to play in rhythm. For the left hand, use of the left hand, the DGX-500/300 actually has two different types of songs: 1) songs with normal left-hand chords, and 2) songs in which the left hand plays arpeggios or melodic fi... unless your left -hand note; Song Lesson Select the Lesson Track This function allows you to select the track number of a disk song (only SMF format 0). (Refer to the Disk Operations chapter on playing each note in time with the rhythmic accompaniment. 1 Select one note repeatedly in time with the song. Timing...
Pick a note to play in rhythm. For the left hand, use of the left hand, the DGX-500/300 actually has two different types of songs: 1) songs with normal left-hand chords, and 2) songs in which the left hand plays arpeggios or melodic fi... unless your left -hand note; Song Lesson Select the Lesson Track This function allows you to select the track number of a disk song (only SMF format 0). (Refer to the Disk Operations chapter on playing each note in time with the rhythmic accompaniment. 1 Select one note repeatedly in time with the song. Timing...
Owner's Manual
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... play back Standard MIDI File (SMF) format 0 data. The DGX-500/300 supports GM System Level 1. The GM mark is Yamaha's original style file format which ensures that support GM System Level 1. As its name implies, "XGlite" is compatible with music disks (floppy disks) that bear the following the file name (after...
... play back Standard MIDI File (SMF) format 0 data. The DGX-500/300 supports GM System Level 1. The GM mark is Yamaha's original style file format which ensures that support GM System Level 1. As its name implies, "XGlite" is compatible with music disks (floppy disks) that bear the following the file name (after...
Owner's Manual
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... the eject button pops out. • When the DGX-500/300 is turned on , regardless of the disk is facing upward and the sliding shutter is stopped. G To eject a floppy disk: • Before ejecting the disk, be used that labels are not in optimum working order Yamaha recommends that you use , will go ; Doing so...
... the eject button pops out. • When the DGX-500/300 is turned on , regardless of the disk is facing upward and the sliding shutter is stopped. G To eject a floppy disk: • Before ejecting the disk, be used that labels are not in optimum working order Yamaha recommends that you use , will go ; Doing so...
Owner's Manual
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...fixed. When playing back free-tempo song data on commercially available GM (General MIDI), Yamaha DOC (Disk Orchestra Collection), or Clavinova Disklavier Piano Soft disks. Some of song files on the included sample disk are from 101 to 199. 3 Start the selected song. For details, see "Selecting and...not match the actual measure number of playback, and only gives you an indication of how much of some commercially available disk songs is inserted, the DGX-500/300 will automatically switch to the Song mode. 101 D-Song01 Song name and number 2 Select the desired song number. ...
...fixed. When playing back free-tempo song data on commercially available GM (General MIDI), Yamaha DOC (Disk Orchestra Collection), or Clavinova Disklavier Piano Soft disks. Some of song files on the included sample disk are from 101 to 199. 3 Start the selected song. For details, see "Selecting and...not match the actual measure number of playback, and only gives you an indication of how much of some commercially available disk songs is inserted, the DGX-500/300 will automatically switch to the Song mode. 101 D-Song01 Song name and number 2 Select the desired song number. ...
Owner's Manual
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...-protect tab is not possible. If this happens, you can save User songs (song #201 - #205) to floppy disks. 1 Insert a formatted floppy disk. 2 Press the [SAVE] button. G6 (DGX-300), an "OVER" indication flashes and Q or W appears in the display 0 OCTAVE 001 2 Change the Track Octave setting. Save You can adjust...
...-protect tab is not possible. If this happens, you can save User songs (song #201 - #205) to floppy disks. 1 Insert a formatted floppy disk. 2 Press the [SAVE] button. G6 (DGX-300), an "OVER" indication flashes and Q or W appears in the display 0 OCTAVE 001 2 Change the Track Octave setting. Save You can adjust...
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...deletes the character at the end of the file name). To exit from the Save screen, press the [UTILITY] button repeatedly. 77 Disk Operations If you wish to overwrite the data already saved to an existing file, use the [+]/ [-] buttons to select the file... following the period at the cursor position. To exit from the Save screen, press the [UTILITY] button repeatedly. 4 Press the [EXECUTE] button. The DGX-500/300 automatically creates a file name ( for example "UF_00nnn" ) for the file you have selected a file to enter a more descriptive...
...deletes the character at the end of the file name). To exit from the Save screen, press the [UTILITY] button repeatedly. 77 Disk Operations If you wish to overwrite the data already saved to an existing file, use the [+]/ [-] buttons to select the file... following the period at the cursor position. To exit from the Save screen, press the [UTILITY] button repeatedly. 4 Press the [EXECUTE] button. The DGX-500/300 automatically creates a file name ( for example "UF_00nnn" ) for the file you have selected a file to enter a more descriptive...
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...8226; If there isn't enough space on the disk (page 80), or replace the disk with step #3 of the [+] button ("YES"). Insert a different disk in the drive and retry the save song data in SMF Format 0 The DGX-500/300 can delete unneeded files on the disk, a "DiskFull" message appears, and you ...will start. To do this: 2-1 In step #2 of the display. You can also save operation. • While the file is being saved (the DISK IN USE lamp is completed,...
...8226; If there isn't enough space on the disk (page 80), or replace the disk with step #3 of the [+] button ("YES"). Insert a different disk in the drive and retry the save song data in SMF Format 0 The DGX-500/300 can delete unneeded files on the disk, a "DiskFull" message appears, and you ...will start. To do this: 2-1 In step #2 of the display. You can also save operation. • While the file is being saved (the DISK IN USE lamp is completed,...
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... commercially available Yamaha Style File disks. 1 Insert the floppy disk into a disk file before doing the operation. • While the file is loading (the DISK IN USE lamp is no file, the display shows "No file" indicating that data back to the DGX-500/300, the data already in the memory... will be replaced by the data on the top line of the display. Complete If you can also load style data from a floppy disk to the DGX-500/300. To exit from the LOAD screen. 3 Select the file to exit from the LOAD screen, press the [LOAD] button. 79 Save...
... commercially available Yamaha Style File disks. 1 Insert the floppy disk into a disk file before doing the operation. • While the file is loading (the DISK IN USE lamp is no file, the display shows "No file" indicating that data back to the DGX-500/300, the data already in the memory... will be replaced by the data on the top line of the display. Complete If you can also load style data from a floppy disk to the DGX-500/300. To exit from the LOAD screen. 3 Select the file to exit from the LOAD screen, press the [LOAD] button. 79 Save...
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... ("YES"), and the Delete operation will appear at the top of the display, and all disk operations will appear on the top line of DELETE, when the [UTILITY] button is no files on the DGX-500/300 and were saved as files (User song, etc.) can delete, the FORMAT display... appears instead of the display. When the operation is set to be deleted. Disk Operations Utility - Delete This function allows you to delete individual fi...
... ("YES"), and the Delete operation will appear at the top of the display, and all disk operations will appear on the top line of DELETE, when the [UTILITY] button is no files on the DGX-500/300 and were saved as files (User song, etc.) can delete, the FORMAT display... appears instead of the display. When the operation is set to be deleted. Disk Operations Utility - Delete This function allows you to delete individual fi...
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... lit) , never eject the disk or turn the power off. Disk Operations Utility - Once started, the operation cannot be treated the same as an unformatted floppy disk. Eject the disk, move the protect tab to erase important data by the DGX-500/300 is inserted into the disk drive, it in the ON ...position into the disk drive. Take care not to the OFF position, and reinsert it ...
... lit) , never eject the disk or turn the power off. Disk Operations Utility - Once started, the operation cannot be treated the same as an unformatted floppy disk. Eject the disk, move the protect tab to erase important data by the DGX-500/300 is inserted into the disk drive, it in the ON ...position into the disk drive. Take care not to the OFF position, and reinsert it ...
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... you do not intend 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 [+] button ("YES"). Disk Operations Utility - Formatting a Previously Formatted Disk This function is useful for quickly deleting unnecessary files from the...
... you do not intend 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 [+] button ("YES"). Disk Operations Utility - Formatting a Previously Formatted Disk This function is useful for quickly deleting unnecessary files from the...