Yamaha DGX-500 User Manual

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SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION

This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). DO NOT connect this product to any power supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or speciﬁcally recommended by Yamaha.

This product should be used only with the components supplied or; a cart, rack, or stand that is recommended by Yamaha. If a cart, etc., is used, please observe all safety markings and instructions that accompany the accessory product.

SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE:

The information contained in this manual is believed to be correct at the time of printing. However, Yamaha reserves the right to change or modify any of the speciﬁcations without notice or obligation to update existing units.

This product, either alone or in combination with an ampliﬁer and headphones or speaker/s, may be capable of producing sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss. DO NOT operate for long periods of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable. If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, you should consult an audiologist. IMPORTANT: The louder the sound, the shorter the time period before damage occurs.

NOTICE:

Service charges incurred due to a lack of knowledge relating to how a function or effect works (when the unit is operating as designed) are not covered by the manufacturer’s warranty, and are therefore the owners responsibility. Please study this manual carefully and consult your dealer before requesting service.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:

Yamaha strives to produce products that are both user safe and environmentally friendly. We sincerely believe that our products and the production methods used to produce them, meet these goals. In keeping with both the letter and the spirit of the law, we want you to be aware of the following:

Battery Notice:

This product MAY contain a small non-rechargeable battery which (if applicable) is soldered in place. The average life span of this type of battery is approximately ﬁve years. When replacement becomes necessary, contact a qualiﬁed service representative to perform the replacement.

This product may also use “household” type batteries. Some of these may be rechargeable. Make sure that the battery being charged is a rechargeable type and that the charger is intended for the battery being charged.

When installing batteries, do not mix batteries with new, or with batteries of a different type. Batteries MUST be installed correctly. Mismatches or incorrect installation may result in overheating and battery case rupture.

Warning:

Do not attempt to disassemble, or incinerate any battery. Keep all batteries away from children. Dispose of used batteries promptly and as regulated by the laws in your area. Note: Check with any retailer of household type batteries in your area for battery disposal information.

Disposal Notice:

Should this product become damaged beyond repair, or for some reason its useful life is considered to be at an end, please observe all local, state, and federal regulations that relate to the disposal of products that contain lead, batteries, plastics, etc. If your dealer is unable to assist you, please contact Yamaha directly.

NAME PLATE LOCATION:

The name plate is located on the bottom of the product. The model number, serial number, power requirements, etc., are located on this plate. You should record the model number, serial number, and the date of purchase in the spaces provided below and retain this manual as a permanent record of your purchase.

Model

Serial No.

Purchase Date

92-BP

(bottom)

PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL

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FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.)

1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT!

This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modiﬁcations not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product.

2. IMPORTANT:

another product use only high quality shielded cables. Cable/s supplied with this product MUST be used. Follow all installation instructions. Failure to follow instructions could void your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA.

3. NOTE:

requirements listed in FCC Regulations, Part 15 for Class “B” digital devices. Compliance with these requirements provides a reasonable level of assurance that your use of this product in a residential environment will not result in harmful interference with other electronic devices. This equipment generates/uses radio frequencies and, if not installed and used according to the instructions found in the users manual, may cause interference harmful to the operation of other electronic devices. Compliance with FCC regulations does not guarantee

* This applies only to products distributed by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA.

When connecting this product to accessories and/or

This product has been tested and found to comply with the

OBSERVERA!

Apparaten kopplas inte ur växelströmskällan (nätet) sá länge som den ar ansluten till vägguttaget, även om själva apparaten har stängts av.

ADVARSEL: Netspæendingen til dette apparat er IKKE afbrudt,

sálæenge netledningen siddr i en stikkontakt, som er t endt — ogsá selvom der or slukket pá apparatets afbryder.

VAROITUS: Laitteen toisiopiiriin kytketty käyttökytkin ei irroita koko lait-

etta verkosta.

that interference will not occur in all installations. If this product is found to be the source of interference, which can be determined by turning the unit “OFF” and “ON”, please try to eliminate the problem by using one of the following measures:

Relocate either this product or the device that is being affected by the interference.

Utilize power outlets that are on different branch (circuit breaker or fuse) circuits or install AC line ﬁlter/s.

In the case of radio or TV interference, relocate/reorient the antenna. If the antenna lead-in is 300 ohm ribbon lead, change the lead-in to coaxial type cable.

If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results, please contact the local retailer authorized to distribute this type of product. If you can not locate the appropriate retailer, please contact Yamaha Corporation of America, Electronic Service Division, 6600 Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park, CA90620

The above statements apply ONLY to those products distributed by Yamaha Corporation of America or its subsidiaries.

(class B)

Entsorgung leerer Batterien (nur innerhalb Deutschlands)

Leisten Sie einen Beitrag zum Umweltschutz. Verbrauchte Batterien oder Akkumulatoren dürfen nicht in den Hausmüll. Sie können bei einer Sammelstelle für Altbatterien bzw. Sondermüll abgegeben werden. Informieren Sie sich bei Ihrer Kommune.

(battery)

(standby)

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PRECAUTIONS

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING

* Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference.

WARNING

Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, ﬁre or other hazards. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:

Power supply/AC power adaptor

• Only use the voltage speciﬁed as correct for the instrument. The required voltage is printed on the name plate of the instrument.

• Use the speciﬁed adaptor (PA-5D, PA-5C or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha) only. Using the wrong adaptor can result in damage to the instrument or overheating.

• Check the electric plug periodically and remove any dirt or dust which may have accumulated on it.

• Do not place the AC adaptor cord near heat sources such as heaters or radiators, and do not excessively bend or otherwise damage the cord, place heavy objects on it, or place it in a position where anyone could walk on, trip over, or roll anything over it.

Do not open

• Do not open the instrument or attempt to disassemble the internal parts or modify them in any way. The instrument contains no user-serviceable parts. If it should appear to be malfunctioning, discontinue use immediately and have it inspected by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

Water warning

• Do not expose the instrument to rain, use it near water or in damp or wet conditions, or place containers on it containing liquids which might spill into any openings.

• Never insert or remove an electric plug with wet hands.

Fire warning

• Do not put burning items, such as candles, on the unit. A burning item may fall over and cause a ﬁre.

If you notice any abnormality

• If the AC adaptor cord or plug becomes frayed or damaged, or if there is a sudden loss of sound during use of the instrument, or if any unusual smells or smoke should appear to be caused by it, immediately turn off the power switch, disconnect the adaptor plug from the outlet, and have the instrument inspected by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

CAUTION

Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you or others, or damage to the instrument or other property. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:

Power supply/AC power adaptor

• When removing the electric plug from the instrument or an outlet, always hold the plug itself and not the cord.

• Unplug the AC power adaptor when not using the instrument, or during electrical storms.

• Do not connect the instrument to an electrical outlet using a multiple-connector. Doing so can result in lower sound quality, or possibly cause overheating in the outlet.

Battery

• Always make sure all batteries are inserted in conformity with the +/- polarity markings. Failure to do so might result in overheating, ﬁre, or battery ﬂuid leakage.

• Always replace all batteries at the same time. Do not use new batteries together with old ones. Also, do not mix battery types, such as alkaline batteries with manganese batteries, or batteries from different makers, or different types of batteries from the same maker, since this can cause overheating, ﬁre, or battery ﬂuid leakage.

• Do not dispose of batteries in ﬁre.

• Do not attempt to recharge batteries that are not intended to be charged.

• When the batteries run out, or if the instrument is not to be used for a long time, remove the batteries from the instrument to prevent possible leakage of the battery ﬂuid.

• Keep batteries away from children.

• If the batteries do leak, avoid contact with the leaked ﬂuid. If the battery ﬂuid should come in contact with your eyes, mouth, or skin, wash immediately with water and consult a doctor. Battery ﬂuid is corrosive and may possibly cause loss of sight or chemical burns.

Location

• Do not expose the instrument to excessive dust or vibrations, or extreme cold or heat (such as in direct sunlight, near a heater, or in a car during the day) to prevent the possibility of panel disﬁguration or damage to the internal components.

• Do not use the instrument in the vicinity of a TV, radio, stereo equipment, mobile phone, or other electric devices. Otherwise, the instrument, TV, or radio may generate noise.

• Do not place the instrument in an unstable position where it might accidentally fall over.

• Before moving the instrument, remove all connected adaptor and other cables.

• Use only the stand speciﬁed for the instrument. When attaching the stand or rack, use the provided screws only. Failure to do so could cause damage to the internal components or result in the instrument falling over.

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Connections

• Before connecting the instrument to other electronic components, turn off the power for all components. Before turning the power on or off for all components, set all volume levels to minimum. Also, be sure to set the volumes of all components at their minimum levels and gradually raise the volume controls while playing the instrument to set the desired listening level.

Maintenance

• When cleaning the instrument, use a soft, dry cloth. Do not use paint thinners, solvents, cleaning ﬂuids, or chemical-impregnated wiping cloths.

Handling caution

• Do not insert a ﬁnger or hand in any gaps on the instrument.

• Never insert or drop paper, metallic, or other objects into the gaps on the panel or keyboard. If this happens, turn off the power immediately and unplug the power cord from the AC outlet. Then have the instrument inspected by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

• Do not place vinyl, plastic or rubber objects on the instrument, since this might discolor the panel or keyboard.

• Do not rest your weight on, or place heavy objects on the instrument, and do not use excessive force on the buttons, switches or connectors.

• Do not operate the instrument for a long period of time at a high or uncomfortable volume level, since this can cause permanent hearing loss. If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, consult a physician.

Saving data

Saving and backing up your data

For instruments with RAM that retains data by using dry cell batteries or a power adaptor

• As long as dry cell batteries are installed or the power adaptor is connected, the instrument retains the internal data when the power is turned off. If you remove the batteries and disconnect the adaptor, the data will be lost. Save important data to a ﬂoppy disk/external media such as the Yamaha MDF3 MIDI data ﬁler. Keep the power adaptor connected while you replace the batteries to prevent loss of data.

Backing up the ﬂoppy disk

• To protect against data loss through media damage, we recommend that you save your important data onto two ﬂoppy disks.

Yamaha cannot be held responsible for damage caused by improper use or modiﬁcations to the instrument, or data that is lost or destroyed.

Always turn the power off when the instrument is not in use.

When using a power adaptor, even when the power switch is in the “STANDBY” position, electricity is still ﬂowing to the instrument at the minimum level. When you are not using the instrument for a long time, make sure you unplug the AC power adaptor from the wall AC outlet.

Make sure to discard used batteries according to local regulations.

• The illustrations and LCD screens as shown in this owner’s manual are for instructional purposes only, and may be different from the ones on your instrument.

• Unless otherwise indicated, the example panel control illustrations, Keyboard illustrations and LCD screenshots are taken from the DGX-500.

Three of the demo-songs (or compositions) included in this keyboard are as follows:

Composition Title: Just The Way You Are Composer’s Name: Joel 0273671 Copyright Owner’s Name: EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD

Composition Title: Ribbon In The Sky Composer’s Name: Wonder 0404386 Copyright Owner’s Name: Black Bull Music / Jobete Music Co Ltd

Composition Title: Look Of Love Composer’s Name: Bacharach/David 0093316 Copyright Owner’s Name: Screen Gems - EMI Music Ltd

regarding the above three demo-songs.

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This product incorporates and bundles computer programs and contents in which Yamaha owns copyrights or with respect to which it has license to use others’ copyrights. Such copyrighted materials include, without limitation, all computer software, styles ﬁles, MIDI ﬁles, WAVE data and sound recordings. Any unauthorized use of such programs and contents outside of personal use is not permitted under relevant laws. Any violation of copyright has legal consequences. DON’T MAKE, DISTRIBUTE OR USE ILLEGAL COPIES.

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Trademarks

• Apple and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

• Windows is the registered trademark of Microsoft

Corporation.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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Congratulations on your purchase 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 in a highly compact package. Its outstanding features also

make it a remarkably expressive and versatile instrument.

Read this Owner’s Manual carefully while playing your new DGX-500/300 in order to

take full advantage of its various features.

Main Features

The DGX-500/300 is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use keyboard with the following features and functions:

■ MUSIC DATABASE ............................. page 53

The DGX-500/300 has an advanced, easy-to-use Music Database feature that automatically selects the style, voice, and effect settings for playing in a speciﬁc type of music. This can be a big help if you know what genre of music you want to play, but you don’t know what settings to make. Just select the genre, and the DGX-500/300 takes care of the rest!

■ Disk Drive ............................. page 73

The DGX-500/300 also features a convenient ﬂoppy disk drive letting you load and save your own original User Songs or load the Style Files. The DGX-500/300 is also compatible with a wide variety of disk formats, allowing you to play back song data on commercially available GM, DOC, and Clavinova Disklavier Piano Soft disks. It also allows you to save and play back Standard MIDI File (SMF) format 0 data,making it possible to use song data with your favorite sequencer or sequencingsoftware.

■ Powerful Speaker System

The built-in stereo ampliﬁer/speaker system of the DGX-500/300 with a special Bass Boost feature — provides exceptionally powerful, high-quality sound, letting you hear the full dynamic range of the DGX-500/300’s authentic voices.

■ GM System Level 1

“GM System Level 1” is an addition to the MIDI standard which ensures that any GM-compatible music data can be accurately played by any GM-compatible tone generator, regardless of manufacturer. The GM mark is afﬁxed to all software and hardware products that support GM System Level.

■ XGlite

As its name implies, “XGlite” is a simpliﬁed version of Yamaha’s high-quality XG tone generation format. Naturally, you can play back any XG song data using an XGlite tone generator. However, keep in mind that some songs may play back differently compared to the original data, due to the reduced set of control parameters and effects.

Other powerful features include:

• The advanced Yamaha Education Suite — a special set of learning tools that make it easy and fun to master the keyboard. These tools include Lesson , which guides you through the parts of a song just as a teacher would, Grade , which evaluates your practice sessions and rates your performance, and Dictio-

nary

, which teaches you how to play chords.

• Instant

•

• Special

• 12 different

Portable Grand

ing the DGX-500/300 for optimum piano play. Includes an authentic Stereo Sampled Piano voice.

619

exceptionally

tal recordings of actual instruments.

Split voices

separate sections of the keyboard.

cussion sounds on each key.

Drum Kit voices

function, for automatically conﬁgur-

realistic and dynamic voices

, with two different voices playable from

, with individual drum and per-

, utilizing digi-

• High-quality ing the sound of the voices — and your performance.

•

135 auto accompaniment styles

B, and Ending sections. An Auto Fill function adds dynamic ﬁlls when switching sections.

• Powerful, easy-to-use ing and playing back up to ﬁve of your original songs.

•

Registration Memory

300’s panel settings to a single button for instant and automatic recall.

•

One Touch Setting

appropriate voice to match the style or song you select.

•

Touch Response

narily expressive control over the voices. They automatically change both the volume and tone according to your playing strength — just like a real musical instrument!

Reverb, DSP, and Harmony effects

, each with Intro, Main A and

song recording

presets for storing all of the DGX-500/

function for automatically calling up an

and

Dynamic Filter

operations, for record-

that give you extraordi-

for enhanc-

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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.............................................31

• Touch and Touch Sensitivity.............................32

Effects............................................................. 33

• Reverb ..............................................................33

• DSP ..................................................................34

• Harmony ...........................................................35

Selecting and Playing Styles ........................ 38

• Selecting a Style ...............................................38

• Playing the styles..............................................39

• Sync Stop .........................................................43

• Changing the Tempo ........................................44

• MAIN/AUTO FILL (Main A/B and Fill-ins) ........45

• Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume .............46

• Using Auto Accompaniment

— Multi Fingering .............................................47

• Setting the Split Point .......................................49

• Dictionary..........................................................50

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 .......................... 57

• 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

• Select the Lesson Track .................................. 69

• Lesson 1 — Timing .......................................... 69

• Lesson 2 — Waiting......................................... 70

• Lesson 3 — Minus One ................................... 70

• Lesson 4 — Both Hands .................................. 71

• Grade ............................................................... 72

Disk Operations............................................. 73

• Disk Song Playback ......................................... 75

• Save................................................................. 76

Saving files in SMF Format 0..................... 78

• Load ................................................................. 79

• Utility – Delete.................................................. 80

• Utility – Formatting an Unformatted Disk ......... 81

• Utility – Formatting a Previously

Formatted Disk ................................................ 82

MIDI Functions............................................... 83

• What Is MIDI? .................................................. 83

• Connecting to a Personal Computer................ 85

• Local Control.................................................... 86

• Using Initial Setup Send with a Sequencer...... 87

• External Clock.................................................. 88

Troubleshooting ............................................ 89

Data Backup & Initialization ......................... 90

Voice List ....................................................... 91

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

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Panel Controls and Terminals

Front Panel

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!8 !9 @0 @1 @2 @3

Power switch ([STANDBY/ON])

[MASTER VOLUME] dial

This determines the overall volume of the DGX-500/300.

[TOUCH] button

This turns the Touch function on and off. (See page 32.) Holding down this button allows you to adjust the Touch Sensitivity setting. (See page 32.)

[HARMONY] button

This turns the Harmony effect on and off. (See page 35.)

[SPLIT] button

This instantly calls up the last selected Split Voice. (See page 28.)

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[DICTIONARY] button

This calls up the Dictionary function (page 50).

[METRONOME] button

This turns the metronome on and off. (See page 22.) Holding down this button allows you to set the Time Signature.

[PORTABLE GRAND] button

This instantly calls up the Grand Piano voice. (See page

12.)

[SONG] button

This is for enabling song selection. (See page 57.)

[STYLE] button

This is for enabling style selection. (See page 38.)

!3 !4 !5

[DUAL] and [SETTING ▲ / ▼ ] buttons

Use the [DUAL] button to turn the Dual voice on or off. Use the [SETTING ▲ / ▼ ] buttons to set the parameters related to the Main and Dual voices. (See page 26.)

Overall (left, right) buttons

These two buttons on either side of the LCD let you call up various functions, settings, and operations of the DGX-500/ 300, including effects, transpose, tuning, and MIDI. (See page 20.)

[DEMO] button

This is used to play the Demo songs. (See page 14.)

LESSON [L] (Left) and [R] (Right) buttons

These call up the Lesson exercises for the corresponding hand (left or right) for the selected song. (See page 68.)

[VOICE] button

This is for enabling voice selection. (See page 24.) Holding down this button calls up the Melody Voice Change function. (See page 59.)

[M.D.B.] (MUSIC DATABASE) button

This calls up the optimum panel settings for selected music genre. (See page 53.)

Numeric keypad, [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons

These are used for selecting songs, voices, styles, and M.D.B.. (See pages 25.) They are also used for adjusting certain settings and answering certain display prompts.

[ACMP] / [A-B REPEAT] button

When the Style mode is selected, this turns the auto accompaniment on and off. (See page 39.) This also determines the Accompaniment Split Point. In the Song mode, this calls up the A-B Repeat function. (See page 58.)

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Panel Controls and Terminals

[SYNC STOP] button

This turns the Sync Stop function on and off. (See page

43.)

[SYNC START] / [PAUSE] button

This turns the Sync Start function on and off. (See page

40.) In the Song mode, it is used to temporarily pause song playback. (See page 59.)

[START/STOP] button

When the Style mode is selected, this alternately starts and stops the style. (See page 39.) In the Song mode, this alternately starts and stops song playback. (See page 58.)

[INTRO ENDING] / [ REW] button

When the Style mode is selected, this is used to control the Intro and Ending functions. (See page 39.) When the Song mode is selected, this is used as a “rewind” control, or move the song playback point back toward the beginning.

[MAIN/AUTO FILL] / [FF ] button

When the Style mode is selected, these are used to change auto accompaniment sections and control the Auto Fill function. (See page 45.) When the Song mode is selected, this is used as a “fast forward” control, or move the song playback point toward the end.

[SONG MEMORY] buttons

These buttons ([REC], [1] - [5], [A]) are used for song recording, letting 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.)

REGISTRATION MEMORY buttons

These are used for selecting and recording the Registration Memory presets. (See page 55.)

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 for raising or lowering the pitch of the voices as you play. The pitch bend range of the wheel can also be set. (See page 31.)

[TEMPO/TAP] button

This button is used to call up the Tempo setting, letting you set the Tempo with the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons. (See page 22.) It also allows you to tap out the tempo and automatically start a selected song or style at that tapped speed. (See page 40.)

■ Rear Panel

#0 MIDI IN, OUT terminals

These are for connection to other MIDI instruments and devices. (See page 84.)

#1 #2 #3

#2 PHONES/OUTPUT jack

This is for connection to a set of stereo headphones or to an external ampliﬁer/speaker system. (See page 11.)

#1 FOOTSWITCH jack

This is for connection to Footswitch for control over sustain, just like the damper pedal on a piano. (See page 11.)

#3 DC IN 12V jack

This is for connection to a PA-5D or PA-5C AC power adaptor. (See page 10.)

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Setting Up

• Use ONLY a Yamaha PA-5D, PA5C AC Power Adaptor (or other adaptor speciﬁcally recommended by Yamaha) to power your instrument from the AC mains. The use of other adaptors may result in irreparable damage to both the adaptor and the DGX-500/300.

• Unplug the AC Power Adaptor when not using the DGX-500/ 300, or during electrical storms.

This section contains information about setting up your DGX-500/300 for playing. Make sure to read this section carefully before using the instrument.

Power Requirements

Although the DGX-500/300 will run either from an AC adaptor or batteries, Yamaha recommends use of an AC adaptor whenever possible. An AC adaptor is more environmentally friendly than batteries and does not deplete resources.

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Using an AC Power Adaptor • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Make sure that the [STANDBY/ON] switch of the DGX-500/300 is set to STANDBY. Connect the AC adaptor (PA-5D, PA-5C or other adaptor speciﬁcally recom-

mended by Yamaha) to the power supply jack.

Plug the AC adaptor into an AC outlet.

• Never interrupt the power supply (e.g. remove the batteries or unplug the AC adaptor) during any DGX-500/300 record operation! Doing so can result in a loss of data.

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Using Batteries • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

For battery operation the DGX-500/300 requires six 1.5V “D” size, R20P (LR20) or equivalent batteries. (Alkaline batteries are recommended.) When the batteries need to be replaced, the volume may be reduced, the sound may be distorted, and other problems may occur. When this happens, turn the power off and replace the batteries, as described below

Turn the instrument upside-down on the soft cloth, then open the battery compartment cover located on the instrument’s bottom panel. Insert the six new batteries as shown in the illustration, making sure that the

positive and negative terminals are properly aligned.

Replace the compartment cover, making sure that it locks ﬁrmly in place.

• When the batteries run down, replace them with a complete set of six new batteries. NEVER mix old and new batter ies.

• Do not use different kinds of batteries (e.g. alkaline and manganese) at the same time.

• If the instrument is not to be in use for a long time, remove the batteries from it, in order to prevent possible ﬂuid leakage from the battery.

• Do not open the battery compartment cover while the instrument is still on the stand. Make sure to properly turn the instrument face down when opening the battery compartment cover.

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Turning On the Power

• Even when the switch is in the “STANDBY” position, electricity is still ﬂowing to the instrument at the minimum level. When you are not using the DGX-500/300 for a long time, make sure you unplug the AC power adaptor from the wall AC outlet, and/or remove the batteries from the instrument.

With the AC power adaptor connected or with batteries installed, simply press the power switch until it locks in the ON position. When the instrument is not in use, be sure to turn the power off. (Press the switch again so that it pops up.)

Accessory Jacks

■ Using Headphones• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

For private practicing and playing without disturbing others, connect a set of stereo headphones to the rear panel PHONES/OUTPUT jack. Sound from the built-in speaker system is automatically cut off when you insert a headphone plug into this jack.

Setting Up

■ Connecting a Keyboard Ampliﬁer or Stereo System • • • • • • •

Though the DGX-500/300 is equipped with a built-in speaker system, you can also play it through an external ampliﬁer/speaker system. First, make sure the DGX-500/300 and any external devices are turned off, then connect one end of a stereo audio cable to the LINE IN or AUX IN jack(s) of the other device and the other end to the rear panel PHONES/OUTPUT jack on the

Stereo System

DGX-500/300.

■ Using a Footswitch• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

This feature lets you use a footswitch (Yamaha FC4 or FC5) to sustain the sound of the voices. The footswitch functions the same way as a damper pedal on an acoustic piano — press and hold down the footswitch as you play the keyboard to sustain the sound.

■ Using the MIDI Terminals • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

The DGX-500/300 also features MIDI terminals, allowing you to interface the DGX-500/300 with other MIDI instruments and devices. (For more information, see page 84.)

• To prevent damage to the

speakers, set the volume of the external devices at the minimum setting before connecting them. Failure to observe these cautions may result in electric shock or equipment damage. Also, be sure to set the volumes of all devices at their minimum levels and grad ually raise the volume controls while playing the instrument to set the desired listening level.

• Make sure that the footswitch plug is properly connected to the FOOT SWITCH jack before turning on the power.

• Do not press the footswitch while turning the power on. Doing this changes the recognized polarity of the footswitch, resulting in reversed footswitch operation.

MIDI

instrument

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Quick Guide

Step 1 Voices

z w

001

Live!Gnd

001

Playing the Piano

Simply by pressing the [PORTABLE GRAND] button, you can automatically reset the entire DGX-500/300 for piano play.

Press the [PORTABLE GRAND] button.

001

Live!Gnd

Play the keyboard.

Want to ﬁnd out more? See page 22.

Playing along with the Metronome

Press the [METRONOME] button.

Want to ﬁnd out more? See page 22.

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Step 1 Voices

Selecting and Playing Other Voices

The DGX-500/300 has a huge total of 619 dynamic and realistic instrument voices. Let’s try a few of them out now...

Press the [VOICE] button.

001

Live!Gnd

Select a voice.

Play the keyboard.

002

GrandPno

●

Panel Voice List

Voice Name

No.

001 Live! Grand 002 Grand Piano 003 Bright Piano 004 Honky-tonk Piano 005 MIDI Grand Piano 006 CP 80 007 Harpsichord

008 Galaxy EP 009 Funky Electric Piano 010 DX Modern Elec. Piano 011 Hyper Tines 012 Venus Electric Piano 013 Clavi

014 Cool! Organ 015 Jazz Organ 1 016 Jazz Organ 2 017 Click Organ 018 Bright Organ 019 Rock Organ 020 Purple Organ 021 16'+2' Organ 022 16'+4' Organ 023 Theater Organ 024 Church Organ 025 Chapel Organ 026 Reed Organ

027 Traditional Accordion 028 Musette Accordion 029 Bandoneon 030 Harmonica

031 Classical Guitar 032 Folk Guitar 033 12Strings Guitar 034 Jazz Guitar

PIANO

E.PIANO

ORGAN

ACCORDION

GUITAR

Voice Name

No.

035 Octave Guitar 036 Clean Guitar 037 60’s Clean Guitar 038 Muted Guitar 039 Overdriven Guitar 040 Distortion Guitar

041 Acoustic Bass 042 Finger Bass 043 Pick Bass 044 Fretless Bass 045 Slap Bass 046 Synth Bass 047 Hi-Q Bass 048 Dance Bass

049 String Ensemble 050 Chamber Strings 051 Synth Strings 052 Slow Strings 053 Tremolo Strings 054 Pizzicato Strings 055 Orchestra Hit 056 Violin 057 Cello 058 Contrabass 059 Banjo 060 Harp

061 Choir 062 Vocal Ensemble 063 Vox Humana 064 Air Choir

065 Soprano Sax 066 Alto Sax 067 Sweet Tenor 068 Breathy Tenor 069 Tenor Sax

BASS

STRINGS

CHOIR

SAXOPHONE

Voice Name

No.

070 Baritone Sax 071 Oboe 072 English Horn 073 Bassoon 074 Clarinet

075 Trumpet 076 Muted Trumpet 077 Trombone 078 Trombone Section 079 French Horn 080 Tuba

081 Brass Section 082 Big Band Brass 083 Mellow Horns 084 Synth Brass 085 Jump Brass 086 Techno Brass

087 Sweet Flute 088 Flute 089 Piccolo 090 Pan Flute 091 Recorder 092 Ocarina

093 Square Lead 094 Sawtooth Lead 095 Voice Lead 096 Star Dust 097 Brightness 098 Analogon 099 Fargo

100 Fantasia 101 Bell Pad 102 Xenon Pad 103 Equinox

TRUMPET

BRASS

FLUTE

SYNTH LEAD

SYNTH PAD

Want to ﬁnd out more? See page 24.

Voice Name

No.

104 Dark Moon

PERCUSSION

105 Vibraphone 106 Marimba 107 Xylophone 108 Steel Drums 109 Celesta 110 Tubular Bells 111 Timpani 112 Music Box

113 Acoustic Bass/Live! Grand 114 Finger Bass /Bright Piano 115 Fretless Bass/DX Modern

116 Acoustic Bass/Vibraphone 117 Fretless Bass/Brass

118 Analogon/Sawtooth Lead 119 Slap Bass/Clavi 120 Classical Guitar/Sweet

121 String Ensemble/Live!

122 Vox Humana/Choir

123 Standard Kit 1 124 Standard Kit 2 125 Room Kit 126 Rock Kit 127 Electronic Kit 128 Analog Kit 129 Dance Kit 130 Jazz Kit 131 Brush Kit 132 Symphony Kit 133 SFX Kit 1 134 SFX Kit 2

SPLIT

Elec. Piano

Section

Flute

Grand

DRUM KITS

* This list includes only a portion of the total available voices.

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Quick Guide

Step 2 Songs

001

Live!Gnd

001

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Playing the Songs

The DGX-500/300 is packed with a total of 100 songs, including three Demo songs that have been specially created to showcase the rich and dynamic sounds of the instrument. You can also try out the songs with the educational Lesson feature.

Playing the Demo songs

Let’s play the Demo songs now, Repeating with (001 -

003)

Start the Demo song.

You can also play back songs of other categories. Simply select the appropriate number of the desired song during playback.

Stop the Demo song.

• The DGX-500/300 also has a Demo Cancel function that allows you to disable Demo playback. To enable Demo Cancel, simultaneously hold down the [DEMO] button and turn on the power. To restore the Demo capabilities, simply turn the power off and on again.

Playing a single song

Naturally, you can also individually select and play back the DGX-500/300’s songs (001 - 205).

Press the [SONG] button.

004

B Bailey

Select a song.

005

IrishEye

Start (and stop) the song.

Want to ﬁnd out more? See page 57.

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Playing the Disk Song

This function lets you play songs contained on the included disk or on other song data disks.

Insert the disk.

Select a desired User song.

101

Filename

To start or stop playing, press the [START/ STOP] button.

Step 2 Songs

Want to ﬁnd out more? See page 75.

● Song List

No. Song Name

001 The Look Of Love

002 Just The Way You Are 003 Ribbon In The Sky

004 Bill Bailey (Won’t You

005 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 060 Down By The Riverside 007 America The Beautiful 008 When The Saints Go

009 Frühlingsstimmen 010 Danse Des Mirlitons From

011 “Orphée Aux Enfers”

012 Slavonic Dances No.10 013 La Primavera

014 Méditation De Thais 015 Guillaume Tell 016 Camptown Races 017 Frühlingslied 018 Ungarische Tänze Nr.5

019 Dolly’s Dreaming And

020 La Candeur 021 Arabesque

DEMO

(DGX-500) Ribbon In The Sky

(DGX-300)

(DGX-500) The Look Of Love

(DGX-300)

FAVORITES

Please Come Home)

Marchin’ In

ORCHESTRA

“The Nutcracker”

Ouverture

(From Le Quattro Stagioni)

PIANIST

Awakening

* For the songs #004 - #100, refer to the included Song Book.

No. Song Name

022 Pastorale 023 Petite Réunion 024 Innocence 025 Progrès 026 Tarentelle 027 La Chevaleresque 028 Etude Op.10-3

“Chanson De L’adieu” 029 Marcia Alla Turca 030 Turkish March 031 Valse Op.64-1 “Peiti Chien” 032 Menuett 033 Nocturne Op.9-2 034 Moments Musicaux Op.94-3 035 The Entertainer 036 Prelude (Wohltemperierte

Klavier 1-1) 037 La Viollette 038 Für Elise

039 Little Brown Jug 040 Loch Lomond 041 Oh! Susanna 042 Greensleeves 043 Aura Lee 044 Londonderry Air 045 Ring De Banjo 046 Wenn Ich Ein Vöglein Wär ? 047 Die Lorelei 048 Funiculi-Funicula 049 Turkey In The Straw 050 Old Folks At Home 051 Silent Night 052 Jingle Bells 053 Muss I Denn

PRACTICE

No. 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 String Quartet No.17 2nd

Mov. “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 Schicchi”)

069 Row Row Row Your Boat 070 On Top Of Old Smoky 071 We Wish You A Merry

072 Scarborough Fair 073 Im Mai 074 O Christmas Tree 075 Mary Had A Little Lamb 076 Ten Little Indians 077 Pop Goes The Weasel 078 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 079 Close Your Hands, Open

080 The Cuckoo 081 O Du Lieber Augustin 082 London Bridge

DUET

Christmas

Your Hands

No. Song Name

CHORD LESSON

083 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 084 The Cuckoo 085 London Bridge 086 American Patrol 087 Beautiful Dreamer 088

Battle Hymn Of The Republic 089 Home Sweet Home 090 Valse Des Fleurs

(From “The Nutcracker”) 091 Aloha Oe 092 I’ve Been Working On The

Railroad 093 My Darling Clementine 094 Auld Lang Syne 095 Grandfather’s Clock 096 Amazing Grace 097 My Bonnie 098 Yankee Doodle 099 Joy To The World 100 Ave Maria

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Quick

Left hand

Auto accompaniment

(for example, bass + guitar + drums)

Right hand

Melody

Accompaniment area

Guide

Step 3 Music Database

001

Live!Gnd

001

Music Database

Here’s a convenient feature that lets you instantly reconﬁgure the DGX-500/300 for playing in different music styles. If you want to perform in a certain genre but don’t know what settings to make, simply select the genre from the Music Database — and the DGX500/300 makes all the right settings for you!

• For more infomation on playing proper chords for the auto accompaniment, see “Using Auto Accompaniment — Multi Fingering” on page 47 and “Looking up Chords in the Dictionary” on the next page.

Press the [M.D.B.] (MUSIC DATABASE) button.

001

AlvFevr

Play a chord with your left hand.

The style starts as soon as you play the keyboard. For more on chords, see “Looking up Chords in the Dictionary” on the next page.

Accompaniment area

Select a Music Database.

Refer to the Music Database List on page 99.

002

Croco RK

Stop the style.

Want to ﬁnd out more? See page 53.

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Step 3 Music Database

Looking up Chords in the Dictionary

The convenient Dictionary function teaches you how to play chords by showing you the individual notes. In the example below, we’ll learn how to play a GM7 chord...

Keys for entering the chord

(DGX-500 : A-1 — B2) (DGX-300 : E0 — B2)

Learning how to play a speciﬁc chord

Example:

GM7

Root note Chord type

Press the [DICTIONARY] button.

Dict.

Specify the root note of the chord (in this case, G).

Keys for entering

the chord type

(C3 — B4)

Play the notes of the chord as indicated in the

Keys for entering

the chord root

(C5 — B5)

keyboard diagram in the display. The chord name ﬂashes when the chord is played properly.

Chord area

To leave the Dictionary function, press the [DICTIONARY] button again

Specify the chord type of the chord (in this case, M7).

Want to ﬁnd out more? See page 50.

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Quick Guide

Step 4 Lesson

001

Live!Gnd

zx x

001

Using the Lesson Feature

Songs 001 to 100 are specially designed for use with the educational Lesson feature. Lesson makes it fun and easy to master these songs. You can practice the left- and right-hand parts of each song individually: simply press the appropriate button, [L] (left) or [R] (right). The practice steps below apply to either hand.

Lesson 1 — Timing . . . . . . . . .This lesson step lets you practice just the timing of the notes.

Lesson 2 — Waiting . . . . . . . .In this lesson step, the DGX-500/300 waits for you to play the correct notes before continu-

ing playback of the song.

Lesson 3 — Minus One . . . . .This lesson step plays back the song with one part muted — letting you play and master the

missing part yourself.

Lesson 4 — Both Hands . . . . .This lesson step is the same as “Minus One,” except in that both the left- and right-hand

parts are muted — letting you play and master both hands.

Select one of the Lesson songs.

For instructions on selecting songs, see page 67.

Start the Lesson.

Select the part you wish to work on (left or right) and the Lesson step.

If you want to work on the right-hand part, press the [R] button; to work on the left, press the [L] button.

Timing

• Each press of the corresponding button ([L] or [R]) alternately selects Lessons 1 - 3. Pressing both buttons simultaneously calls up Lesson 4, Both Hands.

When you’re ﬁnished, stop the Lesson.

• You can also exit from the Lesson by pressing one the LESSON buttons ([L] or [R]) repeatedly until song name is shown in the display.

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Step 4 Lesson

Lesson 1 — Timing

This step lets you work on the timing of the notes. In Lesson 1, the particular note you play on the keyboard is unimportant. The DGX-500/300 checks your timing and how rhythmically “tight” your playing is.

Timing

Want to ﬁnd out more? See page 69.

Lesson 2 — Waiting

In Lesson 2, you practice playing the notes correctly as they appear in the display notation. The accompaniment pauses and waits for you to play the notes correctly before it continues.

Waiting

Grade

The DGX-500/300 has a built-in evaluation function that monitors your practicing and — like a real teacher — tells you how well you did each exercise. Four grades are assigned, depending on your performance: “OK,” “Good,” “Very Good!,” and “Excellent!.”

Want to ﬁnd out more? See page 72.

Changing the Tempo

Naturally, you can change the tempo (speed) of the song to your liking, letting you slow down difﬁcult passages and bring up the tempo gradually until you master them at normal speed.

Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button.

120

TEMPO

Want to ﬁnd out more? See page 70.

Lesson 3 — Minus One

In Lesson 3, one of the parts is muted, and you practice the missing part in time with the rhythm.

MinusOne

Want to ﬁnd out more? See page 70.

Lesson 4 — Both Hands

Lesson 4 is just like Lesson 3, except that the parts for both hands are muted, letting you practice the missing parts in time with the rhythm.

Lr4

BothHand

Use the numeric keypad to set the desired tempo.

• The DGX-500/300 also has a convenient Tap Tempo function that allows you to “tap” a new tempo in real time. (See page 40.)

Want to ﬁnd out more? See page 71.

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Panel Display Indications

The DGX-500/300 features a large multi-function display that shows all important settings for the instrument. The section below brieﬂy explains the various icons and indications in the display.

!7 Battery Level indicator

!4 Touch indicator !5 Harmony indicator !6 Dual indicator

q Song/Voice/Style name and

number, Tempo

001

!2 Sync Stop indicator !3 Accompaniment On

indicator

Live!Gnd

!1 8va / 15va

w Overall indicator

o Notation !0 Keyboard

e Indicators

001

i Song track

indicators

r Measure

t Beat

marks

y Chord

u Track Octave

indicator

q Song/Voice/Style name and number,

Tempo

This portion of the display indicates the name and number of the currently selected song, voice, or style. It also displays the name and current value or setting of the Overall functions and the Function parameters, as well as other important operation messages. When the tempo setting is active, the value is shown.

w Overall indicator

The Overall buttons (on either side of the LCD) let you access the Function operations and settings of the DGX-500/300. The currently selected setting is indicated by a dark bar that appears next to its name (printed on the panel).

e Indicators

These indicate the operating condition of the DGX500/300 as shown below:

Using the numeric keypad selects voice numbers. Pressing the [START/STOP] button starts song playback.

Using the numeric keypad selects voice numbers. Pressing the [START/STOP] button starts style playback.

Using the numeric keypad selects song numbers. Pressing the [START/STOP] button starts song playback.

Using the numeric keypad selects style numbers. Pressing the [START/STOP] button starts style playback.

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Panel Display Indications

r Measure

These show the current measure during playback of a song or style.

t Beat marks

These marks (one large, three small) ﬂash in sequence and in time with the song or style. The large arrow indicates the ﬁrst beat of the measure.

y Chord

When a song (with chords) is being played back, this indicates the current chord root and type. It also indicates chords played in the accompaniment area of the keyboard when the Style mode and auto accompaniment are on.

u Track Octave indicator

When a disk song is playing and the note data exceeds the range limit of A-1 – C7 (DGX-500) and E0 – G6 (DGX-300), an “OVER” indication ﬂashes and

or W appears in the display. When a disk song is playing and the track octave setting is raised or lowered, one of +2, +1, -1 and -2 indications appears in the display.

i Song track indicators

In the song recording and playback, these indicate the status of the tracks. (See page 63.)

!1 8va / 15va

Notes played outside the displayable area are indicated by octave marks (“8va” or “15va”).

!2 Sync Stop indicator

This appears when the Sync Stop function is turned on. (See page 43.)

!3 Accompaniment On indicator

This appears when the auto accompaniment has been turned on. (See page 39.)

!4 Touch indicator

This appears when the Touch function is turned on. (See page 32.)

!5 Harmony indicator

This appears when the Harmony effect is turned on. (See page 35.)

!6 Dual indicator

This appears when the Dual function is turned on. (See page 26.)

!7 Battery Level indicator

This appears when the battery power is too low to ensure proper operation. (See page 10.)

o Notation / !0 Keyboard

These two portions of the display conveniently indicate notes. When a song is being played back, they show the melody or chord notes in succession. When you play the keyboard yourself, the display shows the notes you play.

• For a few speciﬁc chords, not all notes may be shown in the notation section of the display. This is due to space limitations in the display.

Music Rest

Insert the bottom edge of the included music rest into the slot located at the top rear of the DGX-500/300 control panel.

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Portable Grand

This convenient function lets you instantly call up the Grand Piano voice.

Playing the Portable Grand

Press the [PORTABLE GRAND] button.

Doing this automatically calls up the special “Stereo Sampled Piano” Live! Grand voice.

Using the Metronome

1 Call up the Tempo setting.

Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button.

Current Tempo value

068

TEMPO

2 Change the value.

Use the numeric keypad to set the desired Tempo value, or use the [+]/[-] buttons to increase or decrease the value.

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3 Turn on the Metronome.

Press the [METRONOME] button.

Portable Grand

Indicates the beat number in the measure.

To turn the Metronome off, press the [METRONOME] button again.

Setting the Metronome Time Signature

The time signature of the Metronome can be set to various quarter-note based meters.

• The time signature changes automatically when a style or song is selected.

Hold down the [METRONOME] button (until “TIME SIG” appears in the display), then press the button on the numeric keypad that corresponds to the desired time signature (see chart at right).

Numeric keypad

Time signature

01 1/4 — Plays only “1” beats (all high clicks) 02 2/4 03 3/4 04 4/4

: :

15 15/4

0 Plays no “1” beats (all low clicks)

Indicates current beat number

TIME SIG

Adjusting the Metronome Volume

You can adjust the volume of the Metronome sound independently of the other DGX-500/300 sounds. The volume range is 000 - 127.

1 Call up the Metronome Volume setting.

Press the left Overall button until “MTR VOL” appears in the display.

Current Metronome Volume value

100

MTR VOL

Indicates Metronome Volume is selected

2 Change the value.

Use the numeric keypad to set the desired Metronome Volume value, or use the [+]/[-] buttons to increase or decrease the value.

Restoring the Default Metronome Volume Value

To restore the default Metronome Volume value (100), press both [+]/[-] buttons simultaneously (when Metronome Volume is selected in the Overall menu).

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Playing Voices

The DGX-500/300 features a total of 619 authentic voices — all of which have been created with Yamaha’s sophisticated AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation system. These include 480 XG voices, plus special Split voices, DJ voices and drum kits. The DGX-500/300 also has a Dual Voice function that lets you combine two different voices in a layer, and play the two together across the keyboard.

The voices are divided into various instrument categories, and the names are printed on the panel for convenience. For a complete list of available voices, see page 91.

Special Split voices (#113 - #122) feature two different voices that you can play from separate area of the keyboard — for example, playing a bass voice with your left hand and a piano voice with your right.

A special set of DJ voices (#615 - #619) provides dynamic, exciting voices for playing many of today’s popular music styles. (See page 97.)

The Voice mode also features special effect sections that let you enhance the sound of the voice. These include Reverb and Harmony, as well as a “DSP” section that provides miscellaneous effects, such as tremolo, echo, delay, equalization, and wah. (See page 34.)

There’s also a Touch Sensitivity control (page 32), which determines how the voices respond to your playing technique.

The DGX-500/300 also includes special Drum Kit voices — #123 - #134 — that let you play various drum and percussion sounds from the keyboard. (Refer to the Drum Kit Voice list on page 100.)

When a voice is selected, the most suitable DSP Type (page 36) and Harmony Type (page 37) for the voice are automatically called up.

Playing a Voice

1 Press the [VOICE] button.

Voice name and number

001

Live!Gnd

001

Indicates Voice mode is selected

2 Select the desired voice number.

Use the numeric keypad. The voice categories and their numbers are shown on the panel. A complete list of the available voices is given on page 91.

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There are two ways to select voices: 1) directly entering the voice number with the numeric keypad, or 2) using the [+]/[-] buttons to step up and down through the voice numbers.

■ Using the numeric keypad

Enter the digits of the voice number as indicated on the panel. For example, to select voice #109, press “1” on the numeric keypad, then “0”, “9.” For voice numbers beginning with zeroes (such as #042 or #006), the initial zeroes may be omitted. In this case, there is a short pause before the indication appears.

109

Celesta

Playing Voices

■ Using the [+]/[-] buttons

Press the [+] button to select the next voice number, and press the [-] button to select the previous voice. Holding down either button continuously scrolls up or down through the numbers.

3 Play the selected voice.

Since either the Style or Song mode is active in the background (as indicated by the illustration in the display), you can also play styles or songs, respectively, in the Voice mode by simply pressing the [START/STOP] button. The last selected style or song will be played.

• Each voice is automatically called up with the most suitable octave range setting. Thus, playing middle C with one voice may sound higher or lower than another voice at the same key.

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Playing Voices

Drum Kit Voice Chart (voices 123 - 134)

When one of the 12 Drum Kit voices are selected you can play different drums and percussion instruments on the keyboard.

No. Name LCD

123 Standard Kit 1 Std.Kit1 124 Standard Kit 2 Std.Kit2 125 Room Kit Room Kit 126 Rock Kit Rock Kit 127 Electronic Kit Elct.Kit

123

Std.Kit1

128 Analog Kit AnlogKit 129 Dance Kit DanceKit 130 Jazz Kit Jazz Kit 131 Brush Kit BrushKit 132 Symphony Kit SymphKit 133 SFX Kit 1 SFX Kit1 134 SFX Kit 2 SFX Kit2

● For example, when 123 “Standard Kit 1” is selected:

Ride Cymbal 1

Surdo Mute

Whip Slap

Surdo Open

Scratch Push

Hi Q

Scratch Pull

Finger Snap Metronome Click

Metronome Bell

Click Noise

Seq Click L

Seq Click H

Brush Tap

Brush Swirl

Brush Tap Swirl

Brush Slap

Snare Roll

Snare H Soft

Bass Drum Soft

Bass Drum Hard

Castanet

Sticks

Open Rim Shot

Side Stick

Snare M

Bass Drum

Floor Tom L

Snare H Hard

Hand Clap

Hi-Hat Closed

Low Tom

Floor Tom H

Hi-Hat Open

Hi-Hat Pedal

Mid Tom L

Mid Tom H

Chinese Cymbal

High Tom

Ride Cymbal Cup

Tambourine

Crash Cymbal 1

Ride Cymbal 2

Splash Cymbal

Crash Cymbal 2

Cowbell

Vibraslap

Bongo H

Conga H Mute

Bongo L

Conga H Open

Conga L

Timbale H

Timbale L

Agogo L

Cabasa

Agogo H

Samba Whistle L

Samba Whistle H

Maracas

Guiro Short

Guiro Long

Wood Block H

Claves

Cuica Open

Wood Block L

Triangle Open

Cuica Mute

Triangle Mute

Bell Tree

Jingle Bell

Shaker

Dual Voice

The Dual Voice function lets you combine two different voices in a layer — one the Main voice, which is selected normally, and the other the Dual voice, which is selected here. You can also set various parameters independently for these voices, such as giving them separate volume, octave, Reverb and DSP settings. This lets you create an optimum mix for the voices, and enhance the way they blend together.

1 Turn the Dual voice on or off.

Press the [DUAL] button.

001

Live!Gnd

001001

Indicates Dual is turned on

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2 Select one of the parameters for the Main and Dual voices.

Press the [SETTING ▲] or [SETTING ▼] button, repeatedly if necessary, until the desired parameter’s name appears in the display.

104

M.Volume

001

3 Set the parameter’s value.

Use the numeric keypad or the [+]/[-] buttons. (Refer to the parameter list below.)

Playing Voices

• The Dual Voice function is not available in the Lesson.

Main Voice and Dual Voice settings

The parameters below provide all settings for both the Main Voice and Dual Voice — letting you change or enhance the sound of these voices independently.

• Main Volume • Dual DSP Level • Main DSP Level

• Dual Reverb Level • Main Reverb Level • Dual Octave

• Dual Voice • Dual Volume

● Parameters

Parameter Name Display Name Range /

Main Voice Volume M.Volume 0 – 127 This determines the volume of the Main voice, letting you create an optimum mix

Dual Voice DSP D. DspLv1 0 – 127 This determines how much of the Dual voice’s signal is sent to the DSP effect.

Main Voice DSP M. DspLv1 0 – 127 This determines how much of the Main voice’s signal is sent to the DSP effect.

Dual Voice Reverb D. RevLv1 0 – 127 This determines how much of the Dual voice’s signal is sent to the Reverb effect.

Main Voice Reverb M. RevLv1 0 – 127 This determines how much of the Main voice’s signal is sent to the Reverb ef-

Dual Voice Octave D. Octave -2 – 2

Dual Voice Select D. Voice name 1 – 619 This selects the Dual voice. Dual Voice Volume D. Volume 0 – 127 This determines the volume of the Dual voice, letting you create an optimum mix

Settings

with the Dual voice.

Higher values result in a louder DSP effect for the Dual voice.

Higher values result in a louder DSP effect for the Main voice.

Higher values result in a louder Reverb effect for the Dual voice.

fect. Higher values result in a louder Reverb effect for the Main voice. This determines the octave of the Dual voice.

(Octaves)

with the Main voice.

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Playing Voices

Split Voice

Split Voices let you play two different instrument sounds from separate areas of the keyboard. For example, you can play a bass voice with your left hand and a piano voice with your right.

Split Point

Split Voice Main Voice

1 Call up a Split Voice.

Press the [SPLIT] button.

113

AcB/Pno

001

• The Split Point setting for the voice is the same as that of the Accompaniment Split Point. (See page 49.)

This instantly calls up the last selected Split Voice.

One Touch Setting

This special “voice” is actually a convenient feature which automatically selects a suitable voice for you when you select a style. The voice is selected to best match the style or song you’ve called up.

1 Select voice #000 (One Touch Setting).

One Touch Setting is selected

000

Live!Gnd

001

You can also turn on One Touch Setting by simultaneously pressing both the [+]/[-] buttons.

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Transpose and Tuning

You can also adjust the tuning and change the transposition (key) of the entire DGX-500/300 sound with the Transpose and Tuning functions.

■ Transpose • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Transpose determines the key of both the main voice and the bass/chord accompaniment of the selected style. It also determines the pitch of the songs. This allows you to easily match the pitch of the DGX-500/300 to other instruments or singers, or play in a different key without changing your ﬁngering. The Transpose settings can be adjusted over a range of ± 12 semitones (± 1 octave).

1 Select the Transpose function.

Press the left Overall button, repeatedly if necessary, until “TRANSPOS” appears in the display.

Current Transpose value

Playing Voices

• The Transpose function has no effect on the DJ voices (#615 #619) or the Drum Kits voices (#123 - #134).

TRANSPOS

001

Indicates Transpose is selected

2 Change the value.

Use the numeric keypad to set the desired Transpose value (-12 – +12). To transpose the pitch down, simultaneously press and hold the [-] button, and use the numeric keypad to type in the (negative) value. You can also use the [+]/[-] buttons to increase or decrease the value. Holding down either button continuously increases or decreases the value.

Restoring the Default Transpose Value

If you’ve changed the Transpose setting, you can instantly restore the default setting of “00” by pressing both [+]/[-] buttons simultaneously (when Transpose is selected).

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Playing Voices

■ Tuning • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Tuning determines the ﬁne pitch setting of both the main voice and the bass/chord accompaniment of the selected style. It also determines the pitch of the songs. This allows you to accurately match the tuning with that of other instruments. The Tuning settings can be adjusted over a range of ± 100 (approx. ± 1 semitone).

1 Select the Tuning function.

Press the left Overall button, repeatedly if necessary, until “TUNING” appears in the display.

Current Tuning value

000

TUNING

001

• The Tuning settings have no effect on the Drum Kit voices (#123 - #134).

Indicates Tuning is selected

2 Change the value.

Use the numeric keypad to set the desired Tuning value (-100 – +100). To tune the pitch down, simultaneously press and hold the [-] button, and use the numeric keypad to type in the (negative) value. You can also use the [+]/ [-] buttons to increase or decrease the value. Holding down either button continuously increases or decreases the value.

Restoring the Default Tuning Value

If you’ve changed the Tuning setting, you can instantly restore the default setting of “00” by pressing both [+]/[-] buttons simultaneously (when Tuning is selected).

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Pitch Bend Range

The DGX-500/300 has a [PITCH BEND] wheel that lets you change the pitch of the voices in real time, as you play. The Pitch Bend Range parameter determines the amount that pitch is raised or lowered when using the [PITCH BEND] wheel.

At the minimum setting, moving the [PITCH BEND] wheel up or down changes the pitch by a maximum of 1 semitone or half-step in either direction. At the maximum setting of 12, pitch is changed over a range of ± one octave (12 semitones). The [PITCH BEND] wheel affects the voices played in the right-hand section of the keyboard. (It has no effect on the auto accompaniment.)

1 Select the Pitch Bend Range parameter.

Press the left Overall button, repeatedly if necessary, until “PB RANGE” appears in the display.

Current Pitch Bend Range value.

Playing Voices

PB RANGE

001

Indicates Pitch Bend Range is selected

2 Set the Pitch Bend Range value.

Use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to set the desired range: 1 - 12 (semitones).

3 Play the keyboard and move the [PITCH BEND] wheel.

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Playing Voices

Touch and Touch Sensitivity

The Touch function gives you dynamic, expressive control over the voices, letting you determine how loud or soft the sound is by your playing strength.

Turn the Touch function on or off as desired by pressing the [TOUCH] button.

000

TUNING

Indicates Touch function is on

Touch Sensitivity lets you set how the DGX-500/300 responds to your playing strength, allowing you to customize this expressive function to suit your own playing style.

1 Select the Touch Sensitivity control.

Press and hold the [TOUCH] button until the Touch Sensitivity setting and name appears in the display.

Current Touch Sensitivity setting

Medium

2 Change the value.

Use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to set the desired setting: 1, 2, or 3 (explained below).

001

● Settings:

1 (Soft) This results in limited touch response, and produces a relatively narrow

dynamic range, no matter how lightly or strongly you play the keys.

2 (Medium) This lets you play over a normal dynamic range (soft to loud). 3 (Hard) This is designed for playing very soft passages, giving you slightly more

detailed control in the soft volume range.

When Touch is turned off, a constant volume (corresponding to a velocity value of 80) is produced.

Restoring the Default Touch Sensitivity Value

The default Touch Sensitivity is 2 (Medium). To restore the default value, press both [+]/[-] buttons simultaneously (when Touch Sensi tivity is selected).

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Effects

The DGX-500/300 is equipped with a wide variety of effects that can be used to enhance the sound of the voices. The DGX-500/300 has three separate effect systems — Reverb, DSP, and Harmony — and each has many different effect types to choose from.

Reverb

The Reverb effect reproduces the natural ambient “wash” of sound that occurs when a instrument is played in a room or concert hall. A total of eight different Reverb types simulating various different performance environments are available.

1 Select the Reverb function.

• Twelve additional Reverb Types

Current Reverb Type name and number.

Hall1

are available when controlling the DGX-500/300 from a MIDI device. (For details, See page

104.)

001

Indicates Reverb is selected

2 Set the Reverb Type, if desired.

Use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to set the desired Reverb Type. (For a list of the available Reverb Types, see page 36.) To turn the Reverb effect off, select Reverb Type #9.

• Each style of the DGX-500/300 has its own independent Reverb setting.

• You can also determine the Reverb level. (See page 26.)

Restoring the Default Reverb Type

If you’ve changed the Reverb Type, you can instantly restore the default setting by pressing both [+] [-] buttons simultaneously (when Reverb is selected).

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Effects

DSP

The DSP effect section provides distortion and chorus effects, plus a wealth of other useful and dynamic effects for enhancing and changing the sound of the voices. Included among these miscellaneous effects are reverse gate reverb, phaser, rotary speaker, tremolo, echo, delay, distortion, equalization, and wah. A total of thirty-eight DSP types are available.

1 Select the DSP function.

Press the right Overall button, repeatedly if necessary, until the dark bar indication appears next to DSP.

Current DSP Type name and number.

Stage2

001

Indicates DSP is selected

2 Set the DSP Type, if desired.

Use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to set the desired DSP Type. (For a list of the available DSP Types, see page 36.) To turn the DSP effect off, select DSP Type #39.

• Each voice of the DGX-500/300 has its own independent DSP setting.

• Fifty-one additional DSP Types are available when controlling the DGX-500/300 from a MIDI device. (For details, see page

104.)

• You can also determine the DSP level. (See Page 26.)

Restoring the Default DSP Type

If you’ve changed the DSP Type, you can instantly restore the default setting by pressing both [+] [-] buttons simultaneously (when DSP is selected).

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Harmony

The Harmony section features a variety of performance effects that enhance the melodies you play when using the accompaniment styles of the DGX-500/300. A total of twenty-six Harmony types are available.

Trill, Tremolo and Echo types can be used even if accompaniment is off. There are ﬁve different Harmony Types that automatically create harmony parts (for notes played in the upper section of the keyboard) to match the accompaniment chords.

1 Turn on the Harmony effect.

Press the [HARMONY] button.

Effects

2 Select the Harmony function.

Press the right Overall button, repeatedly if necessary, until the dark bar indication appears next to HARMONY.

Current Harmony Type name and number.

Block

001

Indicates that Harmony is on

Indicates Harmony is selected

3 Set the Harmony Type, if desired.

Use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to set the desired Harmony Type. (For a list of the available Harmony Types, see page 37.)

• For the ﬁrst ﬁve Harmony Types (Duet, Trio, Block, Country, and Octave), chords must be played in the Accompaniment area of the keyboard.

• The speed of the Trill, Tremolo, and Echo effects depends on the Tempo setting (page 37).

• Each voice of the DGX-500/300 has its own independent Harmony setting.

Restoring the Default Harmony Type

If you’ve changed the Harmony Type, you can instantly restore the default setting by pressing both [+] [-] buttons simultaneously (when Harmony is selected).

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Effects

■ Effect Types

● Reverb Types

No. Reverb Type Display Name Description

1 Hall 1 Hall1 Concert hall reverb. 2 Hall 2 Hall1 3 Room 1 Room1 Small room reverb. 4 Room 2 Room2 5 Stage 1 Stage1 Reverb for solo instruments. 6 Stage 2 Stage2 7 Plate 1 Plate1 Simulated steel plate reverb. 8 Plate 2 Plate2 9 Off Off No effect.

● DSP Types

No. DSP Type Display Name Description

1 Hall 1 Hall1 Concert hall reverb. 2 Hall 2 Hall2 3 Room 1 Room1 Small room reverb. 4 Room 2 Room2 5 Stage 1 Stage1 Reverb for solo instruments. 6 Stage 2 Stage2 7 Plate 1 Plate1 Simulated steel plate reverb. 8 Plate 2 Plate2

9 Early Reflection 1 ER1 Early reflections only. 10 Early Reflection 2 ER2 11 Gate Reverb Gate1 Gated reverb effect, in which the reverberation is quickly cut off for special ef-

12 Reverse Gate Gate2 Similar to Gate Reverb, but with a reverse increase in reverb. 13 Chorus 1 Chorus1 Conventional chorus effect with rich, warm chorusing. 14 Chorus 2 Chorus2 15 Flanger 1 Flanger1 Pronounced three-phase modulation with slight metallic sound. 16 Flanger 2 Flanger2 17 Symphonic Symphony Exceptionally rich & deep chorusing. 18 Phaser Phaser Pronounced, metallic modulation with periodic phase change. 19 Rotary Speaker 1 Rotary1 Rotary speaker simulation. 20 Rotary Speaker 2 Rotary2 21 Tremolo 1 Tremolo1 Rich Tremolo effect with both volume and pitch modulation. 22 Tremolo 2 Tremolo2 23 Guitar Tremolo Guitar Tremolo Simulated electric guitar tremolo. 24 Auto Pan AutoPan Several panning effects that automatically shift the sound position (left, right,

25 Auto Wah AutoWah Repeating filter sweep “wah” effect. 26 Delay Left - Center -

Right 27 Delay Left - Right DelayLR Initial delay for each stereo channel, and two separate feedback delays. 28 Echo Echo Stereo delay, with independent feedback level settings for each channel. 29 Cross Delay CrossDly Complex effect that sends the delayed repeats “bouncing” between the left

30 Karaoke Karaoke Deep, pronounced echo effect. 31 Distortion Hard D Hard Hard-edged, warm distortion. 32 Distortion Soft D Soft Soft, warm distortion. 33 Overdrive Overdrv Natural distortion, like that of an overdriven amplifier. 34 Amp Simulation AmpSimu Characteristic sound of a guitar amplifier/speaker. 35 EQ Disco EQ Disco Equalizer effect that boosts both high and low frequencies, as is typical in

36 EQ Telephone EQ Tel Equalizer effect that cuts both high and low frequencies, to simulate the sound

37 3Band EQ 3BandEQ Equalizer with three separate frequency bands. 38 2Band EQ 2BandEQ Equalizer with two separate frequency bands. 39 No Effect Off No effect

DelayLCR Three independent delays, for the left, right and center stereo positions.

fects.

front, back).

and right channels.

most disco music.

heard through a telephone receiver.

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● Harmony Types

No. Harmony Type Display Name Description

1 Duet Duet Harmony types 1 - 5 are pitch-based and add one-, two- or three2 Trio Trio 3 Block Block 4 Country Country 5 Octave Octave 6 Trill 1/4 note Tril1/4 Types 6 - 26 are rhythm-based effects and add embellishments or

7 Trill 1/6 note Tril1/6

8 Trill 1/8 note Tril1/8

9 Trill 1/12 note Tril1/12

10 Trill 1/16 note Tril1/16

11 Trill 1/24 note Tril1/24

12 Trill 1/32 note Tril1/32

13 Tremolo 1/4 note Trem1/4

note harmonies to the single-note melody played in the right hand. These types only sound when chords are played in the auto accompaniment area of the keyboard.

delayed repeats in time with the auto accompaniment. These types sound whether the auto accompaniment is on or not; however, the

actual speed of the effect depends on the Tempo setting (page 44). The individual note values in each type let you synchronize the effect precisely to the rhythm. Triplet settings are also available: 1/6 = quarter-note triplets, 1/12 = eighth-note triplets, 1/24 = sixteenthnote triplets.

• The Trill effect Types (6 - 12) create two-note trills (alternating notes) when two notes are held.

• The Tremolo effect Types (13 - 19) repeat all held notes (up to four).

• The Echo effect Types (20 - 26) create delayed repeats of each note played.

Effects

14 Tremolo 1/6 note Trem1/6

15 Tremolo 1/8 note Trem1/8

16 Tremolo 1/12 note Trem1/12

17 Tremolo 1/16 note Trem1/16

18 Tremolo 1/24 note Trem1/24

19 Tremolo 1/32 note Trem1/32

20 Echo 1/4 note Echo1/4

21 Echo 1/6 note Echo1/6

22 Echo 1/8 note Echo1/8

23 Echo 1/12 note Echo1/12

24 Echo 1/16 note Echo1/16

25 Echo 1/24 note Echo1/24

26 Echo 1/32 note Echo1/32

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Selecting and Playing Styles

The DGX-500/300 provides dynamic rhythm/accompaniment patterns (styles) — as well as voice settings appropriate for each style — for various popular musical categories.

A total of 135 different styles are available, in several different categories. Each style is made up of separate “sections” — Intro, Main A and B, and Ending — letting you call up different accompaniment sections as you perform.

The style features that are built into the rhythms add the excitement of instrumental backing to your performance, letting you control the accompaniment by the chords you play. Auto accompaniment effectively splits the keyboard into two areas: The upper is used for playing a melody line, and the lower (set by default to keys F#2 and lower) is for the auto accompaniment function.

The DGX-500/300 also features the convenient Dictionary function (page 50). Dictionary provides you with a built-in “chord encyclopedia” that teaches you how to play any chord you specify by showing you the appropriate notes in the display.

The DGX-500/300 can also be used with the included disk or commercially available Style File data, allowing you to load additional styles (auto accompaniment patterns) to the instrument. Style File data is loaded individually as style number 136, and can be played just like the preset styles.

Selecting a Style

1 Press the [STYLE] button.

Style name and number

001

8BtModrn

2 Select the desired style number.

Use the numeric keypad. The basic categories of styles and their numbers are shown at the left of the panel. A complete list of the available styles is given on page 98.

001

Indicates Style mode is selected

Style numbers can be selected in the same way as with the voices (see page

25). You can use the numeric keypad to directly enter the style number, or use the [+]/[-] buttons to step up and down through the styles.

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Playing the styles

The panel buttons below function as style controls.

Selecting and Playing Styles

Pressing this button alternately enables and cancels the bass and chord accompaniment. (See below.)

Pressing this button alternately enables and cancels the Sync Stop function. (See page 43.)

Pressing this button alternately enables and cancels the Sync Start function. (See page 40.)

Pressing this button alternately starts and stops style playback.

1 Turn on the auto accompaniment.

Press the [ACMP] button to turn on (enable) the auto accompaniment.

This controls the Intro and Ending sections. (See pages 41, 42.)

Pressing this button switches between the Main A and Main B sections, automatically adding a ﬁll-in pattern before changing the section. (See page 45.)

Indicates that auto accompaniment is on.

2 Start the style.

You can do this in one of the following ways:

■ Pressing the [START/STOP] button

The rhythm starts playing immediately without bass and chord accompaniment. The currently selected Main A or B section will play.

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Selecting and Playing Styles

You can select the Main A or B section by pressing the appropriate button — [MAIN A/B] — before pressing the [START/STOP] button. (The display brieﬂy shows the letter of the selected section: “MAIN A” or “MAIN B.”)

Indicates selected section (Main A or B).

■ Using Tap Tempo to Start

This useful feature lets you tap out the speed (tempo) of the style and automatically start the style at that tapped speed.

MAIN A

Simply tap the [TEMPO/TAP] button four times (or three times for a 3/4 time style), and the style starts automatically at the tempo you tapped. You can also change the tempo while the style is playing by tapping the [TEMPO/TAP] button twice at the desired tempo.

■ Using Sync Start

The DGX-500/300 also has a Sync Start function that allows you to start the style by simply pressing a key on the keyboard. To use Sync Start, ﬁrst press the [SYNC START] button (the beat marks all ﬂash to indicate Sync Start stand-by), then press any key on the keyboard. (When auto accompaniment is on, play a key or chord in the auto accompaniment area of the keyboard.)

Auto accompaniment area

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Selecting and Playing Styles

Starting with an Intro section

Each style has its own two- or four-measure Intro section. When used with the auto accompaniment, many of the Intro sections also include special chord changes and embellishments to enhance your performance.

To start with an Intro section:

1) Press the [MAIN/AUTO FILL] button — to select which section (A or B) is to follow the Intro.

Indicates selected section (Main A or B).

MAIN A

2) Press the [INTRO ENDING] button.

Indicates Intro standby.

INTRO≥A

To actually start the Intro section, press the [START/STOP] button.

Using Sync Start with an Intro section

You can also use the Sync Start function with the special Intro section of the selected style.

To use Sync Start with an Intro section:

1) Press the [MAIN/AUTO FILL] button — to select which section (A or B) is to follow the Intro.

Indicates selected section (MAIN A or B).

MAIN A

2) Press the [INTRO ENDING] button.

Indicates Intro standby.

INTRO≥A

3) Press the [SYNC START] button to enable Sync Start, and start the Intro section by playing any key on the keyboard. (When auto accompaniment is on, play a key or chord in the auto accompaniment area of the keyboard.)

Auto accompaniment area

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Selecting and Playing Styles

3 Change chords using the auto accompaniment feature.

Try playing a few successive chords with your left hand, and notice how the bass and chord accompaniment change with each chord you play. (Refer to page 47 for more information on how to use auto accompaniment.)

• The [ACMP] button can also be used to turn off and on the bass/ chord accompaniment while play ing — allowing you to create dynamic rhythmic breaks in your performance.

• You can use the Sync Stop function to create a similar, yet even more dramatic break. With Sync Stop on (page 43), you can control breaks in the rhythm and accompaniment simply by releas ing your ﬁngers from the keys. As long as you play and hold a chord, the accompaniment continues. When you release it, the accompaniment stops. You can also use this feature to create exciting rhythmic stutter effects, chord hits, and accents by playing staccato chords.

• Chords played in the auto accom paniment area of the keyboard are also detected and played when the style is stopped. In effect, this gives you a “split keyboard,” with bass and chords in the left hand and the normally selected voice in the right.

4 Stop the style.

You can do this in one of three ways:

■ Pressing the [START/STOP] button

The style stops playing immediately.

■ Using an Ending section

Press the [INTRO ENDING] button. The style stops after the Ending section is ﬁnished.

■ Pressing the [SYNC START] button

This immediately stops style and automatically enables Sync Start, letting you re-start the style by simply playing a chord or key in the auto accompaniment area of the keyboard.

• To have the Ending section gradually slow down (ritardando) as it is playing, press the [INTRO ENDING] button twice quickly.

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Selecting and Playing Styles

Sync Stop

This convenient feature lets you stop (or pause) the style by releasing your ﬁngers from the auto accompaniment area of the keyboard. Playing the chord again restarts the style. This is ideal for putting dynamic breaks in your performance — for example, stopping the rhythm and accompaniment brieﬂy while you play a melodic break or solo with your right hand.

1 Press the [ACMP] button.

To turn accompaniment on.

Indicates that auto accompaniment is on.

2 Press the [SYNC STOP] button.

Setting Sync Stop to on before starting the style automatically sets Sync Start to on as well, letting you immediately start the style by playing the keyboard.

Indicates that Sync Stop is on.

3 Play a chord on the keyboard (in the auto accompaniment

area of the keyboard).

The style starts as soon as you play a chord.

4 Stop the style by releasing the chord.

Auto accompaniment area

5 To start the style again, play a chord.

To turn Sync Stop off, press the [SYNC STOP] button again. To stop the style completely, press the [START/STOP] button.

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Selecting and Playing Styles

Changing the Tempo

The tempo of style playback can be adjusted over a range of 32 - 280 bpm (beats per minute).

1 Call up the Tempo setting.

Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button.

Current Tempo value

120

TEMPO

001

• When style playback is stopped and a different style is selected, the tempo returns to the default setting of the new style. When switching styles during playback, the last tempo setting is maintained. (This allows you to keep the same tempo, even when changing styles.)

2 Change the value.

Use the numeric keypad to set the desired Tempo value, or use the [+]/[-] buttons to increase or decrease the value.

Restoring the Default Tempo Value

Each song and style has been given a default or standard Tempo setting. If you’ve changed the Tempo, you can instantly restore the default setting by pressing both [+]/[-] buttons simultaneously (when Tempo is selected).

• You can also use the convenient Tap Tempo function to change the tempo by “tapping” a new one in real time. (See page 40.)

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Selecting and Playing Styles

MAIN/AUTO FILL (Main A/B and Fill-ins)

While the style is playing, you can add variation in the rhythm/accompaniment by pressing the [MAIN/AUTO FILL] button. This switches between the Main A and Main B sections, automatically playing a ﬁll-in pattern to smoothly lead into the next section. For example, if the Main A section is currently playing, pressing this button automatically plays a ﬁll-in pattern, followed by the Main B section. (See below.) You can also select either the Main A or B section to start by pressing the [MAIN/ AUTO FILL] button before starting the style.

This appears while the ﬁll-in pattern is playing.

Fill A≥B

• Rhythm sounds and ﬁll-in sections are not available when one of the Pianist styles (#124 - #135) are selected.

About the Fill-in Patterns

If you press the [MAIN/AUTO FILL] button before beat 4...

beat

If you press the [MAIN/AUTO FILL] button here, after beat 4...

...a ﬁll-in pattern plays immediately until the end of the measure...

1st measure 2nd measure 3rd measure

1234123412341233

...a ﬁll-in pattern plays from here...

...and the Main A or B section begins here.

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Selecting and Playing Styles

Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume

The playback volume of the style can be adjusted. This volume control affects only the accompaniment volume. The volume range is 000 - 127.

1 Select the Accompaniment Volume function.

Press the left Overall button, repeatedly if necessary, until “ACMP VOL” appears in the display.

Current Accompaniment Volume value

100

ACMP VOL

001

Indicates Accompaniment Volume is selected

2 Change the value.

Use the numeric keypad to set the desired Accompaniment Volume value (000 - 127). You can also use the [+]/[-] buttons to increase or decrease the value. Holding down either button continuously increases or decreases the value.

• Accompaniment Volume cannot be changed unless the Style mode is active.

Restoring the Default Accompaniment Volume Value

If you’ve changed the Accompaniment Volume setting, you can instantly restore the default setting of “100” by pressing both [+]/[-] but tons simultaneously (when Accompaniment Volume is selected).

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Selecting and Playing Styles

Using Auto Accompaniment — Multi Fingering

When it is set to on (page 39), the auto accompaniment function automatically generates bass and chord accompaniment for you to play along with, by using Multi Fingering operation. You can change the chords of the accompaniment by playing keys in the auto accompaniment area of the keyboard using either the “Single Finger” or “Fingered” method. With Single Finger you can simply play a one-, two- or three-ﬁnger chord indication (see Single Finger Chords below). The Fingered technique is that of conventionally playing all the notes of the chord. Whichever method you use, the DGX-500/300 “understands” what chord you indicate and then automatically generates the accompaniment.

■ Single Finger Chords • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Chords that can be produced in Single Finger operation are major, minor, seventh and minor seventh. The illustration shows how to produce the four chord types. (The key of C is used here as an example; other keys follow the same rules. For example, Bb7 is played as Bb and A.)

To play a major chord: Press the root note of the chord.

Cm C

To play a minor chord: Press the root note together with the nearest black key to the left of it.

To play a seventh chord: Press the root note together with the nearest white key to the left of it.

■ Fingered Chords • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Using the key of C as an example, the chart below shows the types of chords that can be recognized in the Fingered mode.

● Example for “C” chords

Csus

CmM

(9)

Caug

CmM

( )

CM aug

( )

(9)

CmM

(9)

Cdim

( )

(9)

( )

Cdim

(9)

( )

(#11)

( )

To play a minor seventh chord: Press the root note together with the nearest white and black keys to the left of it (three keys altogether).

(b5)

(b9)

(9)

( )

(b13)

11)

(

( )

(9)

( )

(#11)

( )

(13)

( )

(#9)

( )

C aug

C sus

* Notes enclosed in parentheses are optional; the chords will be recognized without them.

( )

1+2+5

( )

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Selecting and Playing Styles

Chord Name/[Abbreviation] Normal Voicing Chord (C) Display

Major [M] 1 - 3 - 5 C C

Add ninth [(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 C(9) C(9)

Sixth [6] 1 - (3) - 5 - 6 C6 C6

Sixth ninth [6(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - 6 C6(9) C6(9)

Major seventh [M7] 1 - 3 - (5) - 7 or

CM7 CM7

1 - (3) - 5 - 7

Major seventh ninth [M7(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - 7 CM7(9) CM7(9)

Major seventh add sharp eleventh [M7(#11)] 1 - (2) - 3 - #4 - 5 - 7 or

CM7(#11) CM7(#11)

1 - 2 - 3 - #4 - (5) - 7

Flatted ﬁfth [(b5)] 1 - 3 - b5C(b5) Cb5

Major seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [M7b5] 1 - 3 - b5 - 7 CM7b5 CM7b5

Suspended fourth [sus4] 1 - 4 - 5 Csus4 Csus4

Augmented [aug] 1 - 3 - #5 Caug Caug

Major seventh augmented [M7aug] 1 - (3) - #5 - 7 CM7aug CM7aug

Minor [m] 1 - b3 - 5 Cm Cm

Minor add ninth [m(9)] 1 - 2 - b3 - 5 Cm(9) Cm(9)

Minor sixth [m6] 1 - b3 - 5 - 6 Cm6 Cm6

Minor seventh [m7] 1 - b3 - (5) - b7 Cm7 Cm7

Minor seventh ninth [m7(9)] 1 - 2 - b3 - (5) - b7 Cm7(9) Cm7(9)

Minor seventh add eleventh [m7(11)] 1 - (2) - b3 - 4 - 5 - (b7) Cm7(11) Cm7(11)

Minor major seventh [mM7] 1 - b3 - (5) - 7 CmM7 CmM7

Minor major seventh ninth [mM7(9)] 1 - 2 - b3 - (5) - 7 CmM7(9) CmM7(9)

Minor seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [m7b5] 1 - b3 - b5 - b7 Cm7b5 Cm7b5

Minor major seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [mM7b5] 1 - b3 - b5 - 7 CmM7b5 CmM7b5

Diminished [dim] 1 - b3 - b5 Cdim Cdim

Diminished seventh [dim7] 1 - b3 - b5 - 6 Cdim7 Cdim7

Seventh [7] 1 - 3 - (5) - b7 or

C7 C7

1 - (3) - 5 - b7

Seventh ﬂatted ninth [7(b9)] 1 - b2 - 3 - (5) - b7 C7(b9) C7(b9)

Seventh add ﬂatted thirteenth [7(b13)] 1 - 3 - 5 - b6 - b7 C7(b13) C7(b13)

Seventh ninth [7(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - b7 C7(9) C7(9)

Seventh add sharp eleventh [7(#11)] 1 - (2) - 3 - #4 - 5 - b7 or

C7(#11) C7(#11)

1 - 2 - 3 - #4 - (5) - b7

Seventh add thirteenth [7(13)] 1 - 3 - (5) - 6 - b7 C7(13) C7(13)

Seventh sharp ninth [7(#9)] 1 - #2 - 3 - (5) - b7 C7(#9) C7(#9)

Seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [7b5] 1 - 3 - b5 - b7C7b5C7b5

Seventh augmented [7aug] 1 - 3 - #5 - b7 C7aug C7aug

Seventh suspended fourth [7sus4] 1 - 4 - (5) - b7 C7sus4 C7sus4

One plus two plus ﬁve [1+2+5] 1 - 2 - 5 C1+2+5 C

• Notes in parentheses can be

omitted.

• Playing two same root keys in the

adjacent octaves produces accompaniment based only on the root.

• A perfect ﬁfth (1 + 5) produces

accompaniment based only on the root and ﬁfth which can be used with both major and minor chords.

• The chord ﬁngerings listed are all

in “root” position, but other inversions can be used — with the following exceptions:

m7, m7

5, 6, m6, sus4, aug,

dim7, 7

5, 6(9), 1+2+5.

• Inversion of the 7sus4 and

m7(11) chords are not recognized if the notes shown in parentheses are omitted.

• The auto accompaniment will

sometimes not change when related chords are played in sequence (e.g. some minor chords followed by the minor sev enth).

• Two-note ﬁngerings will produce

a chord based on the previously played chord.

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Setting the Split Point

The Split Point determines the highest key for the auto accompaniment area. The accompaniment can be played with the keys up to and including the Accompaniment Split Point key.

Split Point

Auto accompaniment area

1 Select the Split Point control.

Press and hold the [SPLIT] button until “S_POINT”appears in the display.

• This setting also affects the split

point for the special Split voices.

Current Split Point value

054

S–POINT

Indicates current Split Point.

2 Change the value.

Use the numeric keypad or [+]/[-] buttons to set the desired value: 0 (C-2) 127 (G8).

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Restoring the Default Split Point Value

If you’ve changed the Split Point setting, you can instantly restore the default setting of “54” (F pressing both [+]/[-] buttons simultaneously (when Split Point is selected).

2) by

To leave the Split Point function, simply go on to another operation or function.

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Dictionary

The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in “chord book” that shows you the individual notes of chords. It is ideal when you know the name of a certain chord and want to quickly learn how to play it.

1 Press the [DICTIONARY] button.

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• Pressing the [DICTIONARY] but-

ton automatically turns on the auto accompaniment.

2 Specify the root of the chord.

Press the key on the keyboard that corresponds to the desired chord root (as printed on the panel).

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Pressing this key selects the root G.

3 Specify the type of the chord (major, minor, seventh, etc.).

Press the key on the keyboard that corresponds to the desired chord type (as printed on the panel).

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• For a few speciﬁc chords, not all

notes may be shown in the notation section of the display. This is due to space limitations in the display.

• You can also show the inversion

of chord when using [+]/[-] button.

Pressing this key selects the major seventh chord type (M7).

Chord name (root and type)

Notation of chord

Individual notes of chord (keyboard)

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4 Play the chord.

Play the chord (as indicated in the display) in the auto accompaniment area of the keyboard. The chord name ﬂashes in the display (and a “congratulations” melody is played) when the correct notes are held down. (Inversions for many of the chords are also recognized.)

Selecting and Playing Styles

Auto accompaniment area

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Indicates notes to be played. Flashes when correct notes are held.

To leave the Dictionary function, press the [DICTIONARY] button again.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • What is a Chord? • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

The simple answer: Three or more notes played simultaneously is a chord. (Two notes played together is an “interval” — an interval being the distance between two different notes. This is also referred to as a “harmony.”) Depending on the intervals between the three or more notes, a chord can sound beautiful or muddy and dissonant.

The organization of notes in the example at left — a triad chord — produces a pleasant, harmonious sound. Triads are made up of three notes and are the most basic and common chords in most music.

In this triad, the lowest note is the “root.” The root is the most important note in the chord, because it anchors the sound harmonically by determining its “key” and forms the basis for how we hear the other notes of the chord.

The second note of this chord is four semitones higher than the ﬁrst, and the third is three semitones higher than the second. Keeping our root note ﬁxed and changing these notes by a semitone up or down (sharp or ﬂat), we can create four different chords.

Major chord

(ex. C)

Minor 3rd Major 3rd Major 3rd Minor 3rd Major 3rd Major 3rd Minor 3rd Minor 3rd

Minor chord

(ex. Cm)

Augmented chord

(ex. Caug)

Diminished chord

(ex. Cdim)

Keep in mind that we can also change the “voicing” of a chord — for example, change the order of the notes (called “inversions”), or play the same notes in different octaves — without changing the basic nature of the chord itself.

Inversion examples for the key of C

G E C

C G E

E C G

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Beautiful sounding harmonies can be built in this manner. The use of intervals and chords is one of the most important elements in music. A wide variety of emotions and feelings can be created depending on the types of chords used and the order in which they are arranged.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Writing Chord Names • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Knowing how to read and write chord names is an easy yet invaluable skill. Chords are often written in a kind of shorthand that makes them instantly recognizable (and gives you the freedom to play them with the voicing or inversion that you prefer). Once you understand the basic principles of harmony and chords, it’s very simple to use this shorthand to write out the chords of a song.

First, write the root note of the chord in an uppercase letter. If you need to specify sharp or ﬂat, indicate that to the right of the root. The chord type should be indicated to the right as well. Examples for the key of C are shown below.

Major chord

For simple major chords, the type is omitted.

Minor chord

Augmented chord

Caug

Diminished chord

Cdim

One important point: Chords are made up of notes “stacked” on top of each other, and the stacked notes are indicated in the chord name of the chord type as a number — the number being the distance of the note from the root. (See the keyboard diagram below.) For example, the minor 6th chord includes the 6th note of the scale, the major 7th chord has the 7th note of the scale, etc.

The Intervals of the Scale

Dominant 7th (ﬂatted 7th)

To better understand the intervals and the numbers used to represent them in the chord name, study this diagram of the C major scale:

CDEFGABCDE

Root

2nd

4th

3rd

5th

7th

6th

11th

9th

Octave

Other Chords

Csus4

Cm7

CM7

5th 4th

Cm7bb

Dominant 7th

Diminished chord

Dominant 7th

Minor chord

Major chord

Cm6

6th

Dominant 7th

C(9)

9th

Minor chord

7th Major chord

Cdim7

Diminished 7th (double ﬂatted 7th)

* Bbb = A

Diminished chord

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Using the Music Database

If you want to play in a certain genre of music but don’t know which style and voice settings would be appropriate, simply select the desired genre from the Music Database. The DGX-500/ 300 automatically makes all appropriate panel settings to let you play in that music style!

1 Press the [M.D.B.] (MUSIC DATABASE) button.

The MUSIC DATABASE menu appears in the display.

• Press the [M.D.B.] (MUSIC DATA

BASE) button to switch into the Style mode, turn AUTO ACCOM-

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2 Select a ‘‘Music Database.’’

Use the numeric keypad to set the desired Music Database, or use the [+]/[-] buttons to increase or decrease the value.

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PANIMENT on, and turn SYNCHRONIZED START on. See page 40 for details.

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The DGX-500/300 has 208 panel setups in the Music Database and they are divided into 12 different categories.

In this example, we’ll select #208 “Xmas Walz” and play the song “Silent Night.” (The sheet music is provided on the next page.)

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XmasWalz

3 Play the chords with your left hand and the melody lines

with your right hand along with the music.

As soon as you play a chord with your left hand, the style starts. For information on how to enter chords, see ‘‘Multi Fingering’’ on page 47.

• See pages 38 through 49 for

details about the Auto Accompaniment.

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Auto Accompaniment

area

4 When you reach the point in the music indicated by the

arrow above, press the [ENDING] button.

The style plays an ending phrase in ritardando. When the ending is ﬁnished, the style automatically stops. You can also stop the style by using the [STOP] button.

Data stored by the Music Database

Each of the Music Database settings has been specially programmed to match the selected style and each features the best suited voice (or combination of voices), style and other settings. Pressing the [M.D.B.] (MUSIC DATABASE) button and selecting a number lets you instantly reconﬁgure all relevant settings, conveniently allowing you to start playing in the desired genre with all the appropriate sounds — without having to make each setting one by one. For each parameter, refer to the following pages.

■ VOICE PARAMETERS

MAIN Voice, Volume, Reverb Depth, DSP Depth............................................................. page 26

Dual On/Off, Voice, Octave, Volume, Reverb Depth, DSP Depth .................................... page 26

• Reverb Type................................................................................................................... page 33

• DSP Type ....................................................................................................................... page 34

• Harmony On/Off............................................................................................................. page 35

• Harmony Type................................................................................................................ page 37

• Transpose ...................................................................................................................... page 29

• Pitch Bend Range.......................................................................................................... page 31

■ STYLE PARAMETERS

• Synchro Start=ON* ........................................................................................................ page 40

• Style Number ................................................................................................................. page 38

• Accompaniment Split Point............................................................................................ page 49

• Main A/Main B ............................................................................................................... page 45

• Tempo ............................................................................................................................ page 44

• Accompaniment Volume ................................................................................................ page 46

* Set only when the accompaniment is not playing.

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Registration Memory

Registration Memory is a ﬂexible and convenient function that lets you instantly reconﬁgure virtually all settings of the DGX-500/300 with the touch of a single button. Simply save your favorite custom panel settings to one of the Registration Memory presets (up to sixteen are available) for future recall.

Registration Memory Presets

The DGX-500/300 has eight Registration Memory banks, each with two different presets (a total of sixteen) for your custom panel settings. Each of the sixteen Registration Memory can have different settings for the following parameters:

• Voice number

• Tempo

• Transpose

• Reverb Type

• DSP Type

• Harmony On/Off setting and Type

• Split Point

• Style number, and style-related settings: Accompaniment On/Off and Split Point

• Pitch Bend Range

Recording a Registration Memory Preset

1 Make all desired settings for the DGX-500/300.

Virtually all of the DGX-500/300’s settings can be saved to a Registration Memory button.

2 Select the desired bank.

Press the [BANK] button, then press the desired bank number (1 - 8).

3 Record the settings to the desired preset, 1 or 2.

While holding down the [MEMORY] button, press the appropriate REGISTRATION MEMORY button, [1] or [2].

BANK

Selected bank number

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Selected memory number

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Registration Memory

Recalling a Registration Memory Preset

1 Select the appropriate Registration Memory bank.

BANK

2 Press the desired Registration Memory preset button ([1] or [2]).

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REGIST1

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