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DGX500
| The DGX500 is the
top-of-the-line in Yamaha's new Portable Grand series -designed from the
ground up with a piano focus in mind. Features include 88 keys, Disk drive,
Pedal & contemporary stand. Simply put, it's a piano at a Portable Keyboard
price. |
88 Piano-size Box-style
Touch-sensitive Key GM Portable Keyboard with YESII
FEATURES
A Piano that will please your teacher, your decorator and your accountant
| The DGX500 is the first
Portable Keyboard with piano keys and is the flagship in a new series of
instruments from Yamaha called Portable Grand. It is packed with functions
and features designed specifically for the new piano user. Included with the
DGX500 is a furniture-type stand that completes its piano image. The Yamaha
Portable Grand feature in the DGX500 is immediately apparent when you see
the large, piano-shaped button in the center of the front panel. When you
push it, the best piano is automatically chosen, the auto-accompaniment is
turned off, putting the keyboard in full keyboard mode — just like a piano.
A piano accompaniment style is automatically selected and is waiting for you
if you choose to use it. Next to the piano button is a metronome-shaped
button, giving you a built in metronome for practice. |
| Yamaha is one of the only portable keyboards
manufacturers that builds and designs real pianos and in fact, Yamaha is
recognized as the world leader in pianos, from home models to concert grands.
This experience makes the introduction of the DGX500 especially significant
due to its piano focus. Yamaha Portable Keyboards have always been
recognized by consumer and music publications as superior musical
instruments and the portable keyboard brand of choice. With the advent of
the Yamaha DGX500, Yamaha confirms its leadership position once again. As
for sound, the DGX500 features an extra-high quality stereo piano sample,
General MIDI (GM) compatibility and a selection of Yamaha's famous XG Lite
voices resulting in remarkable sonic quality, far beyond anything in its
price point. The quality is enhanced by the inclusion of two-way speakers
and bass ports for high fidelity sound. |
Value, Performance and Innovation are apparent in the new Yamaha DGX500
| Because Yamaha is first and
foremost a music company, we know that you you'd rather spend time creating
and playing music, not trying to learn how to operate a keyboard. To that
end, we've taken the latest technological advances and designed an
easy-to-use panel to access them. For example, when you want to record your
playing, just press record, the track button you want to record on, and
start playing. It's that easy. When you're done, save your song internally
or to the floppy disk drive as a Standard MIDI File (SMF) to make it
compatible with other General MIDI keyboards as well as most computers. Then
simply pop the disk out of the drive and insert it in your computer. |
| Imagine recording your child's first song
onto a disk, placing it in your computer and attaching it to e-mail so
friends and family can hear. Another new addition to make song playing
easier is the Music Database. Just pull out your favorite music book, select
a song from any of the over 200 songs in the Music Database and the entire
keyboard sets itself up. Start playing and the keyboard will follow your
every chord — no other buttons to press. |
| And finally, no matter what level of playing
ability your at, you'll appreciate being able to build combinations of your
favorite sounds. Pressing the "Split" button divides the instrument into two
parts, allowing you to have two different sounds on the keyboard at the same
time, like piano on the right and bass on the left. That's when you really
appreciate the 88 keys. In addition, "Layer" mode allows you to combine two
sounds across the keyboard range. For example, you could layer piano and
strings and play both sounds at the same time. With over 600 voices to
choose from, the combinations are only limited by your imagination. |
3.5" Floppy Disk Drive opens up a Whole New World
| The DGX500 has a 3.5" disk
drive allowing it to communicate with the world. You can download a song
file from the literally thousands of songs on the Internet onto a 3.5" disk
in your computer, then take the same disk, insert it into the instrument and
play the song. You can also purchase professionally made MIDI song files and
education software with music from your local music store. Conveniently, the
backlit display allows you to select a song from the disk by name. To play
the song, just push the start button, sit back, and enjoy. And finally, even
though the DGX500 comes with a generous amount of built-in music styles, the
disk drive opens up the ability to load in even more styles for you to
enjoy. And guess what, the Internet is alive with people exchanging styles
that they have created on hi-end Yamaha keyboards. The disk drive will allow
you to save and organize your favorite data for years to come. |
Yamaha Education Suite™ Learning to play songs and chords
| The DGX500 comes with 100
built-in songs with Songbook. But if you've never played before, where do
you start? Well, if learning to play music is important to you, the Yamaha
Education Suite II™, a wonderful set of music training functions, makes
learning music incredibly easy. Seven types of lessons are available as well
as a convenient chord dictionary. |
- Three keyboard lessons for each hand
Timing mode: You can play the melody or chord by pressing any key using
the correct timing.
Waiting mode: Playback pauses until you find and play the correct chord or
melody note.
Minus One mode: Mute the left-hand, right-hand, or both parts of a song
and play along nonstop.
- Lesson Grading— monitors your progress as you practice each
lesson.
- Chord Dictionary — shows you how to play chords and tells you
which chords you are playing by displaying the notes and chord name on the
LCD screen
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Sound Quality
- 2-Way Speaker System
Separate tweeters deliver high frequency sounds with clarity and precision
for more lifelike instrument voices.
- Bass Boost System
A special port on each speaker adds a powerful impact to bass sound
reproduction.
- Stereo (Not just 2 Speakers)
We all know that stereo sound adds realistic character and spatial depth.
But how can you tell if the portable keyboard you're looking to purchase
is stereo or not? With Yamaha, the answer is simple. All Yamaha Portable
Keyboards are true stereo.
- Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
Enhances sound quality with sophisticated digital effects like Reverb,
Chorus & Echo effects.
- Advanced Wave Memory (AWM)
Yamaha Advanced Wave Memory technology delivers amazingly realistic sound.
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Keyboard Styles and the One Touch Setting
| The DGX500 includes a huge
assortment of 135 built-in styles that cover all genres of music waiting for
you to play along with. It's just like having a built-in band. Call up your
favorite style of music like Rock, Big Band, Gospel or Country, press a
chord or play Single Finger mode, and the DGX500 will follow you through a
piece of music, providing all of the drums, bass, piano, guitar, horn and
string parts for you. A wealth of special piano-only "Pianist" styles, like
Piano Ballad or Boogie Woogie, provide professional-sounding piano
accompaniment that changes chords automatically as you do, while you play a
piano melody on top!
For a demonstration of "What is a Style", click
here (1.3MB download - requires Macromedia Flash). |
| And to make it easy and entertaining, when
you select one of the styles, the One Touch Setting function will
automatically configure keyboard parameters, such as voice selection and
digital effects, to match that selected music style. For example, for a
Country style, the keyboard might select an acoustic guitar, fiddle or steel
guitar for the right-hand voice with appropriate effects. |
32-Note Polyphony
| "Polyphony" is how many
notes a keyboard can reproduce simultaneously. As with many things, more is
often better. Some keyboards in this price range have 16, 24 or 28-note
Polyphony. The DGX500 has a full 32-note Polyphony allowing you to play
intricate instrumental arrangements and dense musical passages. |
Computer Connectivity
| The Floppy Disk Drive makes
it easy to transfer files between your computer and your Yamaha keyboard,
but for those who would rather connect the two directly together, Yamaha
makes it easy. On the back of the keyboard, you'll find a special MIDI
(Musical Instrument Digital Interface) port that lets you connect your
keyboard to your computer (requires a MIDI Interface like the
UX16 and music
software). |
(Features subject to change without
notice)
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