 | Yamaha DGX530 88 Full-Sized Lightly Weighted Piano Style Keys - AC Adapter Included |
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Product Description
The Yamaha Portable Grand, DGX-530 has an easy to use panel, a wealth of piano-centric features including 88 piano-style keys, Graded Soft Touch (GST) action with different levels of resistance, high resolution stereo piano sample and comes with an attractive matching stand, PA-150 energy saving* power adapter and sustain pedal. USB connectivity brings music directly to your keyboard The DGX-530 has 2 USB ports on the back, USB TO HOST and USB TO DEVICE. USB TO HOST is plug and play simple for recording and playing back MIDI files, as well as transferring data to and from your computer. USB TO DEVICE is for connecting optional peripheral USB storage devices like floppy disk drives and thumb drives*. When a USB flash memory is inserted in this instrument's USB TO DEVICE terminal, user songs created on the instrument and the registered settings can be saved to or loaded from the memory medium. USB flash memory can also be used to transfer song data downloaded from the Internet to the instrument, where it can be used with the performance assistant technology and the Yamaha Education Suite features mentioned below. Furthermore, user songs saved to USB flash memory in MIDI file format can also be used with these features. Have you ever played a song and wondered what it would look like as sheet music? The DGX-530 can display the score to a song whether it comes from the Internet, the internal selections or ones that you record yourself, and the pages scroll automatically when a song is played back – no more page turning! And for singers, the screen also displays chords and lyrics to XF compatible songs. For examples, please visit www.yamahamusicsoft.com. And for those that want to learn to play, notation adds a new dimension to the Yamaha Education Suite, allowing you to hear a song while you follow the notes in the display. The DGX-530 has 30 built-in songs plus 70 more on included CD-ROM for you to learn to play using the Yamaha Education Suite. The songs are separated into left and right hand parts, providing 7 levels of lessons plus a convenient chord dictionary. 6-track sequencer: record your own music Imagine capturing your child's first performance or writing and recording your own songs. With the DGX-530, you have the equivalent of a built-in multi-track recorder to record one or multiple instrument parts at a time and assign each part to a different track. Six tracks are provided to accommodate sophisticated melodies, chord accompaniment and rhythm parts. Full Keyboard Mode The DGX-530 delivers on its piano theme with a special mode of fingering called Full Keyboard Mode. This allows the player to play the keyboard like a piano; for example a chord with the right hand and bass notes with the left. When using the accompaniment feature, the virtual band will follow these chords. Traditional portable keyboards normally require you to chord on the left side of the keyboard, in the bass section, which is foreign to most piano players. The DGX-530 is also capable of this mode, for those who prefer it. The DGX-530 comes equipped with 127 panel voices, 12 drum/SFX kits plus 361 XGlite voices. Special voices include Sweet! Clarinet, Trumpet, Muted Trumpet, Flute, Pan Flute, Soprano & Tenor Saxes, Trombone, Cool! Voices including Galaxy Electric Piano, Suitcase Electric Piano, Electric Piano, Organ and Rotor Organ and Live! Voices including Grand Piano, Warm Grand Piano and Orchestra. Portable Grand: Industry's best piano You're never more than a button push away from the most realistic piano sound in portable keyboards today. One press of the Portable Grand button resets the entire keyboard to a high resolution stereo-sampled piano – perfect for when it's time to practice. Yamaha is known around the world for the quality of our acoustic pianos and this attention to detail is evident as you enjoy the warmth and clarity of the DGX-530 Portable Grand piano. And of course, the keyboard includes a Sustain Pedal jack in the back and Sustain Pedal for practicing and playing piano pieces.Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #4539 in Musical Instruments
- Brand: Yamaha
- Model: YAC DGX530
- Released on: 2008-09-09
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 22.25" h x 12.75" w x 58.75" l, 67.00 pounds
Features
- 88 Piano style keys with Graded Soft Touch
- 6-track recorder
- Master EQ
- 500 high-quality tones
- Stereo Speakers
Customer Reviews
Excellent instrument, but probably no need to upgrade
Tried this instrument out in the store and could not figure out
what the difference was between this one and the 520 I previously
reviewed on amazon. Sound qualities, voices, layout, display, and
software all seemed identical to me to the 520. Finally, after a direct
inquiry to Yamaha, I was told that the only difference between this
model and the 520 was that the 530 contained 10 more rhythm sequences.
So, if you're one of those who would use this instrument heavily
for recording and composition, and just could never find the right
rhythmic background, you can try this one and see if one of their ten
extra sequences works for you.
If you're like me, however, who use the keyboard mostly for
performance purposes and only occasional composition and recording, it
really isn't worth upgrading. If you're diligent enough and have the
software (pretty much any layered music recording sequence will do; I
happen to use Cakewalk 4), you can make and save your own rhythms
anyway on either keyboard.
For a more detailed review of other features this keyboard has,
check my review out on the DGX-520...aside from the extra rhythms, it's
exactly the same.
Nice Sound, But.....
Nice features on this model, however the keys are extremely clicky,
when pressed. I hear the clicking more than the note, which is
distracting. It is also confusing to get one's recording from the
piano, onto a computer. The tone quality is very luxurious, and the
clicking is not heard when playing back a recording. Next time, I will
spend a little more, and make sure the keys don't click like a
typewriter.