Connecting A Footswitch (Sustain Jack) - Yamaha Portable Grand DGX-660 Owner's Manual

Connecting a Footswitch (SUSTAIN Jack)

The sustain function lets you produce a natural sustain
as you play by pressing a footswitch. Plug the sup-
plied footswitch into this jack and use it to switch sus-
tain on and off.
An FC3A foot pedal or FC4A or FC5 footswitch (sold
separately) can also be connected to this jack. The
FC3A lets you use the Half Pedal function (page 22).
NOTE
• Make sure that power is off when connecting or disconnect-
ing a footswitch or a foot pedal.
• Do not press the footswitch while turning the power on. Doing
this changes the recognized polarity of the footswitch, result-
ing in reversed footswitch operation.
• The sustain function does not affect the Split Voice (page 28).
Damper Resonance
This function simulates the sustain sound produced
with the damper pedal on a grand piano. If you want
to use this function, select a voice in the "Target Voice
List" below, then press the footswitch. This function
can be turned off via the FUNCTION display (page
74). For information on how to select a Voice, see
page 27.
Target Voice List
Voice No. Voice Name
001 Natural! Grand Piano
003 Live! Pop Grand Piano
004 Live! Warm Grand Piano
008 Honky Tonk Piano
167 Natural Grand Piano (XG)
169 Live Pop Grand Piano (XG)
170 Live Warm Grand Piano (XG)
173 Honky Tonk Piano (XG)
NOTE
• This effect is applied only to a Voice in the "Target Voice List"
selected as the Main Voice or used in Track 1 (page 68) of the
Song.
Assigning specific functions to the pedal
The function of the footswitch or the foot pedal con-
nected to SUSTAIN jack can be changed from its
default setting (Sustain).
Press the [FUNCTION] button, press the CATE-
GORY [r] or [f] button repeatedly until "Assign-
able Pedal" appears, then select the desired setting by
using the dial.
Allows you to use a pedal to control sustain.
SUSTAIN When you press and hold the pedal, all notes
played on the keyboard have a longer sustain.
The portamento effect (a smooth slide
between notes) can be produced while the
pedal is pressed. Portamento is produced
when notes are played legato style (i.e., a
note is played while the preceding note is still
held). The portamento time can also be
adjusted in the Function "Portamento Time"
(page 74).
NOTE
PORTAMENTO
• This function does not affect the Voice 001
"Natural! Grand Piano" and 167 "Natural
Grand Piano (XG)" , which would not
sound appropriately with this function.
• This affects only Main/Dual Voices and the
Harmony sound (pages 27, 28 and 31),
and has no effect on the Split Voices
(page 28).
Turns the microphone sound on or off (page
MIC ON/OFF
71).
Same as the [START/STOP] button (pages
START/STOP
33, 39).
When Style and Song are stopped, tapping
the pedal at the desired tempo—four times for
time signatures in 4 (4/4, etc.), and three
times for time signatures in 3 (3/4, etc.) starts
TAP TEMPO playback of the rhythm part of the Style or the
Song at the tempo you tapped the pedal. Dur-
ing playback of a Style or Song, you can
change the tempo by tapping the pedal twice
at the desired tempo.
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