Table Of Contents - Yamaha DGX-500AD - 88-Note Touch-Sensitive Portable Electronic Keyboard Owner's Manual

Panel Controls and Terminals ........................ 8
Setting Up....................................................... 10
• Power Requirements ........................................10
• Turning On the Power.......................................11
• Accessory Jacks ...............................................11
Quick Guide
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
Contents
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
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• 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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