YAMAHAYamaha DGX-500 88-Key Portable Keyboard With StandModel: dgx-500 (R)Condition: Reconditioned
Description:
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. The Yamaha Portable Grand feature in the DGX 500 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 DGX 500, 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.Product Features :Yamaha's top-of-the-line Portable Grand series Features 88 piano style keys (box-type rather than organ/synth type) Disk drive, over 600 voices and blue backlit LCD display Music database, and 6 tracks to record your own songs 5 songs and unlimited Floppy Drive storage capability 55 1/5"W x 6 7/8"H x 17 1/5"D .Includes Yamaha AC Adapter a $20 Value.
MSRP: $699.99
72 lbs
