• Yamaha DGX-530 Keyboard, 88 Full-Sized Lightly Weighted Piano Style Keys

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  Feb 8

  

  • 88 Piano style keys with Graded Soft Touch
  • 6-track recorder
  • Master EQuilizer
  • 500 high-quality tones
  • Stereo Speakers

  Product Description
  The 88-key Yamaha DGX-530 offers Graded Soft Touch action, 500 voices, USB connectivity, a built-in sequencer, a stand, adapter and sustain pedal. Performance Assistance Technology ensures error-free performances and a Music Database provides complete keyboard setups by song title. The song recorder is easy to use, and five types of Master EQ allow players to adjust the sound. Yamaha Education Suite is a proven method to help get novices playing music on the keyboard easily and intuitively. USB connectivity lets you bridge the DGX-530 to a computer for (optional) software-based sequencing, scoring, sampling, and more. MIDI lets instruments communicate and share with one another. Yamaha DGX-530 is a sophisticated, engaging, and fun musical instrument. The model’s design accents also add an attractive touch. The Yamaha DGX Series offers users a high quality, moderately priced digital piano with features typically found on high-end professional synthesizer products. For learning, performing, and digital recording, the DGX-530 is quite ideal. 88 Graded keys (semi-weighted) for professional-like feel Dual and split modes GM and Xglite compatible Headphone socket Large (blue) backlit LCD display Multi and full keyboard fingering modes Pitchbend wheel Registration memories (2 x 8 banks) Reverb/chorus and master EQ effects Supplied with matching fixed-frame wooden stand and AC power adapter Touch sensitive USB connectivity to communicate and transfer with computer (USB to device socket) Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S) – Need help playing the keyboard? Intuitive instructions help get you startedAmazon.com Product Description
  Yamaha’s DGX530 Portable Grand Piano features 88 piano-style keys with Graded Soft Touch, a matching stand, a sustain pedal, USB storage, backlit LCD displays, notation and lyrics, and plenty more.

  An 88-key keyboard with piano-centric features. Click to enlarge.

  Matching stand included.

  Brilliant, easy-to-navigate LCD.

  Built-in stereo two-way speakers with bass ports.

  Piano-Centric Features
  The Yamaha Portable Grand, DGX530 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, and high-resolution stereo piano samples. Included are an attractive matching stand and sustain pedal.

  USB Connectivity
  The DGX530 has 2 USB ports on the back, each with a different use. “USB TO HOST” is plug-and-play connection for recording and playing back MIDI files, as well as transferring data to and from your computer.

  “USB TO DEVICE” is for connecting peripheral USB storage devices such as hard drives or portable thumb drives. You can save user songs and settings, or transfer song data downloaded from the Internet to the instrument, where it can be used with the performance assistant and Yamaha Education Suite features.

  Lyric, Chord and Notation Display
  Have you ever played a song and wondered what it would look like as sheet music? The DGX530 can display the score to a song whether it comes from the Internet, the internal selections those you record yourself. Pages scroll automatically when a song is played back–no more page turning! For singers, the screen also displays chords and lyrics to XF compatible songs.

  Easy to Use
  The DGX530 is a breeze to use. Dive right in with convenient tools and features:

  • Expandable Music Database: Complete keyboard setups by song title. The keyboard selects an appropriate voice for the right hand melody, the correct musical style and the correct tempo. Simply call up a song title and start playing.
  • One Touch Setting (OTS): Provides you with a recommended voice with effects for each Style. For example, on a jazz style OTS might be piano, for a Latin style it might be acoustic guitar, or for a rock style it might be a guitar with overdrive.
  • Registration Memory: Set the keyboard up just the way you like and take a digital snapshot for instant recall. Load and save up to 16 Registrations to User memory. The Registration buttons are conveniently located just above the keyboard.
  • Performance Assistant Technology: Performance assistant technology is a feature from Yamaha that guarantees that you can’t play a wrong melody note or chord. Here’s how it works. Select a song, press the Performance Assistant button Chord Mode and play the keyboard–any notes you like. Every note you play will fit the music!

  Yamaha Education Suite: Helps you learn to play
  The DGX530 has 30 built-in songs (plus 70 more on the 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.

  • Three keyboard lessons for each hand:
    • Waiting Mode–Stops the playback of a song until you find the correct note and then continues.
    • Your Tempo Mode–Learn to play the correct notes with the correct timing. Song playback tempo will vary to match the speed you are playing at. The song will slow down when you play wrong notes, so you can learn at your own pace.
    • Minus One Mode–Here’s where you can perfect your technique. The song will play at the normal tempo, minus the part you have chosen to play. Play along while listening to the song.

  • Lesson Grading–Monitors your progress as you practice each lesson and gives you a grade.
  • Repeat and Learn–The song location will move back four measures from the point at which you pressed the button, and playback will begin after a one measure count-in. This section will repeat allowing you to practice until perfect!
  • Chord Dictionary–Shows you how to play chords and tells you which chords you are playing by displaying the notes and chord names on the LCD screen.

  6-Track Sequencer
  With the DGX530, you have the equivalent of a built-in multi-track recorder. 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.

  Quality Sound
  The DGX530 sounds as good as it plays. A two-way speaker system with separate woofers and tweeters delivers clear and lifelike instrument voices. Bass Boost ports add deeper low-end impact, and true stereo sound adds spatial depth and realism.

  Realistic Sounding Voices
  The DGX530 comes equipped with 127 panel voices, 12 drum/SFX kits, plus 361 XGlite voices. Dual and Split modes allow you to combine sounds.

  Full Keyboard Mode
  The DGX530 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 DGX530 is also capable of this mode, for those who prefer it.

  Digital Music Notebook
  Digital Music Notebook is a multimedia Internet service that enables you to preview, purchase, download and print learn-to-play music books and chart-topping sheet music. From scales to chords to your favorite riffs, Digital Music Notebook is jam-packed with all the secrets you need to master your instrument. Add accompaniments, record and mix yourself, sing karaoke with friends, learn new techniques while having a blast–Digital Music Notebook delivers everything you need to bring music alive! And it’s included with the DGX530.

  What’s in the Box
  DGX530 Keyboard, Music Rest, Owner’s Manual, Accessory CD-ROM, Keyboard Stand, Footswitch FC5, Power Adapter

  Yamaha DGX-530 Keyboard, 88 Full-Sized Lightly Weighted Piano Style Keys

  3 Comments

3 Responses to “Yamaha DGX-530 Keyboard, 88 Full-Sized Lightly Weighted Piano Style Keys”

1. 

   D. N. Klingerman said on February 8th, 2010 at 9:42 pm

   The Yamaha DGX530 88 has opened up a whole new world of musical creativity for our son. The recording possibility and playback while playing another part has been great. The sound is wonderful. It has delivered on all that we wanted from it and then some.
   Rating: 5 / 5

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   Jean M. Bond said on February 8th, 2010 at 9:53 pm

   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.
   Rating: 3 / 5

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   P.W. Reader said on February 9th, 2010 at 12:47 am

   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.
   Rating: 4 / 5

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