Easy Song
Arranger: You can change the "feel",
or arrangement, of songs by simply pressing the Easy Song Arranger
button, allowing you to re-mix any MIDI file. For example, you can try
your favorite song with a Rock feel, Hip Hop, then Jazz. It's fast,
powerful and one-button simple.
Auto Accompaniment Styles:
In addition to the 100 songs mentioned
above, the DGX520 also has auto accompaniment styles that "follow" your
playing. Simply select a style of music from the 150 built-in Styles (example
Rock), play a chord and the DGX520 will create a backup band (bass,
drums, strings, guitar etc.) and "follow" you through the song. You can
play your songs and try different genres of music.
Full Keyboard Mode:
The DGX520 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 DGX520 is also capable of this mode, for those
who prefer it.
Realistic Sounding Voices:
The DGX520 comes equipped with 361
XGlite voices, 12 drum/SFX kits plus 127 panel voices that feature a
selection of special voices including 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.
- Sweet!
Voices reproduce all the natural expression and vibrato of their
respective acoustic instruments
- Cool!
Voices feature long samples of electronically amplified instruments
- Live!
Voices use stereo samples to ensure the most accurate reproduction
of each instrument's natural presence, resonance and vibrato
- Dual
Mode allows you to combine two voices across the keyboard at the
same time – for example piano and strings.
- Split
Mode allows you to select a different voice for each hand – for
example piano for your right and bass for your left. The
combinations are limited only by your imagination.
Digital Effects:
Yamaha has long been a world leader in
digital signal processing technology. In fact, Yamaha professional audio
products are found in most professional recording studios around the
world. The DGX520 takes full advantage of this know-how, giving you an
extensive range of nine, top-quality reverb effects that simulate
playing in everything from a small room to a large spacious concert hall
and four chorus effects that add richness to electric pianos and guitars
in particular. You'll also find 26 types of Harmony effects for your
melody parts.
Lyric, chord and notation display
Have you ever played a song and
wondered what it would look like as sheet music? The DGX520 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!
2-Way Speaker System with a Bass
Boost System
Separate woofers and tweeters deliver
sounds with clarity and precision for more lifelike instrument
voices. Also, a special port on each speaker adds a powerful impact
to bass sound reproduction.
USB Connectivity
The DGX520 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