Natural piano sound and response with wide variety of sounds and advanced functions
88 piano-style keyboard with 500 natural sound voices and styles.
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- 88-key piano-style touch sensitive keyboard
- USB TO DEVICE terminal for convenient memory stick storage
- Easy Song Arranger feature and Performance Assistant Technology
- Pitch bend wheel to add smooth pitch variations to notes played
- Large full dot LCD screen displays lyrics and score
DGX-520 features 88 piano-style touch sensitive keys. All the best sounds are available at the push of button and recording virtuoso performances is simple with built-in recorder. The Yamaha Education Suite and USB connectivity (USB to Device) add functionality.
Features
Touch Response Keyboard
The touch response keyboard tracks the pressure applied to each key, changing the sound to correspond to that pressure for a more subtle, fluid, piano-style of playing.
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Features
Touch Response Keyboard
The touch response keyboard tracks the pressure applied to each key, changing the sound to correspond to that pressure for a more subtle, fluid, piano-style of playing.
USB TO DEVICE Terminal
Insert a USB flash memory in the USB TO DEVICE terminal on the instrument. It would let you save or load the registered settings and user songs created on the instrument, as well as read data from the connected device.
USB TO HOST Terminal
Dive in and take advantage of the wide world of computer music software. Connections and setup are exceptionally easy, and you can play back your computer recorded parts with different instrument sounds - all from a single instrument.
Easy Song Arranger
In addition to each song's default style, you can select any other style to play the song with the Easy Song Arranger feature. This means that you can play a song that is normally a ballad, for example, as a bossa nova, as a hip-hop tune, etc. You can create totally different arrangements by changing the style with which a song is played. You can also change the song's melody voice and the keyboard voice for a complete change of image.
Music Database
You want to play music in your favorite style, but you're not sure how to select the best voice and style for the type of music you want to play ... simply select the appropriate style from the Music Database. The panel settings will automatically be adjusted for the ideal combination of sounds and style!
Performance Assistant Technology (P.A.T.)
Play along with a song on the instrument's keyboard and produce a perfect performance every time ... even if you play wrong notes! All you have to do is play on the keyboard--alternately on the left- and right-hand ranges of the keyboard, for example--and you'll sound like a pro as long as you play in time with the music.
Amazingly Realistic Sounds
Yamaha's highly acclaimed Sweet! and Cool! Voices deliver incredibly natural and dynamic sound. Use the Pitch Bend wheel, and hear these Voices--especially the Sax and Trumpet--truly come alive!
Live!, Cool! and Sweet! Voices
A huge palette of acoustic and electronically amplified instrument sounds. A blend of long, stereo and multi-layered samples is used to fully capture the natural presence, resonance, expression and vibrato of the real instrument.
Portable Grand Button
Playing piano is fast and easy with Yamaha's Portable Grand function. One dedicated button brings up a great sounding piano, stunningly rich and authentic in its sound as well as setting up the keyboard to play as a piano.
Easy Performance with Music Notation Display
When you play back a song, the corresponding score will be shown on the display as the song plays. This is a great way to learn how to read music. If the song contains lyric and chord data*, the lyrics and chords will also appear on the score display. * No lyrics or chords will appear on the display if the song does not contain the appropriate lyric and chord data.
Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.)
Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.) is an advanced set of helpful learning tools built into the instrument, letting you teach yourself how to play and perform. Y.E.S. helps you master a song with easy lesson steps. Each lesson can be done in isolation with either your left hand or right hand, or both.
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Size/Weight
| Dimensions |
Width |
1,354mm (53-1/3") with keyboard stand |
| Height |
775mm (30-1/2") with keyboard stand |
| Depth |
485mm (19-1/8") with keyboard stand |
| Weight |
Weight |
17.0kg (37lbs., 8oz.) with keyboard stand |
Control Interface
| Keyboard |
Number of Keys |
88 |
| Type |
Piano Style |
| Touch Response |
Yes |
| Other Controllers |
Pitch Bend |
Yes |
| Display |
Type |
Full Dot LCD |
| Size |
320 x 240 dots |
| Color |
Monochrome |
| Contrast |
Yes |
| Score Display Function |
Yes |
| Lyrics Display Function |
Yes |
| Language |
English |
| Panel |
Language |
English |
Voices
| Tone Generation |
Tone Generating Technology |
AWM Stereo Sampling |
| Polyphony |
Number of Polyphony (Max.) |
32 |
| Preset |
Number of Voices |
127 + 361 XGlite + 12 Drum/SFX Kits |
| Featured Voices |
3 Live! Voices, 8 Sweet! Voices, 5 Cool! Voices |
| Compatibility |
GM |
Yes |
| XGlite |
Yes |
| XF |
Yes |
Effects
| Types |
Reverb |
9 types |
| Chorus |
4 types |
| Master EQ |
5 types |
| Functions |
Dual/Layers |
Yes |
| Split |
Yes |
| Panel Sustain |
yes (in Menu) |
Accompaniment Styles
| Preset |
Number of Preset Styles |
150 |
| Fingering |
Multi / Full Keyboard |
| Style Control |
INTRO, MAIN x 2, FILL-IN, ENDING |
| Custom |
User Styles |
Style File Format |
| Other Features |
Easy Song Arranger |
Yes |
| Music Database |
267 |
| One Touch Setting (OTS) |
Yes |
Songs
| Preset |
Number of Preset Songs |
30 |
| Recording |
Number of Songs |
5 |
| Number of Tracks |
6 (5 Melody + 1 Chord) |
| Data Capacity |
Approx. 10,000 notes (when only "melody" tracks are recorded)Approx. 5,500 chords (when only "chord" tracks are recorded) |
| Recording Function |
Yes |
| Compatible Data Format |
Playback |
SMF |
| Recording |
Original File Format (Convertible into SMF) |
Functions
| Registration |
Number of Buttons |
2 ( x 8 banks ) |
| Lesson/Guide |
Performance Assistant Technology (PAT) |
Chord, Melody, Chord/Free, Chord/Melody |
| Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.) |
Waiting, Your tempo, Minus one, Repeat & Learn, Chord Dictionary |
| Overall Controls |
Metronome |
Yes |
| Tempo Range |
11 - 280 |
| Transpose |
-12 to 0, 0 to +12 |
| Tuning |
Yes |
| Miscellaneous |
PIANO Button |
Portable Grand Button |
Storage and Connectivity
| Storage |
Internal Memory |
875KB |
| External Drives |
Optional USB Flash Memory (via USB To Device) |
| Connectivity |
DC IN |
DC IN 12V |
| Headphones |
x 1 |
| AUX Pedal |
1 Footswitch |
| USB TO DEVICE |
Yes |
| USB TO HOST |
Yes |
Amplifiers and Speakers
| Amplifiers |
6W + 6W |
| Speakers |
12cm x 2 + 3cm x 2 |
Power Supply
| Power Supply |
Adaptor (PA-5D) |
| Power Consumption |
22W |
Bundled Software
Accessories
| Included Accessories |
Music Rest |
Yes |
| Keyboard Stand |
Yes |
| Pedal/Footswitch |
FC5 |
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