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YAMAHA DGX505 Details
Includes Stand, Sustain Pedal and Footswitch and 2 year EXTENDED WARRANTY!
Please note: This keyboard does not have true piano hammer action required for most piano students.
The DGX-505 is the top of the line in the Portable Grand series and is destined to be one of the most popular portable keyboards we've ever made, based on sales of the model it replaces - the DGX-500. It comes with everything shown; wooden side panels, matching wooden stand and sustain pedal. It has an attractive, easy to use panel and a wealth of features including 88 lightly weighted piano-style keys, high resolution stereo piano sample, SmartMedia storage, USB computer connectivity, a large bitmapped LCD screen capable of displaying notation and lyrics for songs, pitch bend wheel for more expressive playing of string and brass instruments, and a six-track sequencer that is designed for the utmost in simplicity; two button pushes and you're recording. For those interested in learning to play, we've beefed up the "Yamaha Education Suite" (Y.E.S.) found on previous models with a new interactive version, Version IV, which includes "Your Tempo" and "Repeat & Learn" modes. Finally, the new performance assistant technology allows you to play along with songs and not make a mistake - guaranteeing even a complete beginner a rewarding musical experience! |
| SmartMedia storage offers high-capacity storage |
For the utmost in simplicity, compatibility and portability, the DGX505 features SmartMedia storage (card optional), offering up to 128MB of high-speed access to songs and styles. Unlike audio files, MIDI songs and styles are small files, allowing you to store literally hundreds and hundreds of your favorite tunes on a card that is not much bigger than a postage stamp. For convenience, there are a couple of ways to get data to the card. You can connect the keyboard directly to your computer, using the USB jack on the back, and transfer songs and styles directly from your computer to the card. Or, if you don't plan on having the keyboard in the same room as your computer, simply pick up a memory card reader for your computer from your favorite electronic supply store and transfer data that way. |
| PC Button & USB: This keyboard loves your computer |
The DGX 505 has many state of the art features to make connecting to your PC as quick and easy as possible. These features include the PC Button, which takes a snapshot of your MIDI settings so that you can instantly return to them with just the press of a single button, and a USB port for transferring song data from your computer. In addition, the USB port acts as a MIDI interface, freeing you from having to purchase other MIDI peripherals like cables and adapters to play music. Simply connect to your computer, open your favorite music software program and hit PLAY. That's it. |
| Large bitmapped screen is your window into the world of music |
Have you ever played a song and wondered what it would look like as sheet music? The DGX-505 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! And for singers, the screen also displays chords and lyrics to XF compatible songs. For examples, please visit www.yamahamusicsoft.com. And for those that want to learn to play, notation adds a new dimension to the Yamaha Education Suite, allowing you to hear a song while you follow the notes in the display |
| Learn to play with the Yamaha Education Suite IV |
- LCD screen displays notation to the song you want to learn
- Keyboard lessons/songs are designed for learning one hand at a time
- Your Tempo learning mode - progress at your own pace
- Repeat and Learn - repeat difficult to learn sections
- Lesson Grading - monitors your progress as you practice each lesson
- Lessons work with internal as well as downloaded song files
- Chord Dictionary - shows you how to play chords and tells you which chords you are playing by displaying the notes and chord name on the LCD screen
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Learning to play songs moves to a new level of simplicity with the new "Your Tempo" learning mode. Call up a song, press the notation button so that you can see the music, press left hand or right hand or both at once for two-handed learning, and the keyboard and notation will speed up and slow down as you do, literally following you through the song. If you find one section of the song a little difficult, simply engage the "Repeat and Learn" button and the DGX-505 will stay on that section, repeating it until you feel comfortable. Then move on to the next section. The Yamaha Education Suite also works with Standard MIDI Files (SMF), allowing you to learn songs of your choosing - and the keyboard will show the music notation to those selections as well! |
| Portable Grand™ |
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 and exceptionally responsive to your playing touch, as well as setting up the keyboard to play as a piano in full keyboard mode. On top of all this, a wealth of special piano-only "Pianist" styles, like Slow Rock and Stride, provide professional sounding piano accompaniment that change chords automatically as you do, while you play a piano melody on top! |
| General MIDI and Yamaha XGlite makes for great sound |
The DGX-505 comes equipped with 494 voices that include a high resolution stereo-sampled Piano, a selection of Sweet! Voices including Trumpet, Flute, Pan Flute, Soprano & Tenor Saxes, Cool! Voices including Galaxy Electric Piano, Suitcase Electric Piano, Electric Piano & Organ, Live! Voices including Piano, Warm Grand & Orchestra and 10 Drum Kits and 2 Sound Effects Kits.
Sweet! Voices are special voices from Yamaha that 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. It all adds up to great sound.
And for the utmost in compatibility, the Yamaha DGX505 is both General MIDI (GM) and XGlite capable. The Internet has thousands of MIDI song files available and you can rest assured that your Yamaha DGX-505 will be able to competently reproduce these files.
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| Mix and match |
You are also able to create sound mixes of your own using Layer and Split modes. Split mode allows you to have two different sounds on the keyboard at the same time, like piano on the right and bass on the left. Layer mode allows you to combine two sounds across the keyboard range. For example, you could play Piano and Strings at the same time. You’re only limited by your imagination. |
| Performance Assistant Technology – Now anyone (yes, anyone!) can play |
Performance assistant technology is a new 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 and select from either chord or melody mode.
- In chord mode, play the keyboard - any notes you like. Every note you play will fit the music! If you move up the keyboard, the pitch goes up. If you move down, the pitch goes down. Play a perfect arpeggio, or play chords in time with the music, or really "go for it" and play a solo.
- In melody mode, simply play any note in time with the melody and the keyboard will play the correct pitch. For example, you can play the melody simply by tapping one key. Even if you can't play piano and can't read a note of music, you can still have some musical fun.
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| Sound Quality |
- 2-Way Speaker System
Separate woofers and tweeters deliver sounds with clarity and precision for more lifelike instrument voices.
- Bass Boost System
A special port on each speaker adds a powerful impact to bass sound reproduction.
- Stereo (Not just 2 Speakers)
We all know that stereo sound adds realistic character and spatial depth. But how can you tell if the portable keyboard you're looking to purchase is stereo or not? With Yamaha, the answer is simple. All Yamaha Portable Keyboards are true stereo.
- Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
Enhances sound quality with sophisticated digital effects like Harmony, Reverb & Chorus.
- Advanced Wave Memory (AWM)
Yamaha Advanced Wave Memory technology delivers amazingly realistic sound.
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| 32-note Polyphony |
What's polyphony, you ask? Simply put, polyphony is how many notes a keyboard can reproduce simultaneously. The DGX-505 has 32-note polyphony allowing you to play intricate arrangements and dense musical passages. |
| Keyboard Styles and the One Touch Setting |
The Yamaha DGX 505 comes with 135 built-in styles, waiting for you to play along with. It's just like having a built-in band. Call up your favorite style of music like Rock, Big Band or Country, press a chord or play Single Finger mode, and the DGX-505 will follow you through a piece of music, providing all of the drums, bass, piano, guitar, horn and string parts for you. And to make it easy and fun, when you select one of the styles, the One Touch Setting function will automatically configure keyboard parameters, such as voice selection and digital effects, to match that selected music style. |
YAMAHA DGX505 Specs
Keyboard 88 Lightly weighted, Piano-type Keys (A-1 - C7) with Touch Response
Display Large Backlit bitmapped LCD displays lyrics and score
SmartMedia™ 128MB max. for storing songs and styles (card optional)
Flash Rom 875 KB for storing songs
Pitch Bend Wheel For more realistic playing of brass and string instruments
Yamaha Education Suite IV Timing, Waiting, Minus One, Chord Dictionary, Grading, Repeat & Learn, Your Tempo
Songs 30 + 70 on CD-ROM + 5 user songs. Supported formats:
General MIDI (SMF), XGlite, XF
Performance Assistant: On/Off
Voices Total Number 494
Compatibility General MIDI (GM) & XGlite Compatible
Piano Voice Quality Stereo
Sweet! Voices Flute, Pan Flute, Trumpet, Soprano Sax, Tenor Sax
Cool! Voices Galaxy EP, Suitcase EP, Electric Piano, Organ
Live! Voices Piano, Warm Grand, Orchestra
Dual/Split Yes/Yes
Drum Kits 10 + 2 SFX Kits
Polyphony 32 note max.
Auto Accompaniment Styles 135
Variations Intro, Main A/B, Ending, Fill-in x 2
Control Accompaniment on/off, sync-start, start/stop, intro/ending, main A/B (auto fill)
One Touch Settings 1 per style
Registration Memory 2 x 8 Banks
Digital Effects Reverb: 9 types
Chorus: 4 types
Harmony: 26 types
Sequencer 6-Tracks to record your own songs
5 songs
Interface USB MIDI IN/OUT, USB Song Transfer
Auxiliary Jack Phones, DC in, foot switch
Amplifier 6W + 6W
Speakers 12 cm x 2 + 3 cm x 2
Rated Voltage DC 10 - 12 V
Dimensions
(W x D x H) 54 1/8" x 17" x 6 3/4" (1376 x 431 x 173 mm)
Dimensions
with Stand 54 1/8" x 19 1/8" x 31 2/3" (1376 x 485 x 804 mm)
Weight 29 lbs. 12 oz. (13.5kg)
Weight with Stand 46 lbs. 5 oz. (21kg)
Yamaha DGX505 88 Key Digital Keyboard (formerly DGX500) with 2 year Extended Warranty at MusiciansBuy! RATING:
| Sound Quality |
8 | |
| Features |
9 | |
| Ease Of Use |
8 | |
| Value |
9 | |
| Reliability |
9 | |
| Overall |
9 | |
Great sounds and huge feature set at this price. It does not have hammer, piano weighted keys- just piano sized keys. Great for beginner pianist and those that want more fun factor than a digital piano- auto arranging/drums to play with,..., 100's of sounds,... teaching lessons,..great display,..
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-08/29/04
Yamaha DGX505 88 Key Digital Keyboard (formerly DGX500) with 2 year Extended Warranty at MusiciansBuy! RATING:
| Sound Quality |
10 | |
| Features |
10 | |
| Ease Of Use |
8 | |
| Value |
10 | |
| Reliability |
10 | |
| Overall |
10 | |
I'm very pleased with this digital piano. The DGX500 was very popular, but this upgraded 505 model comes with USB, Smart Media, and other features which make it far superior to its predecessor. Of course it takes a while for the unfamiliar to learn the features of a keyboard like this, but that's to be expected. With that said, the learning curve on this Yamaha is much less steep than on many similar keyboards. I'm very pleased with this product, and I'm no pro, so it has more features than I'll ever need. I will keep this piano until it breaks down, because it does everything I need it to do.
-Victor
-09/13/04
Yamaha DGX505 88 Key Digital Keyboard (formerly DGX500) with 2 year Extended Warranty at MusiciansBuy! RATING:
| Sound Quality |
10 | |
| Features |
10 | |
| Ease Of Use |
10 | |
| Value |
10 | |
| Reliability |
10 | |
| Overall |
10 | |
This has got to be the best value out there in digital pianos. From the incredible sound quality along side the too many features to list and of course the Yamaha name for realiability. A tremendous high to experience playing this beautiful sounding instrument with a touch of ease.
-Christy
-Chicago, 09/20/04
Yamaha DGX505 88 Key Digital Keyboard (formerly DGX500) with 2 year Extended Warranty at MusiciansBuy! RATING:
| Sound Quality |
10 | |
| Features |
10 | |
| Ease Of Use |
9 | |
| Value |
10 | |
| Reliability |
10 | |
| Overall |
10 | |
This digital piano is definately a great instrument for your money! I bought this piano as an upgrade for a very old Casio keyboard and I am very pleased with it. It has features for everyone from beginners to advanced players. The beginners will enjoy the perfomance assistant and the inetactive lessons while the more advanced will love this keyboard's computer connectivity. There are only two slight downfalls that you may consider: one is to use a lot of the features on this keyboard you WILL have to use the manual, but just playing is just as simple as turning it on and selecting your preferred voice. The other feature I miss from the more expensive keyboards is the weighted keys, if you are looking to use it just as a keyboard this won't matter to you but if you are used to a piano feel this will take a little getting used to. All in all, this is an excellent product for its relatively low price.
-Robbie Rikard robbie_rikard@cox.net
-New Bern, NC, 09/29/04
Yamaha DGX505 88 Key Digital Keyboard (formerly DGX500) with 2 year Extended Warranty at MusiciansBuy! RATING:
| Sound Quality |
9 | |
| Features |
10 | |
| Ease Of Use |
10 | |
| Value |
10 | |
| Reliability |
10 | |
| Overall |
10 | |
This is an awesome value on a great keyboard. My wife and I play in several churches in the area on a regular basis. The only down side is the stand. If you are going to leave this in one place, the stand is great, but we are always packing it around and we bought a folding "On Stage" stand to make it easier to move. We have used it for over two years and have had no problems.
-markw markw@midrivers.com
-montana, 03/18/05
Yamaha DGX505 88 Key Digital Keyboard (formerly DGX500) with 2 year Extended Warranty at MusiciansBuy! RATING:
| Sound Quality |
9 | |
| Features |
10 | |
| Ease Of Use |
8 | |
| Value |
10 | |
| Reliability |
10 | |
| Overall |
10 | |
I purchased the keyboard for school. Being a music teacher, I needed to purchase something cost-effective, but full of options. I can't believe the value in this package! It sounds fantastic although I would advise using an external amp for use. The quality is top-notch and I like the expandability. It was so impressive, my father, a retired music teacher, bought the same package the day after I received it. I would also highly recommend purchasing from this web site-the guys were helpful and really knew their stuff! Thanks for the enjoyment!
-ALG
-Connecticut, 02/09/06
Yamaha DGX505 88 Key Digital Keyboard (formerly DGX500) with 2 year Extended Warranty at MusiciansBuy! RATING:
| Sound Quality |
9 | |
| Features |
10 | |
| Ease Of Use |
9 | |
| Value |
8 | |
| Reliability |
6 | |
| Overall |
9 | |
The Yamaha DGX 505 is the first digital piano I have purchased . I'm not a highly skilled pianist more of an advanced level, but I have played many pianos and have had experience over the years in determining what I do and do not like in them . Overall I am pleased with the Yamaha. It has a great sound quality to it - better than I had expected since I am a fan of my old Baldwin . There are a pleathora of features that come with it . So , I believe it is a pretty good value for the money . It has been quite handy as I live in an apartment complex and my husband works third shift . I love that I am able to plug in headphones and play during the day when my husband and baby are sleeping and at night when my neighbors are sleeping . It's a good way to get a great deal of practice time accomplished . It is fairly lightweight for a piano. I don't know that I would buy it for one who travels constantly. It doesn't seem durable enough . I did encounter a problem with mine . The first day that I played it, two keys began to make a popping noise . I was told by Yamaha that it was defective so I am returning it, but I don't think that after one day of playing two keys should make a popping noise . It hasn't affected anything else besides my sanity, but I am skeptical on its reliability . The only other thing I have to complain about is that the sustain pedal often acts like a damper pedal instead . I found that if I keep my foot off the pedal when I power up the piano, it eliminates the problem most of the time . The keys also are not fully weighted by any means, but that is to be expected for the money . For those looking for an 88 keyed- full sized- piano, this is a good option for the money .
-Holm Holmssweethome@msn.com
-North Carolina, 01/04/06
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The DGX505 has been replaced by the YPG525.
YAMAHA DGX505 DIGITAL KEYBOARD & STAND
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