Yamaha DGX-530 manual

Owner’ s Manual EN Ke yboard Stand Assemb ly F or information on assembling the ke yboard stand, ref er to the instructions on page 10 of this manual.[...]

2 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual PLEASE KEEP THIS MANU AL This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). DO NO T connect this product to any pow er supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically recom- mended by Y amaha. W ARNING: Do not place this product in a position where [...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 3 1. IMPORT ANT NO TICE: DO NO T MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instr uctions con- tained in this manual, meets FCC requirements . Modifications not e xpressly appro v ed by Y amaha may v oid your authority , granted by the FCC , to use the product. 2. IMPORT ANT : When connectin[...]

4 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual (3)-11 1/2 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this man ual in a saf e place f or future ref erence. W ARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or other haz[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 5 • Before connecting the instrument to other electronic components, turn off the power for all components. Before turning the power on or off for all components, set all volume levels to minimum. Also, be sure to set the volumes of all components at their minimum levels and gradually raise the volume controls whi[...]

6 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual The followings are the titles, credits and copyright notices for three (3) of the songs pre-installed in this electronic keyboard: Mona Lisa from the Paramount Picture CAPT AIN CAREY , U.S.A. W ords and Music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans Copyright © 1949 (Renewed 1976) by F amous Music Corporation Internationa[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 7 Congratulations and thank you for purc hasing the Y amaha DGX-530/YPG-535 P ortable Grand! Please read this o wner’ s manual carefully before using the instrument in order to tak e full advantage of its various features. Mak e sure to k eep this manual in a safe and handy place ev en after you finish reading, a[...]

8 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Special Features of the DGX-530/YPG-535 Graded Soft T ouch keyboar d Just as on an actual piano , the lower k eys are hea vy in touch and the higher ke ys are light, with soft touch of digital ke yboard f or beginners. ■ P erf ormance assistant technology P age 37 Play along with a song on the instrument’ s ke[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 9 Copyright Notice ....................................................................... 6 Panel Logos ............................................................................. 6 Included Accessories ............................................................... 7 Special Features of the DGX-530/YPG-535 .....[...]

10 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Setting Up The par ts shown in the “Assemb ly P ar ts” illustration will be used. F ollow the assemb ly instructions and select the par ts as needed. z Attach the stand bases. Making sure that the boards are facing the proper direc- tion (the holes for the joint connectors should face inside). The left and ri[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 11 Setting Up x Attach the bac k board. Attach the back board, using the 6 x 30 mm roundhead scre ws e . c Put the keyboar d on the stand. Check the back-to-front orientation for stand, and care- fully place the ke yboard on the side boards. Slowly mo ve the ke yboard so that the holes on the bottom of the key- boar[...]

12 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Setting Up Be sure to do the follo wing operations BEFORE turning on the power .  Make sure that the [ST ANDBY/ON] switch of the instrument is set to ST ANDBY .  Connect the A C adaptor to the power supply jack.  Plug the A C adaptor into an AC outlet. Make all necessary connections below BEFORE turning [...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 13 Setting Up Connect the instrument’ s USB terminal to the USB ter- minal of a computer , and you can transfer performance data and song files between the two (page 101). T o use the USB data-transfer features you’ll need to do the fol- lo wing: • First, make sure the POWER s witch on the instru- ment is set[...]

14 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Panel Contr ols and T erminals q [ST ANDBY/ON] switch .................... page 13 w [MASTER V OLUME] control .... pages 13, 64 e FILE CONTROL [MENU], [EXECUTE] buttons ................. pages 92–98 r [L YRICS] button ............................... page 36 t [SCORE] button ............................... page [...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 15 Panel Controls and Terminals #6 CONTRAST knob ............................. page 67 #7 USB T O DEVICE terminal ................ page 93 USB T O HOST terminal ........... page 13, 100 #8 SUST AIN jack ................................... page 12 #9 PHONES/OUTPUT jack ................... page 12 $0 DC IN 12V jack ..[...]

16 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Changing the Display Language This instrument allows y ou to select English or Japanese as the display language. The default display langua ge is English, but if y ou switch to Japanese the lyrics, file names, demo displa y , and some messages will be display ed in Japanese where appropriate.[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 17 Q u i c k G u i d e T ry Playing a V ariety of Instrument V oices In addition to piano, organ, and other “standar d” keyboar d instruments, this instrument has a large range of v oices that includes guitar , bass, strings, sax, trumpet, drums and percussion, sound effects … a wide v ari- ety of musical soun[...]

Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices 18 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Y ou can select a second v oice which will play in addition to the main v oice when you play the k eyboard. The second voice is known as the “dual” voice. 1 Press the [DU AL ON/OFF] button. The [DU AL ON/OFF] button turns the dual voice on or off. When turned on the [...]

Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 19 4 Play the ke yboar d. T ry selecting and playing a range of dual v oices. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display . In the split mode you can play different voices to the left and right of the k eyboard “split point”. The main and dual voices can be pl[...]

Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices 20 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 3 Select the desired split v oice. W atch the highlighted split v oice and rotate the dial until the voice you want to use is selected. The voice selected here becomes the split voice which will play to the left of the k eyboard split point. For this example try selectin[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 21 Fun Sounds This instrument includes a range of drum kits and unique sound effects y ou can use for entertainment. Laughter , babb ling brooks, jet fly-bys, eerie effects, and mu ch more . These sounds can be a great way to enhance the mood at parties. ◆ Drum Kit Selection Procedure ➔ (refer to steps 1 and 2 [...]

22 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e The Metr onome T urn the metr onome on and star t it by pressing the [MET - RONOME ON/OFF] b utton. To stop the metronome, press the [METRONOME ON/OFF] button again. 1 Press the [TEMPO/T AP] b utton to call up the tempo set- ting. 2 Use the dial to select a tempo from 11 to 280. Start the Metr[...]

The Metronome DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 23 In this example we’ll set up a 5/8 time signature. 1 Press and hold the [METRONOME ON/OFF] b utton for longer than a second to select the function “Time Signa- ture–Numerator”. 2 Use the dial to select the number of beats per measure. A chime will sound on the fi rst beat of each measure wh[...]

The Metronome 24 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] buttons to select the Met- r onome V olume item. 3 Use the dial to set the metronome v olume as required. Adjusting the Metronome Volume f r Metronome v olume[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 25 Q u i c k G u i d e Playing Styles This instrument has an auto accompaniment feature that pr oduces accompaniment (rhythm + bass + c hords) in the style y ou choose to match chor ds you pla y with your left hand. Y ou can select fr om 160 dif- ferent styles co vering a range of musical genres and time signatures [...]

Playing Styles 26 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Y ou learned how to select a style rh ythm on the preceding page. Here we’ll see how to add bass and chord accompaniment to the basic rh ythm to produce a full, rich accom- paniment that you can play along with. 1 Press the [STYLE] button and select the desired style. 2 T urn automatic accompanim[...]

Playing Styles DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 27 When sync start is on, the bass and chord accompaniment included in a style will start playing as soon as you play a note to left of the k eyboard split point. Press the button a second time to turn the sync start function of f. 4 Play a left-hand c hord to start the style. Y ou can still “play?[...]

Playing Styles 28 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Styles Are More Fun When Y ou Understand Chor ds Chords, created by playing multiple notes at the same time, are the basis for harmonic accompaniment. In this section we’ll take a look at sequences of different chords played one after another, or “chord sequences. ” Since each chord has it’[...]

Playing Styles DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 29 —3-chor d boogie-woogie— This progression provides varied harmonic backing with just three chords. When you get a feel for the progression in the score, try changing the order of the chords! —Bossa nov a with jazz-style chords— This progression includes jazzy “tw o-five” (II-V) changes[...]

Playing Styles 30 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual There are two ways of playing auto-accompaniment chords: ● Easy Chords ● Standard Chor ds The instrument will automatically recognize the dif ferent chord types. The function is called Multi Fingering. Press the [A CMP ON/OFF] b utton to turn auto-accompaniment on (page 26). The ke yboard to th[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 31 Q u i c k G u i d e Using Songs With this instrument the term “song” refers the data that makes up a piece of music. Y ou can simpl y enjoy listening to the 30 internal songs, or use them with just about any of the man y functions provided—the performance assistant tec hnology feature, lessons, and more. Th[...]

Using Songs 32 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 3 Listen to the song. Press the [ST AR T/STOP] button to begin playback of the selected song. Y ou can stop playback at an y time by pressing the [ST AR T/STOP] but- ton again. These are just like the transport controls on a cassette deck or CD player , letting you fast forward [FF], re wind [REW] and[...]

Using Songs DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 33 Press the [DEMO] button. The demo song will start playing. Listen to some of the outstanding instrument v oices provided! The demo song will automatically repeat from the be ginning after it has played all the w ay through. Y ou can stop demo playback at an y time by pressing the [ST AR T/STOP] b utto[...]

Using Songs 34 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual The following three types of songs can be used by the DGX-530/YPG-535 . ● Preset Songs (the 30 songs built into the instrument) ................ Song numbers 001–030. ● User Songs (recordings of your own perf ormances) .................. Song numbers 031–035. ● External song files (song dat[...]

Using Songs DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 35 This instrument is capable of display the scores of songs. Scores are displayed for the 30 internal preset songs as well as songs stored in USB fl ash memory or flash memory . And although user songs you record yourself cannot display a score as is, the y can be con verted to SMF (Standard MIDI File[...]

Using Songs 36 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual If a song contains lyric data, the lyrics can be made to appear on the display . No lyrics will be displayed for a song that contains no lyric data e ven if the [L YRICS] button is pressed. 1 Select a song. Select a song between 16, 20, and 30 by performing steps 1 and 2 described on page 31. 2 Press [...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 37 Q u i c k G u i d e The Easy W ay to Play Piano This instrument includes a perf ormance assistant technology feature that lets y ou play along with a song and sound like a great pianist (e ven though y ou might be making lots of mistakes)! In fact, y ou can play an y notes and still sound good! Y ou could e ven j[...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano 38 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 1 Press the [P .A.T . ON/OFF] button. This turns on the performance assistant technology feature. The indicator lights when the performance assistant technology feature is on. 2 Select the CHORD type. Press and hold the [P .A.T . ON/OFF] button for longer than a second so that the perfo[...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 39 4 Press the [ST AR T/ST OP] b utton. Song playback will begin. The basic pattern will play repeatedly . Listen to the basic pattern for four measures while getting a feel for the basic pattern, then be gin play- ing yourself from the fi fth measure. The keys you should play will be sho[...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano 40 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 1 Press the [P .A.T . ON/OFF] button. This turns on the performance assistant technology feature. The indicator lights when the performance assistant technology feature is on. 2 Select the CHORD/FREE type. Press and hold the [P .A.T . ON/OFF] button for longer than a second so that the [...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 41 4 Press the [ST AR T/ST OP] b utton. Song playback will begin. The left-hand keys you should play will be shown on the display . 5 Play on the ke yboar d. Play to the right of the split point with your right hand, and to the left of the split point with your left hand. Play the Nocturne[...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano 42 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual See page 46 for some hints on how to play melodies. 1 Press the [P .A.T . ON/OFF] button. This turns on the performance assistant technology feature. The indicator lights when the performance assistant technology feature is on. 2 Select the MELOD Y type . Press and hold the [P .A.T . ON[...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 43 4 Press the [ST AR T/ST OP] b utton. Song playback will begin. Because the Melody type has been selected, the song melody will not sound. Y ou can enjoy playing the melody yourself (step 5). 5 Play on the ke yboar d. To begin, try to feel the rh ythm of the song. Then tap a key with one[...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano 44 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 1 Press the [P .A.T . ON/OFF] button. This turns on the performance assistant technology feature. The indicator lights when the performance assistant technology feature is on. 2 Select the CHORD/MELOD Y type . Press and hold the [P .A.T . ON/OFF] button for longer than a second so that [...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 45 4 Press the [ST AR T/ST OP] b utton. Song playback will begin. The basic pattern will repeat. Listen to eight measures while memoriz- ing the basic pattern. It’ s your turn to play the part from the ninth mea- sure. 5 Play on the ke yboar d. Play to the right of the split point with y[...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano 46 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Use the P erformance Assistant to Pla y Like a Pr o! Here are a few hints for using the Chord type. If you select Chord/Free or Chord/Melody, the left-hand section of the ke yboard becomes the Chord type section, so use these hints on the left- hand section of the keyboard. To begin, tr[...]

The Easy Way to Play Piano DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 47 Make Use of the Score in the Melody T ype . If you want to play the melody with the correct rh ythm, use the onscreen score feature. Displaying the Score. After performing steps 1 to 4 on page 42, press the [SCORE] b utton. The melody score will appear. The marker will indicate the curr[...]

48 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Select a Song For a Lesson Y amaha Education Suite Y ou can select song y ou like and use it f or a left-hand, right-hand, or both-hands lesson. Y ou can also use songs (only SMF f ormat 0) downloaded fr om the Internet and saved to flash memory . (page 104) During the lesson y ou can play as[...]

Select a Song For a Lesson DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 49 In this lesson, try playing the correct notes. Play the note sho wn in the display . The song will wait until you play the right note. 1 Select a song for y our lesson. Press the [SONG] button, and rotate the dial to select the song you w ant to use for your lesson. As listed on page 33[...]

Select a Song For a Lesson 50 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 4 Start Lesson 1. Press the LESSON [ST AR T] button to select Lesson 1. Each time the LESSON [ST AR T] button is pressed the lesson modes are selected in sequence: Lesson 1 → Lesson 2 → Lesson 3 → Off → Lesson 1 ... An explanation of the selected lesson will appear on the displa[...]

Select a Song For a Lesson DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 51 5 Stop the Lesson mode Y ou can stop the Lesson mode at an y time by pressing the [ST AR T/ STOP] b utton. Once you’ ve mastered Lesson 1, move on to Lesson 2. ■ See How Y ou’ ve Done ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ?[...]

Select a Song For a Lesson 52 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Learn to play the correct notes with the correct timing. Song playback tempo will v ary to match the speed you are playing at. The song will slow down when you play wrong notes, so you can learn at your o wn pace. 1 Select the song and part you want to practice (steps 1 and 3 on page 49[...]

Select a Song For a Lesson DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 53 Here’ s where you can perfect your technique. The song will play at the normal tempo, minus the part you hav e chosen to play . Play along while listening to the song. 1 Select the song and part you want to practice (steps 1 and 3 on page 49). 2 Start Lesson 3. Each time the LESSON [S[...]

Select a Song For a Lesson 54 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Use this feature when you w ant to start again just ahead of a section on which you made a mistak e, or to repeatedly practice a section you fi nd difficult. Press the [REPEA T & LEARN] b utton during a lesson. The song location will move back four measures from the point at which[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 55 Q u i c k G u i d e Play Using the Music Database Y ou want to pla y m usic in your fa v orite style, b ut you’ re not sure how to select the best v oice and style for the type of m usic you want to pla y ... simply select the appr opriate style fr om the Music Database . The panel settings will automatically b[...]

56 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Change a Song’ s Style In addition to each song’ s default style, you can select an y other style to play the song with the Easy Song Arranger feature. This means that you can play a song that is normall y a ballad, for example, as a bossa nov a, as a hip-hop tune, etc. Y ou can create tot[...]

Change a Song’s Style DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 57 3 Listen to the song. Press the [ST AR T/STOP] button to begin playback of the song. Move on to the next step while the song is playing. 4 Press the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button. The Style Select display will appear. The currently selected style name and number will be highlighted. 5 Select[...]

58 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e Recor d Y our Own Performance Y ou can recor d up to 5 of y our own perf ormances and save them as user songs 031 through 035. Once y our performances ha ve been saved as user songs, they can be con verted to SMF (Standard MID File) f or- mat files and saved to USB flash memory (page 96) and[...]

Record Your Own Performance DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 59 1 From the MAIN displa y press the [SONG] button, then use the dial to select the user song number (031–035) y ou want to record to. 2 Select the track(s) y ou want to record to and confirm y our selection on the display . ◆ Record a Melody T rack and the Accompaniment T rack To g[...]

Record Your Own Performance 60 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 3 Recording will start when y ou play on the ke yboard. Y ou can also start recording by pressing the [STAR T/STOP] button. The current measure will be shown on the display during recording. 4 Stop recording b y pressing the [ST ART/ST OP] or [REC] button. If you press the [INTRO/ENDIN[...]

Record Your Own Performance DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 61 This function clears an entire user song (all tracks). 1 From the MAIN displa y select the user song (031–035) you want to clear . 2 Press and hold the SONG MEMOR Y [1] button f or longer than a second while holding the SONG MEMOR Y [A] b utton. A confirmation message will appear on[...]

Record Your Own Performance 62 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual This function lets you delete a specifi ed track from a user song. 1 From the MAIN displa y select the user song (031–035) you want to clear . 2 Press and hold the SONG MEMOR Y track b utton ([1]–[5], [A]) corresponding to the track y ou want to clear f or longer than a second. A [...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 63 Backup and Initialization The following settings are always backed up, and are maintained even when the po wer is turned off. If you want to initialize the settings, use the Initialize operation as e xplained below . This function erases all backup data in the instrument’s flash memory and restores the initial[...]

64 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Basic Operation Overall DGX-530/YPG-535 control is based on the follo wing simple operations. 1 Press a b utton to select a basic function. Basic Operation 1 Press a button to select a basic function. 2 Use the dial to select an item or value. 3 Start a function. Display (pages 66, 67) ● V olume Adjustment Adju[...]

Basic Operation DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 65 2 Use the dial to select an item or v alue When you select a basic function, the item corresponding to that function will be listed in the display . Y ou can then use the dial or the number b uttons [0]–[9] to select the desired item. ■ Changing V alues ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● [...]

Basic Operation 66 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual ● Display Names All operations are carried out while w atching the display . A number of display types are pro vided for differ - ent modes and functions. The name of the current display appears at the top of the display. ● MAIN Display ● FUNCTION Display (page 89) The FUNCTION display provi[...]

Basic Operation DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 67 The MAIN display shows all of the current basic settings: song, style, v oice. It also includes a range of indicators that sho w the on/off status of a range of functions. MAIN Display Items * Adjust the LCD CONTRAST contr ol on the rear panel of the instrument for opti- mum displa y legibility . [...]

R e f e r e n c e 68 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Play with a V ariety of Ef fects This feature adds harmony notes to the main voice. 1 Press the [HARMONY ON/OFF] b utton to turn Harmony feature on. To turn Harmony off, press the [HARMONY ON/OFF] button again. 2 Press and hold the [HARMONY] b utton for longer than a second. The currently select[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 69 Play with a Variety of Effects Re verb lets you play with a rich concert hall type ambience. When you select a style or song the optimum re verb type for the voice used is automatically selected. If you want to select a different re verb type, use the procedure described below . Refer to the Effect T ype List on [...]

70 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Play with a Variety of Effects The chorus effect creates a thick sound that is similar to man y of the same voices being played in unison. When you select a style or song the optimum chorus type for the v oice used is automatically selected. If you want to select a different chorus type, use the procedure describ[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 71 Play with a Variety of Effects This function adds sustain to the k eyboard voices. Use it when you want to add sustain to the voices at all times, regardless of footswitch operation. The sustain function does not af fect split voice. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the FUNCTION display . 2 Use the CA TEG[...]

R e f e r e n c e 72 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Handy Performance Featur es Y ou can start the song/style by simply tapping the [TEMPO/TAP] button at the required tempo—4 times for time signatures in 4, and three times for time signatures in 3. Y ou can change the tempo during song playback by pressing the button just twice. Y ou can adjust[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 73 Handy Performance Features Sometimes selecting the ideal voice to play with a song or style can be confusing. The One T ouch Setting feature automatically selects a well-balanced v oice for you when you select a style or song. Simply select v oice number “000” to activ ate this feature. 1 Select voice number [...]

74 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Handy Performance Features Fi ve dif ferent master equalizer (EQ) settings are pro vided to give you the best possible sound when listen- ing through different reproduction systems—the instrument’s internal speakers, headphones, or an external speaker system. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. The currently selec[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 75 Handy Performance Features ◆ Large Pitch Chang es (T ranspose) The ov erall pitch of the instrument can by shifted up or down by a maximum of 1 octave in semitone increments. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] but- tons to select the T ranspose item. 3 Use the dial to set the transp[...]

R e f e r e n c e 76 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions Basic operation of the Style (auto-accompaniment) feature is described on page 25 of the Quick Guide. Here are some other ways y ou can play the styles, the style volume adjustment pr oce- dure, how y ou can play chor ds using the styles, and more . The DGX-5[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 77 Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions 1 Press the [STYLE] button and then select a style . 2 Press the [A CMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto accompaniment on. 3 Press the [SYNC ST ART] b utton to turn synchro start on. 4 Press the [MAIN/A UT O FILL] button. 5 Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button. Y ou’ re now ready[...]

78 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions 7 Press the [MAIN/A UT O FILL] button. When the fill-in is fi nished, it leads smoothly into the selected main section A/B. 8 Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button. This switches to the ending section. When the ending is fi nished, the auto accompa- niment stops automaticall[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 79 Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions The initial default split point is key number 54 (the F # 2 ke y), but you can change it to another k ey using the procedure described below . 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] but- tons to select the Split point item. 3 Use the dial to set the sp[...]

80 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions When auto accompaniment is on (the A CMP ON icon is showing) and Synchro Start is of f, you can play chords in the left-hand accompaniment range of the k eyboard while the style is stopped and still hear the accompaniment chords. This is “Stop Accompaniment”, and any of th[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 81 Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions Tw o or more notes played together constitute a “chord”. The most basic chord type is the “triad” consisting of three notes: the root, third, and fifth degrees of the corresponding scale. A C major triad, for example, is made up of the notes C (the root), E (the third[...]

82 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions ■ Recognized Standard Chor ds ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● All chords in the chart are “C-root” chords. * These chords are not shown in the Dictionary function.[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 83 Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions This instrument features 160 internal styles, b ut other styles, such as those pro vided on the CD-ROM and others that can be obtained from the internet (only styles with the “.sty” suf fix), can be loaded into style number 161 and used in the same w ay as the internal st[...]

84 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions The Dictionary function is essentially a b uilt-in “chord book” that shows you the individual notes of chords. It is ideal when you know the name of a certain chord and w ant to quickly learn how to play it. 1 Press and hold the LESSON [ST ART] button f or longer than a se[...]

R e f e r e n c e DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 85 Song Settings 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] but- tons to select the Song V olume item. 3 Use the dial to set the song volume between 000 and 127. Y ou can specify a section of a song—“A” is the start point and “B” is the end point—for repeat playback[...]

86 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Song Settings Each “track” of a song plays a different part of the song—melody , percussion, accompaniment, etc. Y ou can mute individual tracks and play the muted part on the keyboard yourself, or simply mute tracks other than the ones you w ant to listen to. Use the SONG MEMOR Y [1]–[5] and [A] buttons [...]

R e f e r e n c e DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 87 Memorize Y our Favorite Panel Settings This instrument has a Registration Memory feature that lets y ou save y our fav orite set- tings for easy recall whene ver they’ re needed. Up to 16 complete setups can be saved (8 banks of two setups eac h). 1 Set the panel controls as required— select[...]

88 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings 1 Press the [MEMOR Y/BANK] b utton. A bank number will appear in the display when you release the button. 2 Use the dial or the [1]–[8] n umber but- tons to select bank you want to recall. Y ou can check whether the panel settings are stored in registration memory 1 or 2 by[...]

R e f e r e n c e DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 89 The Functions The “Functions” pro vide access to a range of detailed instrument parameters for tun- ing, setting the split point, and adjusting the v oices and effects. T ake a look at the func- tion list starting on the opposite page . There are 46 function parameter s in all. When y ou loc[...]

90 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual The Functions ● Function Setting List Category Function Item Range/Settings Description V OLUME Style V olume 000–127 Determines the volume of the Style. Song V olume 000–127 Determines the volume of the Song. O VERALL Tr anspose -12–+12 Determines the pitch of the instr ument by semitone increments . T u[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 91 The Functions * All these settings can be con veniently reset to their initial def ault values b y pressing the [+] and [-] b uttons simultaneousl y. (The e xception to this is Initial Send, which is an oper ation, not a setting.) HARMONY Harmony T ype 01–26 Determines the Har mony type. (See the list on page 1[...]

R e f e r e n c e 92 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Using USB Flash Memory USB flash memory is a memory medium used for storing data. When a USB flash memory is inser ted in this instrument’ s USB T O DEVICE terminal, user songs created on the instrument and the registered settings can be saved to or loaded from the memory medium. USB flash [...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 93 Using USB Flash Memory ■ Precautions when using the USB T O DEVICE terminal This instrument features a built-in USB TO DEVICE terminal. When connecting a USB device to the terminal, be sure to handle the USB de vice with care. Follo w the important precautions below . ● Compatible USB de vices • USB storage[...]

94 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Using USB Flash Memory Ne w USB flash memory must be formatted before the y can be used by this instrument. 1 After connecting the USB fl ash memor y to be formatted to the instrument’ s USB TO DEVICE terminal, chec k that the icon is showing in the MAIN display . 2 Press the FILE CONTROL [MENU] but- ton. 3 U[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 95 Using USB Flash Memory Three types of data are sav ed to one “User File” by this operation: user song, style file, and registration mem- ory data. When you sav e a user song the style file and registration memory are also sa ved automatically . 1 Make sure that a properly formatted USB flash memor y has be[...]

96 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Using USB Flash Memory This operation conv erts a user song (song numbers 031–035) to SMF F ormat 0 and saves the file to USB flash memory . 1 Make sure that a properly formatted USB flash memor y has been properly connected to the instrument’s USB T O DEVICE terminal, and that the icon is showing in the M[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 97 Using USB Flash Memory User files, style files, and styles residing on a USB fl ash memory can be loaded into the instrument. The style file will be loaded into style number 161. If the required style fi le has already been transferred to the instrument from a computer using the Musicsoft Do wnloader applica[...]

98 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Using USB Flash Memory This procedure deletes user fi le and SMF fi le from a USB flash memory . 1 Make sure that the USB fl ash memor y containing the file(s) you want to delete has been properly connected to the instrument’ s USB TO DEVICE terminal, and that the icon is showing in the MAIN display . 2 Pr[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 99 Using USB Flash Memory 1 Make sure that the USB fl ash memor y containing the song or music database y ou want to play has been properly con- nected to the instrument’ s USB T O DEVICE terminal, and that the icon is showing in the MAIN display . 2 Press the [SONG] button if a song fi le is to be played, or th[...]

R e f e r e n c e 100 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Connections q USB T O DEVICE terminal This terminal allows connection to USB stor- age devices. Refer to “Precautions when using the USB T O DEVICE terminal” section on page 93. w USB T O HOST terminal This terminal allows direct connection to a per- sonal computer . Refer to “Connecting [...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 101 Connections The following functions become av ailable when this instrument is connected to a computer. ● Perf ormance data can be transferred between the instrument and the computer (page 102). ● Files can be transferr ed between the instrument and the computer (page 104). The connection procedure is as foll[...]

102 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Connections By connecting the instrument to a computer, the instrument’ s performance data can be used on the com- puter , and performance data from the computer can be played on the instrument. ● When the instrument is connected with computer, it transmits/receives performance data. ■ MIDI settings ● ?[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 103 Connections ■ PC Mode ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● A number of MIDI settings need to be made when you want to transfer performance data between the computer and the instrument. The PC Mode item can con veniently make multiple settings for you in one operation. Thr[...]

104 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Connections This function lets you send the panel setup data to a computer. Before you record performance data to a sequencer application running on your computer, it is a good idea to fi rst send and record the panel setup data before the actual performance data. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CA TEG[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 105 Connections ■ Use Musicsoft Downloader To T ransfer Songs Fr om the Accessory CD-ROM T o the Instrument’ s flash memor y ● ● ● ● ● 1 Install the Musicsoft Downloader and USB-MIDI driver to your computer , then connect the computer and the instru- ment (page 109). 2 Inser t the included CD-ROM into[...]

106 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Connections 8 Close the window to end the Musicsoft Downloader . 9 To playbac k a song stored in fl ash memory , press the [SONG] button. Use the dial to select the song you want to play , then press the [ST ART/ST OP] button to start playback. ■ T ransfer a Bac kup file from the instrument to a computer ●[...]

R e f e r e n c e DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 107 Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide • The softw are and this manual are the exclusi ve copyrights of Y amaha Corporation. • Use of the software and this manual is gov erned by the license agreement which the purchaser fully agrees to upon breaking the seal of the software packaging. (Please[...]

108 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide In order to view PDF scores , you will need to install Adobe Reader in your computer . Y ou can download the Adobe Reader . Please check the f ollowing URL: http://www .adobe.com/ ■ Using the CD-R OM ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Please read the Software Licens[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 109 Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide ■ Installing the USB-MIDI Driver ● ● ● ● In order to be able to communicate with and use MIDI devices connected to your computer, the appropriate driv er software must be properly installed on your computer . The USB-MIDI driver allo ws sequence software and similar [...]

110 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide Installing the driver in Windows 2000 1 Start the computer and use the “Adminis- trator” account to log on to Windo ws 2000. 2 Select [My Computer] ➔ [Control P anel] ➔ [System] ➔ [Hard ware] ➔ [Driver Sign- ing] ➔ [File Signature V erification], and chec k the [...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 111 Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 10 When using Windows XP Prof essional x64 Edition, the Support Module must be installed. After installing the USB-MIDI drivers for all the connected USB devices, select “My Computer” from the Start menu. Right-click the CD-ROM icon and select “Open” from the pop-up me[...]

112 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide ■ Tr oubleshooting • Is the USB cable connected corr ectly? Check the USB cable connection. Disconnect the USB cable, then connect it ag ain. • Is the USB function enabled on y our com- puter? When you connect the instrument to the computer for the first time, if the ?[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 113 Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 6 A message asking y ou to restar t y our computer in order to complete the uninstall procedure will appear . Driv er remov al will be complete when you hav e restarted your computer . • When using a 64-bit OS, click “uninstall_x64.e xe . ” from “USBdrvVista_” f olde[...]

114 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Tr oubleshooting ■ For the Instrument Prob lem P ossible Cause and Solution When the instrument is tur ned on or off, a popping sound is temporarily produced. This is normal and indicates that the instr ument is receiving electrical power . When using a mobile phone, noise is produced. Using a mobile phone in [...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 115 Troubleshooting The appropriate display does not appear when the [SONG], [EASY SONG ARRANGER], [STYLE], or [V OICE] button is pressed. Is another displa y showing? T r y pressing the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN displa y , and then pressing one of the mentioned buttons. The wrong notes sound when the ke y[...]

116 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Messages LCD Message Comment Access error! Indicates the failure in reading or writing from/to the media or the flash memor y . All Memor y Clearing... Displa yed while erasing all data in the flash memory . Nev er turn the power off during data transmission. Are you sure? Confir ms whether Song Clear or T ra[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 117 Messages Overwrite ? Confirms whether overwriting is e xecuted or not. Please W ait... Displa y ed when ex ecuting the jobs that tak e some time, such as displa ying scores and lyrics. Rename File Displa yed while re writing the file name in the Musicsoft Downloader . Sav e OK ? Confirms whether saving is ex [...]

118 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Scor es This demo is an example of how the Easy Song Arranger can be used to change styles throughout a piece. Hallelujah Chorus Song No . 9 q q q q =123 (Function Demo f or Easy Song Arranger)[...]

Scores DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 119[...]

Scores 120 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual This score is provided with the intent that the pitch will be corrected by the performance assistant technol- ogy feature. If you play the “Play These Notes” part using the performance assistant technology feature, the part will be corrected and played so that it matches the backing part. Ave Maria So[...]

Scores DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 121[...]

Scores 122 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual This score is provided with the intent that the pitch will be corrected by the performance assistant technol- ogy feature. If you play the “Play These Notes” part using the performance assistant technology feature, the part will be corrected and played so that it matches the backing part. Nocturne op.[...]

Scores DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 123[...]

124 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual V oice List ■ Maximum P olyphon y ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● The instrument has 32-note maximum polyphon y . This means that it can play a maximum of up to 32 notes at once, re gard- less of what functions are used. Auto accompaniment uses a number of the av ailable[...]

Voice List DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 125 ● XGlite V oice/XGlite Optional V oice* List FLUTE 100 000 114 074 Sweet! Flute 101 000 113 076 Sweet! Pan Flute 102 000 112 074 Flute 103 000 112 073 Piccolo 104 000 112 076 Pan Flute 105 000 112 075 Recorder 106 000 112 080 Ocarina SYNTH LEAD 107 000 112 081 Square Lead 108 000 112 082 Sawtooth Le[...]

Voice List 126 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 228 000 040 029 Funk Guitar 229 000 041 029 Muted Steel Guitar 230 000 045 029 Jazz Man 231 000 000 030 Overdriven Guitar 232 000 043 030 Guitar Pinch 233 000 000 031 Distor tion Guitar 234 000 040 031 Feedback Guitar 235 000 041 031 Feedback Guitar 2 236 000 000 032 Guitar Har monics 237 000 065 032 [...]

Voice List DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 127 The voice n umber with an asterisk (*) is XGlite optional voice. 365 000 016 088 Big & Low 366 000 064 088 Fat & P erky 367 000 065 088 Soft Whir l XG SYNTH PAD 368 000 000 089 New Age P ad 369 000 064 089 F antasy 370 000 000 090 Warm P ad 371 000 000 091 Poly Synth P ad 372 000 000 092 Choir[...]

128 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Drum Kit List Voice No. 128 129 130 131 132 133 MSB (0–127) / LSB (0–127) / PC (1–128) 127/000/001 127/000/002 127/000/009 127/000/017 127/000/025 127/000/026 Keyboard MIDI Key Off Alternate assign Standard Kit 1 Standard Kit 2 Room Kit Rock Kit Electronic Kit Analog Kit Note# Note Note# Note 25 C # 01 3C [...]

Drum Kit List DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 129 Voice No. 128 134 135 136 137 138 139 MSB (0–127) / LSB (0–127) / PC (1–128) 127/000/001 127/000/113 127/000/033 127/000/041 127/000/049 126/000/001 126/000/002 Keyboard MIDI Key Off Alternate assign Standard Kit 1 Dance Kit Jazz Kit Brush Kit Symphony Kit SFX Kit 1 SFX Kit 2 Note# Note Note#[...]

130 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Style List Style No. Style Name 8BEAT 1 ChartPianoPop 2 BritPopRock 3 8BeatModern 4 Cool8Beat 5 Classic8Beat 6 60’sGuitarPop 7 8BeatAdria 8 60’s8Beat 9 BubblegumPop 10 BritPopSwing 11 OffBeat 12 60’sRock 13 HardRock 14 RockShuffle 15 8BeatRock 16BEAT 16 16Beat 17 PianoPopShufle 18 PopShuffle1 19 PopShuffle[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 131 Music Database List MDB No. MDB Name ALL TIME HITS 1 Jude Hey 2 New UK 3 MyLoving 4 All OK 5 Buttercp 6 JustCall 7 CheepChp 8 Daddy's 9 Dance? 10 GetBack 11 GtrWheel 12 HighTide 13 IWasBorn 14 Sailing 15 BluJeans 16 Holiday 17 Imagine 18 LoveMe 19 LetItBld 20 LdyMdona 21 YelowSub 22 Marriage 23 MovinOut 24 [...]

132 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Songs Pr ovided On the Supplied CD-ROM The easy song arranger can only be used with songs that include chord data. File Name Song Name Composer 001Nutcr.mid Danse des Mirlitons from “The Nutcracker” P.I. Tchaikovsky 002Orphe.mid “Orphée aux Enfers” Ouverture J. Offenbach 003Slavo.mid Slavonic Dances op.[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 133 Ef fect T ype List ● Harmony T ypes ● Reverb T ypes ● Chorus T ypes No. Harmony T ype Description 01 Duet Har mony types 01–05 are pitch-based and add one-, tw o- or three-note harmonies to the sin- gle-note melody pla yed in the right hand. These types sound when chords are pla yed in the auto accompani[...]

134 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual MIDI Implementation Chart YAMAHA [ Portable Grand ] Date: 10-OCT-2007 Model DGX-530/YPG-535 MIDI Implementation Chart Version:1.0 Transmitted Recognized Remarks Function... Basic Default 1 - 16 1 - 16 Channel Changed x x Default 3 3 Mode Messages x x Altered ************** x Note 0 - 127 0 - 127 Number : True vo[...]

MIDI Implementation Chart DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 135 Prog o 0 - 127 o 0 - 127 Change : True # ************** System Exclusive o o : Song Pos. x x Common : Song Sel. x x : Tune x x System : Clock o o Real Time: Commands o o Aux :All Sound OFF x o(120,126,127) : Reset All Cntrls x o(121) :Local ON/OFF x o(122) :All Notes OFF x o(123-125) Me[...]

136 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual MIDI Data Format NO TE: 1 By def ault (factory settings) the instrument ordinar ily functions as a 16-channel multi-timbral tone generator , and incoming data does not affect the panel v oices or panel settings. How- ev er , the MIDI messages listed below do aff ect the panel voices , auto accompaniment, and son[...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 137 A TTENTION SOFTW ARE LICENSE AGREEMENT PLEASE READ THIS SOFTW ARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (“ AGREE- MENT”) CAREFULL Y BEFORE USING THIS SOFTW ARE. Y OU ARE ONL Y PERMITTED TO USE THIS SOFTW ARE PURSU ANT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT . THIS AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN Y OU (AS AN INDIVIDU AL OR LEGAL ENTI[...]

138 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual SIBELIUS SCORCH LICENSE AGREEMENT By installing and/or using this Product you (an individual or legal entity) agree with the Licensor to be bound by the terms of this License which will govern your use of the Product. If you do not accept these terms, do not install or use this Product. The Product is copyright [...]

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 139 Specifications Ke yboards • 88-key box type (A-1–C7), with Touch Response. Display • 320 x 240 dots LCD display (backlit) Setup • STANDBY/ON • MASTER VOLUME: MIN–MAX • LCD CONTRAST P anel Controls • SONG, VOICE, STYLE, EASY SONG ARRANGER, P.A.T. ON/OFF, LESSON L, LESSON R, LESSON START, METRONOM[...]

140 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual +/– .................................................. 14, 65 ........................................................ 66 0–9 .................................................. 14, 65 A-B REPEAT ................................. 14, 85 ACMP ON/OFF ............................. 14, 26 CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] ...[...]

Index DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 141 Metronome ........................................... 22 MIDI ................................................... 102 MIDI Data Format .............................. 136 MIDI Implementation Chart ............... 134 Music Database .................................... 55 Music Rest .........................[...]

142 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual L imited W arr anty 90 D A YS LABOR 1 YEAR P ARTS Y amaha Corporation of America, hereafter referred to as Y amaha, warrants to the original consumer of a product included in the categories listed below , that the product will be free of defects in materials and/or workmanship for the periods indicated. This w a[...]

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