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2 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual PLEASE KEEP THIS MANU AL This product utilizes batteries or an e xternal power supply (adapter). DO NO T connect this product to any po wer supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically recommended by Y amaha. This product should be used only with the components supplied[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 3 1. IMPORT ANT NOTICE: DO NO T MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions con- tained in this manual, meets FCC requirements . Modifications not expressly appro ved by Y amaha ma y void y our author ity , granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPORT ANT: When connecting this p[...]

4 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual (4)-8 1/2 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this man ual in a safe 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 hazards. [...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 5 (4)-8 2/2 Always turn the power off when the instrument is not in use. When using a power adaptor , even when the power switch is in the “STANDBY” position, electricity is still flowing to the instrument at the minimum level. When you are not using the instrument for a long time, make sure you unplug the AC power[...]

6 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual The follo wings are the titles, credits and copyright notices for three (3) of the songs pre-installed in this electronic ke yboard: Don’t Know Why W ords and Music by Jesse Harris Copyright © 2002 Sony/A TV Songs LLC and Beanly Songs All Rights Administered by Sony/A TV Music Publishing, 8 Music Square W est, Nash[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 7 Congratulations and thank you for purc hasing the Y amaha DGX-505/305 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 keep this manual in a saf e and handy place even after you finish reading, and refer[...]

8 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Special features of the DGX-505/305 ■ P erformance assistant tec hnology page 16 Play along with a song on the instrument’ s keyboard and produce a perfect performance e very time … e ven if you play wrong notes! All you hav e to do is play on the ke yboard – alternately on the left- and right-hand ranges of t[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 9 Copyright Notice .................................................................... 6 Panel logos ............................................................................ 6 Supplied Accessories............................................................. 7 Special features of the DGX-505/305 ....................[...]

10 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Setting Up Make sure to do the follo wing operations BEFORE turning on the power . Although the instrument will run either from an optional A C adaptor or batteries, Y amaha recommends use of an A C adaptor whene ver possible. An AC adaptor is more en vironmentally friendly than batteries and does not deplete resourc[...]

Setting Up DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 11 ■ Handling SmartMedia™ memory cards * Smar tMedia is a trademark of T oshiba Cor poration. This instrument features a built-in SmartMedia card slot (on the front panel). It lets you sa ve original data you’ ve created on the instrument to a SmartMedia card, and allo ws you to load data from a card to[...]

Setting Up 12 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Make all necessary connections below BEFORE turning the power on. The DGX-505/305 speakers are automatically shut of f when a plug is inserted into this jack. The PHONES/OUTPUT jack also functions as an exter - nal output. Y ou can connect the PHONES/OUTPUT jack to a key- board amplifier , stereo system, [...]

Setting Up DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 13 T urn down the v olume by turning the [MASTER V OL- UME] control to the left and press the [ST ANDBY/ON] switch to turn on the po wer . Pressing the switch again turns the po wer off. Backup data in the flash memory (page 49) is loaded to the instrument when the po wer is turned on. If no backup data exis[...]

14 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Panel Contr ols and T erminals ■ Front P anel q [ST ANDBY/ON] switch ...................................... page 13 w [MASTER V OLUME] control ..................... pages 13, 17 e [T OUCH] button ................................................ page 57 r [HARMONY] button ........................................... [...]

Panel Controls and Terminals DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 15 @8 [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] / [ ] button .......... pages 30, 66 @9 [MAIN/A UTO FILL] / [ ] button ............. pages 31, 66 #0 [ST ART/ST OP] / [ ] button ........... pages 29, 35, 51 #1 [L YRICS] button ................................................ page 38 #2 [SCORE] button .............[...]

16 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Q u i c k G u i d e The Easy W ay T o 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 you might be making lots of mistakes)! In fact, you can pla y any notes and still sound good! Y ou could even just ta[...]

The Easy Way To Play Piano Quick Guide DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 17 Press the [ST ART/ST OP] button. Song playback will begin. Use the [MASTER V OLUME] control to adjust the overall v olume. Play on the keyboar d. To begin, try to feel the rhythm of the song. Then, with your hands spread as sho wn in the illustration, simply play the keyboard al[...]

18 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide The Easy Way To Play Piano Using the same song, try playing the melody with just one finger . • If you’ ve completed the steps on the preceding pag es, go straight to step 2 below . • If you want to use the Melod y before the Chord type, carr y out steps 1 – 3 on page 16 and then continue from st[...]

The Easy Way To Play Piano Quick Guide DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 19 Make Use Of the Score In the Melody T ype If you want to play the melody with the correct rhythm or play ad-lib lines, use the on- screen score feature. Displaying the Score After performing steps 1 – 3 on the pre vious page, press the [SCORE] button. The melody score will app[...]

20 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide The Easy Way To Play Piano — The Secret Of the perf ormance assistant technology — How It Creates Music Fr om Random Notes When you use the Chord type, the performance assistant technology reads the chord data from the song and only assigns notes that will “work” at that moment to the ke yboard. I[...]

The Easy Way To Play Piano Quick Guide DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 21 When using the performance assistant technology or in other situations in which the tempo of the song is too fast or too slo w for you, you can change the tempo as required. Press the [TEMPO/T AP] button. The tempo display will appear and you can use the dial, the [+] and [-] bu[...]

22 DGX-505/305 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 displa y language is English, but if y ou switc h to Japanese the lyrics, file names, demo display , and some messages will be display ed in Japanese where appropriate. Pre[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 23 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 “standard” keyboard instruments, this instrument has a large range of v oices that includes guitar , bass, strings, sax, trumpet, drums and percussion, sound effects … a wide variety of m usical sounds. This[...]

24 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide Try Playing a Variety Of Instrument Voices Y ou can select a second voice which will play in addition to the main v oice when you play the keyboard. The second voice is kno wn as the “dual” voice. Press the [DU AL] button. The [DU AL] button turns the dual voice on or of f. When turned on the dual voi[...]

Try Playing a Variety Of Instrument Voices Quick Guide DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 25 Play the keyboar d. T ry selecting and playing a range of dual voices. Press [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display . In the split mode you can play dif ferent voices to the left and right of the ke yboard “split point. ” The main and dual voices can be [...]

26 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide Try Playing a Variety Of Instrument Voices Press the [V OICE] button twice more . The split voice selection display will appear . The split v oice will be highlighted so that you can use the dial to select a dif ferent split voice. Select the desired split voice . W atch the highlighted split voice and ro[...]

Try Playing a Variety Of Instrument Voices Quick Guide DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 27 When you just want to play piano, all you ha ve to do is press one con venient b utton. Press the [PORT ABLE GRAND] button. The “001 Li ve! Grand Piano” v oice will be selected. The pitch bend wheel can be used to add smooth pitch variations to notes you play[...]

28 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Fun Sounds This instrument includes a range of drum kits and unique sound effects y ou can use for entertainment. Laughter , babbling br ooks, jet fly-b ys, eerie effects, and muc h more. These sounds can be a great way to enhance the mood at parties. ◆ Drum Kit Selection Procedure ➔ (ref er to steps 1 and 2 on [...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 29 Q u i c k G u i d e Styles (Auto Accompaniment) This instrument includes an auto-accompaniment f eature that plays appropriate “styles” (rhythm + bass + chor d accompaniment) when you play left-hand c hords. 135 different styles covering a wide range of musical genres are pr ovided (see page 102 for a complete st[...]

30 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide Styles (Auto Accompaniment) Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button. “INTR O A” or “INTRO B” will appear in the display . Style playback will then start with an introduction, which will lead to either the MAIN A or MAIN B accompaniment pattern, accordingly . Press the [SYNC ST ART] button. The [ST AR[...]

Styles (Auto Accompaniment) Quick Guide DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 31 Play along with the style . Play a melody with right hand while playing cords in the accompaniment range of the ke yboard with your left hand. The [ST AR T/STOP] button will flash at the current playback tempo (red on the first beat of each measure, blue on the oth- ers). Eac[...]

32 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide Styles (Auto Accompaniment) Press and hold the [HARMONY] b utton f or longer than a second. The FUNCTION display will appear . The Harmony T ype title and the currently selected harmony type will be dis- played. Use the dial to select a dif ferent harmony type. Select a harmony type . Rotate the dial to s[...]

Styles (Auto Accompaniment) Quick Guide DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 33 ■ W ays T o Start Style Playbac k ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● There are four dif ferent ways to start style playback, listed belo w . In all cases you will need to press the [A CMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto-accompaniment on be[...]

34 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide Styles (Auto Accompaniment) ● T ap Start Y ou can supply a count-in at any tempo you like to start playback. Simply tap the [TEMPO/T AP] b utton at any tempo – 4 times for time signatures in 4, and 3 times for time signatures in 3 – and the selected style will begin playing at the tapped tempo. ■ [...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 35 Q u i c k G u i d e Using Songs This instrument has 30 built in songs that y ou can simply listen to and enjo y , or use with a range of other features. Use the songs with the lesson features described on page 39 and y ou have an ad vanced learning tool that will let y ou learn playing tec hniques as well as score re[...]

36 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide Using Songs The follo wing three types of songs can be used by the DGX-505/305. ● Preset Songs (the 30 songs built into the instrument) ................ Song numbers 001 – 030. ● User Songs (recordings of y our own perf ormances) .................. Song n umbers 031 – 035. ● External song files[...]

Using Songs Quick Guide DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 37 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 SmartMedia or flash memory . And although user songs you record yourself cannot display a score as is, they can be con verted to SMF (Standard MIDI File)[...]

38 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide Using Songs 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 ev en if the [L YRICS] button is pressed. Select a song. Select a song between 001 – 003 by performing steps 1 and 2 described on page 35. Press[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 39 Q u i c k G u i d e Select a Song For a Lesson Y amaha Education Suite 4 Y ou can select any song y ou like and use it for a left-hand, right-hand, or both-hands lesson. Y ou can also use songs (onl y SMF Format 0) down- loaded from the Internet and sa ved to flash memor y/SmartMedia. During the lesson y ou can play[...]

40 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide Select a Song For a Lesson Use the [LESSON MODE] button to select Lesson 1. Press the [LESSON MODE] button to select Lesson 1. Song playback will begin automatically when y ou select Lesson 1. Play the note sho wn immediately below the triangular score mark er ( ▼ ). The dot on the graphic ke yboard ind[...]

Select a Song For a Lesson Quick Guide DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 41 ■ See How Y ou’ ve Done ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● The e valuation will appear after you ha ve played all the way through the song. After the e valuation display has appeared, the lesson will start agai[...]

42 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide Select a Song For a Lesson Select the song and par t y ou want to practice (steps 1 and 2 on page 39). Press the [LESSON MODE] button three times to start Lesson 3. Each time the [LESSON MODE] button is pressed the lesson modes are selected in sequence: Lesson 1 → Lesson 2 → Lesson 3 → Off → Lesso[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 43 Q u i c k G u i d e Change a Song’ s Style In addition to each song’ s default style, y ou can select any other style to play the song with the Easy Song Arranger feature. This means that y ou can play a song that is normall y a ballad, f or example, as a bossa nova, as a hip-hop tune, etc. Since songs are combin[...]

44 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide Change a Song’s Style Select a style . Rotate the dial and listen to ho w the song sounds with different styles. As you select dif ferent styles the song will remain the same while only the styles change. When you hav e selected a suitable style move on to the next step while the song is still playing ([...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 45 Q u i c k G u i d e Recor d Y our Own Performance Y ou can record up to 5 of y our own perf ormances and save them as user songs 031 through 035. Once your perf ormances have been sa ved as user songs, they can be con ver ted to SMF (Standard MID File) f ormat files and saved to SmartMedia memory (page 76) and used [...]

46 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide Record Your Own Performance From the MAIN display press the [SONG] button, then use the dial to select the user song n umber (031 – 035) you want to record to. Select the track(s) you want to record to and confirm your selection on the display . ◆ Record a Melod y T rack and the Accompaniment T rack [...]

Record Your Own Performance Quick Guide DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 47 Recording will star t when you pla y on the keyboard. Y ou can also start recording by pressing the [ST AR T/STOP] b utton. The current measure will be sho wn on the display during recording. Stop recording by pressing the [ST ART/ST OP] or [REC] button. If you press the [INTR [...]

48 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Quick Guide Record Your Own Performance This function clears an entire user song (all tracks). From the MAIN display select the user song (031 – 035) you want to clear . Press and hold the SONG MEMOR Y [1] button f or longer than a second while holding the SONG MEMOR Y [A] button. A confirmation message will appea[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 49 Backup and Initialization Some internal DGX-505/305 parameters will re vert to their default v alues if not saved before the po wer is turned off. In order to backup these parameters press and hold the [FUNCTION] button for longer than a second. This function erases all backup data in the instrument’ s flash memor[...]

50 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Basic Operation and Displays Overall DGX-505/305 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 52, 53) ● V olume Adjustment[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 51 Basic Operation and Displays 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 highlighted in the display . Y ou can then use the dial or the number buttons [0] – [9] to select the desired item. ■ Changing V alues ● ● ● ● ● ●[...]

52 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Basic Operation and Displays ● Display Names All operations are carried out while watching the display . A number of display types are provided for dif ferent modes and functions. The name of the current display appears at the top of the display . ● MAIN Display ● FUNCTION Display (pa ge 70) The FUNCTION displa[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 53 Basic Operation and Displays The MAIN display sho ws all of the current basic settings: song, style, voice. 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 control on the rear panel of the instrument for optimum displa y legi- b[...]

R e f e r e n c e 54 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Handy Performance Featur es Re verb lets you play with a rich concert hall type ambience. When you select a style or song the optimum rev erb type for the voice used is automatically selected. If you want to select a dif ferent rev erb type, use the procedure described below . Refer to the Effect T [...]

Handy Performance Features Reference DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 55 The chorus ef fect creates a thick sound that is similar to many of the same v oices being played in unison. When you select a style or song the optimum chorus type for the voice used is automatically selected. If you w ant to select a dif- ferent chorus type, use the procedure de[...]

Reference Handy Performance Features 56 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual The metronome can be set for up to 15-beat time signatures. A chime will sound on the first beat of each measure, while a metronome “click” will sound on all others. Y ou can also set the time signature to “00, ” in which case the chime will not sound and the “click” [...]

Handy Performance Features Reference DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 57 When touch response is on you can adjust the sensitivity of the k eyboard in response to keyboard dynamics in three steps. 1 Press the [T OUCH] button to turn touch response on. The touch response icon will appear in the display when touch response is on (pages 27, 53). 2 Press an[...]

Reference Handy Performance Features 58 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Re verb send le vel, pan, and a variety of other parameters can be indi vidually adjusted for the main, dual, and split v oices. Press the [FUNCTION] b utton to call up the FUNCTION display , and then use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] buttons to locate an y of the following parameter[...]

R e f e r e n c e DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 59 Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions Basic operation of the Style (auto-accompaniment) feature is described on page 29 of the Quick Guide. Here are some other ways y ou can play the styles, the style v olume adjustment procedure, how y ou can play chor ds using the styles, and more . The initial def[...]

Reference Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions 60 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual When auto accompaniment is on (the A CMP icon is showing) and Synchro Start is of f (the [ST AR T/STOP] button is not flashing), you can play chords in the left-hand accompaniment range of the keyboard while the style is stopped and still hear the accompaniment chords. [...]

Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions Reference DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 61 There are two ways of playing auto-accompaniment chords: ● Easy Chor ds ● 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] button to turn auto-accompaniment on (p[...]

Reference Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions 62 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual ■ Recognized Standard Chor ds ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● All chords in the chart are “C-root” chords. * These chords are not shown in the Dictionar [...]

Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions Reference DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 63 The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in “chord book” that sho ws 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 MODE] button for longer than a[...]

Reference Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions 64 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual ■ Chord Basics 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 [...]

R e f e r e n c e DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 65 Song Settings 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the FUNCTION display . 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] buttons to select the Song V olume item. 3 Use the dial or the [0] – [9] number b uttons to set the song v olume between 000 and 127 as required. Y ou can specify a section of a song – [...]

Reference Song Settings 66 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual ◆ Large Pitch Changes (T ranspose) The ov erall pitch of the instrument can by shifted up or do wn by a maximum of 1 octav e in semitone incre- ments. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the FUNCTION display . 2 Use the CA TEGOR Y [ ] and [ ] buttons to select the T ranspose item. 3 Use[...]

Song Settings Reference DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 67 Y ou can change a song’ s melody voice to any other v oice you prefer . This setting can be made independently for the right-hand melody (MELOD Y R) and left-hand melody (MELOD Y L) voices. 1 Press and hold the [V OICE] button f or longer than a second to display the v oice list. 2 Press the[...]

R e f e r e n c e 68 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Memorize Y our Favorite Panel Settings This instrument has a Registration Memory feature that lets y ou save y our fav orite settings for easy recall whenever the y’re needed. Up to 16 complete setups can be saved (8 banks of tw o setups each). ■ Settings That Can be Saved to the Registration Me[...]

Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings Reference DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 69 4 Press the REGIST . MEMOR Y [1] or [2] button while holding the [ ● ] (MEMOR Y/B ANK) but- ton to store the current panel settings to the specified registration memory . ■ Recalling a Registration Memory ● ● ● ● 1 Press the [ ● ] (MEMOR Y/B ANK) button. [...]

R e f e r e n c e 70 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Function settings The Function pages that can be accessed via the FUNCTION display inc lude detailed settings f or the instrument’ s v oices, effects, split point, tuning, and more . Button shortcuts can be used to quickl y access commonly used settings: hold a shor tcut button f or long er than a[...]

Function settings Reference DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 71 ■ Function Display List Category Setting Item title Rang e/Settings Description V OLUME Style V olume Style V olume 000 – 127 Determines the volume of the Style. Song V olume Song V olume 000 – 127 Determines the volume of the Song. O VERALL T ranspose T ranspose -12 – 12 Determine[...]

Reference Function settings 72 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual * All these settings can be conv eniently reset to their initial default v alues by pressing the [+] and [-] buttons simultaneousl y. (The exception to this is Initial Setup Send and Bulk Send, which is an oper ation, not a setting.) PC MODE PC mode PC Mode PC1/PC2/OFF Optimizes the MIDI s[...]

R e f e r e n c e DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 73 Using SmartMedia™ Memory SmartMedia is a card-type memory medium used for storing data. When a SmartMedia card is inserted in this instrument’ s card slot, MIDI data created on the instrument can be saved to or loaded fr om the memor y card. SmartMedia can also be used to transfer song data do w[...]

Reference Using SmartMedia™ Memory 74 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual In order to perform any SmartMedia operations you will first need to mak e sure that the FUNCTION display Media Select item is set to SmartMedia. The media select procedure is outlined on page 67. If the FUNCTION Display Media Select item is set to SmartMedia and a SmartMedia car[...]

Using SmartMedia™ Memory Reference DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 75 Three types of data are sav ed to one “User Data File” by this operation: user song, style file (style number 136), and registration memory data. When you save a user song the style file and re gistration memory are also saved automati- cally . 1 Make sure that a properl y f[...]

Reference Using SmartMedia™ Memory 76 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual This operation con verts a user song (song numbers 031 – 035) to SMF Format 0 and sa ves the file to SmartMedia. 1 Make sure that a properl y formatted Smart- Media card has been pr operly inserted into the instrument’ s car d slot, and that the file control icon is sho wing[...]

Using SmartMedia™ Memory Reference DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 77 This procedure allo ws you to load user data files you hav e previously sa ved to SmartMedia into the instrument’ s inter- nal memory . 1 Make sure that the SmartMedia card con- taining the file(s) y ou want to load has been properl y inser ted into the instrument’ s card sl[...]

Reference Using SmartMedia™ Memory 78 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 4 Select the file y ou want to delete . Y ou can press the [+] and [-] buttons simultaneously to select the first song or user data file on the Smart- Media card. 5 Press the [EXECUTE] button. The display prompts y ou for confirmation. Y ou can cancel the delete operation at t[...]

R e f e r e n c e DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 79 Connecting T o a Computer Nearly all of the electr onic musical instruments made today – particularly synthesizer s, sequencers and computer m usic related devices – use MIDI. MIDI is a worldwide standar d that allows these de vices to send and receive performance and setting data. Naturally , t[...]

Reference Connecting To a Computer 80 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual This instrument can be connected to a computer to allo w transfer of MIDI data. Connect a standard USB cable between the instrument’ s rear-panel USB connector and the USB connector on your computer (USB cable sold separately). It is also necessary to install the USB dri ver pro v[...]

Connecting To a Computer Reference DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 81 A number of MIDI settings need to be made when you connect the instrument to a computer . The PC Mode item can con veniently make multiple settings for you in one operation. Three settings are a vailable: PC1, PC2, and OFF . Press the [PC] button to call up the PC Mode display , and[...]

Reference Connecting To a Computer 82 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual This instrument can access two types of memory for storage and retrie val of song data: SmartMedia and flash memory . When song files are transferred to these mem- ory media from your computer they can be used with the instrument’ s performance assistant technology or Lesson fun[...]

Connecting To a Computer Reference DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 83 7 A copy of the selected MIDI song file will appear in the “List of files stored tempo- rarily” at the top of the windo w . The cur- rently selected memory medium will also be display ed at the bottom of the display to specify the destination for the transf er . Click the memo[...]

R e f e r e n c e 84 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide • The software and this Installation Guide are exclusi ve copyrights of Y amaha Corporation. • Use of the software and this guide is gov erned by the SOFTW ARE LICENSING A GREEMENT which the purchaser fully agrees to upon breaking the seal of the software pack[...]

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide Reference DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 85 5 Install the software. • Digital Music Notebook and Musicsoft Do wn- loader: Refer to page 87. •Y AMAHA USB-MIDI Driver: Refer to page 85. 6 Launch the software. For further softw are operation refer to the online help supplied with the software. ■ Installing the U[...]

Reference Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 86 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Installing the driver on Windows 98/Me 1 Start the computer . 2 Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD- ROM drive. A star t window will appear auto- matically . Close the window . 3 First, make sure the PO WER switch on the instrument is set to OFF , then use a USB cable [...]

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide Reference DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 87 Installing the driver on Windows XP 1 Start the computer . 2 Select [Start] ➔ [Control P anel]. If the con- trol panel appear s as “Pic k a category”, c lick “Switch to Classic View” in the upper left of the window . All control panels and icons will be display [...]

Reference Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 88 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual T r oubleshooting ■ For the DGX-505/305 Problem 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 instrument is receiving electr ical power . When using a mobile phone, n[...]

Troubleshooting DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 89 The style or song does not play bac k when the [ST ART/ ST OP] button is pressed. Is External Clock set to ON? Make sure External Clock is set to OFF; refer to “External Clock” on page 80. The style does not sound properly . Make sure that the Style V olume (page 71) is set to an appropriate lev e[...]

Troubleshooting 90 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual ■ For the included software • Is the USB cable connected correctly? Check the USB cable connection. Disconnect the USB cable, then connect it again. • Is the USB function enabled on your computer? When you connect the instrument to the computer for the first time, if the “ Add New Hardw are W[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 91 Messages LCD Message Comment Access error! Indicates the failure in reading or writing from/to the Smar tMedia or the flash memor y . All Memor y Clearing... Displayed while erasing all data in the flash memor y . Nev er tur n the power off during data transmission. Are you sure? Confirms whether Song Clear or T r[...]

Messages 92 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Saving... Displa yed while saving data in the memor y . Nev er tur n the power off while saving. Doing so may result in data loss. Send OK? Confir ms whether the data transmission is ex ecuted or not. Sending... Display ed while transmitting data. “Since the media is in use now , this function is not av a[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 93 Keyboar d Stand Assembly (DGX-505 Only) The par ts shown in the “Assembly 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 should face inside). The left and rig[...]

Keyboard Stand Assembly (DGX-505 Only) 94 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual x Attach the bac k board. Attach the back board, using the 6 x 30 mm round head scre ws e . There is no particular vertical or left-to-right orientation for the back board, and it can be installed either way . • Be careful not to drop the back board or touc h the sharp metal ?[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 95 Specifications Ke yboards • DGX-505: 88-key light-weighted box type (A-1 – C7), with Touch Response. • DGX-305: 76-key box type (E0 – G6), with Touch Response. Display • 320 x 240 dots backlit graphic LCD Setup • STANDBY/ON • MASTER VOLUME: MIN - MAX • LCD CONTRAST Control P anel Controls • SONG, V[...]

96 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual V oice List ■ Maximum P olyphony • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The instrument has 32-note maximum polyphony . This means that it can play a maximum of up to 32 notes at once, regardless of what functions are used. Auto accompaniment uses a number of the av ail- able[...]

Voice List DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 97 ● XGlite V oice/XGlite Optional V oice* List 097 000 112 073 Piccolo 098 000 112 076 Pan Flute 099 000 112 075 Recorder 100 000 112 080 Ocar ina SYNTH LEAD 101 000 112 081 Square Lead 102 000 112 082 Sawtooth Lead 103 000 112 086 V oice Lead 104 000 112 099 Star Dust 105 000 112 101 Br ightness 106 000 1[...]

98 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Voice List 227 000 000 031 Distor tion Guitar 228 000 040 031 Feedback Guitar 229 000 041 031 Feedback Guitar 2 230 000 000 032 Guitar Har monics 231 000 065 032 Guitar Feedback 232 000 066 032 Guitar Har monics 2 BASS 233 000 000 033 Acoustic Bass 234 000 040 033 Jazz Rhythm 235 000 045 033 V elocity Crossfade Uprig[...]

Voice List DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 99 The voice n umber with an asterisk (*) is XGlite optional voice. 365 000 000 091 Poly Synth P ad 366 000 000 092 Choir Pad 367 000 066 092 Itopia 368 000 000 093 Bowed P ad 369 000 000 094 Metallic Pad 370 000 000 095 Halo Pad 371 000 000 096 Sweep Pad SYNTH EFFECTS 372 000 000 097 Rain 373 000 065 097 Afr[...]

100 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Drum Kit List •“ ” indicates that the drum sound is the same as “Standard Kit 1”. • Each percussion voice uses one note. • The MIDI Note # and Note are actually one octave low er than ke yboard Note # and Note. For e xample, in “122: Stan- dard Kit 1”, the “Seq Clic k H” (Note# 36/Note C1) corr[...]

Drum Kit List DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 101 Voice No. 122 128 129 130 131 132 133 MSB (0 - 127) / LSB (0 - 127) / PC (1 - 128) 127/000/001 127/000/028 127/000/033 127/000/041 127/000/049 126/000/001 126/000/002 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# Not[...]

102 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Style List Style No. Style Name 8BEAT 001 8BeatModern 002 60’sGuitarPop 003 8BeatAdria 004 60’s8Beat 005 8Beat 006 OffBeat 007 60’sRock 008 HardRock 009 RockShuffle 010 8BeatRock 16BEAT 011 16Beat 012 PopShuffle1 013 PopShuffle2 014 GuitarPop 015 16BeatUptempo 016 KoolShuffle 017 JazzRock 018 HipHopLight BALLA[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 103 Song List ● Preset Songs ● 70 MIDI Songs Pr ovided On the Supplied CD-R OM File names that begin with “P_” do not include chord data and they cannot be used with the performance assistant technology Chord type or Easy Song Arranger f eature . Song No. Song Name Favorites 001 Don’t Know Why (Jesse Harris (N[...]

104 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Ef fect T ype List ● Harmony T ypes ● Reverb T ypes ● Chorus T ypes No. Harmony T ype Description 01 Duet Harmony types 01 – 05 are pitch-based and add one-, two- or three-note harmonies to the single-note melody play ed in the r ight hand. These types only sound when chords are play ed in the auto accompani[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 105 MIDI Implementation Chart YAMAHA [ Portable Grand ] Date: 1-DEC-2003 Model DGX-505/305 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 voice ***[...]

106 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual MIDI Data Format NO TE: 1 By default (f actory settings) the instr ument ordinarily 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 affect the panel voices , auto accompaniment, and songs. ?[...]

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108 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual Music Rest ........................................ 7, 13 Musicsoft Downloader ............. 82, 84, 87 Mute ..................................................... 65 N notation ................................................. 63 O One Touch Setting ................................ 57 P Panel Sustain ...............[...]

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 109 SIBELIUS SCORCH LICENSE AGREEMENT By 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 use this Product. This Product is copyright (c) Sibelius Software Limited an[...]

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