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User Manual: Yamaha DGX-505/DGX-305 Owner's Manual

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Cover
PRECAUTIONS
Copyright Notice
Panel logos
Supplied Accessories
Special features of the DGX-505/305
Contents
Setting Up
Panel Controls and Terminals
- Front Panel
- Rear Panel
Quick Guide
Backup and Initialization
- Backup
- Initialization
Basic Operation and Displays
Reference
Appendix
Index

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL

This product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter).

DO NOT connect this product to any power supply or adapter other

than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or speciﬁcally

recommended by Yamaha.

This product should be used only with the components supplied or; a

cart, rack, or stand that is recommended by Yamaha. If a cart, etc., is

used, please observe all safety markings and instructions that accom-

pany the accessory product.

SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE:

The information contained in this manual is believed to be correct at the

time of printing. However, Yamaha reserves the right to change or mod-

ify any of the speciﬁcations without notice or obligation to update exist-

ing units.

This product, either alone or in combination with an ampliﬁer and head-

phones or speaker/s, may be capable of producing sound levels that

could cause permanent hearing loss. DO NOT operate for long periods

of time at a high volume level or at a level that is uncomfortable. If you

experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, you should consult

an audiologist.

IMPORTANT: The louder the sound, the shorter the time period before

damage occurs.

NOTICE:

Service charges incurred due to a lack of knowledge relating to how a

function or effect works (when the unit is operating as designed) are not

covered by the manufacturer’s warranty, and are therefore the owners

responsibility. Please study this manual carefully and consult your

dealer before requesting service.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:

Yamaha strives to produce products that are both user safe and envi-

ronmentally friendly. We sincerely believe that our products and the pro-

duction methods used to produce them, meet these goals. In keeping

with both the letter and the spirit of the law, we want you to be aware of

the following:

Battery Notice:

This product MAY contain a small non-rechargeable battery which (if

applicable) is soldered in place. The average life span of this type of

battery is approximately ﬁve years. When replacement becomes neces-

sary, contact a qualiﬁed service representative to perform the replace-

ment.

This product may also use “household” type batteries. Some of these

may be rechargeable. Make sure that the battery being charged is a

rechargeable type and that the charger is intended for the battery being

charged.

When installing batteries, do not mix batteries with new, or with batter-

ies of a different type. Batteries MUST be installed correctly. Mis-

matches or incorrect installation may result in overheating and battery

case rupture.

Warning:

Do not attempt to disassemble, or incinerate any battery. Keep all bat-

teries away from children. Dispose of used batteries promptly and as

regulated by the laws in your area. Note: Check with any retailer of

household type batteries in your area for battery disposal information.

Disposal Notice:

Should this product become damaged beyond repair, or for some rea-

son its useful life is considered to be at an end, please observe all local,

state, and federal regulations that relate to the disposal of products that

contain lead, batteries, plastics, etc. If your dealer is unable to assist

you, please contact Yamaha directly.

NAME PLATE LOCATION:

The name plate is located on the bottom of the product. The model

number, serial number, power requirements, etc., are located on this

plate. You should record the model number, serial number, and the date

of purchase in the spaces provided below and retain this manual as a

permanent record of your purchase.

Model

Serial No.

Purchase Date

SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION

92-BP

(bottom)

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT!

This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions con-

tained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modiﬁcations not

expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by

the FCC, to use the product.

2. IMPORTANT:

When connecting this product to accessories and/

or another product use only high quality shielded cables. Cable/s

supplied with this product MUST be used. Follow all installation

instructions. Failure to follow instructions could void your FCC

authorization to use this product in the USA.

3. NOTE:

This product has been tested and found to comply with the

requirements listed in FCC Regulations, Part 15 for Class “B” digital

devices. Compliance with these requirements provides a reason-

able level of assurance that your use of this product in a residential

environment will not result in harmful interference with other elec-

tronic devices. This equipment generates/uses radio frequencies

and, if not installed and used according to the instructions found in

the users manual, may cause interference harmful to the operation

of other electronic devices. Compliance with FCC regulations does

not guarantee that interference will not occur in all installations. If

this product is found to be the source of interference, which can be

determined by turning the unit “OFF” and “ON”, please try to elimi-

nate the problem by using one of the following measures:

Relocate either this product or the device that is being affected by

the interference.

Utilize power outlets that are on different branch (circuit breaker or

fuse) circuits or install AC line ﬁlter/s.

In the case of radio or TV interference, relocate/reorient the

antenna. If the antenna lead-in is 300 ohm ribbon lead, change the

lead-in to co-axial type cable.

If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results,

please contact the local retailer authorized to distribute this type of

product. If you can not locate the appropriate retailer, please contact

Yamaha Corporation of America, Electronic Service Division, 6600

Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park, CA90620

The above statements apply ONLY to those products distributed by

Yamaha Corporation of America or its subsidiaries.

FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.)

* This applies only to products distributed by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA.

Entsorgung leerer Batterien (nur innerhalb Deutschlands)

Leisten Sie einen Beitrag zum Umweltschutz. Verbrauchte Batterien oder

Akkumulatoren dürfen nicht in den Hausmüll. Sie können bei einer Sam-

melstelle für Altbatterien bzw. Sondermüll abgegeben werden. Informieren

Sie sich bei Ihrer Kommune.

(class B)

(battery)

OBSERVERA!

Apparaten kopplas inte ur växelströmskällan (nätet) så länge som den ar

ansluten till vägguttaget, även om själva apparaten har stängts av.

ADVARSEL:

Netspæendingen til dette apparat er IKKE afbrudt, sålæenge

netledningen siddr i en stikkontakt, som er t endt — også selvom der or

slukket på apparatets afbryder.

VAROITUS:

Laitteen toisiopiiriin kytketty käyttökytkin ei irroita koko laitetta

verkosta.

(standby)

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PRECAUTIONS

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING

* Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference.

WARNING

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. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Only use the voltage speciﬁed as correct for the instrument. The required

voltage is printed on the name plate of the instrument.

• Use the speciﬁed adaptor (PA-5D, PA-5C or an equivalent recommended by

Yamaha) only. Using the wrong adaptor can result in damage to the instrument

or overheating.

•Check the electric plug periodically and remove any dirt or dust which may have

accumulated on it.

•Do not place the AC adaptor cord near heat sources such as heaters or radiators,

and do not excessively bend or otherwise damage the cord, place heavy objects

on it, or place it in a position where anyone could walk on, trip over, or roll

anything over it.

• Do not open the instrument or attempt to disassemble the internal parts or

modify them in any way. The instrument contains no user-serviceable parts. If it

should appear to be malfunctioning, discontinue use immediately and have it

inspected by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

• Do not expose the instrument to rain, use it near water or in damp or wet

conditions, or place containers on it containing liquids which might spill into

any openings.

• Never insert or remove an electric plug with wet hands.

• Do not put burning items, such as candles, on the unit.

A burning item may fall over and cause a ﬁre.

• If the AC adaptor cord or plug becomes frayed or damaged, or if there is a

sudden loss of sound during use of the instrument, or if any unusual smells or

smoke should appear to be caused by it, immediately turn off the power switch,

disconnect the adaptor plug from the outlet, and have the instrument inspected

by qualiﬁed Yamaha service personnel.

CAUTION

Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you or others, or damage

to the instrument or other property. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• When removing the electric plug from the instrument or an outlet, always hold

the plug itself and not the cord.

• Unplug the AC power adaptor when not using the instrument, or during

electrical storms.

•Do not connect the instrument to an electrical outlet using a multiple-connector.

Doing so can result in lower sound quality, or possibly cause overheating in the

outlet.

• Always make sure all batteries are inserted in conformity with the +/- polarity

markings. Failure to do so might result in overheating, ﬁre, or battery ﬂuid

leakage.

• Always replace all batteries at the same time. Do not use new batteries together

with old ones. Also, do not mix battery types, such as alkaline batteries with

manganese batteries, or batteries from different makers, or different types of

batteries from the same maker, since this can cause overheating, ﬁre, or battery

ﬂuid leakage.

Power supply/AC power adaptor

Do not open

Water warning

Fire warning

If you notice any abnormality

Power supply/AC power adaptor Battery

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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 adaptor from the wall AC outlet.

Make sure to discard used batteries according to local regulations.

●

Trademarks

• The bitmap fonts used in this instrument have been provided by and are the property of Ricoh Co., Ltd.

•Windows is the registered trademark of Microsoft

Corporation.

• All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

Yamaha cannot be held responsible for damage caused by improper use or modiﬁcations to the instrument, or data that is lost or destroyed.

• The illustrations and LCD screens as shown in this owner’s manual are for instructional purposes only, and may be different from the ones on your

instrument.

• Unless otherwise indicated, the example panel control illustrations, Keyboard illustrations and LCD screenshots are taken from the DGX-505.

• Please note that the DGX-505 and DGX-305 have different numbers of keys: the DGX-505 has 88 keys, and the DGX-305 has 76 keys.

• Do not dispose of batteries in ﬁre.

• Do not attempt to recharge batteries that are not intended to be charged.

•When the batteries run out, or if the instrument is not to be used for a long time,

remove the batteries from the instrument to prevent possible leakage of the

battery ﬂuid.

• Keep batteries away from children.

• If the batteries do leak, avoid contact with the leaked ﬂuid. If the battery ﬂuid

should come in contact with your eyes, mouth, or skin, wash immediately with

water and consult a doctor. Battery ﬂuid is corrosive and may possibly cause

loss of sight or chemical burns.

•Do not expose the instrument to excessive dust or vibrations, or extreme cold or

heat (such as in direct sunlight, near a heater, or in a car during the day) to

prevent the possibility of panel disﬁguration or damage to the internal

components.

• Do not use the instrument in the vicinity of a TV, radio, stereo equipment,

mobile phone, or other electric devices. Otherwise, the instrument, TV, or radio

may generate noise.

• Do not place the instrument in an unstable position where it might accidentally

fall over.

• Before moving the instrument, remove all connected adaptor and other cables.

• Use only the stand speciﬁed for the instrument. When attaching the stand or

rack, use the provided screws only. Failure to do so could cause damage to the

internal components or result in the instrument falling over.

• 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 while playing the instrument to set the desired listening level.

• When cleaning the instrument, use a soft, dry cloth. Do not use paint thinners,

solvents, cleaning ﬂuids, or chemical-impregnated wiping cloths.

• Do not insert a ﬁnger or hand in any gaps on the instrument.

• Never insert or drop paper, metallic, or other objects into the gaps on the panel

or keyboard. If this happens, turn off the power immediately and unplug the

power cord from the AC outlet. Then have the instrument inspected by qualiﬁed

Yamaha service personnel.

•Do not place vinyl, plastic or rubber objects on the instrument, since this might

discolor the panel or keyboard.

•Do not rest your weight on, or place heavy objects on the instrument, and do not

use excessive force on the buttons, switches or connectors.

• Do not operate the instrument for a long period of time at a high or

uncomfortable volume level, since this can cause permanent hearing loss. If you

experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, consult a physician.

Saving and backing up your data

• The panel settings and some other types of data (page 49) will be lost if the

power is turned off before they are saved. Be sure to save data you want to keep

to the internal Flash Memory (page 49) before turning off the power. Saved data

may be lost due to malfunction or incorrect operation. Save important data to a

SmartMedia Card (see page 75).

Backing up the SmartMedia

•To protect against data loss through media damage, we recommend that you

save your important data onto two SmartMedia.

Location

Connections

Maintenance

Handling caution

Saving data

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

The followings are the titles, credits and copyright notices for three (3) of the songs pre-installed in this electronic

keyboard:

Don’t Know Why

Words and Music by Jesse Harris

All Rights Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music

Square West, Nashville, TN 37203

My Favorite Things from THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

Music by Richard Rodgers

WILLIAMSON MUSIC owner of publication and allied rights

throughout the world

Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)

Words and Music by Bart Howard

Corp., New York, NY

International Copyright Secured

Used by Permission

formance and broadcasting are strictly prohibited regard-

ing the above three songs pre-installed.

This product incorporates and

bundles computer programs and contents in which Yamaha

owns copyrights or with respect to which it has license to use

others’ copyrights. Such copyrighted materials include, with-

out limitation, all computer software, styles ﬁles, MIDI ﬁles,

WAVE data and sound recordings. Any unauthorized

use of such programs and contents outside of personal use is

not permitted under relevant laws. Any violation of copyright

has legal consequences. DON’T MAKE, DISTRIBUTE OR

USE ILLEGAL COPIES.

Copying of the commercially available software is strictly

prohibited except for your personal use.

GM System Level 1

“GM System Level 1” is an addition to the MIDI standard which ensures that any GM-compatible music data can be

accurately played by any GM-compatible tone generator, regardless of manufacturer. The GM mark is afﬁxed to all

software and hardware products that support GM System Level.

XGlite

As its name implies, “XGlite” is a simpliﬁed version of Yamaha’s high-quality XG tone generation format. Naturally,

you can play back any XG song data using an XGlite tone generator. However, keep in mind that some songs may

play back differently compared to the original data, due to the reduced set of control parameters and effects.

The Yamaha XF format enhances the SMF (Standard MIDI File) standard with greater functionality and open-ended

expandability for the future. The instrument is capable of displaying lyrics when an XF ﬁle containing lyric data is

played.

STYLE FILE

The Style File Format is Yamaha’s original style ﬁle format which uses a unique conversion system to provide high-

quality automatic accompaniment based on a wide range of chord types.

Smart Media™

This is a card-type medium for data storage. “SmartMedia” is a registered trademark of Toshiba Corporation.

When used with an electronic musical instrument that features a card slot SmartMedia cards can be used to store and

recall MIDI data and other types of data.

USB

USB is an abbreviation for Universal Serial Bus. It is a serial interface for connecting a computer with peripheral

Devices. It allows “hot swapping” (connecting peripheral devices while the power to the computer is on).

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DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Congratulations and thank you for purchasing

the Yamaha DGX-505/305 Portable Grand!

Please read this owner’s manual carefully before using the instrument,

in order to take full advantage of its various features.

Make sure to keep this manual in a safe and handy place even after you ﬁnish reading,

and refer to it often when you need to better understand an operation or function.

The DGX-505/305 package includes the following items. Please check that you have them all.

• Music rest • Accessory CD-ROM

• Owner’s manual (this book) • Keyboard stand (DGX-505 only)

• Footswitch (DGX-505 only)

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About the Supplied CD-ROM

The following software which facilitates data transfer between a computer and the instrument is provided on the sup-

plied CD-ROM.

This software is compatible with Windows operating systems only.

• USB driver

• Musicsoft Downloader

The USB Driver enables data communication with the computer via USB. The Musicsoft Downloader application

allows you to transfer songs downloaded from the Internet, as well as songs provided on the Accessory CD-ROM, to

the instrument’s ﬂash memory or optionally-available SmartMedia card memory. For details refer to the Accessory

CD-ROM Installation Guide (page 84) and to the online help provided for each program.

Supplied Accessories

•Never attempt to play the supplied CD-ROM on an audio CD player. Doing so can result in damage to your

audio system and speakers, and potentially to your hearing!

CAUTION

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Special features of the DGX-505/305

■Performance assistant technology page 16

Play along with a song on the instrument’s keyboard and produce a perfect

performance every time … even if you play wrong notes! All you have to do

is play on the keyboard – alternately on the left- and right-hand ranges of the

keyboard, for example – and you’ll sound like a pro as long as you play in

time with the music.

And if you can’t play with both hands, you can still play the melody simply

by tapping one key.

All you need is

one ﬁnger!

■Play a Variety Of Instrument Voices page 23

With the DGX-505/305, the instrument voice that sounds when you play the

keyboard can be changed to violin, ﬂute, harp, or any of an extensive range of

voices. You can change the mood of a song written for piano, for example, by

using violin to play it instead. Experience a whole new world of musical vari-

ety.

■Learning music is fun page 39

This instrument includes a range of songs covering a variety of genres that are

enjoyable to listen to, or to play along with. You can start practicing with just

one hand, and you can even practice at your own tempo, one note at a time as

slowly as you like, until you are able to play at full speed. Song playback will

automatically follow your tempo. You can also use songs you have down-

loaded from the Internet for lessons, so your musical resources are essentially

unlimited! The instrument will even evaluate and grade your performance for

you!

■Easy Performance with Music Notation Display page 37

When you play back a song, the corresponding score will be shown on the

display as the song plays. This is a great way to learn how to read music. If

the song contains lyric and chord data*, the lyrics and chords will also appear

on the score display.

* No lyrics or chords will appear on the display if the song you are using with the

score display function does not contain the appropriate lyric and chord data.

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Panel logos ............................................................................ 6

Supplied Accessories............................................................. 7

Special features of the DGX-505/305 .................................... 8

Setting Up 10

Power Requirements ........................................................... 10

Handling SmartMedia™ memory cards............................... 11

Connecting headphones (PHONES/OUTPUT jack) ............ 12

Connecting a footswitch (SUSTAIN JACK).......................... 12

Connecting to a computer (USB terminal) ........................... 12

Turn on the power................................................................ 13

Panel Controls and Terminals 14

Front Panel .......................................................................... 14

Rear Panel........................................................................... 15

Quick Guide

The Easy Way To Play Piano 16

Chord Type – Play With Both Hands ................................... 16

Melody Type – Play With One Finger .................................. 18

Change the Song Tempo..................................................... 21

Play the Demo Song............................................................ 21

Changing the Display Language 22

Try Playing a Variety Of Instrument Voices 23

Select and Play a Voice – MAIN.......................................... 23

Play Two Voices Simultaneously – DUAL ........................... 24

Play Different Voices With the Left and Right Hands – SPLIT

.. 25

Play the Grand Piano Voice................................................. 27

Pitch Bend............................................................................ 27

Touch Response.................................................................. 27

Fun Sounds 28

Drum Kits ............................................................................. 28

Sound Effects....................................................................... 28

Styles (Auto Accompaniment) 29

Play Along With Auto Accompaniment – STYLE................. 29

Harmony .............................................................................. 31

A Variety Of Ways To Start and Stop Style Playback.......... 33

Using Songs 35

Select and Listen To a Song................................................ 35

Types Of Songs ................................................................... 36

Displaying the Song Score................................................... 37

Display the Lyrics................................................................. 38

Select a Song For a Lesson 39

Lesson 1: Waiting ................................................................ 39

Lesson 2: Your Tempo......................................................... 41

Lesson 3: Minus One........................................................... 42

Practice Makes Perfect – Repeat and Learn ....................... 42

Change a Song’s Style 43

Using the Easy Song Arranger ............................................ 43

Record Your Own Performance 45

Track Configuration.............................................................. 45

Recording Procedure........................................................... 46

Song Clear – Deleting User Songs...................................... 48

Track Clear – Deleting a Specified Track From a User Song

... 48

Backup and Initialization 49

Backup................................................................................. 49

Initialization .......................................................................... 49

Basic Operation and Displays 50

Basic Operation ................................................................... 50

The Displays ........................................................................ 52

MAIN Display Items ............................................................. 53

Reference

Handy Performance Features 54

Adding Reverb ..................................................................... 54

Adding Chorus ..................................................................... 55

The Metronome.................................................................... 56

Touch Response Sensitivity................................................. 57

One Touch Setting ............................................................... 57

Adjusting the Voice Parameters........................................... 58

Adjusting the Harmony Volume ........................................... 58

Panel Sustain....................................................................... 58

Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions 59

Setting the Split Point........................................................... 59

Play Only the Style Rhythm ................................................. 59

Play a Style With Chords but No Rhythm

(Stop Accompaniment) ................................................... 60

Adjusting the Style Volume .................................................. 60

About Style Number 136...................................................... 60

Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords.................................. 61

Looking Up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary .................. 63

Song Settings 65

Song Volume ....................................................................... 65

A-B Repeat .......................................................................... 65

Muting Independent Song Parts .......................................... 65

Change the Key Of a Song .................................................. 66

Song Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, and Pause.................... 66

Change the Melody Voice.................................................... 67

Media Select ........................................................................ 67

Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings 68

Saving Settings to the Registration Memory........................ 68

Function settings 70

Locating and Editing the Function Settings.......................... 70

Using SmartMedia™ Memory 73

Inserting a SmartMedia Card ............................................... 73

Change the Media Select Setting to SmartMedia ................ 74

Formatting SmartMedia Cards............................................. 74

Saving Data ......................................................................... 75

Convert a User Song to SMF Format and Save .................. 76

Loading Saved User data files ............................................. 77

Deleting Data From a SmartMedia Card.............................. 77

Playing Songs Saved To SmartMedia ................................. 78

Save Your Easy Song Arranger Settings To SmartMedia ... 78

Connecting To a Computer 79

What Is MIDI? ...................................................................... 79

USB Connection .................................................................. 80

MIDI Settings ....................................................................... 80

MIDI (PC Mode) Settings For Computer Connection........... 81

Remote control of MIDI devices........................................... 81

Transferring Song Files From a Computer .......................... 82

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide 84

CD-ROM Contents............................................................... 84

System Requirements.......................................................... 85

Software Installation............................................................. 85

Appendix

Troubleshooting................................................................. 88

Messages............................................................................ 91

Keyboard Stand Assembly (DGX-505 Only) .................... 93

Specifications..................................................................... 95

Voice List ............................................................................ 96

Drum Kit List .................................................................... 100

Style List ........................................................................... 102

Song List........................................................................... 103

Effect Type List ................................................................ 104

MIDI Implementation Chart ............................................. 105

MIDI Data Format ............................................................. 106

Index.................................................................................. 107

Contents

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Setting Up

Make sure to do the following operations BEFORE turning on the power.

Although the instrument will run either from an optional AC adaptor or batteries, Yamaha recommends use of an AC

adaptor whenever possible. An AC adaptor is more environmentally friendly than batteries and does not deplete

resources.

■

Using an AC Power Adaptor



Make sure that the [STANDBY/ON] switch of the

instrument is set to STANDBY.



Connect the AC adaptor (PA-5D, PA-5C or other

adaptor speciﬁcally recommended by Yamaha) to the

power supply jack.



Plug the AC adaptor into an AC outlet.

■Using Batteries

Open the battery compartment cover located on the

instrument’s bottom panel.

Insert the six new batteries, being careful to follow

the polarity markings on the inside of the compart-

ment.

Replace the compartment cover, making sure that it

locks ﬁrmly in place.

For battery operation the instrument requires six 1.5V

“D” size, R20P (LR20) or equivalent batteries. (Alkaline

batteries are recommended.) When battery power

becomes too low for proper operation, a “LOW BAT-

TERY!!” message ﬂashes in the upper right of the dis-

play. As soon as this message appears, make sure to

replace all batteries, following the precautions listed

below.

If necessary, also make sure to save all important User

data (see pages 49 and 75), since custom panel set-

tings are lost when the batteries are removed.

Power Requirements

•Use ONLY a Yamaha PA-5D, PA-5C AC Power Adaptor (or other

adaptor speciﬁcally recommended by Yamaha) to power your

instrument from the AC mains. The use of other adaptors may

result in irreparable damage to both the adaptor and the

instrument.

WARNING

•Unplug the AC Power Adaptor when not using the instrument,

or during electrical storms.

CAUTION

PA-5D or

PA-5C AC outlet





• Connecting the AC power adaptor automatically supplies power from

the adaptor and overrides battery power, even when batteries are

installed.

NOTE

• Use only manganese or alkaline batteries for this instrument.

Other types of batteries (including rechargeable batteries) may

have sudden drops of power when battery power becomes low,

possibly resulting in loss of data in the ﬂash memory / SmartMe-

dia™ card and the need to re-format the card.

• Make sure to install the batteries in the same direction, maintain-

ing the correct polarity (as shown). Incorrect battery installation

may result in heat, ﬁre and/or leaking of corrosive chemicals.

• When the batteries run down, replace them with a complete set of

six new batteries. NEVER mix old and new batteries. Do not use

different kinds of batteries (e.g. alkaline and manganese) at the

same time.

•If the instrument is not to be in use for a long time, remove the bat-

teries from it, in order to prevent possible ﬂuid leakage from the

battery.

• Please use the power adaptor when transferring data to SmartMe-

dia or ﬂash memory. Batteries (including rechargeable types) can

be drained rapidly by this type of operation. If the batteries do

become drained during a data transfer, both the data being trans-

ferred and the data currently in the transfer destination will be

lost.

CAUTION

•Don’t open the battery compartment cover while the instrument is

resting on the keyboard stand. The batteries can fall out of the bat-

tery compartment and possibly cause damage. Always turn the

instrument over before opening the battery compartment cover.

CAUTION

Setting Up

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■ Handling SmartMedia™ memory cards

* SmartMedia is a trademark of Toshiba Corporation.

This instrument features a built-in SmartMedia card slot (on the front panel). It lets you save original data you’ve created

on the instrument to a SmartMedia card, and allows you to load data from a card to the instrument. Be sure to handle

SmartMedia cards with care. Follow the important precautions below.

●Compatible SmartMedia types

• 3.3V (3V) SmartMedia can be used. 5V type SmartMe-

dia is not compatible with this instrument.

•SmartMedia cards of ﬁve different memory capacities of

(8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, and 128MB) can be used

with the instrument. SmartMedia cards greater than

32MB can be used if they conform to the SSFDC Forum

standard.

●Formatting SmartMedia cards

•If you ﬁnd that you are unable to use new, blank Smart-

Media cards or cards that have been used with other

devices, you may need to format them. For details on

how to format a SmartMedia card, see page 74. Keep in

mind that all data on the card will be lost after format-

ting. Make sure to check beforehand whether or not the

card contains important data.

●Inserting/removing SmartMedia cards

Inserting SmartMedia cards

• Insert the SmartMedia card with the terminal (gold-

plated) side face up into the card slot, until it ﬁts into

place.

• Do not insert the SmartMedia card in the wrong direc-

tion.

• Do not insert anything other than a SmartMedia card in

the slot.

Removing SmartMedia cards

• Before removing the SmartMedia card, be sure to con-

ﬁrm that the card is not in use, or it is not being accessed

by the instrument. Then pull the card out slowly by

hand. If the SmartMedia card is being accessed*, a mes-

sage indicating that it is in use appears on the instru-

ment's display.

* Accessing includes saving, loading, formatting, deleting

and making directory. Also, be aware that the instrument

will automatically access the SmartMedia to check the

media type when it is inserted while the instrument is

turned on.

●About SmartMedia cards

Handle SmartMedia cards with care, and fol-

low these precautions:

• There are times when static electricity affects SmartMe-

dia. Before you touch a SmartMedia card, touch some-

thing metallic such as a door knob and aluminum sash,

to reduce the possibility of static electricity.

• Be sure to remove the SmartMedia card from the Smart-

Media slot when it is not in use for a long time.

• Do not expose the SmartMedia to direct sunlight,

extremely high or low temperatures, or excessive

humidity, dust or liquids.

• Do not place heavy objects on a SmartMedia card or

bend or apply pressure to the card in any way.

• Do not touch the gold-plated terminals of the SmartMe-

dia card or put any metallic plate onto the terminals.

• Do not expose the SmartMedia card to magnetic ﬁelds,

such as those produced by televisions, speakers, motors,

etc., since magnetic ﬁelds can partially or completely

erase data on the SmartMedia, rendering it unreadable.

• Do not attach anything other than the provided labels to

a SmartMedia. Also make sure that labels are attached in

the proper location.

To protect your data (write-protect):

•To prevent inadvertent erasure of important data, afﬁx

the write-protect seal (provided in the SmartMedia

package) onto the designated area (within the circle) of

the SmartMedia card. Conversely, to save data on the

SmartMedia card, make sure to remove the write-protect

seal from the card.

• Do not reuse a seal that has been peeled off.

Data Backup

•For maximum data security, Yamaha recommends that

you keep two copies of important data on separate

SmartMedia cards. This gives you a backup if one card

is lost or damaged.

• SSFDC is an abbreviation for Solid State Floppy Disk Card

(another name for SmartMedia cards). The SSFDC Forum is a

voluntary organization established for the promotion of SmartMe-

dia.

NOTE

• SmartMedia cards formatted on this device may or may not be

useable as is on other devices.

NOTE

•Never attempt to remove the SmartMedia card or turn the

power off during accessing. Doing so can damage the data

on the instrument or card and possibly damage the Smart-

Media card itself.

CAUTION

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 off

when a plug is inserted into this jack.

The PHONES/OUTPUT jack also functions as an exter-

nal output.

You can connect the PHONES/OUTPUT jack to a key-

board ampliﬁer, stereo system, mixer, tape recorder, or

other line-level audio device to send the instrument’s

output signal to that device.

The sustain function lets you produce a natural sustain

as you play by pressing a footswitch. Plug the Yamaha

FC4 or FC5 footswitch into this jack and use it to switch

sustain on and off.

An FC5 footswitch is supplied with the DGX-505.

DGX-305 owners can purchase an FC5 separately if

footswitch functionality is required.

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 80).

To use the USB data-transfer features you’ll need to do

the following:

• Connect the USB terminal of the computer to the

USB terminal on the instrument using a standard

USB cable.

• Install the USB MIDI driver on your computer.

Installation of the USB MIDI driver is described on

page 85.

With this capability you can, for example, use the

Musicsoft Downloader software provided on the sup-

plied CD-ROM to transfer songs from your computer to

the instrument’s SmartMedia or ﬂash memory.

Connecting headphones (PHONES/OUTPUT jack)

Connecting a footswitch (SUSTAIN JACK)

•Avoid listening with the headphones at high volume for long peri-

ods of time; doing so may not only result in ear fatigue, it may be

damaging to your hearing.

WARNING

•To prevent damage to the speakers, set the volume of the external

devices at the minimum setting before connecting them. Failure to

observe these cautions may result in electric shock or equipment

damage. Also, be sure to set the volumes of all devices at their

minimum levels and gradually raise the volume controls while

playing the instrument to set the desired listening level.

CAUTION

• Make sure that the footswitch plug is properly connected to the SUS-

TAIN jack before turning on the power.

• Do not press the footswitch while turning the power on. Doing this

changes the recognized polarity of the footswitch, resulting in reversed

footswitch operation.

NOTE

Connecting to a computer (USB terminal)

• Make sure to purchase a quality USB cable at a musical instrument

store, computer store or electrical appliance store.

NOTE

Setting Up

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 13

Turn down the volume by turning the [MASTER VOL-

UME] control to the left and press the [STANDBY/ON]

switch to turn on the power. Pressing the switch again

turns the power off.

Backup data in the ﬂash memory (page 49) is loaded to

the instrument when the power is turned on. If no

backup data exists on ﬂash memory, all instrument set-

tings are restored to the initial factory defaults when the

power is turned on.

Turn on the power

• Even when the 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 adaptor from the wall AC outlet, and/or remove the bat-

teries from the instrument.

CAUTION

•Never attempt to turn off the power during writing, otherwise the

data on the instrument may be damaged or lost.

CAUTION

● Music Rest

Insert the music rest

into the slots as shown.

14 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Panel Controls and Terminals

■ Front Panel

q[STANDBY/ON] switch...................................... page 13

w[MASTER VOLUME] control ..................... pages 13, 17

e[TOUCH] button ................................................page 57

r[HARMONY] button........................................... page 31

t[DUAL] button ................................................... page 24

y[SPLIT] button................................................... page 25

u[DEMO] button .................................................. page 21

i[LESSON MODE] button................................... page 40

o[LESSON L/R] button........................................ page 39

!0 [LESSON REPEAT & LEARN] button .............. page 42

!1 [PERFORMANCE ASSISTANT] button............ page 16

!2 [FUNCTION] button................................... pages 52, 70

!3 [PC] button ........................................................ page 81

!4 [METRONOME] button .....................................page 56

!5 [PORTABLE GRAND] button ........................... page 27

!6 [SONG] button .................................................. page 35

!7 [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button.................. page 43

!8 [STYLE] button ................................................. page 29

!9 [VOICE] button.................................................. page 23

@0 [FILE CONTROL] button .................................. page 74

@1 [EXECUTE] button............................................ page 74

@2 Dial............................................................. pages 51, 70

@3 CATEGORY buttons [ ], [ ].................. pages 51, 70

@4 Number buttons [0] – [9],

[+] and [-] buttons..................................... pages 51, 70

@5 [ACMP ON/OFF] / [ ] button .......... pages 29, 65

@6 [SYNC STOP] button ........................................ page 33

@7 [SYNC START] / [ ] button..................... pages 30, 66

@5 @7 @8 @9 #0 #2 #3

Song Category List

(pages 36, 103)

Style Category List

(page 102)

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Panel Controls and Terminals

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 15

@8 [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] / [ ] button .......... pages 30, 66

@9 [MAIN/AUTO FILL] / [ ] button ............. pages 31, 66

#0 [START/STOP] / [ ] button........... pages 29, 35, 51

#1 [LYRICS] button ................................................ page 38

#2 [SCORE] button ................................................ page 37

#3 [TEMPO/TAP] button ........................................ page 21

#4 [EXIT] button ..................................................... page 52

#5 REGIST. MEMORY

[●] (MEMORY/BANK), [1], [2] buttons............. page 68

#6 SONG MEMORY

[REC], [1] – [5], [A] buttons .............................. page 46

#7 Card Slot (for SmartMedia) ...................... pages 11, 73

#8 [PITCH BEND] wheel ........................................ page 27

■ Rear Panel

#9 USB terminal............................................. pages 12, 80

$0 SUSTAIN jack .................................................... page 12

$1 [LCD CONTRAST] knob ................................... page 53

$2 PHONES/OUTPUT jack..................................... page 12

$3 DC IN 12V jack .................................................. page 10

>>/

■

#4 #5

#9 $0 $1 $2 $3

Voice Category List

(page 96)

Display

(pages 52, 53)

16 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

The Easy Way To Play Piano

This instrument includes a performance assistant technology feature that lets

you play along with a song and sound like a great pianist (even though you

might be making lots of mistakes)! In fact, you can play any notes and still

sound good! You could even just tap one key and the results would be a beau-

tiful melody. So even if you can’t play piano and can’t read a note of music,

you can have some musical fun.

The performance assistant technology has two types – Chord and Melody.

● Chord .............. Select this type when you want to play with both hands. You’ll get beautifully

arranged sound no matter what you play.

● Melody............. This type lets you play the melody with just one ﬁnger.

Try the Chord type to begin with, and then try the Melody type. The secret to the performance assistant technology’s

ability to turn random playing into music is divulged on page 20. Enjoy the feature for a while ﬁrst, then read about

how its done.

Press the [SONG] button.

The song number and name will be highlighted. When the song is highlighted on

the display you can use the dial or other selection controls to select a different

song.

Select a song.

Rotate the dial and watch the highlighted song names – for this example we’ll

select song “026 Twinkle Star.”

Press the [PERFORMANCE ASSISTANT] button.

The PERFORMANCE ASSISTANT display will appear.

The display includes icons that show whether the performance assistant technol-

ogy is on or off, and whether the chord or melody type is selected. Press the

[PERFORMANCE ASSISTANT] button to turn the function on or off. Use the

[+] and [-] buttons to select the chord or melody type.

To use the performance assistant technology Chord type you must be playing a song that includes chord data.

Chord Type – Play With Both Hands

•For details on Chords, see page

64.

NOTE

The song is highlighted. The num-

ber and name of the currently

selected song is displayed here.

•MIDI songs included on the sup-

plied Accessory CD-ROM can

also be transferred to the instru-

ment and used with the perfor-

mance assistant technology.

NOTE

The song displayed here will

be played.

Quick Guide

The Easy Way To Play Piano Quick Guide

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 17

Press the [START/STOP] button.

Song playback will begin.

Use the [MASTER VOLUME] control to adjust the overall volume.

Play on the keyboard.

To begin, try to feel the rhythm of the song. Then, with your hands spread as

shown in the illustration, simply play the keyboard alternately with your left and

right hands (any notes will do).

How does it sound? You’ll get acceptable results no matter where you play

thanks to the performance assistant technology Chord type!

Next try the three playing methods illustrated below. Different ways of playing

produce different results.

Once you get a feel for it, try playing chords with your left hand and a melody

with your right … or any other combination.

Song playback will stop automatically when the song has played all the way

through.

You can also stop playback at any time by pressing the [START/STOP] button.

ON/OFF

“ON” will appear when the perfor-

mance assistant technology is on.

Pressing the [PERFORMANCE

ASSISTANT] button alternates

between “ON” and “OFF.” Make sure

this is “ON” when you intend to use

the performance assistant technology.

The currently selected type is shown.

The [-] button selects the

CHORD type and the [+]

button selects the MEL-

ODY type. The graphic

knob in the display will

indicate the selected

setting.

The indicator ﬂashes in response

to the song chord data.

Adjust

volume

Sounds like you’re

playing the right

notes!

You will get even better

results if you match your

left-hand rhythm to

rhythm of the cord indi-

cator in the display.

● Play with the left and right hands

at the same timing – type 1.

● Play with the left and right hands

at the same timing – type 2.

● Play alternately with the left

and right hands – type 3.

Play 3 notes at once

with your right hand.

Play 1 note at a time with your right

hand (for example: index ﬁnger → mid-

dle ﬁnger → ring ﬁnger).

Play 3 notes at once

with your right hand.

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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 pages, go straight to step 2

below.

• If you want to use the Melody before the Chord type, carry out steps 1 – 3 on

page 16 and then continue from step 2 below.

Press the [+] button.

This switches to the performance assistant technology Melody type. The graphic

knob in the display will rotate to indicate the new setting. Make sure the ON/

OFF icon is set to ON.

Press the [START/STOP] button.

Because the Melody type has been selected, the song melody will not sound.

You can enjoy playing the melody yourself (step 4).

Play on the keyboard.

To begin, try to feel the rhythm of the song. Then tap a key with one ﬁnger of

your right hand in time with the music. You can play any key.

How does it sound? You’ve played the melody using only one ﬁnger thanks to

the performance assistant technology Melody type!

Song playback will stop automatically when the song has played all the way

through.

You can also stop playback at any time by pressing the [START/STOP] button.

To use the performance assistant technology Melody type you must be playing a song that includes melody data.

When you want to end the performance assistant technology type press the [PERFORMANCE ASSIS-

TANT] button.

Melody Type – Play With One Finger

• Press the [EXIT] button if you

want to return to the MAIN dis-

play.

NOTE

The graphic

knob will rotate

to the Melody

position.

The [+] button selects the MEL-

ODY type and the [-] button

selects the CHORD type.

Song start!

Sounds like a

melody!

The Easy Way To Play Piano Quick Guide

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 19

Make Use Of the Score In the Melody Type

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 previous page, press the [SCORE] button.

The melody score will appear.

■ The Score Is Handy When …

● You Want To Play With the Correct Rhythm

Use the score when you’re playing a melody you’re not familiar with. The marker will

indicate the current position in the score during playback. If you play a key each time

the marker appears above a note in the score you will be able to play the melody with

the correct “original” rhythm.

● You Want To Play Jazzy Ad-lib Lines

When you are using the performance assistant technology Melody type and you play

on the keyboard during breaks in the melody, jazzy* ad-lib phrases will automatically

be created. For example, measures 048 through 055 of the song (“001 Don’t Know

Why”) are a break in the melody. Try creating interesting ad-lib phrases during the

breaks.

* Playing With a Jazz Feel

You can play any keys you like. Begin by playing one note at a time with the right-

hand ﬁngers in sequence: thumb → index → middle. Then play a simple scale (ex:

do-re-mi ...) including black keys while adding dynamic variation. When you get

used to playing like this try adding your left hand. Play chords (multiple notes)

with the left hand in the spaces between what the right hand is playing.

You can stop song playback at any time by pressing the [START/STOP] button.

Chord

Marker

Melody

Play while watching

the marker

• Jazz Rhythm

The term “jazz rhythm” usually

refers to a light-hearted swing-

ing rhythm. Here’s a written

explanation.

Straight rhythm:

(one, two, three, four, …)

A more jazzy rhythm:

(one-two-three, two-two-three,

three-two-three …)

Most jazz rhythms have a “trip-

let” feel like the last one above.

Keep this feel in mind while

playing your jazz ad-lib phrases!

NOTE

20 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Quick Guide The Easy Way To Play Piano

— The Secret Of the performance assistant technology —

How It Creates Music From 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 keyboard. In the Melody type it reads the song’s melody data and

assigns the appropriate note(s) to the key(s) you play, so you can play the melody by playing any keys. Going back to

the Chord type, since the chords of a song are constantly changing, different notes and chords will be produced even if

you repeatedly play the same keys.

● Songs That Can Be Used With the performance assistant technology

When the Chord type is selected the performance assistant technology can only be used with songs that include chord

data. In the same way, when the Melody type is selected the performance assistant technology will only work with

songs that include melody data. In order to ﬁnd out if a song includes the required data, ﬁrst select the song and then

press the [SCORE] button. If chords appear on the display (page 19) when you press the [SCORE] button you can use

the Chord type. If the melody appears on the display (page 19) when you press the [SCORE] button you can use the

melody type.

● External Songs and the performance assistant technology

In addition to the instrument’s internal songs, the 70 songs provided on the Accessory CD-ROM (page 84) can be

used with the performance assistant technology. A list of the MIDI songs included on the Accessory CD-ROM is pro-

vided on page 103.

Songs downloaded from the Internet can also be used with the performance assistant technology as long as they

include the required chord and/or melody data. Transfer song ﬁles you want to use from your computer to the instru-

ment’s ﬂash memory or an optional SmartMedia memory card (page 82).

Song

• Melody data

• Chord data

• Rhythm data

Playback

performance assistant technology

Chord type Melody type

You will play the melody

no matter what keys you

play.

You produce a harmoni-

ous group of notes no

matter where you play.

The melody notes

are assigned to the

keys.

Chord tones and

other usable notes

are assigned to the

keyboard.

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 slow for you, you can change the tempo as required. Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button. The tempo display will

appear and you can use the dial, the [+] and [-] buttons, or the [0] – [9] number buttons to set to tempo to anywhere

from 032 and 280 quarter-note beats per minute.

You can also set the tempo by simply tapping the [TEMPO/TAP] button at the required tempo – 4 times for time sig-

natures in 4, and three times for time signatures in 3. You can change the tempo during song playback by pressing the

button just twice.

You can return to the original tempo by simultaneously pressing the [+] and [-] buttons.

When you’re done with the tempo setting press [EXIT] twice to return to the MAIN display.

You can use the performance assistant technology Chord type with the demo song (the Melody type cannot be used).

Press the [DEMO] button.

The demo display that introduces some of the instrument’s features will appear,

and the demo song will start playing. Listen to some of the outstanding instru-

ment voices provided!

Try playing the keyboard.

The following display will appear after the demo song has been playing for a

while.

This indicates that the performance assistant technology feature is now ON, and

you can start playing along on the keyboard.

After a little while, the performance assistant technology feature will automati-

cally be OFF, which is indicated on the display.

The demo song will automatically repeat from the beginning after it has played

all the way through.

You can stop demo playback at any time by pressing the [START/STOP] button.

Change the Song Tempo

Play the Demo Song

•The default language for the dis-

play is English, but you can also

switch to Japanese – see page

22. The change will take effect

the next time to select the demo

display.

NOTE

22 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Changing the Display Language

This instrument allows you to select English or Japanese as the display

language. The default display language is English, but if you switch to

Japanese the lyrics, ﬁle names, demo display, and some messages will

be displayed in Japanese where appropriate.

Press the [FUNCTION] button.

Press a CATEGORY button a number of times until the

“Language” item appears.

The currently selected display language will appear below the “Language” item.

When highlighted you can use the [+] and [-] buttons to select the language as

required.

Select a display language.

The [+] button selects English and the [-] button selects Japanese.

If you switch to Japanese, lyrics, ﬁle names, demo display, and some message

will be displayed in Japanese where appropriate. Other displays will be in

English.

Press and hold the [FUNCTION] button for longer than a second.

The language selection will be stored in the internal ﬂash memory so that it is

retained even when the power is turned off.

Press [EXIT] to return to the MAIN display.

Language item

The currently selected

language

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 23

Try Playing a Variety Of Instrument Voices

In addition to piano, organ, and other “standard” keyboard instruments,

this instrument has a large range of voices that includes guitar, bass,

strings, sax, trumpet, drums and percussion, sound effects … a wide

variety of musical sounds.

This procedure selects the main voice you will play on the keyboard. In DGX-505/305 terminology this voice is

known as the “main voice.”

Press the [VOICE] button.

The VOICE-MAIN voice number and name in the MAIN display will be high-

lighted. You can now use the dial or other selection controls to select a different

voice.

Select the voice you want to play.

While watching the highlighted voice name rotate the dial. The available voices

will be selected and displayed in sequence. The voice selected here becomes the

main voice.

For this example select the 096 Flute voice.

Play the keyboard.

Try selecting and playing a variety of voices.

Select and Play a Voice – MAIN

• If you press and hold the

[VOICE] button for longer than a

second a voice list will appear.

You can then select the main

voice from the voice list.

NOTE

The VOICE-MAIN voice

number and name will be

highlighted. The currently

selected voice is shown.

Select 096 Flute

24 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Quick Guide Try Playing a Variety Of Instrument Voices

You can select a second voice which will play in addition to the main voice when you play the keyboard. The second

voice is known as the “dual” voice.

Press the [DUAL] button.

The [DUAL] button turns the dual voice on or off.

When turned on the dual voice icon will appear in the display. The currently

selected dual voice will sound in addition to the main voice when you play the

keyboard.

Press and hold the [VOICE] button for longer than a second.

Hold the [VOICE] button until a voice list like the one shown below appears.

Press the [VOICE] button again.

The dual voice selection display will appear.

Select the desired dual voice.

Watch the highlighted dual voice and rotate the dial until the voice you want to

use is selected. The voice selected here becomes the dual voice.

For this example try selecting the 114 Vibraphone voice.

Play Two Voices Simultaneously – DUAL

• The dual voice feature cannot

be used during a song lesson

(page 39).

NOTE

Dual voice

icon

The currently selected main

voice is highlighted

Main voice selection display

Hold for longer

than a second

The currently selected dual voice

is highlighted. You can now use

the dial to select a different dual

voice.

Dual voice selection display

Try Playing a Variety Of Instrument Voices Quick Guide

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 25

Play the keyboard.

Try selecting and playing a range of dual voices.

Press [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

In the split mode you can play different voices to the left and right of the keyboard “split point.” The main and dual

voices can be played to the right of the split point, while the voice played to the left of the split point is known as the

“split voice” in the DGX-505/305. The split point setting can be changed as required (page 59).

Press the [SPLIT] button.

The [SPLIT] button turns the split voice on or off.

When turned on the split voice icon will appear in the display. The currently

selected split voice will sound to the left of the keyboard split point.

Press and hold the [VOICE] button for longer than a second.

Hold the [VOICE] button until a voice list like the one shown below appears.

Two voices will sound at the

same time.

Play Different Voices With the Left and Right Hands – SPLIT

Main voice and

dual voice

Split voice

Split point

• The split voice feature cannot

be used during a song lesson

(page 39).

NOTE

Split voice

icon

Hold for longer

than a second

Main voice selection display

The currently selected main

voice is highlighted

26 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Quick Guide Try Playing a Variety Of Instrument Voices

Press the [VOICE] button twice more.

The split voice selection display will appear. The split voice will be highlighted

so that you can use the dial to select a different split voice.

Select the desired split voice.

Watch the highlighted split voice 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 keyboard split point. For this example try selecting the 036 Folk

Guitar voice.

Play the keyboard.

Try selecting and playing a range of split voices.

Press [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

The currently selected split

voice is highlighted.

Split voice selection display

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 have to do is press one convenient button.

Press the [PORTABLE GRAND] button.

The “001 Live! Grand Piano” voice will be selected.

The pitch bend wheel can be used to add smooth pitch variations to notes you play on the keyboard. Roll the wheel

upward to raise the pitch, or downward to lower the pitch.

If you use this feature with a voice such as the “043 Overdriven” guitar voice (page 23), you can produce remarkably

realistic string-bending effects.

When touch response is on you can control the volume of notes according to how hard you play the keys – much like

a real piano responds to subtle touch nuances. When touch response is off the same volume will be produced no mat-

ter how hard you play the keys.

Press the [TOUCH] button.

The [TOUCH] button turns touch response on or off. Touch response is normally

on. When touch response is on the touch response icon will appear in the display.

Play the Grand Piano Voice

• When you press the [PORTA-

BLE GRAND] button all settings

other than touch sensitivity are

turned off. The dual and split

voices will also be turned off, so

only the Grand Piano voice will

play over the entire keyboard.

NOTE

Pitch Bend

Touch Response

•Touch response sensitivity can

be adjusted in three steps –

page 57.

NOTE

Touch

response icon

28 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Fun Sounds

This instrument includes a range of drum kits and unique sound effects

you can use for entertainment. Laughter, babbling brooks, jet ﬂy-bys, eerie

effects, and much more. These sounds can be a great way to enhance the

mood at parties.

◆

Drum Kit Selection Procedure ➔ (refer to steps 1 and 2 on page 23)

1Press the [VOICE] button from the MAIN display.

2Use the dial to select “122 Standard Kit 1”.

3Try out each key and enjoy the drum and percussion sounds!

Don’t forget the black keys! You’ll hear a trian-

gle, maracas, bongos, drums … a comprehen-

sive variety of drum and percussion sounds. For

details on the instruments included in the drum

kit voices (voice numbers 122 – 133), see the

“Drum kit List” on page 100.

◆ Sound Effect Selection Procedure ➔ (refer to steps 1 and 2 on page 23)

1Press the [VOICE] button from the MAIN display.

2Use the dial to select “133 SFX Kit 2”.

3Try out each key and enjoy the sound effects!

As you try out the various keys you’ll hear the

sound of a submarine, a telephone bell, a

creaking door, and many other useful effects.

“132 SFX Kit 1” includes lightning, running

water, laughter, dogs barking, and others.

Some keys do not have assigned sound effects,

and will therefore produce no sound.

For details on the instruments included in the

SFX kit voices (voice numbers 132 – 133), see

“SFX Kit 1” and “SFX Kit 2” in the “Drum kit

List” on page 100.

Drum kits are collections of drum and percussion instruments. When you select a violin or other normal

instrument main voice, for example, all keys produce the sound of the same violin, only at different pitches. If

you select a drum kit as the main voice, however, each key produces the sound of a different drum or percus-

sion instrument.

The sound effects are included in the drum kit voice group (voice numbers 132 and 133). When either of these

voices are selected you will be able to play a range of sound effects on the keyboard.

Drum Kits

Sound Effects

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 29

Styles (Auto Accompaniment)

This instrument includes an auto-accompaniment feature that plays

appropriate “styles” (rhythm + bass + chord accompaniment) when you

play left-hand chords. 135 different styles covering a wide range of

musical genres are provided (see page 102 for a complete style list).

Here’s how you can use the auto-accompaniment feature.

Press the [STYLE] button.

The current style number and name will be highlighted. You can now use the dial

to select the desired style.

Select a style.

Use the dial to select a style.

For this example try selecting the “080 PopBossa” style.

Press the [START/STOP] button.

Rhythm-only playback of the selected style will begin.

Press the [START/STOP] button again.

The style rhythm will stop.

Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button.

This turns auto-accompaniment on. Check that “ACMP” appears in the display.

Play Along With Auto Accompaniment – STYLE

The currently selected

style number and name

is displayed here.

•Since style number 112 and the

pianist category styles (124 –

135) have no rhythm parts, no

sound will be produced if you

start rhythm-only playback. To

use these styles turn the auto-

accompaniment and play on the

keyboard as described on page

33 (the bass and chord accom-

paniment parts will sound).

NOTE

Style rhythm start!

• If “ACMP” is not showing in the

display press the [ACMP ON/

OFF] button so that it appears.

The [ACMP ON/OFF] button

alternately turns auto-accompa-

niment on and off.

NOTE

“ACMP” appears when

auto-accompaniment is on.

30 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Quick Guide Styles (Auto Accompaniment)

Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button.

“INTRO 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 START] button.

The [START/STOP] button will begin ﬂashing, indicating that the synchro-start

standby mode has been engaged.

Start style playback by playing a chord in the accompani-

ment range of the keyboard.

Not sure how to play chords? No problem! This instrument is capable of playing

chords even if you only play one key – refer to page 61 for detailed instructions

for playing chords.

There’s even a “Chord Dictionary” that will show you the ﬁngerings for chords

you specify by name (page 63).

● When Auto-accompaniment Is On …

The left-hand section of the keyboard becomes the “accompaniment range” in

which you will play the chords that deﬁne the accompaniment.

If you press the [START/STOP] button at this point rhythm-only playback will

begin. Then if you play a chord in the accompaniment range bass and chord

accompaniment will also begin.

You can start style playback in a number of ways – see page 33.

● The Synchro-start Standby Mode Is …

When the synchro-start standby mode is engaged style playback will begin as soon

as you play a chord in the accompaniment range of the keyboard. You can

disengage the synchro-start standby mode by pressing the [SYNC START] button

again.

•The auto-accompaniment range

of the keyboard can be changed

as required by changing the

split point (page 59).

NOTE

Accompaniment range

Split point

Synchro-start

standby mode

Accompaniment range

Style start

Split point

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 keyboard with your left hand. The [START/STOP] button will ﬂash at the

current playback tempo (red on the ﬁrst beat of each measure, blue on the oth-

ers).

Each style has two main patterns – MAIN A and MAIN B.

If you press the [MAIN/AUTO FILL] button during playback a ﬁll-in will play

and then playback will switch to the other MAIN pattern.

Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button to end.

Style playback will stop after an appropriate ending.

This feature adds harmony notes to the main voice.

When you press the [HARMONY] button to turn this feature on, the appropriate harmony type for the currently

selected main voice is automatically selected. 26 different harmony types are provided. You can select a different har-

mony type by following the procedure outlined below. The effect and operation of each harmony type is different –

refer to the Harmony Type List on page 104 for details.

Press the [HARMONY] button.

The [HARMONY] button turns the harmony feature on and off.

When harmony is on the harmony icon will appear in the display.

Accompaniment range

Chords Melody

Flashes at the

current tempo

INTRO A MAIN A FILL B MAIN B ENDING

● An example of how you might play a pattern:

Style stopStyle preparation

Harmony

• Harmony cannot be turned on

or off during a song lesson.

NOTE

Harmony

icon

32 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Quick Guide Styles (Auto Accompaniment)

Press and hold the [HARMONY] button for longer than a second.

The FUNCTION display will appear.

The Harmony Type title and the currently selected harmony type will be dis-

played. Use the dial to select a different harmony type.

Select a harmony type.

Rotate the dial to select a harmony type from 01 through 26. Select “03 (Block)”

for this example.

Press the [EXIT] button.

This will take you back to the MAIN display.

Perform steps 1, 2, 3, and 5 on page 29.

Check that “ACMP” appears in the display. If “ACMP” is not showing in the dis-

play press the [ACMP ON/OFF].

Play a chord in the accompaniment range of the keyboard.

Style playback will begin.

Play the keyboard.

Harmony notes will be added to a melody you play in the right-hand section of

the keyboard.

•You can also select the Har-

mony Type item after pressing

the [FUNCTION] button (page

70).

NOTE

The currently

selected harmony

type is shown here

Hold for longer

than a second

• Harmony types 01 – 05 only

function when auto-accompani-

ment is on and a style is being

played. Harmony notes are

added to the right-hand melody

based on the chords played in

the accompaniment range of the

keyboard.

• Harmony types 06 – 26 can be

used when auto-accompani-

ment is off. After step 4, try play-

ing these harmony types after

checking the operating condi-

tions listed in the Harmony type

list on page 104.

NOTE

“03 (Block)”

selected

“ACMP” appears

Accompaniment range

Split point

• The Harmony feature produces

little or no effect with drum kit or

sound effect voices. Use the

Harmony feature with pitched

instrument voices.

NOTE

Accompaniment range

Melody

Styles (Auto Accompaniment)

Quick Guide

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

■

Ways To Start Style Playback

● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

There are four different ways to start style playback, listed below. In all cases you will

need to press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto-accompaniment on before

actually starting style playback.

Whichever method you choose, you can press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] before start-

ing playback. To begin your performance, an introduction will play automatically,

then will automatically switch to the MAIN section when ﬁnished.

●

Immediate Start

Press the [START/STOP] button to begin rhythm-only playback of the selected

style. The bass and chords will begin playing as soon as you play a chord in the

accompaniment range of the keyboard.

●

Chord Start

Press the [SYNC START] button and the [START/STOP] button will begin ﬂash-

ing, indicating that the synchro start “standby” mode has been engaged. The style

will begin playing as soon as you play a chord in the accompaniment range of the

keyboard.

●

Synchro Stop

When this function is selected the accompaniment style will only play while you

are playing chords in the accompaniment range of the keyboard. Style playback

will stop when you release the keys.

Press the [SYNC STOP] button. The synchro-start standby mode will be engaged

and the [START/STOP] button will begin ﬂashing. Style playback will begin as

soon as you play a chord in the accompaniment range of the keyboard, but then

Style playback will stop (the synchro start standby mode will be re-engaged) when

you release the left-hand keys. Style playback will continue only while you are

actually playing in the keyboard’s accompaniment range.

Press the [SYNC STOP] button to disengage the synchro-stop mode.

A Variety Of Ways To Start and Stop Style Playback

Immediate start

Synchro-start

standby

Style playback begins

when you play a chord

Accompaniment

range

Synchro-start

standby

The style will play

while you are playing

the keys

Style playback will

stop when you

release the keys

Synchro-stop indicator

Accompaniment

range

34 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Quick Guide Styles (Auto Accompaniment)

● Tap Start

You can supply a count-in at any tempo you like to start playback. Simply tap the

[TEMPO/TAP] button 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.

■ Ways To Stop Style Playback ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

The following three methods can be used to stop style playback.

● Immediate Stop

Playback will stop as soon as you press the [START/STOP] button.

● Stop and Enter Synchro Start Mode

If you press the [SYNC START] button during style playback, playback will stop

immediately and the synchro-start standby mode will be engaged (the [START/

STOP] button will ﬂash).

● Play the Ending and Stop

Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button to begin playing ending section. Playback

will stop when the ending has played all the way through.

If you press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button a second time (while the ending is

playing) the ending will play ritardando (the tempo will gradually get slower).

■ Changing the Voice ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

During style playback the voice you play on the keyboard is the currently selected

main/dual/split voices. Select an appropriate voice for the style you are using in the

normal way (page 23).

Start at the tapped tempo

Immediate stop

Synchro-start

standby

Stop immediately and enter

the Synchro Start mode

Stop after ending plays

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 35

Using Songs

This instrument has 30 built in songs that you can simply listen to and enjoy,

or use with a range of other features. Use the songs with the lesson features

described on page 39 and you have an advanced learning tool that will let

you learn playing techniques as well as score reading. The internal songs

aren’t the only ones you can use, however. Songs you have created yourself

or those you have downloaded from the Internet can also be used with many

of the instrument’s features.

Select a song after referring to the preset song category list on page 36.

Press the [SONG] button.

The song is highlighted. The song number and name will be highlighted. You

can now use the dial to select a different song.

Select a song.

Rotate the dial to select the song you want to listen to.

Listen to the song.

Press the [START/STOP] button to begin playback of the selected song.

You can stop playback at any time by pressing the [START/STOP] button again.

The term “SONG” refers to a data ﬁle including both melody and auto-accompaniment data.

If you want to listen to an external song ﬁle which has been transferred from a computer (036 –), use the “Media Select”

function (page 67) to select the media containing the song you want to listen to (ﬂash memory/SmartMedia) before

performing the following steps.

Select and Listen To a Song

•You can also press and hold the

[SONG] button for longer than a

second, and then select a song

from the song list which

appears.

NOTE

The song is highlighted.

The song number and name

of the currently selected

song are highlighted

• In addition to the dial you can

also use the [+] and [-] buttons

or the number buttons [0] – [9]

to directly select songs.

NOTE

The song displayed here can

be played

Song start!

36 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Quick Guide Using Songs

The following 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 your own performances) .................. Song numbers 031 – 035.

● External song ﬁles (song data transferred from a computer*) ... Song numbers 036 –.

*The Accessory CD-ROM includes a selection of 70 MIDI songs. See page 82 for instructions on how to

transfer the songs to the instrument.

The different types of songs can be saved to different song numbers. The chart below shows the basic DGX-505/305

processes ﬂow for using the preset songs, user songs, and external song ﬁles – from storage to playback.

● Preset Song Categories

The 30 preset songs have been organized into 8 categories that make it easier to select appropriate songs for lessons.

Refer to this chart when selecting songs.

Category Number Ideal for …

Favorites 001 – 003 Popular songs, for people who want to play pops.

Easy Play 004 – 008 Right-hand melody songs. Ideal for beginner lessons.

Pianist 009 – 013 Folk songs arranged for piano. For people who want to play in a

classic style.

Organist 014 – 016 Players who enjoy the rich resonance of organ pieces.

Advanced 017 – 021 Lively tunes … when it’s time to move up from one-hand lessons.

Band Play 022 – 024 Slow ballade. Experience the role of the pianist in an ensemble.

Duet 025 – 027 Songs made up of two right-hand melodies.

Holidays 028 – 030 Songs for anyone who wants to expand their repertoire.

Types Of Songs

• User songs cannot produce

score display as they are. If

you convert a user song ﬁle to

SMF and save it to SmartMe-

dia memory, however, it

becomes capable of produc-

ing score display and can be

used with the lesson features.

• Different ﬂash memory areas

are used to store user songs

and external song ﬁles trans-

ferred from a computer. User

songs cannot be directly

transferred to the external

song ﬁle ﬂash memory area,

and vice versa.

NOTE

Play

Media Select

Your own performance External song ﬁle

Media select (page 67)

Transfer

(page 82)

Record

(page 46)

External song ﬁles can

be saved either to

SmartMedia memory

(036 –) or ﬂash mem-

ory (036 –). Use the

Media Select function

to choose the media.

Hint!: You can have some-

one play a piece and tempo-

rarily save it in a user bank

as a user ﬁle, then save the

song ﬁle to SmartMedia

memory SMF format from

where it can be used as a

lesson song.

Computer

Preset Songs

(001 – 030)

User Songs

(031 – 035)

Memory Card

(036 – 929)

Flash Memory

(036 – 547)

The 30 songs

built into the

instrument.

Stored in the

internal ﬂash

memory.

Save to

SmartMedia.

Currently

available.

Save to inter-

nal ﬂash mem-

ory. Currently

available.

SMF

conversion

Save

DGX-505/305 Song

Storage locations

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 converted to SMF (Standard

MIDI File) format and stored to SmartMedia memory, from where they can be played with score display.

Select a song.

Follow steps 1 and 2 of the procedure described on page 35.

Press the [SCORE] button and a single-staff score will appear.

There are two types of score display: single-staff and double-staff. These are

alternately selected each time the [SCORE] button is pressed.

Press the [START/STOP] button.

The song will begin playing. The triangular will move across the top of the score

to indicate the current location.

Displaying the Song Score

• Both chords and lyrics will be

shown in single-staff score dis-

play of a song that includes

chord and lyric data.

•When there are many lyrics they

may be displayed in two rows a

measure.

•Some lyrics may be abbreviated

if the selected song has a lot of

lyrics.

• Small notes that are hard to

read may be easier to read after

you use the quantize function

(page 72).

NOTE

Single-staff

Double-staff

Melody score

Marker

Chord

Lyrics

• No lyrics are shown in double-

staff.

NOTE

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 even if the [LYRICS] button is pressed.

Select a song.

Select a song between 001 – 003 by performing steps 1 and 2 described on page

35.

Press the [LYRICS] button.

The title, lyricist, and composer of the song will appear on the display.

Press the [START/STOP] button.

The song will play back while the lyrics and chords are shown on the display.

The lyrics will be highlighted to show the current location in the song.

■ Preset Songs That Can be Used For Lyrics Display

Number Name

001 Don’t Know Why (Jesse Harris)

002 My Favorite Things (From The Sound Of Music)

(Oscar Hammerstein II/Richard Rogers)

003 Fly Me To the Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard)

Display the Lyrics

• If the lyrics display shows gar-

bled characters, try changing

the display language (page 22).

NOTE

• Songs downloaded from the

Internet or commercially avail-

able song ﬁles, including XF for-

mat ﬁles (page 6), are

compatible with the lyrics dis-

play features as long as they are

standard MIDI ﬁle format ﬁles

containing lyric data. Lyrics dis-

play may not be possible with

some ﬁles.

NOTE

Song title, lyricist,

and composer.

Lyrics and chord

display

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 39

Select a Song For a Lesson

Yamaha Education Suite 4

You can select any song you like and use it for a left-hand, right-hand, or

both-hands lesson. You can also use songs (only SMF Format 0) down-

loaded from the Internet and saved to ﬂash memory/SmartMedia. During

the lesson you can play as slowly as you like, and you can even play wrong

notes. Song playback will slow down to a speed you can handle.

It’s never too late to start learning!

The lesson procedure is as follows:

● Lesson 1 ........... (Learn to play the correct notes): The song will wait until you play the right note.

● Lesson 2 ........... (Learn to play the correct notes with the correct timing): Song playback tempo will vary to match the speed

you are playing at. The song will slow down when you play wrong notes, so you can learn at your own pace.

● Lesson 3 ........... (Learn to play the correct notes at the correct timing along with the song): here’s where you can perfect your

technique.

The songs available for your practices are the ones in SMF Format 0 (page 76). You need to specify which channels

are to be played back as the right/left-hand parts when you practice the songs downloaded from the Internet (page 83).

Select a song for your lesson.

Press the [SONG] button from the MAIN display so that the song number and

name are highlighted. Use the dial to select the song you want to use for your

lesson. As listed on page 36 there are a variety of song types. For this example

select “011 Londonderr Air” from the “PIANIST” category (009 – 013).

Select the part you want to practice.

Press the [LESSON L/R] button to select the part you want to practice. Each time

you press the [LESSON L/R] button the parts are selected in sequence: right hand

→ left hand → both hands → right hand …. The currently selected part is shown

in the upper right corner of the display.

Select the song you want to learn. (Refer to the category list on page 36)

Select the part you want to work on

(right hand, left hand, both hands) (Refer to step 2 below)

Select lesson 1, 2, or 3. (Refer to step 3 on page 40)

• The [SCORE] button and the

[LYRICS] button will not function

during a lesson.

NOTE

➞ ➞

Lesson 1: Waiting

• Song numbers 004 – 008 (Sim-

ple melodies) are intended for

use as right-hand lessons, and

cannot be used for left-hand or

both-hands lessons.

NOTE

Normally “R” (Right hand)

will appear in the upper

right corner of the MAIN

display. You can start a

right-hand lesson simply by

pressing the [LESSON

MODE] button.

Select “R” for a right-hand lesson,

“L” for a left-hand lesson, or “LR”

for a both-hands lesson.

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 you select Lesson 1.

Play the note shown immediately below the triangular score marker (▼). The dot

on the graphic keyboard indicates the key you need to press to play that note.

When you play the correct note the marker will move to the next note you need

to play. The song will wait until you play the correct note.

Each time the [LESSON MODE] button is pressed the lesson modes are selected in

sequence: Lesson 1 ➔ Lesson 2 ➔ Lesson 3 ➔ Off ➔ Lesson 1 …. The currently

selected mode is shown in the upper right corner of the display.

● Shifting the keyboard left or right.

The hidden ( ) areas of the keyboard can be brought into view by pressing the

[+] or [-] button.

61 keys of the keyboard’s range are shown on the display. The DGX-505 actually

has 88 keys, while the DGX-305 has 76 keys. In some songs that include very high

or low notes, those notes may fall outside the displayed range and may not be

shown on the display. In such cases an “over” indicator appear to the left or right of

the graphic keyboard. Use the [+] or [-] button to shift the keyboard left or right so

you can see the notes (the ● marker will appear on the appropriate key in the

display). Notes that actually fall outside the keyboard’s range cannot be used in the

lesson.

•When you switch lesson modes

an explanation of the selected

lesson will appear on the display

for a few seconds before the les-

son begins.

• If the score display is not ready

by the time the explanation dis-

play disappears, prepare-in-

progress message will appear

on the display until the score is

ready.

NOTE

What the upper-right-corner

displays mean:

Right

Hand

Left

Hand

Both

hands

Lesson 1 R1 L1 LR1

Lesson 2 R2 L2 LR2

Lesson 3 R3 L3 LR3

Left-hand part Right-hand part

(In the case of a right-hand lesson)

▼ Marker

● Marker

The displayed range (61 keys)

(In the case of the

DGX-505)

Actual keyboard range

(DGX-505 = 88 keys/DGX-305 = 76 keys)

Select a Song For a Lesson Quick Guide

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 41

■ See How You’ve Done● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

The evaluation will appear after you have played all the way through the song. After

the evaluation display has appeared, the lesson will start again from the beginning.

Press the [START/STOP] button to exit from the lesson mode and return to the MAIN

display.

Once you’ve mastered Lesson 1, move on to Lesson 2.

Select the song and part you want to practice (steps 1 and

2 on page 39).

Press the [LESSON MODE] button twice to start Lesson 2.

Each time the [LESSON MODE] button is pressed the lesson modes are selected

in sequence: Lesson 1 → Lesson 2 → Lesson 3 → Off → Lesson 1 …

Song playback will begin automatically when Lesson 2 is selected.

The triangular marker will appear in the score display, and will move to indicate

the current note in the song. Try to play the notes at the correct timing. As you

learn to play the right notes at the right timing the tempo will increase until even-

tually you’ll be playing at the song’s original tempo.

The evaluation display will appear when the song has played all the way

through.

Press the [START/STOP] button to exit from the lesson mode and return to the

MAIN display.

Once you’ve mastered Lesson 2, move on to Lesson 3.

When the lesson song has played all the way

through your performance will be evaluated in 4

levels: OK, Good, Very Good, or Excellent. “Excel-

lent!” is the highest evaluation.

• The evaluation feature can be

turned off via the FUNCTION

display Grade item (page 72).

NOTE

Lesson 2: Your Tempo

Icons representing the selected

part and lesson appear in the

upper right corner of the display.

In this case the icons “R2” indi-

cate that right-hand lesson 2

has been selected.

Left-hand part Right-hand part

(In the case of a right-hand lesson)

Play while following the

score marker

42 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Quick Guide Select a Song For a Lesson

Select the song and part you 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 → Lesson 1 …

Song playback will begin automatically when Lesson 3 is selected.

The song will play at the normal tempo, minus the part you have chosen to play.

Play along while listening to the song. The score marker and keyboard marker in

the display will indicate the notes to play.

The evaluation display will appear when the song has played all the way through.

Press the [START/STOP] button to exit from the lesson mode and return to the MAIN display.

Use this feature when you want to start again just ahead of a section on which you made a mistake, or to repeatedly

practice a section you ﬁnd difﬁcult.

Press the [LESSON REPEAT & LEARN] button during a lesson.

The song location will move back four measures from the point at which you pressed the button, and

playback will begin after a one-measure count-in. Playback will continue up to the point at which you

pressed the [LESSON REPEAT & LEARN] button, and then jump back four measures and begin again

after a count-in. This process will repeat, so all you have to do is press [LESSON REPEAT & LEARN]

when you make a mistake in order to repeat practice of that section until you get it right.

Lesson 3: Minus One

Icons representing the selected part

and lesson appear in the upper right

corner of the display. In this case the

icons “R3” indicate that right-hand

lesson 3 has been selected.

▼ Marker

● Marker

Left-hand part Right-hand part

(In the case of a right-hand lesson)

Practice Makes Perfect – Repeat and Learn

•You can change the number of

measures the Repeat and learn

function jumps back by pressing

a number button [0] – [9] during

repeat playback.

NOTE

Press immediately

Oops!

A mistake!

e Jump back 4 measures and repeat playback

Song playback

direction

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 43

Change a Song’s Style

In addition to each song’s default style, you can select any other style to

play the song with the Easy Song Arranger feature. This means that you

can play a song that is normally a ballad, for example, as a bossa nova,

as a hip-hop tune, etc. Since songs are combinations of a melody and a

style, you can create totally different arrangements by changing the

style with which a song is played. You can also change the song’s mel-

ody voice and the keyboard voice for a complete change of image.

Press the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button.

The song number and name in the EASY SONG ARRANGER MAIN display

will be highlighted. You can now use the dial to select a different song.

Select a song.

Use the dial to select the song you want to arrange. For this example select “004

Down By The River.”

Listen to the song.

Press the [START/STOP] button to begin playback of the song. Move on to the

next step while the song is playing.

Press the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button.

The style number and name in the EASY SONG ARRANGER MAIN display

will be highlighted. You can now use the dial to select a different style.

Using the Easy Song Arranger

The currently selected song

number and name are dis-

played here.

•You can’t use the Easy Song

Arranger directly with user

songs (031 – 035), but you can

convert user songs to SMF

(Standard MIDI File) format and

save them to SmartMedia mem-

ory (page 76), from where they

can be used with the Easy

Arranger feature.

NOTE

• When playing song numbers

022 – 024 while using the Easy

Song Arranger, melody tracks

will be automatically muted and

no melody will sound. In order

to hear the melody tracks you

will need to press the SONG

MEMORY buttons [3] – [5].

NOTE

Song start!

The currently selected style

number and name are dis-

played here.

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Quick Guide Change a Song’s Style

Select a style.

Rotate the dial and listen to how the song sounds with different styles. As you

select different styles the song will remain the same while only the styles

change. When you have selected a suitable style move on to the next step while

the song is still playing (if you have stopped the song, start it again by pressing

the [START/STOP] button).

Press and hold the [VOICE] button for longer than a second.

Hold the [VOICE] button until the VOICE SELECT (MAIN) display appears.

Press the [VOICE] button three times.

The VOICE SELECT (MELODY R) display will appear so you can select the

Melody R voice.

Each time you press the [VOICE] button the section of the display title inside the

parentheses will change: MAIN → DUAL → SPLIT → MELODY R → MEL-

ODY L → MAIN …. The MAIN, DUAL, and SPLIT displays allow you to

change the keyboard voices, while the MELODY R and MELODY L display are

used to change the song melody voice.

Select a voice.

Use the dial to change the melody voice. As you select different melody voices

the song will remain the same while only the melody voice changes (if you have

stopped the song, start it again by pressing the [START/STOP] button).

You can save the Easy Song Arranger settings to SmartMedia memory. Refer to

page 78 for more information.

• Because the Easy Song

Arranger uses song data you

can’t specify chords by playing

in the accompaniment range of

the keyboard. The [ACMP ON/

OFF] button will not function.

•If the time signature of the song

and style are different, the time

signature of the song will be

used.

NOTE

Hold for longer

than a second

Each time you press the

[VOICE] button the Dual

Voice, Split Voice, Melody R,

and Melody L displays will be

selected in sequence.

VOICE SELECT (MELODY

R) display

The currently selected mel-

ody voice will be displayed.

Press three times

• The Difference Between MEL-

ODY R and MELODY L …

Songs are a combination of a

melody and an auto-accompani-

ment style. Normally “melody”

refers to the right-hand part, but

in this instrument “melody” parts

are provided for both the right

and left hands. MELODY R is

the melody part played by the

right hand, and MELODY L is

the melody part played by the

left hand.

NOTE

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 45

Record Your Own Performance

You can record up to 5 of your own performances and save them as user

songs 031 through 035. Once your performances have been saved as user

songs, they can be converted to SMF (Standard MID File) format ﬁles and

saved to SmartMedia memory (page 76) and used with score display. So

when inspiration strikes and you create a great melody, you can save it in

both listenable and written score form. You can also record performances

using the performance assistant technology.

■ Recordable Data

You can record to a total of 6 tracks: 5 melody tracks and 1 style (chord) track.

Each track can be recorded individually.

● Melody Track [1] – [5].................. Record the melody parts.

● Style Track [A] ............................. Records the chord part.

*These data items are recorded at the beginning of the track. Changes made during the song will

not be recorded.

To record your own performance, ﬁrst use the SONG MEMORY [1] – [5] and [A] buttons to specify the track(s) you

want to record on. The track you record on determines the part that plays back later.

●Data Recorded On the Melody Tracks [1] – [5]

• Note on/off (keys pressed and released)

•Velocity (keyboard dynamics)

•Voice number

•Reverb type*

• Chorus type*

• Harmony note

• Sustain on/off

•Tempo*/time signature* (only when the style track

is not recorded)

• Pitch bend

• Pitch bend range

• Dual voice on/off

• Function sustain on/off

• Main/Dual voice – Voice volume, Octave, Pan,

Reverb send level, Chorus send level

●Data Recorded On the

Style Track [A]

• Chord changes and chord

timing

• Style pattern changes

• Style number*

•Reverb type*

• Chorus type*

•Tempo

•Time signature*

• Style volume*

•A maximum of 5 user songs can

be recorded. If you record a 6th

song after recording to the 5

available user song locations,

choose a song number (031 –

035) containing a song that you

don’t mind erasing, or save the

user song data to SmartMedia

memory so that you can over-

write the internal user song

memory without permanently

losing your song data.

• Up to approximately 10,000

notes can be recorded if you

record only to the melody

tracks. Up to approximately

5,500 chord changes can be

recorded if you record only to

the style track.

• User songs cannot display a

score as is, but they can be con-

verted to SMF (Standard MIDI

File) format and stored to

SmartMedia memory (page 76),

from which they can be played

with score display.

NOTE

Track Configuration

•Track [1] – Will play back as the right-hand

melody part (MELODY R)

•Track [2] – Will play back as the left-hand mel-

ody part (MELODY L)

•Tracks [3] – [5] – Will play back as “other” per-

formance data.

•Track [A] – Will play back as the Style (auto-

accompaniment) part.

Melody Chords

Specify

track(s) and

record

Tra c k

Right-hand

melody

(MELODY R)

Left-hand

melody

(MELODY L)

Other perfor-

mance data

Style

The parts played by each track

when a user song is played back.

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Quick Guide Record Your Own Performance

From the MAIN display press the [SONG] button, then use

the dial to select the user song number (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 Melody Track and the Accompaniment Track Together

Press the melody track button [1] – [5] you want to record to while holding the

[REC] button.

Next, press the [A] button while holding the [REC] button.

The selected tracks will be highlighted in the display.

◆Record a Melody track

Press the melody track button [1] – [5] you want to record to while holding the

[REC] button.

The selected track will be highlighted in the display.

● Track Selection Precautions

Keep the following points in mind when selecting tracks for recording.

• If you want to use the recorded melody for a right-hand lesson.

Select track [1] for recording. If you select track [2] the part will be

displayed as a left-hand part (MELODY L) and will not be available for use

as a right-hand lesson.

• If you want to display the user song as a single-staff score.

Record the melody part on track [1]. Only the right-hand melody part

(MELODY R) can be displayed as a single-staff score. Parts recorded on

track [2] can not be displayed on a single-staff score.

*User songs cannot be used for score display or lessons as is, but they can be

converted to SMF (Standard MIDI File) format and stored to SmartMedia

memory, from which they can be played with score display or used for lessons.

Recording Procedure

Rotate the dial to select a

song number between 031

and 035.

• Style accompaniment is auto-

matically turned on when you

select the style track [A] for

recording.

• Style accompaniment cannot

turned on or off while recording

is in progress.

• If you use a split voice for

recording, notes played to the

left of the split point will not be

recorded.

NOTE

•If you record to track that con-

tains previously-recorded

data the previous data will be

overwritten and lost.

CAUTION

Press and hold

• If style accompaniment is on

and track [A] has not yet been

recorded, the style track [A] will

automatically be selected for

recording when a melody track

is selected. If you only want to

record a melody track, be sure

to turn the style track [A] off.

•To cancel recording to a

selected track, press that track

button a second time. Style

accompaniment cannot be

turned on or off while recording

is in progress.

NOTE

Record Your Own Performance Quick Guide

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 47

Recording will start when you play on the keyboard.

You can also start recording by pressing the [START/STOP] button.

The current measure will be shown on the display during recording.

Stop recording by pressing the [START/STOP] or [REC]

button.

If you press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button while recording the style track an

appropriate ending pattern will play and then recording will stop. When record-

ing stops the current measure number will return to 001 and the recorded track

numbers in the display will be shown in a box border.

When the recording is done …

◆To Play Back a User Song

User songs are played back in the same way as regular songs (page 35).

1Press the [SONG] button from the MAIN display.

2The current song number/name will be highlighted – use the dial to select the

user song (031 – 035) you want to play.

3Press the [START/STOP] button to start playback.

◆To Save a User Song to SmartMedia Memory ➔ page 75.

◆To save a User Song to SmartMedia Memory in SMF format ➔ page 76.

● To Record Other Tracks

Repeat steps 2 through 4 to record any of the remaining tracks.

By selecting an unrecorded track – SONG MEMORY buttons [1] – [5], [A] – you

can record the new track while listening to previously recorded tracks (the playback

tracks will appear in the display). You can also mute previously recorded tracks (the

muted tracks will not appear in the display) while recording new tracks.

● To Re-record a Track

Simple select the track you want to re-record for recording in the normal way.

The new material will overwrite the previous data.

• If the memory becomes full dur-

ing recording a warning mes-

sage will appear and recording

will stop automatically. Use the

song clear or track clear (page

48) function to delete unwanted

data and make more room avail-

able for recording, then do the

recording again.

NOTE

Recording

starts

Current measure

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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 MEMORY [1] button for longer than

a second while holding the SONG MEMORY [A] button.

A conﬁrmation message will appear on the display.

Press the [+] button.

A conﬁrmation message will appear on the display.

You can cancel the clear operation by pressing the [-] button.

Press the [+] button to clear the song.

The clear-in-progress message will appear brieﬂy on the display while the song

is being cleared.

This function lets you delete a speciﬁed track from a user song.

From the MAIN display select the user song (031 – 035) you

want to clear.

Press

and hold

the SONG MEMORY track button ([1] – [5],

[A]) corresponding to the track you want to clear for longer

than a second.

A conﬁrmation message will appear on the display.

Press the [+] button.

A conﬁrmation message will appear on the display.

You can cancel the clear operation by pressing the [-] button.

Press the [+] button to clear the track.

The clear-in-progress message will appear brieﬂy on the display while the track

is being cleared.

Song Clear – Deleting User Songs

• If you only want to clear a spe-

ciﬁc track from a user song use

the Track Clear function.

NOTE

Hold for longer than a second Press and hold

•To execute the Song Clear func-

tion press the [+] button. Press

[-] to cancel the Song Clear

operation.

NOTE

Track Clear – Deleting a Specified Track From a User Song

Hold for longer than a second

•To execute the Track Clear func-

tion press the [+] button. Press

[-] to cancel the Track Clear

operation.

NOTE

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 49

Backup and Initialization

Some internal DGX-505/305 parameters will revert to their default values if not saved before the power 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 memory and restores the initial default settings. The fol-

lowing initialization procedures are provided.

■ Backup Clear ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

To clear data backed up to the internal ﬂash memory – panel user setting, registration

memory (page 68), user songs (page 46), style ﬁles (page 60) – turn the power on by

pressing the [STANDBY/ON] switch while holding the highest white key on the key-

board. The backed up data will be erased and the default values restored.

■ Flash Clear ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

To clear song data that has been transferred to the internal ﬂash memory from a com-

puter, turn the power on by pressing the [STANDBY/ON] switch while simulta-

neously holding the highest white key on the keyboard and the three highest black

keys.

●The Backup Parameters

• User songs.

•Style ﬁles.

•Touch response on/off.

•Registration memory.

• The following FUNCTION display settings:

Tuning, Split Point, Touch Sensitivity, Style Volume, Song Volume, Metronome

Volume, Grade, Demo Cancel, Language Selection, Media Select, Panel Sustain.

Backup

Hold for longer than a second

Initialization

DGX-505 DGX-305

• When you execute the Flash

Clear operation, song data

you have purchased will also

be cleared. Be sure to save

data you want to keep to a

computer.

CAUTION

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Basic Operation and Displays

Overall DGX-505/305 control is based on the following simple operations.

1 Press a button to select a basic function.

Basic Operation

1Press a button to select a basic function.

2Use the dial to select an item or value.

3Start a function.

Display (pages 52, 53)

● Volume Adjustment

Adjusts the volume of the sound heard via the

instrument’s speakers or a pair of headphones

plugged into the PHONES jack.

Rotate counter-

clockwise to lower

the volume.

Rotate clockwise

to increase the

volume.

3 Start a function. 2 Select an item or value.1 Select a basic function.

Select a song you want to listen to or a song you want to use for a lesson.

Select an auto-accompaniment style.

Select a voice you want to play on the keyboard.

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 51

Basic Operation and Displays

2 Use the dial to select an item or value.

When you select a basic function, the item corresponding to that function will be highlighted in the display. You

can then use the dial or the number buttons [0] – [9] to select the desired item.

■ Changing Values● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

3 Start a function.

This is the [START/STOP] button.

Press the [START/STOP] button after pressing the [SONG] or [STYLE] button

to start playback of the selected song or style (rhythm).

The selectable item is highlighted

in the display. In this example the

[SONG] button has been pressed.

● Dial

Rotate the dial clockwise to increase

the value of the selected item, or coun-

terclockwise to decrease it’s value.

Rotate the dial continuously to contin-

uously increase or decrease the value.

● [+] and [-] Buttons

Press the [+] button brieﬂy to incre-

ment the value by 1, or press the [-]

button brieﬂy to decrement the value

by 1. Press and hold either button to

continuously increment or decrement

the value in the corresponding direc-

tion.

● Number Buttons [0] – [9]

The number buttons can be used to directly enter a song num-

ber or parameter value.

Hundreds or tens digits that are “0” can be omitted (see

below).

Decrease Increase

Press

brieﬂy to

decrement.

Press

brieﬂy to

increment.

Press number buttons

[0], [0], [3].

Example: Song number “003”

can be entered in three

ways.

• [0] → [0] → [3]

• [0] → [3]

(“003” will appear on the dis-

play after a brief delay)

• [3]

(“003” will appear on the dis-

play after a brief delay)

● CATEGORY Buttons [ ], [ ]

When selecting a song, style, or

voice, you can use these buttons to

jump to the ﬁrst item in the next or

previous category.

The CATEGORY buttons are useful

for selecting categorized items, as in

the example below.

Example: VOICE SELECT Display

In a display in which a category appears, selection is easy if

you ﬁrst use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to select

the category containing the desired item, then use the dial or

[+] and [-] buttons to select the item. This can be particularly

handy when you have to select from a large number of voices.

Jump to the ﬁrst item

in the next or previ-

ous category.

The ﬁrst voice in the selected

category is selected.

Select the category shown here.

CATEGORY button [ ] mark.

In most procedures described throughout this owner’s manual

the dial is recommended for selection simply because it is the

easiest and most intuitive selection method. Please note how-

ever, that most items or values that can be selected using the

dial can also be selected using the [+] and [-] buttons.

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 different modes

and functions. The name of the current display appears at the top of the display.

● MAIN Display

● FUNCTION Display (page 70)

The FUNCTION display provides access to 44 utility functions.

The FUNCTION display appears when the [FUNCTION] button is pressed. In the FUNCTION display you can use

the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons (page 51) to select 44 different groups of functions. Press the CATEGORY

button(s) as many times as necessary until the required function appears. You can then use the dial, the [+] and [-] but-

tons, or the number [0] – [9] buttons to adjust the value of the function as required.

To Return To the MAIN Display

Most basic operations are carried out from the instrument’s MAIN display.

You can return to the MAIN display from any other display by pressing the [EXIT]

button near the lower right corner of the display panel.

The “Press & Hold” Symbol

The “ ” symbol that appears next to some buttons indicates that the button can

be pressed and held for longer than a second to call up a related function. This

provides convenient direct access to a range of functions.

The Displays

Title

Function item

Value

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 53

Basic Operation and Displays

The MAIN display shows all of the current basic settings: song, style, voice.

It also includes a range of indicators that show 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 display legi-

bility.

Tempo

Transpose

A-B Repeat

Appears when

repeat playback

is engaged.

Measure Number

Song Number and Song Name

Press the [SONG] button to highlight this

item so that you can select a different song.

Style Number and Style Name

Press the [STYLE] button to highlight this

item so that you can select a different style.

Voice Number and Voice Name

Press the [VOICE] button to highlight this

item so that you can select a different main

voice.

Function ON/Off Icons

Performance assistant technology

Appears when the performance

assistant technology is on.

Touch Response

Appears when Touch Response is

on.

When this icon is showing you can

control the dynamics of the sound

by how hard you play the keys.

Harmony

Appears when Harmony is on.

When this icon is showing har-

mony notes will be added to the

main voice.

Dual

Appears when the Dual Voice is

on.

When this icon is showing a sec-

ond voice is “layered” on and

played with the main voice.

Split

Appears when the Split Voice is on.

When this icon is showing different

voices can be played to the left and

right of the keyboard split point.

File Control

Appears when it is possible to

access a SmartMedia memory

card.

Chord Display

Style (Auto-accompaniment) Status

(page 29)

Appears when the [ACMP ON/OFF]

button is pressed to turn accompani-

ment on after selecting a style. When

showing the keyboard range to the

left of the split point is used for

accompaniment chord recognition.

Style playback can be started in a

number of ways (page 33).

Appears when the synchro-stop func-

tion is engaged.

The style pattern name.

LOW BATTERY!!

Appears when the battery level drops too low for normal opera-

tion. Please change the batteries as soon as possible (after sav-

ing important data). (page 10)

Registration Memory Status

(page 68)

Shows the selected bank

number.

Shows the memory num-

bers that contain data. A bor-

der appears around the

selected number.

Song Track Status (page 45)

Highlighted during user song record-

ing.

The track(s) selected for recording

are highlighted during user-song

recording. Only tracks that contain

data are displayed. A border appears

around a selected track that contains

data. No border appears around a

Muted track.

Press the [VOICE] button repeatedly to

select the MAIN → DUAL → SPLIT →

MELODY R → MELODY L voices in

sequence after holding the [VOICE] button

for longer than a second.

54 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Handy Performance Features

Reverb lets you play with a rich concert hall type ambience.

When you select a style or song the optimum reverb type for the voice used is automatically selected. If you want to

select a different reverb type, use the procedure described below. Refer to the Effect Type List on page 104 for infor-

mation about the available reverb types.

1Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the

FUNCTION display.

2Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

select the Reverb Type item.

3Use the dial to select a reverb type.

You can check how the selected reverb type sounds

by playing on the keyboard.

● Adjusting the Reverb Send Level

You can individually adjust the amount of reverb that is

applied to the main, dual, and split voices. If you press

the CATEGORY [ ] or [ ] button a number of times

in step 2 of the above procedure, the items listed below

will appear. You can then use the dial to adjust the

reverb send level for the selected voice (refer to page 70

for details).

• M. Reverb Level Main voice reverb send level.

• D. Reverb Level Dual voice reverb send level.

• S. Reverb Level Split voice reverb send level.

Adding Reverb

Reverb Type item

Selected reverb type.

Reference

Handy Performance Features Reference

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 55

The chorus effect creates a thick sound that is similar to many of the same voices being played in unison. When you

select a style or song the optimum chorus type for the voice used is automatically selected. If you want to select a dif-

ferent chorus type, use the procedure described below.

1Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the

FUNCTION display.

2Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

select the Chorus Type item.

3Use the dial to select a chorus type.

You can check how the selected chorus type sounds

by playing on the keyboard.

● Adjusting the Chorus Send Level

You can individually adjust the amount of chorus that is

applied to the main, dual, and split voices. If you press

the CATEGORY [ ] or [ ] button a number of times

in step 2 of the above procedure, the items listed below

will appear. You can then use the dial to adjust the cho-

rus send level for the selected voice (refer to page 70 for

details).

• M. Chorus Level Main voice chorus send level.

• D. Chorus Level Dual voice chorus send level.

• S. Chorus Level Split voice chorus send level.

Adding Chorus

Chorus Type item

Selected chorus type.

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. You can also set the time signature to “00,” in which case the

chime will not sound and the “click” sound will be heard on all beats.

The metronome will automatically be set to match the time signature and tempo of the selected song or style, but you

can also change the tempo and time signature yourself.

1Press the [METRONOME] button to start the

metronome.

You can stop the metronome by pressing the [MET-

RONOME] button a second time.

2Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button to call up the

TEMPO display.

3Use the dial or the [0] – [9] number buttons

to select a tempo from 032 to 280 quarter-

note beats per minute.

4Press and hold the [METRONOME] button

for longer than a second so that the FUNC-

TION display Time Signature item appears.

5Use the dial or the [0] – [9] number buttons

to select a time signature between 00 and 15

beats per measure.

■Adjusting the Metronome

Volume ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

6Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the

FUNCTION display.

7Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

select the Metronome Volume item.

8Use the dial or the [0] – [9] number buttons

to set the metronome volume as required.

The Metronome

Hold for longer

than a second

•You can also access the Time Signature item by pressing the

[FUNCTION] button and using the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons to locate the item (page 70).

NOTE

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DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 57

When touch response is on you can adjust the sensitivity of the keyboard in response to keyboard dynamics in three

steps.

1Press the [TOUCH] button to turn touch

response on.

The touch response icon will appear in the display

when touch response is on (pages 27, 53).

2Press and hold the [TOUCH] button for

longer than a second so that the FUNCTION

display Touch Sensitivity item appears.

3Use the dial to select a touch sensitivity set-

ting between 1 and 3. Higher values produce

greater (easier) volume variation in

response to keyboard dynamics – i.e.

greater sensitivity.

Sometimes selecting the ideal voice to play with a song or style can be confusing. The One Touch Setting feature

automatically selects a well-balanced voice for you when you select a style or song. Simply select voice number

“000” to activate this feature.

1Select voice number “000” (steps 1 – 2 on

page 23).

2Select and play back any song (steps 1 – 3

on page 35).

3Play the keyboard and remember the sound

of the voice.

If you have stopped playback at some point during

this procedure press the [START/STOP] button to

start playback again.

4Use the dial to change songs, then play the

keyboard and listen to the voice.

You should hear a different keyboard voice than you

played in step 3. Watch the “000” voice name while

changing songs and you will see that different voices

are selected for each song.

Touch Response Sensitivity

Hold for longer

than a second

Touch Sensitivity item

• The initial default touch sensitivity setting is “2.”

•You can also access the Touch Sensitivity item by pressing the

[FUNCTION] button and using the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but-

tons to locate the item (page 70).

NOTE

One Touch Setting

Use the dial to select

voice number 000.

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58 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Reverb send level, pan, and a variety of other parameters can be individually adjusted for the main, dual, and split

voices. Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the FUNCTION display, and then use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ]

buttons to locate any of the following parameters. Once you have selected an appropriate parameter you can use the

dial to adjust its value.

● Main Voice Parameters (page 71)

• M. Volume Main voice volume.

• M. Octave Main voice octave.

• M. Pan Main voice pan.

• M. Reverb Level Main voice reverb send level.

• M. Chorus Level Main voice chorus send level.

● Dual Voice Parameters (page 71)

• D. Volume Dual voice volume.

• D. Octave Dual voice octave.

• D. Pan Dual voice pan.

• D. Reverb Level Dual voice reverb send level.

• D. Chorus Level Dual voice chorus send level.

● Split Voice Parameters (page 71)

• S. Volume Split voice volume.

• S. Octave Split voice octave.

• S. Pan Split voice pan.

• S. Reverb Level Split voice reverb send level.

• S. Chorus Level Split voice chorus send level.

The harmony volume level can be adjusted for harmony types 01 (Duet) through 05 (octave).

1Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the

FUNCTION display.

2Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

select the Harmony Volume item.

3Use the dial or the [0] – [9] number buttons

to set the harmony volume from 000 through

127 as required.

This function adds sustain to the keyboard voices. Use it when you want to add sustain to the voices at all times,

regardless of footswitch operation.

Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the FUNCTION display, and then use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons

to locate the Sustain item. You can then use the [+] and [-] buttons to turn panel sustain on or off.

Adjusting the Voice Parameters

Adjusting the Harmony Volume

Panel Sustain

• The sustain of some voices may not be markedly affected when the

panel sustain function is turned on.

NOTE

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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 you can play the styles, the style volume adjustment procedure,

how you can play chords using the styles, and more.

The initial default split point is key number 54 (the F#2 key), but you can change it to another key using the procedure

described below.

1Press the [STYLE] button or the [EASY

SONG ARRANGER] button.

2Press and hold the [ACMP ON/OFF] for

longer than a second so that the FUNCTION

display Split point item appears.

3Use the dial or the [0] – [9] number buttons

to set the split point to any key from 000 (C-

2) through 127 (G8).

Style playback is alternately turned on and off each time the [ACMP ON/OFF] button is pressed.

If you use the [ACMP ON/OFF] button to turn style playback off, only the rhythm (percussion) parts will play when

the style is started.

Setting the Split Point

Hold for longer

than a second

•The FUNCTION display Split point item can only be accessed by press-

ing and holding the [ACMP ON/OFF] button when either the [STYLE]

button or the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] is engaged and lit.

NOTE

Split point (54: F#2)

Main voice

Split voice

• When you change the split point the auto-accompaniment split point

also changes.

• The split point cannot be changed during a song lesson.

• The split voice sounds when the split-point key is played.

NOTE

•You can also access the Split Point item by pressing the [FUNCTION]

button and using the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to locate the

item (page 70).

NOTE

Play Only the Style Rhythm

Press the [STYLE] button to engage the style function.

ACMP indicator

not showing

•Since style numbers 112 and 124 – 135 (Pianist) have no rhythm parts,

no rhythm will play when you start these styles.

NOTE

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60 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

When auto accompaniment is on (the ACMP icon is showing) and Synchro Start is off (the [START/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. This is “Stop Accompaniment,” and any of the chord ﬁngerings recognized

by the instrument can be used (page 61). The chord root and type will be shown on the display. You can also use the

Harmony effects with Stop Accompaniment.

1Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the

FUNCTION display.

2Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

select the Style Volume item.

3Use the dial or the [0] – [9] number buttons

to set the style volume between 000 and 127

as required.

Style number 136 shown on the panel Style List is for use with external style ﬁles. “External style ﬁles” are style ﬁles

that you can download from the Internet or acquire from other sources. This instrument can use style ﬁles that have

the “.sty” ﬁle name extension. Use your computer to transfer (page 82) the style ﬁle to SmartMedia memory, then the

style ﬁle can be loaded into the instrument’s style number 136 from the SmartMedia memory card (page 77).

Play a Style With Chords but No Rhythm (Stop Accompaniment)

Press the [STYLE] button to engage the style function.

Accompaniment range

Adjusting the Style Volume

Press the [STYLE] button to engage the style function.

About Style Number 136

Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions Reference

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 61

There are two ways of playing auto-accompaniment chords:

● Easy Chords

● Standard Chords

The instrument will automatically recognize the different chord types. The function is called Multi Fingering.

Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto-accompaniment on (page 29).

The keyboard to the left of the split point

(default: 54/F#2) becomes the “accompaniment range.” Play the accompaniment chords in this area of the keyboard.

■Easy Chords● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

This method lets you easily play chords in the accompa-

niment range of the keyboard using only one, two, or

three ﬁngers.

■Standard Chords● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

This method lets you produce accompaniment by play-

ing chords using normal ﬁngerings in the accompani-

ment range of the keyboard.

Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords

DEFGABCDEF

Split point (default: 54/F#2)

Root notes and the corresponding keys

Accompaniment

range

•To play a major chord

Press the root note of the chord.

Cm7

•To play a minor chord

Press the root note together with the

nearest black key to the left of it.

•To play a seventh chord

Press the root note together with the

nearest white key to the left of it.

•To play a minor seventh chord

Press the root note together with the

nearest white and black keys to the

left of it (three keys altogether).

( ) ( )

( )

( ) ( )

( )

CmM7

CM7

Csus4 Caug CM7aug

C7aug C7sus4 Csus2

Cdim Cdim7

CmM7

(9)

CM7

(9)

Cm7

(9)

(b9)C7

(b13)

Cm7

(11)

CM7

(#11)C(b5)

C(9)(9)

(9)

(#11)

(#9)

(13)

Cm6 Cm7

(b5)

CM7

(b5)

Cm7

(b5)CmM7

(b5)

●How to play Standard Chords [Example for “C” chords]

* Notes enclosed in parentheses ( ) are optional; the chords will

be recognized without them.

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62 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

■Recognized Standard Chords ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

All chords in the chart are “C-root” chords.

* These chords are not shown in the Dictionary function.

Chord Name/[Abbreviation] Normal Voicing Chord (C) Display

Major [M] 1 - 3 - 5 C

Add ninth [(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 C9

Sixth [6] 1 - (3) - 5 - 6 C6

Sixth ninth [6(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - 6 C69 *

Major seventh [M7] 1 - 3 - (5) - 7 or

1 - (3) - 5 - 7

CM7

Major seventh ninth [M7(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - 7 CM79 *

Major seventh add sharp eleventh [M7(#11)] 1 - (2) - 3 - #4 - 5 - 7 or

1 - 2 - 3 - #4 - (5) - 7

CM7#11 *

Flatted ﬁfth [(b5)] 1 - 3 - b5C

b5 *

Major seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [M7b5] 1 - 3 - b5 - 7 CM7b5 *

Suspended fourth [sus4] 1 - 4 - 5 Csus4

Augmented [aug] 1 - 3 - #5Caug

Major seventh augmented [M7aug] 1 - (3) - #5 - 7 CM7aug *

Minor [m] 1 - b3 - 5 Cm

Minor add ninth [m(9)] 1 - 2 - b3 - 5 Cm9

Minor sixth [m6] 1 - b3 - 5 - 6 Cm6

Minor seventh [m7] 1 - b3 - (5) - b7Cm7

Minor seventh ninth [m7(9)] 1 - 2 - b3 - (5) - b7Cm79

Minor seventh add eleventh [m7(11)] 1 - (2) - b3 - 4 - 5 - (b7) Cm711 *

Minor major seventh [mM7] 1 - b3 - (5) - 7 CmM7

Minor major seventh ninth [mM7(9)] 1 - 2 - b3 - (5) - 7 CmM79 *

Minor seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [m7b5] 1 - b3 - b5 - b7Cm7b5

Minor major seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [mM7b5] 1 - b3 - b5 - 7 CmM7b5 *

Diminished [dim] 1 - b3 - b5Cdim

Diminished seventh [dim7] 1 - b3 - b5 - 6 Cdim7

Seventh [7] 1 - 3 - (5) - b7 or

1 - (3) - 5 - b7

Seventh ﬂatted ninth [7(b9)] 1 - b2 - 3 - (5) - b7C7b9

Seventh add ﬂatted thirteenth [7(b13)] 1 - 3 - 5 - b6 - b7C7b13

Seventh ninth [7(9)] 1 - 2 - 3 - (5) - b7C79

Seventh add sharp eleventh [7(#11)] 1 - (2) - 3 - #4 - 5 - b7 or

1 - 2 - 3 - #4 - (5) - b7

C7#11

Seventh add thirteenth [7(13)] 1 - 3 - (5) - 6 - b7C713

Seventh sharp ninth [7(#9)] 1 - #2 - 3 - (5) - b7C7#9

Seventh ﬂatted ﬁfth [7b5] 1 - 3 - b5 - b7C7b5 *

Seventh augmented [7aug] 1 - 3 - #5 - b7C

7aug

Seventh suspended fourth [7sus4] 1 - 4 - (5) - b7C7sus4

Suspended second [sus2] 1 - 2 - 5 Csus2 *

C(9)

(9)

CM7

(9)

CM7

(#11)

C(b5)

CM7

(b5)

Csus4

Caug

CM7aug

(9)

Cm6

Cm7

(9)

Cm7

(11)

CmM7

(9)

Cm7

(b5)

CmM7

(b5)

Cdim

Cdim7

(b9)

(b13)

(9)

(#11)

(13)

(#9)

C7b5

C7aug

C7sus4

Csus2

• Notes in parentheses can be omitted.

•Playing two same root keys in the adjacent octaves produces accompa-

niment based only on the root.

•A perfect ﬁfth (1 + 5) produces accompaniment based only on the root

and ﬁfth which can be used with both major and minor chords.

•The chord ﬁngerings listed are all in “root” position, but other inversions

can be used — with the following exceptions: m7, m7

5, 6, m6, sus4,

aug, dim7, 7

5, 6(9), sus2.

NOTE

•Inversion of the 7sus4 and m7(11) chords are not recognized if the

notes shown in parentheses are omitted.

• The auto accompaniment will sometimes not change when related

chords are played in sequence (e.g. some minor chords followed by the

minor seventh).

•Two-note ﬁngerings will produce a chord based on the previously played

chord.

NOTE

Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions Reference

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 63

The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in “chord book” that shows you the individual notes of chords. It is ideal

when you know the name of a certain chord and want to quickly learn how to play it.

1Press and hold the [LESSON MODE] button

for longer than a second. The DICTIONARY

display will appear.

2As an example, we’ll learn how to play a

GM7 (G major seventh) chord. Press the “G”

key in the section of the keyboard labeled

“CHORD ROOT.” (The note doesn’t sound.)

The root note you set is shown in the dis-

play.

3Press the “M7” (major seventh) key in the

section of the keyboard labeled “CHORD

TYPE.” (The note doesn’t sound.) The notes

you should play for the speciﬁed chord (root

note and chord type) are shown in the dis-

play, both as notation and in the keyboard

diagram.

To call up possible inversions of the chord, press the

[+]/[-] buttons.

4Try playing a chord in the auto accompani-

ment section of the keyboard, checking the

indications in the display. When you’ve

played the chord properly, a bell sound sig-

nals your success and the chord name in

the display is highlighted.

Looking Up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary

Hold for longer

than a second

•About major chords: Simple major chords are usually indicated only

by the root note. For example, “C” refers to C major. However, when

specifying major chords here, make sure to select “M” (major) after

pressing the root note.

NOTE

• Be aware that the chord types explained here are the left-hand

notes applied to various styles and different from the one for the per-

formance assistant technology feature.

NOTE

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64 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

■ Chord Basics

Two 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 note of the C major scale), and G (the ﬁfth note of

the C major scale).

In the C major triad shown above, the lowest note is the “root” of the chord (this is the chord’s “root position” … using

other chord notes for the lowest note results in “inversions”). The root is the central sound of the chord, which supports

and anchors the other chord notes.

The distance (interval) between adjacent notes of a triad in root position is either a major or minor third.

The lowest interval in our root-position triad (between the root and the third) determines whether the triad is a major or

minor chord, and we can shift the highest note up or down by a semitone to produce two additional chords, as shown

below.

The basic characteristics of the chord sound remain intact even if we change the order of the notes to create different

inversions. Successive chords in a chord progression can be smoothly connected, for example, be choosing the appropri-

ate inversions (or chord “voicings”).

● Reading Chord Names

Chord names tell you just about everything you need to know about a chord (other

than the inversion/voicing). The chord name tells you what the root of the chord is,

whether it is a major, minor, or diminished chord, whether it requires a major or

ﬂatted seventh, what alterations or tensions it uses … all at a glance.

● Some Chord Types (These are just some of the “Fingered”chord types recognized by the DGX-505/305.)

3rd 3rd

Root

Major third – four half steps (semitones) Minor third – three half steps (semitones)

CMCmCaug Cdim

Major chord Minor chord Augmented chord Diminished chord

Minor 3rd Major 3rd Major 3rd Minor 3rd Major 3rd Major 3rd Minor 3rd Minor 3rd

Root note Chord type

Csus4 C7Cm7 CM7

(b5)Cm7

(b5)C7sus4

CmM7

Perfect 5

th Perfect 4

th Flatted 7

th Major chord Flatted 7

th Minor chord Major 7

th Major chord

Major 7

th Minor chord Flatted 5

th 7

th chord Flatted 5

th Minor 7

th chord Flatted 7

th Suspended 4

chord

Suspended 4

th 7

th Minor 7

th Major 7

th, suspended 4

Minor 7

th, ﬂatted 5

Minor/major 7

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Song Settings

1Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the

FUNCTION display.

2Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

select the Song Volume item.

3Use the dial or the [0] – [9] number buttons

to set the song volume between 000 and 127

as required.

You can specify a section of a song – “A” is the start

point and “B” is the end point – for repeat playback.

1Play the song (page 35) and press the

[] button at the beginning of the sec-

tion you want to repeat (the “A” point).

2Press the [ ] button a second time at

the end of the section you want to repeat

(the “B” point).

3The speciﬁed A-B section of the song will

now play repeatedly.

You can stop repeat playback at any time by pressing

the [ ] button.

Each “track” of a song plays a different part of the song

– melody, percussion, accompaniment, etc. You can

mute individual tracks and play the muted part on the

keyboard yourself, or simply mute tracks other than the

ones you want to listen to. Use the SONG MEMORY

[1] – [5] and [A] buttons to mute or un-mute the corre-

sponding tracks. The border around the track number in

the display disappears when that track is muted.

Refer to page 45 for information about the song track

conﬁguration.

Song Volume

Song Volume item

• Song volume can be adjusted while a song is selected.

NOTE

A-B Repeat

• The repeat start and end points can be speciﬁed in one-measure

increments.

• The current measure number is shown in the upper right corner of

the display during playback.

•If you want to set the start point “A” at the very beginning of the song

press the [ ] button before starting playback of the song.

NOTE

Muting Independent Song Parts

Track number with border … track contains data and is not muted.

No track number … no data.

Track number without border

… track contains data but is muted.

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66 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

◆ Large Pitch Changes (Transpose)

The overall pitch of the instrument can by shifted up or

down by a maximum of 1 octave in semitone incre-

ments.

1Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the

FUNCTION display.

2Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

select the Transpose item.

3Use the dial or the [0] – [9] number buttons

to set the transpose value between -12 and

+12 as required.

◆ Small Pitch Changes (Tuning)

The overall tuning of the instrument can by shifted up or

down by a maximum of 100 cents in 1-cent increments

(100 cents = 1 semitone).

1Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the

FUNCTION display.

2Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

select the Tuning item.

3Use the dial or the [0] – [9] number buttons

to set the tuning as required.

These are just like the transport controls on a cassette

deck or CD player, letting you fast forward [ ],

rewind [ ] and pause [ ] playback of the song.

Change the Key Of a Song

Transpose item.

• The pitch of Drum Kits voices cannot be changed.

NOTE

Tuning item.

• The pitch of Drum Kits voices cannot be changed.

NOTE

Song Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, and Pause

rr ❙

❙

Press the

pause button

to pause play-

back.

Press the fast

reverse button

rapidly return

to an earlier

point in the

song.

Press the fast

forward button

to rapidly skip

ahead to a

later point in

the song.

• When an A-B repeat range is speciﬁed the fast reverse and forward

function will only work within that range.

NOTE

Song Settings Reference

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 67

You can change a song’s melody voice to any other voice you prefer.

This setting can be made independently for the right-hand melody (MELODY R) and left-hand melody (MELODY L)

voices.

1Press and hold the [VOICE] button for

longer than a second to display the voice

list.

2Press the [VOICE] button as many times as

necessary so that “VOICE SELECT (MEL-

ODY R)” or “VOICE SELECT (MELODY L)”

appears as the voice list title.

Each time the [VOICE] button is pressed the voice

list title changes in sequence: MAIN → DUAL →

SPLIT → MELODY R → MELODY L → MAIN …

3Use the dial or other selection controls to

select a voice.

The DGX-505/305 can use two different types of memory media to store external song ﬁles transferred from a com-

puter – SmartMedia and ﬂash memory (songs 036 –). The media select function determines to which media type song

ﬁles will be stored, and from which media type stored song ﬁles will be played. A ﬂowchart of the process from sav-

ing song ﬁles to memory media and playing them back is provided on page 36.

1Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the

FUNCTION display.

2Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

select the Media Select item.

3Use [+] and [-] buttons to select SmartMedia

or Flash Memory.

Press the [+] button to select SmartMedia when you

want to save a song to SmartMedia or play a saved

song from SmartMedia memory. Press the [-] button

to select Flash Memory when you want to save a

song to ﬂash memory or play a saved song from

ﬂash memory.

4Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN

display.

Change the Melody Voice

Press the [SONG] button to engage the song

mode.

•You cannot change the melody voice of a user song.

NOTE

Hold for longer

than a second.

Media Select

Media Select item.

Select SmartMedia or Flash

Memory.

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Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings

This instrument has a Registration Memory feature that lets you save your favorite settings for

easy recall whenever they’re needed. Up to 16 complete setups can be saved (8 banks of two

setups each).

■Settings That Can be Saved to the

Registration Memory ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

• Style settings*

Style number, Auto Accompaniment ON/OFF, Split

Point, Style settings (Main A/B), Style Volume, Tempo

•Voice settings

Main Voice setting (Voice number, Volume, Octave,

Pan, Reverb Send Level, Chorus Send Level), Dual

Voice settings (Dual ON/OFF, Voice number, Volume,

Octave, Pan, Reverb Send Level, Chorus Send Level),

Split Voice settings (Split ON/OFF, Voice number,

Volume, Octave, Pan, Reverb Send Level, Chorus

Send Level)

•Effect settings

Reverb Type, Chorus Type, Panel Sustain ON/OFF

•Harmony settings

Harmony ON/OFF, Harmony Type, Harmony Volume

•Other settings

Transpose, Pitch Bend Range

* Style settings are not available for Registration Memory when

using the Song features.

■Saving to the Registration

Memory ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

1Set the panel controls as required – select a

voice, accompaniment style, etc.

2Press the [●] (MEMORY/BANK) button. A

bank number will appear in the display when

you release the button.

3Use the dial or the [1] – [8] number buttons

to select a bank number from 1 to 8.

8 Banks

Memory 1

Up to 16 presets (eight

banks of two each) can be

memorized.

Memory 2

Saving Settings to the Registration Memory

Bank number

• Data cannot be saved to the registration memory during song play-

back.

NOTE

Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings Reference

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 69

4Press the REGIST. MEMORY [1] or [2] button

while holding the [●] (MEMORY/BANK) but-

ton to store the current panel settings to the

speciﬁed registration memory.

■

Recalling a Registration Memory

● ● ● ●

1Press the [●] (MEMORY/BANK) button. A

bank number will appear in the display when

you release the button.

2Use the dial or the [1] – [8] number buttons

to select bank you want to recall.

3Press the REGIST. MEMORY button, [1] or

[2], containing the settings you want to

recall. The panel controls will be instantly

set accordingly.

Bank number

•You can also save your panel settings memorized to registration

memory button into SmartMedia memory as the user data ﬁle.

NOTE

• If you select a Registration Memory setting that has already been

created, the previous data is deleted and overwritten with the new

data.

NOTE

• Do not turn off the power while saving settings to the registra-

tion memory, otherwise the data may be damaged or lost.

CAUTION

Bank number

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Function settings

The Function pages that can be accessed via the FUNCTION display include detailed settings

for the instrument’s voices, effects, split point, tuning, and more. Button shortcuts can be used

to quickly access commonly used settings: hold a shortcut button for longer than a second to

directly access the related setting display.

1Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the

FUNCTION display.

2Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

select the required item.

For details on individual settings refer to the FUNC-

TION Setting List on page 71.

The name of the previous item in the list appears to

the upper left, and the name of the next item in the

list appears to the upper right of the currently

selected item.

3Set the value as required using the dial, the

[+] and [-] buttons, or the [0] – [9] number

buttons.

For ON/OFF settings use the [+] button to turn the

function ON and the [-] button to turn the function

OFF. Use the [+] button to begin execution of opera-

tions, or the [-] button to cancel the selected opera-

tion.

4If necessary, hold the [FUNCTION] button

for longer than a second to save your set-

tings to ﬂash memory.

Although all settings made via the FUNCTION dis-

play are retained by the instrument while the power

is on, your custom settings will be lost when the

power is turned off unless you save them to ﬂash

memory. Simply save the settings to ﬂash memory

by holding the [FUNCTION] button for more than a

second, and your settings will be retained in ﬂash

memory even while the power is off and will be

recalled the next time the instrument is turned on.

Locating and Editing the Function Settings

Previous item

Function

category Next item

Current item

Directly enter

numeric values

• Increase a

value by 1

•Turn a setting

•Execute an

operation

• Decrease a

value by 1

•Turn a setting

OFF

• Cancel an

operation

Reset a value to

its default setting

Hold for longer

than a second

• Do not turn off the power while saving settings, otherwise the

data may be damaged or lost.

CAUTION

Function settings Reference

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■ Function Display List

Category Setting Item title Range/Settings Description

VOLUME Style Volume Style Volume 000 – 127 Determines the volume of the Style.

Song Volume Song Volume 000 – 127 Determines the volume of the Song.

OVERALL Transpose Transpose -12 – 12 Determines the pitch of the instrument by semitone

increments.

Tuning Tuning -100 – 100 Sets the pitch of the instrument’s sound in 1-cent

increments.

Pitch Bend Range Pitch Bend

Range

01 – 12 Sets the pitch bend range in semitone increments.

Split Point Split Point 000 – 127 (C-2 – G8) Determines the highest key for the Split voice and

sets the Split “point” — in other words, the key that

separates the Split (lower) and Main (upper) voices.

The Split Point setting and Accompaniment Split

Point setting are automatically set to the same value.

Touch Sensitivity Touch

Sensitivity

1 (Soft)/2 (Medium)/

3 (Hard)

When Touch Response is on, this determines the

sensitivity of the feature.

MAIN VOICE Volume M. Volume 000 – 127 Determines the volume of the Main voice.

Octave M. Octave -2 – +2 Determines the octave range for the Main voice.

PanM. Pan 000 (left) – 64 (center)

– 127 (right)

Determines the pan position of the Main voice in the

stereo image. The value “0” results in the sound

being panned full left; the value “127” results in the

sound being panned full right.

Reverb Send Level M. Reverb Level 000 – 127 Determines how much of the Main voice’s signal is

sent to the Reverb effect.

Chorus Send Level M. Chorus Level 000 – 127 Determines how much of the Main voice’s signal is

sent to the Chorus effect.

DUAL VOICE Volume D. Volume 000 – 127 Determines the volume of the Dual voice.

Octave D. Octave -2 – +2 Determines the octave range for the Dual voice.

PanD. Pan 000 (left) – 64 (center)

– 127 (right)

Determines the pan position of the Dual voice in the

stereo image. The value “0” results in the sound

being panned full left; the value “127” results in the

sound being panned full right.

Reverb Send Level D. Reverb Level 000 – 127 Determines how much of the Dual voice’s signal is

sent to the Reverb effect.

Chorus Send Level D. Chorus Level 000 – 127 Determines how much of the Dual voice’s signal is

sent to the Chorus effect.

SPLIT VOICE Volume S. Volume 000 – 127 Determines the volume of the Split voice.

Octave S. Octave -2 – +2 Determines the octave range for the Split voice.

PanS. Pan 000 (left) – 64 (center)

– 127 (right)

Determines the pan position of the Split voice in the

stereo image. The value “0” results in the sound

being panned full left; the value “127” results in the

sound being panned full right.

Reverb Send Level S. Reverb Level 000 – 127 Determines how much of the Split voice’s signal is

sent to the Reverb effect.

Chorus Send Level S. Chorus Level 000 – 127 Determines how much of the Split voice’s signal is

sent to the Chorus effect.

EFFECT Reverb Type Reverb Type 01 – 10 Determines the Reverb type, including off (10). (See

the list on page 104)

Chorus Type Chorus Type 01 – 05 Determines the Chorus type, including off (05). (See

the list on page 104)

Panel Sustain Sustain ON/OFF Determines whether or not panel sustain is always

applied to the MAIN/DUAL/SPLIT voices. Panel sus-

tain is applied continuously when ON, or not applied

when OFF. (page 58)

HARMONY Harmony Type Harmony Type 01 – 26 Determines the Harmony type. (See the list on page

104)

Harmony Volume Harmony

Volume

000 – 127 Determines the level of the Harmony effect when

Harmony type 1-5 is selected.

Reference Function settings

72 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

*All these settings can be conveniently reset to their initial default values by pressing the [+] and [-] buttons simultaneously.

(The exception to this is Initial Setup Send and Bulk Send, which is an operation, not a setting.)

PC MODE PC mode PC Mode PC1/PC2/OFF Optimizes the MIDI settings when you connect to a

computer (page 80).

PC1 sets local off and external clock on for use

with an external sequencer or similar device.

The PC2 setting allows the instrument to use Digi-

tal Music Notebook content on the connected

computer.

OFF turns local control on, external clock off, key-

board out on, style out on, and song out on.

MIDI Local On/Off Local On/Off ON/OFF Determines whether the instrument’s keyboard con-

trols the internal tone generator (ON) or not (OFF).

(page 80)

External Clock External Clock ON/OFF Determines whether the instrument synchronizes to

the internal clock (OFF) or an external clock (ON).

(page 80)

Keyboard Out Keyboard Out ON/OFF Determines whether Keyboard performance data of

the instrument is transmitted (ON) or not (OFF).

Style Out Style Out ON/OFF Determines whether Style data is transmitted (ON)

via USB or not (OFF) during Style playback.

Song Out Song Out ON/OFF Determines whether Song data is transmitted (ON)

via USB or not (OFF) during Song playback.

Initial Setup Send Initial Setup

Send

YES/NO Lets you send the data of the panel settings to a com-

puter. Press [+] to send, or press [-] to cancel. Use

the [+] button to transmit the data. Use the [-] button

to stop the transmission.

Bulk Send Bulk Send YES/NO Transfers user song and registration memory data

from the instrument to a computer. The [+] button

begins the transfer, and the [-] button aborts the

transfer.

METRONOME Time Signature Time Signature 00 – 15 Determines the time signature of the Metronome.

Metronome Volume Metronome

Volume

000 – 127 Determines the volume of the Metronome.

SCORE Quantize Quantize Depending on the song data, you can make the score

more readable by adjusting the timing of the notes.

This determines the minimum timing resolution used

in the song. For example, if there are both quarter

notes and eighth notes in the song, you should set

this on a value of “e” (eighth note). Any notes or rests

shorter than this value will not be shown in the score.

LESSON Lesson Track (R) R-Part GuideTrack 1 – 16 Determines the guide track number for your right

hand lesson. The setting is only effective for Smart-

Media card or ﬂash memory songs (SMF).

Lesson Track (L) L-Part GuideTrack 1 – 16 Determines the guide track number for your left hand

lesson. The setting is only effective for SmartMedia

card or ﬂash memory songs (SMF).

Grade Grade ON/OFF Determines whether Grade function is on or off.

UTILITY Media Select Media Select Flash Memory/

SmartMedia

Selects a media type for data storage or loading. The

available media types are SmartMedia and ﬂash

memory.

Demo Cancel D-Cancel ON/OFF Determines the Demo cancel is enabled or not. When

this is set to ON, the Demo Song does not play, even

if the [DEMO] button is pressed.

LANGUAGE Language Select Language English/Japanese Determines the display language for the demo dis-

plays, song ﬁle names, lyrics and certain display

messages. All other messages and names are dis-

played in English. When this is set to Japanese, the

ﬁle names are displayed in the Japanese font. The

lyrics display follows the language setting originally

made in the song data; however, when no such set-

ting exists, the setting here is used.

Category Setting Item title Range/Settings Description

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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 from the memory card. SmartMedia can also be used to

transfer song data downloaded from the Internet to the instrument, where it can be used with

the performance assistant technology (page 16) and Lesson (page 39) features described in

the Quick Guide. Furthermore, user songs saved to SmartMedia memory in MIDI ﬁle format

can also be used with these features.

In this section we’ll look at the procedures for setting up and formatting SmartMedia memory

cards, as well as for saving and loading data to and from them.

Be sure to read the handling SmartMedia precautions provided on page 11.

1Insert a SmartMedia* card into the card slot,

being careful to insert it with the proper ori-

entation.

The gold connector terminals on the SmartMedia

card should be facing upward. Carefully but ﬁrmly

insert the card all the way into the slot. Take care not

to insert the card the wrong way around.

* This instrument uses 3.3V SmartMedia™ memory cards.

2Check that the ﬁle control icon appears in

the MAIN display.

The ﬁle control icon will appear in the MAIN dis-

play when a SmartMedia memory card has been

inserted and is ready for use. When the ﬁle control

icon is showing you can access the FILE CONTROL

display by pressing the [FILE CONTROL] button.

Please don’t press the button just yet.

If you don’t have a SmartMedia card, you will need to purchase one (or more, as needed).

Inserting a SmartMedia Card

• In order to play songs copied to a SmartMedia card from a com-

puter or other device, the songs must be stored either in the card’s

root directory or a ﬁrst-level folder in the root directory. Songs

stored in these location can be selected and played as song num-

bers 036 – 929 (page 36).

Songs stored in sub-folders created inside a root-level folder can-

not be selected and played by this instrument.

SmartMedia (Root)

Song

File

Song

File

Song

File

Can be selected/played.

Cannot be selected/played.

IMPORTANT

File Control

Icon

This icon will

appear when a

SmartMedia

card has been

properly

inserted and is

ready for use.

• No sound will be produced if you play the keyboard while the FILE

CONTROL display is showing. Also, in this state only buttons related

to ﬁle functions will be active.

NOTE

• The FILE CONTROL display will not appear in any of the following

cases:

• No SmartMedia card has been inserted.

•The FUNCTION display Media Select item is set to Flash Mem-

ory.

• During style or song playback.

• During a lesson.

• While data is being loaded from a SmartMedia card.

NOTE

Reference Using SmartMedia™ Memory

74 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

In order to perform any SmartMedia operations you will ﬁrst need to make 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 card is properly inserted in the instrument’s card slot the

ﬁle control icon will appear in the MAIN display.

1Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the

FUNCTION display.

2Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

select the Media Select item.

3Press the [+] button to select SmartMedia.

New SmartMedia cards must be formatted before they can be used by this instrument.

1After inserting the SmartMedia card to be

formatted into the instrument’s card slot,

check that the ﬁle control icon is showing in

the MAIN display. If the icon is not showing

make sure that the Media Select item is set

to SmartMedia.

2Press the [FILE CONTROL] button so that

the FILE display Format item appears.

The display prompts you for conﬁrmation.

3Press the [EXECUTE] button and the display

prompts you for conﬁrmation.

You can press the [-] button at this point to cancel

the operation.

4Press the [EXECUTE] button again, or the

[+] button, and the format operation will

begin.

5A message will appear on the display to

inform you that the operation has ﬁnished.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN dis-

play.

Change the Media Select Setting to SmartMedia

Formatting SmartMedia Cards

• If you format a SmartMedia card that already contains data, all of

the data will be erased. Be careful not to erase important data

when using the format function.

CAUTION

•If the Format item does not appear when you access the FILE CON-

TROL display, use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to locate it.

NOTE

• Once the format-in-progress message appears on the display

the format operation cannot be canceled. Never turn off the

power or remove the SmartMedia card during this operation.

CAUTION

• If the SmartMedia card has been write-protected, an appropriate

message will appear on the display and you will not be able to exe-

cute the operation.

NOTE

Using SmartMedia™ Memory Reference

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 75

Three types of data are saved 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 registration memory are also saved automati-

cally.

1Make sure that a properly formatted Smart-

Media card has been properly inserted into

the instrument’s card slot, and that the ﬁle

control icon is showing in the MAIN display.

If the icon is not showing change the Media

Select setting to SmartMedia.

2Press the [FILE CONTROL] button.

3Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

locate the User File Save item.

A default ﬁle name will automatically be created.

4Press the [EXECUTE] button. A cursor will

appear below the ﬁrst character in the ﬁle

name.

5Change the ﬁle name as necessary.

• The [-] button moves the cursor to the left, and the

[0] button moves it to the right.

• Use the dial to select a character for the current

cursor location.

• The [+] button deletes the character at the cursor

location.

6Press the [EXECUTE] button. The display

prompts you for conﬁrmation.

You can cancel the save operation at this point by

pressing the [-] button.

7Press the [EXECUTE] button again, or the

[+] button, and the save operation will begin.

8A message will appear on the display to

inform you that the operation has ﬁnished.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN dis-

play.

Saving Data

● To Overwrite an Existing File

If you want to overwrite a ﬁle that already exists on

the SmartMedia card, use the dial or the [+] and [-]

buttons to select the ﬁle, then skip ahead to step 6.

• Up to 100 user ﬁles can be saved to a single SmartMedia card.

• If the SmartMedia card has been write-protected, an appropriate

message will appear on the display and you will not be able to exe-

cute the operation.

• If there is not enough capacity left on the card to save the data an

appropriate message will appear on the display and you will not be

able to save the data. Erase unwanted ﬁles from the card to make

more memory available (page 77), or use a different card.

•Refer to the “Messages” list on page 91 for other possible errors that

might prevent you from completing the operation.

NOTE

Cursor

Cursor right

Delete

character

Cursor left The dial

selects

characters

•Once the save-in-progress message appears on the display the

operation cannot be canceled. Never turn off the power or

remove the SmartMedia card during this operation.

CAUTION

•If an existing ﬁlename is speciﬁed the display prompts you for conﬁr-

mation. Press [EXECUTE] or [+] if it is OK to overwrite the ﬁle, or [-]

to cancel.

• The amount of time it will take to perform the save operation will

depend on the condition of the SmartMedia card.

NOTE

Reference Using SmartMedia™ Memory

76 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

This operation converts a user song (song numbers 031 – 035) to SMF Format 0 and saves the ﬁle to SmartMedia.

1Make sure that a properly formatted Smart-

Media card has been properly inserted into

the instrument’s card slot, and that the ﬁle

control icon is showing in the MAIN display.

If the icon is not showing change the Media

Select setting to SmartMedia.

2Press the [FILE CONTROL] button.

3Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

locate the SMF Save item.

The SOURCE FILE – a user song name – will be

highlighted.

4Select the source user song.

You can press the [+] and [-] buttons simultaneously

to select the ﬁrst user song.

5Press the [EXECUTE] button.

The DESTINATION SONG will be highlighted, and

a default name will appear for the converted song ﬁle.

6Press the [EXECUTE] button.

A cursor will appear below the ﬁrst character in the

ﬁle name.

7Change the ﬁle name as necessary.

Refer to “Saving Data” on page 75 for ﬁlename entry.

8Press the [EXECUTE] button. The display

prompts you for conﬁrmation.

You can cancel the save operation at this point by

pressing the [-] button.

9Press the [EXECUTE] button again, or the

[+] button, and the save operation will begin.

10 A message will appear on the display to

inform you that the operation has ﬁnished.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN dis-

play.

Convert a User Song to SMF Format and Save

● What is SMF (Standard MIDI File)?

The SMF (Standard MIDI File) format is one of the

most common and widely compatible sequence formats

used for storing sequence data. There are two variations:

Format 0 and Format 1. A large number of MIDI devices

are compatible with SMF Format 0, and most commer-

cially available MIDI sequence data is provided in SMF

Format 0.

• Up to 894 songs can be saved to a single SmartMedia card.

• This operation cannot be executed if there is no data in any of the

instrument’s user songs (song numbers 031 – 035).

NOTE

The source user song name.

● To Overwrite an Existing File

If you want to overwrite a ﬁle that already exists on

the SmartMedia card, use the dial or the [+] and [-]

buttons to select the ﬁle, then skip ahead to step 8.

The name of the ﬁle to be

saved

Cursor

•Once the save-in-progress message appears on the display the

operation cannot be canceled. Never turn off the power or

remove the SmartMedia card during this operation.

CAUTION

•If an existing ﬁlename is speciﬁed the display prompts you for conﬁr-

mation. Press [EXECUTE] or [+] if it is OK to overwrite the ﬁle, or [-]

to cancel.

• The amount of time it will take to perform the save operation will

depend on the condition of the SmartMedia card.

NOTE

Using SmartMedia™ Memory Reference

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 77

This procedure allows you to load user data ﬁles you have previously saved to SmartMedia into the instrument’s inter-

nal memory.

1Make sure that the SmartMedia card con-

taining the ﬁle(s) you want to load has been

properly inserted into the instrument’s card

slot, and that the ﬁle control icon is showing

in the MAIN display. If the icon is not show-

ing change the Media Select setting to

SmartMedia.

2Press the [FILE CONTROL] button.

3Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

locate the Load item.

4Select the ﬁle you want to load.

You can press the [+] and [-] buttons simultaneously

to select the ﬁrst ﬁle on the SmartMedia card.

5Press the [EXECUTE] button. The display

prompts you for conﬁrmation.

You can cancel the load operation at this point by

pressing the [-] button.

6Press the [EXECUTE] button again, or the

[+] button, and the load operation will begin.

7A message will appear on the display to

inform you that the operation has ﬁnished.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN dis-

play.

This procedure deletes user data ﬁles (user songs, style ﬁle, and registration memory), SMF-converted songs, and

other MIDI song ﬁle data from a SmartMedia card.

1Make sure that the SmartMedia card con-

taining the ﬁle(s) you want to delete has

been properly inserted into the instrument’s

card slot, and that the ﬁle control icon is

showing in the MAIN display. If the icon is

not showing change the Media Select set-

ting to SmartMedia.

2Press the [FILE CONTROL] button.

3Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

locate the Delete item.

Loading Saved User data files

• If you load a User Data File user song (031 – 035), style ﬁle (style

number 136), and registration memory data will be overwritten by

the newly loaded data. If you only load a style ﬁle, only the style ﬁle

will be overwritten. Save important data to a SmartMedia card

before loading data that will overwrite it.

CAUTION

• Style ﬁles must be located in the root directory. Style ﬁles located

within folders will not be recognized.

NOTE

• If there are no ﬁles that can be loaded into the SmartMedia card,

and appropriate message will appear on the display and you will not

be able to continue with the load operation.

NOTE

•Once the load-in-progress message appears on the display the

operation cannot be canceled. Never turn off the power or

remove the SmartMedia card during this operation.

CAUTION

Deleting Data From a SmartMedia Card

Reference Using SmartMedia™ Memory

78 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

4Select the ﬁle you want to delete.

You can press the [+] and [-] buttons simultaneously

to select the ﬁrst song or user data ﬁle on the Smart-

Media card.

5Press the [EXECUTE] button. The display

prompts you for conﬁrmation.

You can cancel the delete operation at this point by

pressing the [-] button.

6Press the [EXECUTE] button again, or the

[+] button, and the delete operation will

begin.

7A message will appear on the display to

inform you that the operation has ﬁnished.

Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN dis-

play.

1Make sure that the SmartMedia card con-

taining the song you want to play has been

properly inserted into the instrument’s card

slot, and that the ﬁle control icon is showing

in the MAIN display. If the icon is not show-

ing change the Media Select setting to

SmartMedia.

2Press the [SONG] button.

3Use the dial to select the song you want to

play (036 –).

4Press the [START/STOP] button.

Your Easy Song Arranger settings for songs that have been saved to SmartMedia can also be saved to the SmartMedia

card.

Press the [FILE CONTROL] button while holding the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button to save the current Easy

Song Arranger settings to the SmartMedia card.

• Once the delete-in-progress message appears on the display

the operation cannot be canceled. Never turn off the power or

remove the SmartMedia card during this operation.

CAUTION

• If the SmartMedia card has been write-protected, an appropriate

message will appear on the display and you will not be able to exe-

cute the operation.

• If the SmartMedia card contains no data that can be deleted an

appropriate message will appear on the display and you will not be

able to execute the operation.

NOTE

Playing Songs Saved To SmartMedia

Save Your Easy Song Arranger Settings To SmartMedia

Easy Song Arranger settings

saved to SmartMedia

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 79

Connecting To a Computer

Nearly all of the electronic musical instruments made today – particularly synthesizers,

sequencers and computer music related devices – use MIDI. MIDI is a worldwide standard that

allows these devices to send and receive performance and setting data. Naturally, this instru-

ment lets you save or send your keyboard performance as MIDI data, as well as that of the

songs, styles and panel settings.

The potential MIDI holds for your live performance and music creation/production is enormous

– simply by connecting this instrument to a computer and transmitting MIDI data. In this sec-

tion, you'll learn the basics of MIDI and the particular MIDI functions of this instrument.

No doubt you have heard the terms “acoustic instru-

ment” and “digital instrument.” In the world today,

these are the two main categories of instruments. Let's

consider a grand piano and a classical guitar as repre-

sentative acoustic instruments. They are easy to under-

stand. With the piano, you strike a key, and a hammer

inside hits some strings and plays a note. With the gui-

tar, you directly pluck a string and the note sounds. But

how does a digital instrument go about playing a note?

As shown in the illustration above, in an electronic

instrument the sampling note (previously recorded note)

stored in the tone generator section (electronic circuit)

is played based on information received from the key-

board. So then what is the information from the key-

board that becomes the basis for note production?

For example, let’s say you play a “C” quarter note using

the grand piano sound on the instrument. Unlike an

acoustic instrument that puts out a resonated note, the

electronic instrument puts out information from the key-

board such as “with what voice,” “with which key,”

“about how strong,” “when was it pressed,” and “when

was it released.” Then each piece of information is

changed into a number value and sent to the tone gener-

ator. Using these numbers as a basis, the tone generator

plays the stored sampling note.

Example of Keyboard Information

Your keyboard performance and all panel operations of

this instrument are processed as MIDI data. The songs,

auto accompaniment (styles), and User songs are also

made up of MIDI data.

MIDI is an acronym that stands for Musical Instrument

Digital Interface and it allows different musical instru-

ments and devices to instantly communicate with each

other, via digital data. The MIDI standard is used all

over the world and was designed to transmit perfor-

mance data between electronic musical instruments (or

computers). Thanks to MIDI, you can control one

instrument from another and transmit performance data

between the devices-taking your creative and perfor-

mance potential to even higher levels.

MIDI messages can be divided into two groups: Chan-

nel messages and System messages.

● Channel Messages

This instrument is capable of handling 16 MIDI chan-

nels simultaneously – meaning it can play up to sixteen

different instruments at the same time. Channel mes-

sages transmit information such as Note ON/OFF, Pro-

gram Change, for each of the 16 channels.

● System Messages

This is data that is used in common by the entire MIDI

system. System messages include messages like Exclu-

sive Messages that transmit data unique to each instru-

ment manufacturer and Realtime Messages that control

the MIDI device.

What Is MIDI?

● Acoustic guitar note production

Pluck a string and the body

resonates the sound.

● Digital instrument note production

Based on playing information from the keyboard, a sampling note

stored in the tone generator is played through the speakers.

Playing the keyboard

Tone Generator

(Electronic circuit)

Sampling

Note

Sampling

Note

Voice number (with what voice) 1 (grand piano)

Note number (with which key) 60 (C3)

Note on (when was it pressed) and

note off (when was it released)

Timing expressed numerically

(quarter note)

Velocity (about how strong) 120 (strong)

Message Name Instrument Operation/Panel Setting

Note ON/OFF Performance data of the keyboard (contains

note number and velocity data)

Program Change Instrument selection (including bank select

MSB/LSB, if necessary)

Control Change Instrument settings (volume, pan, etc.)

Message Name Instrument Operation/Panel Setting

Exclusive Message Reverb/chorus settings, etc.

Realtime Messages Start/stop operation

Reference Connecting To a Computer

80 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

This instrument can be connected to a computer to

allow 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 driver provided on

the supplied CD-ROM on your computer. Refer to the

“Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide” on page 84

for details.

The supplied CD-ROM also includes a Musicsoft

Downloader application that allows you to transfer song

ﬁles from your computer to the instrument’s SmartMe-

dia or ﬂash memory.

■ USB Precautions

Please observe the following precautions when connect-

ing the instrument to a computer via a USB cable.

Failure to do so can cause the instrument and/or the

computer to hang up (freeze), possibly causing corrup-

tion or loss of data.

If the instrument or computer does hang up, turn the

power to both devices off and then on again, and restart

the computer.

These settings pertain to MIDI data transmission and reception.

■Local ON/OFF ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Local control determines whether or not notes played on

the instrument are sounded by its internal tone generator

system: the internal tone generator is active when local

control is on, and inactive when local control is off.

ON This is the normal setting in which notes played on the

DGX-505/305 keyboard are sounded by the internal

tone generator system. Data received via the instru-

ment’s USB connector will also be played by the internal

tone generator.

OFF With this setting the instrument itself produces no sound

(keyboard performance, harmony, or style playback), but

the performance data is transmitted via the USB con-

nector. Data received via the instrument’s USB connec-

tor will also be played by the internal tone generator.

Local control can turned on or off via the FUNCTION

display Local item (page 72).

■External Clock ON/OFF ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

These settings determine whether the instrument is syn-

chronized to its own internal clock (OFF), or to a clock

signal from an external device (ON).

ON The instrument’s time based functions will be synchro-

nized to the clock from an external device connected to

the USB connector.

OFF The instrument uses its own internal clock (default).

External clock control can turned on or off via the

FUNCTION display External Clock item (page 72).

USB Connection

DGX-505/305

USB cable

•Wake the computer from a sleep/suspended/standby mode before

connecting the USB cable.

• Connect the USB cable to the instrument and computer before

turning power to the instrument on.

• Check the following points before turning the instrument’s power

on or off, and before plugging or unplugging the USB cable.

• Quit all applications.

• Make sure that no data transfer is in progress (data is trans-

ferred whenever you play on the keyboard or play a song).

• Allow at least 6 seconds between turning the instrument’s power

on and off, and between plugging and unplugging the USB cable.

• Directly connect the instrument to the computer using a single

USB cable. Do not use a USB hub.

CAUTION

• The Musicsoft Downloader application may not be able to access the

instrument in the following cases:

•When an unformatted SmartMedia card is inserted while the Media

Select setting is “SmartMedia”.

• During a MIDI bulk dump.

• While the opening display is showing.

• During style playback.

• During song playback.

•During a ﬁle control operation (while the FILE CONTROL display is

showing).

•When the Media Select setting is “SmartMedia” but no SmartMedia

card is inserted.

NOTE

MIDI Settings

• If you can’t get any sound out of the instrument, this may be the most

likely cause. Playing the keyboard results in no sound when Local is set

to OFF.

NOTE

• If External Clock is ON and no clock signal is being received from an

external device, the song, style, and metronome functions will not start.

NOTE

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 conveniently make multiple settings for you in

one operation. Three settings are available: PC1, PC2,

and OFF. Press the [PC] button to call up the PC Mode

display, and select PC1 or PC2, as required. The setting

you choose will set parameters such as Local ON/OFF,

External Clock ON/OFF, and others for optimum opera-

tion with a sequencer application on your computer, for

example. Refer to page 72 for details about the MIDI

settings.

■Setting the PC Mode ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

1Press the [PC] button so that the FUNCTION

display PC Mode item appears.

2Use the dial or the [+] and [-] buttons to

select PC1, PC2, or OFF.

You can also use this instrument as a remote control

device for the Digital Music Notebook application on

your computer (via the USB connection) — controlling

playback, stop and transport functions from the panel.

■Remote control keys● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

DGX-505: To use the remote control functions, simulta-

neously hold down the lowest two keys on the keyboard

(A-1 and A#-1) and press the appropriate key (shown

below).

DGX-305: To use the remote control functions, simulta-

neously hold down the lowest two keys on the keyboard

(E0 and F#0) and press the appropriate key (shown

below).

MIDI (PC Mode) Settings For Computer Connection

PC1 PC2 PC Mode = OFF

Local OFF OFF ON

External Clock ON OFF OFF

Keyboard Out OFF ON ON

Style Out OFF OFF ON

Song Out OFF OFF ON

• Set the PC mode to PC2 when using Digital Music Notebook* in the

supplied CD-ROM.

*“Digital Music Notebook” is a software application for handling songs

and scores on your computer. Refer to the application’s online help

ﬁle for more information.

NOTE

• When the PC2 setting is selected the instrument’s style, song,

demo, song recording, and lesson features cannot be used.

NOTE

•You can also access the PC Mode item by ﬁrst pressing the [FUNC-

TION] button and then using the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

locate it (page 70).

NOTE

Remote control of MIDI devices

A-1

A#-1

C7: Fast forward

B6: Start

A6: Stop

G6: Rewind

F6: Top (move to the beginning of

the song)

E6: Metronome ON/OFF

F#0

G6: Fast forward

F6: Start

E6: Stop

D6: Rewind

C6: Top (move to the beginning of

the song)

B5: Metronome ON/OFF

• Remote control of MIDI devices will function independently of the PC2

mode.

NOTE

Reference Connecting To a Computer

82 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

This instrument can access two types of memory for

storage and retrieval 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 functions.

In order to transfer songs between your computer and

the instrument you will need to install the Musicsoft

Downloader application and the USB-MIDI Driver

included on the Accessory CD-ROM on your computer.

Refer to the Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide on

page 84 for installation details.

■With the Musicsoft Downloader You

Can ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

●Transfer MIDI songs you have downloaded from the

Internet or created on your computer from the com-

puter to the instrument’s SmartMedia or ﬂash mem-

ory.

➔ See page 82 for the procedure.

The procedure for transferring songs included on

the Accessory CD-ROM from your computer to

the instrument is given as an example.

■Use Musicsoft Downloader To

Transfer Songs From the Accessory

CD-ROM To the Instrument’s Smart-

Media/ﬂash memory ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

1• Before transferring to the instrument’s

SmartMedia memory ➔ Insert a SmartMedia

card into the card slot, and make sure that Media

Select (page 67) is set to SmartMedia.

• Before transferring to the instrument’s

ﬂash memory ➔ Make sure that Media Select is

set to Flash Memory.

2Install the Musicsoft Downloader application

and the USB-MIDI driver on your computer

(page 85 – 87).

3Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your com-

puter’s CD-ROM drive. The start window

should appear automatically, and close the

window.

4Double-click the Musicsoft Downloader

shortcut icon that is created on the desktop.

This will launch the Musicsoft Downloader

application and the main window will

appear.

5Click the “Add File” button and the Add File

window will appear.

6Click the [▼] button to the right of “Look in”

and select the CD-ROM drive from the drop-

down menu that appears. Double-click the

“SongCollection” Folder on the window.

Select the ﬁle you want to transfer to the

instrument, and click “Open.”

Transferring Song Files From a Computer

●Data That Can be Transferred From a Computer

To This Instrument

• Song Capacity (max.) SmartMedia 894 songs

(Song numbers 036 – 929)

Flash memory 512 songs

(Song numbers 036 – 547)

• Data Capacity Flash memory 875 kb

• Data Format SMF format 0/1, SFF

Use the Musicsoft Downloader application with Internet

Explorer 5.5 or higher.

• The following are required in order to transfer song ﬁles to the instru-

ment’s memory media:

• USB cable.

• SmartMedia (when transferring to SmartMedia memory).

USB cables and SmartMedia cards can be purchased at an electrical

goods or computer supply store.

NOTE

•If a song or style is being played, stop playback before proceeding.

Also, if the File Control display is showing press the [EXIT] button to

return to the MAIN display.

NOTE

•The instrument cannot be operated while the Musicsoft Downloader

is running.

NOTE

q Click the CD-ROM drive

w Double-click “SongCollection”

Folder. Double-click “for_CD”

Folder and click a song ﬁle.

e Click “Open”

Connecting To a Computer Reference

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 83

7A copy of the selected MIDI song ﬁle will

appear in the “List of ﬁles stored tempo-

rarily” at the top of the window. The cur-

rently selected memory medium will also be

displayed at the bottom of the display to

specify the destination for the transfer. Click

the memory medium.

When transferring to the instrument’s SmartMedia

memory, the USER FILES folder will appear in the

lower right area of the window. This folder contains

user data ﬁles (ﬁles with the “.USR” extension)

saved using the instrument’s File Control function

(page 75), and user songs (ﬁles with the “.MID”

extension) saved using the SMF Convert function

(page 76). The USER FILES folder is a storage area

reserved for ﬁles used by the instrument’s File Con-

trol function.

8After selecting the ﬁle in the “List of ﬁles

stored temporarily”, click the downward

[Move] button and a conﬁrmation message

will appear. Click [OK] and the song will be

transferred from the “List of ﬁles stored tem-

porarily” to the instrument’s memory.

When transferring to the instrument’s SmartMedia

memory, if you click the [Move] button while the

window is as shown in step 7, the song ﬁle will be

transferred to the SmartMedia root directory. The

transferred song ﬁle can be played back on the

instrument as song number 036 or higher.

9Close the window to end the Musicsoft

Downloader.

10 To playback a song stored in ﬂash mem-

ory/SmartMedia, press the [SONG] button.

Use the dial to select the song you want to

play, then press the [START/STOP] button

to start playback.

Style Files

Style ﬁles (ﬁles with the “.STY” extension) can be

transferred to SmartMedia using the same proce-

dure as described above. Style ﬁles transferred to

the SmartMedia root directory can be loaded into

style number 136 from the instrument’s File Con-

trol display and then played.

q Click the memory medium

• Files transferred to a location other than the root directory in Smart-

Media, the instrument’s ﬂash memory, or other media using Music-

soft Downloader cannot be deleted from the instrument’s File

Control display. Use the Musicsoft Downloader [Delete] button to

delete these ﬁles.

NOTE

●To Use transferred Songs For Lessons or

Score Display …

In order to use songs (only SMF format 0) trans-

ferred from a computer for lessons it is necessary

to specify which channels are to be played back as

the right-hand and left-hand parts. The procedure

for setting the “guide track” is as follows:

1Press the [SONG] button and select the song

(036 –) residing in SmartMedia or ﬂash mem-

ory for which you want to set the guide track.

2Press the [FUNCTION] button to call up the

FUNCTION display.

3Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to

select the R-Part or L-Part item.

4Use the dial to select the channel you want to

play back as the speciﬁed right- or left-hand

part.

We recommend that you select channel 1 for the

right-hand part and channel 2 for the left-hand part.

• End the Musicsoft Downloader to playback the song transferred

from your computer.

NOTE

• Do not unplug the USB cable during a data transfer. Not only will

the data not be transferred and saved, but operation of the memory

media may become unstable and its contents may disappear com-

pletely when the power is turned on or off.

CAUTION

• Store data can be lost due to equipment malfunction or improper

operation. For safety we recommend that you keep a copy of all

important data stored on your computer.

•We recommend that you use a power adaptor rather than batteries

when transferring data. The data can be corrupted if the batteries

fail during the transfer.

CAUTION

84 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide

• The software and this Installation Guide are exclusive

copyrights of Yamaha Corporation.

• Use of the software and this guide is governed by the

SOFTWARE LICENSING AGREEMENT which the

purchaser fully agrees to upon breaking the seal of the

software packaging. (Please read carefully the AGREE-

MENT at the end of this guide before installing the

application.)

• Copying of the software or reproduction of this guide in

whole or in part by any means is expressly forbidden

without the written consent of the manufacturer.

•Yamaha makes no representations or warranties with

regard to the use of the software and documentation and

cannot be held responsible for the results of the use of

this guide and the software.

• This disc is a CD-ROM. Do not attempt to play the disc

on an audio CD player. Doing so may result in irrepara-

ble damage to your audio CD player.

• Copying of the commercially available music data is

strictly prohibited except for your personal use.

• The company names and product names in this Installa-

tion Guide are the trademarks or registered trademarks

of their respective companies.

• Future upgrades of application and system software and

any changes in speciﬁcations and functions will be

announced separately.

• Software such as the USB MIDI driver may be revised

and updated without prior notice. Make sure to check

and download the latest version of the software from the

following site.

http://music.yamaha.com/download/

• Depending on the version of your operating system, the

screen shots and messages shown in this guide may dif-

fer to those that you see on your computer screen.

The data on this CD-ROM is compatible with computers running the Windows® operating system.

* 1 The software cannot be used when the instrument is in the follow-

ing state:

• No SmartMedia card has been inserted even when the FUNC-

TION display Media Select item is set to SmartMedia.

• During style or song playback.

• During a lesson.

• While data is being loaded from a SmartMedia card.

• While the opening display is showing (the opening display is the

display that appears for a few seconds when the instrument’s

power is turned on).

* 2 This software includes an online manual.

* 3 This software is not supported by Yamaha Corporation.

■Using the CD-ROM ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Please read the Software License Agreement on page 88

before opening the CD-ROM package.

1Check the system requirements to make

sure that the software will run on your com-

puter.

2Insert the Accessory CD-ROM into your

computer’s CD-ROM drive. The start window

should appear automatically.

3Connect the instrument to the computer.

The connection procedure is described on

page 80.

4Install the driver on your computer and

make the necessary settings.

Refer to “Installing the USB-MIDI Driver” on page

85 for installation and setup instructions.

SPECIAL NOTICES

CD-ROM Contents

Folder Name Application/Data Name Contents

MSD_ Musicsoft Downloader *1 *2

This application can be used to download MIDI song data from the Internet

and transfer it from the computer to memory media supported by the instru-

ment (SmartMedia or ﬂash memory).

DMN_ Digital Music Notebook *2 Digital Music Notebook is a major new multimedia platform for music tuition

and performance.

USBdrv_ USB Driver For Windows 98/Me This driver software is necessary to connect MIDI devices to your computer via

USB.

USBdrv2k_ USB Driver For Windows 2000/XP

SongCollection

for_CD The “SongCollection” folder contains two folders. The “for_CD” folder contains

the 70 MIDI songs and the corresponding 70 notation PDF ﬁles. These songs

can be transferred to the instrument for listening and/or lessons. The

“for_Preset (Only Score)” folder contains the notation PDF ﬁles of the 30

songs provided with the instrument (not including copyrighted songs).

for_Preset (Only Score)

•Do not attempt to play this CD-ROM on an audio CD player. The result high-volume noise can poten-

tially cause hearing damage or damage your CD player and speakers.

CAUTION

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DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 85

5Install the software.

• Digital Music Notebook and Musicsoft Down-

loader:

Refer to page 87.

•YAMAHA USB-MIDI Driver:

Refer to page 85.

6Launch the software.

For further software operation refer to the online help

supplied with the software.

■Installing the USB-MIDI Driver ● ● ● ●

In order to be able to communicate with and use MIDI

devices connected to your computer, the appropriate

driver software must be properly installed on your com-

puter.

The USB-MIDI driver allows sequence software and

similar applications on your computer to transmit and

receive MIDI data to and from MIDI devices via a USB

cable.

• Windows 98/Me installation ➔ page 86.

• Windows 2000 installation ➔ page 86.

• Windows XP installation ➔ page 87.

System Requirements

Application/Data OS CPU Memory Hard Disk Display

Musicsoft Downloader

Windows 98SE/Me/2000/

XP Home Edition/

XP Professional

233 MHz or higher; Intel®

Pentium®/Celeron®

processor family

64 MB or more

(256 MB or more

is recommended)

at least 128 MB of

free space (at least

512 MB of free space

is recommended)

800 x 600

HighColor

(16bit)

USB Driver for Windows 98/Me

Windows 98/98SE/Me 166 MHz or higher; Intel®

Pentium®/Celeron®

processor family

32 MB or more (64

MB or more is rec-

ommended)

at least 2 MB of free

space —

USB Driver for Windows

2000/XP

Windows 2000/XP Home

Edition/XP Professional

Digital Music Notebook Windows® XP Professional

Edition, SP1a more

Windows® XP Home

Edition, SP1a more

Windows 2000 Professional,

SP4 more

300MHz or higher; Intel®

Pentium®/Celeron®

Processor family (1GHz

or more is recommended)

128 MB or more

(256 MB or more

is recommended) at least 50 MB of free

space

1024 x 768

HighColor

(16bit)

Digital Music Notebook

(Requirements for playing

content with video included.)

1GHz or higher; Intel®

Pentium®/Celeron®

Processor family (1.4GHz

or more is recommended)

256 MB or more

Software Installation

● Uninstall (Removing the Software)

Installed software can be removed from your computer

as follows:

From the Windows Start menu select Start → Settings →

Control panel → Add or Remove Applications → Install

and Uninstall. Select the item you want to remove and

click [Add or Remove]. Follow the on-screen instruc-

tions to remove the selected software.

• The actual names of the menu items and buttons will depend on

the OS version you are using.

NOTE

Check the drive name of the CD-ROM drive you will be

using (D:, E:, Q: etc.) The drive name is displayed

beside the CD-ROM icon in your “My Computer”

folder. The root directory of the CD-ROM drive will be

D:\, E:\, or Q:\, respectively.

Driver

USB Cable MIDI device

Computer

Sequence

software

Reference Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide

86 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Installing the driver on Windows 98/Me

1Start the computer.

2Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD-

ROM drive. A start window will appear auto-

matically. Close the window.

3First, make sure the POWER switch on the

instrument is set to OFF, then use a USB

cable to connect the USB terminal of the

computer to the USB connector of the

instrument. When the instrument is turned

on, the computer automatically displays the

“Add New Hardware Wizard.” If the Add New

Hardware Wizard does not appear, click

“Add New Hardware” in the Control Panel.

For Windows Me users, check the radio button to the

left of “Automatic search for a better driver (Recom-

mended)” and click [Next]. The system automati-

cally starts searching and installing the driver.

Proceed to Step 8. If the system does not detect the

driver, select “Specify the location of the driver

(Advanced)” and specify the CD-ROM drive’s

“USBdrv_” folder to install the driver and click

[Next]. Execute the installation by following the

onscreen instructions and proceed to Step 8.

4Click [Next].

The window enables you to select the search

method.

5Check the radio button to the left of “Search

for the best driver for your device. (Recom-

mended).” Click [Next].

The window enables you to select a location in

which to install the driver.

6Check the “Specify a location” box, click

“Browse..”, then specify the USBdrv direc-

tory of the CD-ROM drive (such as

D:\USBdrv_\) and continue the installation.

7When the system detects the driver on the

CD-ROM and is ready for installation, it is

shown as a message on the screen. Make

sure that the “YAMAHA USB MIDI Driver” is

listed, and click [Next]. The system starts

the installation.

8When installation is complete, a message

indicating so appears. Click [Finish].

The driver has been installed.

Installing the driver on Windows 2000

1Start the computer and use the “Administra-

tor” account to log into Windows 2000.

2Select [My Computer] ➔ [Control Panel] ➔

[System] ➔ [Hardware] ➔ [Driver Signing] ➔

[File Signature Veriﬁcation], and check the

radio button to the left of “Ignore — Install

all ﬁles, regardless of ﬁle signature” and

click [OK].

3Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD-

ROM drive. A start window will appear auto-

matically. Close the window.

4First, make sure the POWER switch on the

instrument is set to OFF, then use a USB

cable to connect the USB connector of the

computer to the USB connector of the

instrument. When the instrument is turned

on, the computer automatically displays the

“Found New Hardware Wizard.” Click [Next].

5Check the radio button to the left of “Search

for a suitable driver for my device. (Recom-

mended).” Click [Next].

The window that appears enables you to select a

location in which to install the driver.

6Check the “CD-ROM drives” box and

uncheck all other items. Click [Next].

7When the installation is complete, the sys-

tem displays “Completing the Found New

Hardware Wizard.” Click [Finish].

8Restart the computer.

The driver has been installed.

• If you are using Windows Me, skip Step 4 – 7.

NOTE

• Some computers may take about ten seconds to show this screen

after the installation is complete.

NOTE

• The system may ask you to insert a Windows CD-ROM while it

checks for the driver. Specify the “USBdrv2k_” directory of the CD-

ROM drive (such as D:\USBdrv2k_\) and continue the installation.

NOTE

• Some computers may take about ten seconds to show this screen

after the installation is complete.

NOTE

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide

Reference

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Installing the driver on Windows XP

Start the computer.

Select [Start]

➔

[Control Panel]. If the con-

trol panel appears as “Pick a category”, click

“Switch to Classic View” in the upper left of

the window. All control panels and icons will

be displayed.

Go to [System]

➔

[Hardware]

➔

[Driver Sign-

ing Options] and check the radio button to

the left of “Ignore” and click [OK].

Click the [OK] button to close System Prop-

erties, and then click “X” in the upper right

of the window to close the Control Panel.

Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD-

ROM drive. A start window will appear auto-

matically. Close the window.

First, make sure the POWER switch on the

instrument is set to OFF, then use a USB

cable to connect the USB connector of the

computer to the USB connector of the

instrument. When the instrument is turned

on, the computer automatically displays the

“Found New Hardware Wizard.”

Check the radio button to the left of “Install

the software automatically. (Recom-

mended).” Click [Next]. The system starts

the installation.

When the installation is complete, the sys-

tem displays “Completing the Found New

Hardware Wizard.” Click [Finish].

Restart the computer. The driver has been

installed.

The driver has been installed.

■

Installing the Musicsoft Downloader

and Digital Music Notebook Appli-

cations

● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Insert the Accessory CD-ROM into your

computer’s CD-ROM drive. The start window

will appear automatically showing software

applications.

Click [Musicsoft Downloader] or [Digital

Music Notebook].

Click [install] button, and follow the on-

screen instructions to install the software.

For Digital Music Notebook operating instructions

see the help menu: launch the Digital Music Note-

book application and click “Help”.

For Musicsoft Downloader operating instructions

see the Help menu: launch the Musicsoft Down-

loader application and click “Help”.

* You can obtain the latest version of the Musicsoft

Downloader at the following Internet URL.

http://music.yamaha.com/download/

• Some computers may take a few minutes to show this screen.

NOTE

• Some computers may take about a few minutes to show this screen

after the installation is complete.

NOTE

• You will need to log in with administrator (root) privileges in order

to install Musicsoft Downloader on a computer running Windows

2000 or XP.

• You will need to log in with administrator (root) privileges in order

to install Digital Music Notebook on a computer running Windows

2000 or XP.

IMPORTANT

• When installing the Digital Music Notebook, make sure that Inter-

net Explorer 6.0 (with SP1) or higher is installed to your computer.

IMPORTANT

• Credit card settlement is required to purchase Digital Music Note-

book content. Credit card processing may not be possible for

some areas, so please check with your local authorities to make

sure that your credit card can be used.

IMPORTANT

• Use of the DMN (Digital Music Notebook) is governed by the SIBELIUS

SCORCH LICENSE AGREEMENT, which the purchaser fully agrees to

when using the application. Please read carefully the AGREEMENT at

the end of this manual before using the application.

NOTE

• If the start window does not appear automatically, double click your

“My Computer” folder to open it. Right-click the CD-ROM icon and

select “Open” from the pop-up menu. Double click “Start.exe” and

proceed to step 2, below.

NOTE

• Only Musicsoft Downloader can be used to transfer ﬁles between

this instrument and a computer. No other ﬁle transfer application

can be used.

IMPORTANT

Reference

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DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Troubleshooting

■

For the DGX-505/305

Problem Possible Cause and Solution

When the instrument is turned on or off, a popping

sound is temporarily produced. This is normal and indicates that the instrument is receiving electrical power.

When using a mobile phone, noise is produced.

Using a mobile phone in close proximity to the instrument may produce inter-

ference. To prevent this, turn off the mobile phone or use it further away from

the instrument.

There is no sound even when the keyboard is played or

when a song or style is being played back.

Check that nothing is connected to the PHONES/OUTPUT jack on the rear

panel. When a set of headphones is plugged into this jack, no sound is out-

put.

Check the Local Control on/off. (See page 80.)

Is the FILE CONTROL display showing? The instrument’s keyboard, etc., will

not produce any sound while the FILE CONTROL display is showing. Press

the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display.

Playing keys in the right hand area of the keyboard does

not produce any sound.

When using the Dictionary function (page 63), the keys in the right hand area

are used only for entering the chord root and type.

• The volume is too soft.

• The sound quality is poor.

• The rhythm stops unexpectedly or will not play.

• The recorded data of the song, etc. does not play cor-

rectly.

• The LCD display suddenly goes dark, and all panel set-

tings are reset.

The batteries are low or dead. Replace all six batteries with completely new

ones, or use the optional AC adaptor.

SOFTWARE LICENSING AGREEMENT

The following is a legal agreement between you, the end user, and

Yamaha Corporation (“Yamaha”). The enclosed Yamaha software

program is licensed by Yamaha to the original purchaser for use only

on the terms set forth herein. Please read this licensing agreement

with care. Opening this package indicates that you accept all terms

outlined herein. If you do not agree to the terms, return this package

unopened to Yamaha for a full refund. In the event that you obtained

the enclosed Yamaha software program(s) as a part of a software

package or software bundled with a hardware product, you may not

return the enclosed Yamaha software program(s) to Yamaha.

1. GRANT OF LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Yamaha grants you, the original purchaser, the right to use one copy

of the enclosed software program and data (“SOFTWARE”) on a sin-

gle-user computer system. You may not use it on more than one com-

puter or computer terminal. The SOFTWARE is owned by Yamaha

and is protected by Japanese copyright laws and all applicable inter-

national treaty provisions. You are entitled to claim ownership of the

media in which the SOFTWARE is included. Therefore, you must

treat the SOFTWARE like any other copyrighted materials.

2. RESTRICTIONS

The SOFTWARE program is copyrighted. You may not engage in

reverse engineering or reproduction of the SOFTWARE by other

conceivable methods. You may not reproduce, modify, change, rent,

lease, resell, or distribute the SOFTWARE in whole or in part, or cre-

ate derivative works from the SOFTWARE. You may not transmit or

network the SOFTWARE with other computers. You may transfer

ownership of the SOFTWARE and the accompanying written materi-

als on a permanent basis provided that you retain no copies and the

recipient agrees to the terms of the licensing agreement.

3. TERMINATION

The licensing condition of the software program becomes effective

on the day that you receive the SOFTWARE. If any one of the copy-

right laws or clauses of the licensing conditions is violated, the

licensing agreement shall be terminated automatically without notice

from Yamaha. In this case, you must destroy the licensed SOFT-

WARE and its copies immediately.

4. PRODUCT WARRANTY

Yamaha warrants to the original purchaser that if the SOFTWARE,

when used in normal conditions, will not perform the functions

described in the manual provided by Yamaha, the sole remedy will be

that Yamaha will replace any media which proves defective in materi-

als or workmanship on an exchange basis without charge. Except as

expressly set forth above, the SOFTWARE is provided “as is,” and no

other warranties, either expressed or implied, are made with respect

to this software, including, without limitation the implied warranties

of merchantability and ﬁtness for a particular purpose.

5. LIMITED LIABILITY

Your sole remedies and Yamaha’s entire liability are as set forth

above. In no event will Yamaha be liable to you or any other person

for any damages, including without limitation any incidental or con-

sequential damages, expenses, lost proﬁts, lost savings or other dam-

ages arising out of the use or inability to use such SOFTWARE even

if Yamaha or an authorized dealer has been advised of the possibility

of such damages, or for any claim by any other party.

6. GENERAL

This license agreement shall be interpreted according to and gov-

erned by Japanese laws.

Appendix

Troubleshooting

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 89

The style or song does not play back when the [START/

STOP] 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 Volume (page 71) is set to an appropriate level.

Is the split point set at an appropriate key for the cords you are playing? Set

the split point at an appropriate key (page 59).

Is the “ACMP” indicator showing in the display? If it is not showing press the

[ACMP ON/OFF] button so that it does show.

No rhythm accompaniment plays when the [START/

STOP] button is pressed after selecting style number

112 or a style between 124 and 135 (Pianist).

This is not a malfunction. Style number 112 and style numbers 124 – 135

(Pianist) have no rhythm parts, so no rhythm will play. The other parts will

begin playing when you play a chord in the accompaniment range of the key-

board if style playback is turned on.

Not all of the voices seem to sound, or the sound seems

to be cut off.

The instrument is polyphonic up to a maximum of 32 notes. If the Dual voice

or Split voice is being used and a style or song is playing back at the same

time, some notes/sounds may be omitted (or “stolen”) from the accompani-

ment or song.

The footswitch (for sustain) seems to produce the oppo-

site effect. For example, pressing the footswitch cuts off

the sound and releasing it sustains the sounds.

The polarity of the footswitch is reversed. Make sure that the footswitch plug is

properly connected to the SUSTAIN jack before turning on the power.

The sound of the voice changes from note to note.

This is normal. The AWM tone generation method uses multiple recordings

(samples) of an instrument across the range of the keyboard; thus, the actual

sound of the voice may be slightly different from note to note.

The Demo display is shown in Japanese, and/or there

are Japanese characters in the display messages.

Make sure the Language setting in the FUNCTION display is set to English.

(See page 22)

The FILE CONTROL display can’t be selected, even

though a SmartMedia card is inserted in the card slot.

The FUNCTION display Media Select item might be set to Flash Memory.

Media Select must be set to SmartMedia in order to use SmartMedia mem-

ory.

The appropriate display does not appear when the

[SONG], [EASY SONG ARRANGER], [STYLE], or

[VOICE] button is pressed.

Is another display showing? Try pressing the [EXIT] button to return to the

MAIN display, and then pressing one of the mentioned buttons.

The wrong notes sound when the keyboard is played. Perhaps the performance assistant technology is turned on.

Press the [PERFORMANCE ASSISTANT] button to turn it off.

The ACMP indicator does not appear when the [ACMP

ON/OFF] button is pressed.

Is the [STYLE] button lit? Always press the [STYLE] button ﬁrst when you are

going to use any style-related function.

The song number (036 –) of an external song ﬁle trans-

ferred to SmartMedia memory from a computer does

not appear.

Perhaps Media Select is set to Flash Memory. Make sure that Media Select is

set to SmartMedia (page 67).

The song number (036 –) of an external song ﬁle trans-

ferred to ﬂash memory from a computer does not

appear.

Perhaps Media Select is set to SmartMedia. Make sure that Media Select is

set to Flash Memory (page 67).

There is no harmony sound.

The harmony effects (01 – 26) behave differently according to their type.

Types 01 – 05 function when style playback is on, chords are played in the

accompaniment range of the keyboard, and a melody is played in the right-

hand range. Types 06 – 26 will function whether style playback is on or off. For

types 06 = 12 you need to play two notes at the same time.

Problem Possible Cause and Solution

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 Hardware Wizard” does

not appear, the USB function on the computer may be

disabled. Perform the following steps.

1Select [Control Panel] ➔ [System] ➔ [Device Manager]

(for Windows 98/Me), or select [Control Panel]* ➔ [Sys-

tem] ➔ [Hardware] ➔ [Device Manager] (for Windows

2000/XP).

* Classic View only in Windows XP.

2Make sure that no “!” or “x” marks appear at “Universal

serial bus controller” or “USB Root Hub.” If you see an

“!” or “x” mark, the USB controller is disabled.

• Is any unknown device registered?

If driver installation fails, the instrument will be marked

as an “Unknown device,” and you will not be able to

install the driver. Delete the “Unknown device” by fol-

lowing the steps below.

1Select [Control Panel] ➔ [System] ➔ [Device Manager]

(for Windows 98/Me), or select [Control Panel]* ➔ [Sys-

tem] ➔ [Hardware] ➔ [Device Manager] (for Windows

2000/XP).

* Classic View only in Windows XP.

2Look for “Other devices” in the menu “View devices by

type.”

3If you ﬁnd “Other devices,” double-click it to extend the

tree to look for “Unknown device.” If one appears, select

it and click the [Remove] button.

4Remove the USB cable from the instrument, and make

the connection again.

5Install the driver again.

• Windows 98/Me users .......... see page 86

• Windows 2000 users ............ see page 86

• Windows XP users ............... see page 87

• Did you install the driver? (page 85)

• Is the USB cable connected correctly?

•Are the volume settings of the instrument, playback

device, and application program set to the appropri-

ate levels?

•Have you selected an appropriate port in the

sequence software?

•Are you using the latest USB MIDI driver? The latest

driver can be downloaded from the following web

site.

http://music.yamaha.com/download/

•Does your computer satisfy the system requirements?

• Is any other application or device driver running?

• Do not suspend the computer while the MIDI appli-

cation is running.

If you are using Windows 2000, you may not be able to

suspend/resume normally, depending on the particular

environment (USB Host Controller, etc.). Even so, sim-

ply disconnecting and connecting the USB cable will

allow you to use the instrument functions again.

Windows Me/98

1When the instrument is recognized correctly, double-

click “System” in the Control Panel to open the System

window.

2Double-click the “Device Manager” tab, select “YAMAHA

USB MIDI Driver” and delete it.

3Use the MS-DOS prompt or Explorer to delete the fol-

lowing three ﬁles.

4Disconnect the USB cable.

5Restart the computer.

6Re-install the driver.

The driver cannot be installed.

When controlling the instrument from your

computer via USB, the instrument does not

operate correctly or no sound is heard.

Playback response is delayed.

Cannot suspend or resume the computer cor-

rectly.

How can I delete or re-install the driver?

•To delete these ﬁles using Explorer, select “Folder Options” from

the Tool (View) menu, and select “Show all ﬁles (and folders).”

• \WINDOWS\INF\OTHER\***.INF

• \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Xgusb.drv

• \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Ymidusb.sys

NOTE

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 91

Messages

LCD Message Comment

Access error! Indicates the failure in reading or writing from/to the SmartMedia or the

ﬂash memory.

All Memory Clearing... Displayed while erasing all data in the ﬂash memory. Never turn the

power off during data transmission.

Are you sure? Conﬁrms whether Song Clear or Track Clear is executed or not.

Backup Clearing... Displayed while clearing the back-up data in the ﬂash memory.

Cancel Displayed when the transmission of Initial or Bulk-Send is cancelled.

Clearing... Displayed while executing Song Clear or Track Clear of the user songs.

Com Mode

Displayed when the Musicsoft Downloader is started on the PC con-

nected to the keyboard. This will not be displayed while the instrument is

played back.

Completed Indicates the speciﬁed job completion such as data saving and transmis-

sion.

Create Directory Displayed while creating a folder in the Musicsoft Downloader applica-

tion.

Data Error! Displayed when the user song contains illegal data.

Delete File Displayed while deleting a song ﬁle in the Musicsoft Downloader.

Delete OK ? Conﬁrms whether the Delete job is executed or not.

Delete Directory Displayed while deleting a folder in the Musicsoft Downloader.

Deleting... Displayed while the delete function is engaged.

End Displayed when the transmission of Initial or Bulk-Send has been com-

pleted.

Error! Displayed when writing has failed.

“File information area is not large enough.” Indicates that saving data in the SmartMedia cannot be executed since

the total number of ﬁles have become too many.

File is not found. Indicates there is no ﬁle.

“File too large. Loading is impossible.” Indicates that loading data cannot be executed since the ﬁle data is too

large.

Flash Clearing... Displayed while clearing the song data transmitted to the internal ﬂash

memory.

Format OK ? Conﬁrms whether formatting the SmartMedia is executed or not.

Formatting... Displayed while formatting.

Load OK ? Conﬁrms whether loading is executed or not.

Loading... Displayed while loading data.

Media is not inserted. Displayed when accessing the SmartMedia while it is not inserted.

Media capacity is full. Displayed when saving data cannot be executed since the SmartMedia

memory becomes full.

Memory Full Displayed when the internal memory becomes full during song record-

ing.

“MIDI receive buffer overﬂow.” Displayed when too much MIDI data was received at one time and failed

to proceed.

Move File Displayed while moving a ﬁle in the Musicsoft Downloader.

“Now Writing...

(Don’t turn off the power now, otherwise

the data may be damaged.)”

Displayed while writing data in the memory. Never turn the power off

while writing. Doing so may result in data loss.

Overwrite ? Conﬁrms whether overwriting is executed or not.

Please Wait... Displayed when executing the jobs that take some time, such as display-

ing scores and lyrics.

Receive error! Displayed when an error occurs during receiving bulk data.

Receiving... Displayed while receiving bulk data.

Rename File Displayed while rewriting the song ﬁle name in the Musicsoft Down-

loader.

Save OK ? Conﬁrms whether saving is executed or not.

Saved data is not found. Displayed when the data to be saved doesn’t exist.

“Saves the selected melody and style.

(Don’t turn off the power now, otherwise

the data may be damaged.)”

Indicates to save the selected melody voice and style. Never turn the

power off while saving. Doing so may result in data loss.

Messages

92 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Saving... Displayed while saving data in the memory. Never turn the power off

while saving. Doing so may result in data loss.

Send OK? Conﬁrms whether the data transmission is executed or not.

Sending... Displayed while transmitting data.

“Since the media is in use now, this

function is not available.”

Indicates that the ﬁle control function is currently unavailable since the

SmartMedia is being accessed.

Sure ? Reconﬁrms whether each operation is executed or not.

“The limit of the media has been reached.” Indicates that saving data cannot be executed since the folder/directory

structure has become too complicated.

The media is not formatted. Indicates the inserted SmartMedia has not been formatted.

“The media is write-protected.” Indicates that the inserted SmartMedia cannot be written since it is write-

protected. Remove the write-protect seal before use.

“The song data is too large to be

converted to notation.”

Indicates that the score cannot be displayed since the song data is too

large.

There are too many ﬁles. Indicates that saving data cannot be executed since the total number of

ﬁles exceeds the capacity.

“This function is not available now.” Indicates the designated function is not available since the instrument is

executing another job.

[nnn] “ﬁle name” Indicates the ﬁle name of the currently transmitting song. “nnn” indicates

the receiving block.

LCD Message Comment

• Not all the messages are listed in the table: the messages necessary to be explained only.

NOTE

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 93

Keyboard Stand Assembly (DGX-505 Only)

The parts shown in the “Assembly Parts” illustration will be used. Follow the assembly instructions and select the parts as

needed.

zAttach the stand bases.

Making sure that the boards are facing the proper direc-

tion (the holes should face inside). The left and right side

boards are the same shape. Insert the joint connectors w

into the holes as shown. The joint connectors have been

installed properly if you can see a plus mark on the con-

nector.

Attach the stand bases to the rear of the side boards,

using the 6 x 70 mm round head screws q. The left and

right stand bases are the same shape, and there is no differ-

ence between their front-to-back orientation. If you have

trouble screwing in the screws, use a screwdriver to rotate

the joint connectors to the appropriate position – the →

mark on the joint connectors indicates the location of the

screw hole.

Have a phillips-head (+) screwdriver ready.

Read these cautions carefully before you assemble or use the keyboard stand.

These cautions are to promote safe use of the stand and to prevent injury and damage

from occurring to you and others. By following these cautions carefully, your keyboard

stand will provide you with safe and prolonged use.

• Be careful not to confuse parts, and be sure to install all parts in the correct direction. Please

assemble in accordance with the sequence given below.

• Assembly should be carried out by at least two persons.

• Be sure to use the correct screw size, as indicated above. Use of incorrect screws can cause dam-

age.

• Use the stand after assembly is complete. An uncompleted stand may overturn or the keyboard

may drop.

•Always place the stand on a ﬂat, stable surface. Placing the stand on uneven surfaces may cause it

to become unstable or overturn, the keyboard to drop, or injury.

• Do not use the stand for anything other than its designed purpose. Placing other objects on the

stand may result in the object dropping or the stand overturning.

•Do not apply excessive force to the keyboard as it may cause the stand to overturn or the keyboard

to drop.

• Make sure the stand is sturdy and safe, and all screws have been tight and ﬁrm before use. If not,

the stand may overturn, the keyboard may drop, or may result in injury to the user.

•To disassemble, reverse the assembly sequence given below.

CAUTION

q6 x 70 mm round head

screws (4 pcs.)

Side

boards

Stand

bases

Back board

wJoint connectors (4 pcs.)

e6 x 30 mm round head screws

(4 pcs.)

r5 x 16 mm round head

screws (4 pcs.)

Assembly Parts (DGX-505 only)

wJoint connectors

q6 x 70 mm round

head screws

Keyboard Stand Assembly (DGX-505 Only)

94 DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

xAttach the back board.

Attach the back board, using the 6 x 30 mm round head

screws 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 touch the sharp metal ﬁt-

tings.

cPut the keyboard on the stand.

Carefully place the keyboard on the side boards.

There is no back-to-front orientation for the stand, and

the keyboard can be placed on it facing either direction.

Slowly move the keyboard so that the holes on the bottom

of the keyboard are properly aligned with the holes on the

angle brackets.

• Be careful not to drop the keyboard or to get your ﬁngers caught

between the keyboard and the stand parts.

vInstall the keyboard to the stand.

Fix the keyboard to the angle brackets, using the 5 x 16

mm round head screws r.

e6 x 30 mm round head screws

r5 x 16 mm round

head screws

■Post-assembly checklist

Once you’ve assembled the stand, check the following points:

• Are there any parts left over?

➔If so, read the assembly instructions again and correct any

errors you might have made.

• Is the instrument clear of doors and other movable ﬁxtures?

➔If not, move the instrument to an appropriate location.

• Does the instrument make a rattling noise when you play it or

move it?

➔If so, properly tighten all screws.

• Also, if the keyboard makes a creaking noise or seems

unsteady when you play it, refer carefully to the assembly

instructions and diagrams and retighten all screws.

CAUTION

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual 95

Speciﬁcations

Keyboards

•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

Panel Controls

•SONG, VOICE, STYLE, EASY SONG ARRANGER, FILE

CONTROL, EXECUTE, PERFORMANCE ASSISTANT,

PC, LESSON L/R, LESSON MODE, LESSON REPEAT &

LEARN, METRONOME, PORTABLE GRAND, LYRICS,

SCORE, EXIT, DEMO, FUNCTION, TOUCH, HARMONY,

DUAL, SPLIT, TEMPO/TAP, [0] – [9], [+], [–], CATEGORY,

Dial, ACMP ON/OFF, SYNC STOP, SYNC START,

START/STOP, INTRO/ENDING/rit., MAIN/AUTO FILL,

REGIST. MEMORY ([●] (MEMORY/BANK), [1], [2]),

SONG MEMORY (REC, [1] – [5], [A])

Realtime Control

• Pitch Bend Wheel

Voice

• 121 panel voices + 12 drum kits + 359 XGlite voices

+ 2 XGlite optional voices

• Polyphony: 32

• DUAL

• SPLIT

Style

• 135 Preset Styles + 1 User Style file

• Style Control: ACMP ON/OFF, SYNC STOP,

SYNC START, START/STOP,

INTRO/ENDING/rit., MAIN/AUTO FILL

• Fingering: Multi fingering

• Style Volume

Card Slot

• 3.3V SmartMedia™

Education Feature

• Dictionary

• Lesson 1-3, Lesson Repeat & Learn

Registration Memory

•8 banks x 2 types

Function

•VOLUME:Style Volume, Song Volume

•OVERALL:Tuning, Transpose, Split Point, Touch Sensi-

tivity, Pitch Bend Range

•MAIN VOICE:Volume, Octave, Pan, Reverb Send Level,

Chorus Send Level

• DUAL VOICE:Volume, Octave, Pan, Reverb Send Level,

Chorus Send Level

• SPLIT VOICE:Volume, Octave, Pan, Reverb Send Level,

Chorus Send Level

•EFFECT:Reverb Type, Chorus Type, Panel Sustain

•HARMONY:Harmony Type, Harmony Volume

•PC:PC1/PC2/Off

•MIDI:Local On/Off, External Clock, Initial Setup

Send, Keyboard Out, Style Out, Song Out,

Bulk Send

•METRONOME:Time Signature, Metronome Volume

• SCORE:Quantize

•LESSON:Lesson Track (R), Lesson Track (L), Grade

•UTILITY:Media Select, Demo Cancel

•LANGUAGE:Language Select (English/Japanese)

Effects

• Reverb: 9 types

• Chorus: 4 types

• Harmony: 26 types

Song

• 30 Preset Songs + 5 User Songs + Accessory CD-ROM

Songs (70)

• Song Clear, Track Clear

• Song Volume

Performance assistant technology

• Chord Type/Melody Type

Recording

• Song

User Song: 5 Songs

Recording Tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, STYLE

MIDI

• Local On/Off • Initial Setup Send • External Clock

• Keyboard Out • Style Out • Song Out

• Bulk Send

Auxiliary jacks

• PHONES/OUTPUT, DC IN 12V, USB, SUSTAIN

Ampliﬁer

• 6W + 6W

Speakers

• 12cm x 2 + 3cm x 2

Power Consumption (when using PA-5D power adaptor)

• 22W

Power Supply

• Adaptor: Yamaha PA-5D AC power adaptor

• Batteries: Six “D” size, R20P (LR20) or equivalent

batteries

Dimensions (W x D x H)

• DGX-505: 1,376 x 431 x 173 mm

(54-1/8" x 17" x 6-3/4")

* with keyboard stand: 1,376 x 485 x 804 mm

(54-1/8" x 19-1/8" x 31-2/3")

• DGX-305: 1,178 x 412 x 173 mm

(46-3/8" x 16-1/4" x 6-3/4")

Weight

• DGX-505: 13.5kg (29 lbs. 12 oz.) (not including batteries)

• DGX-305: 9.2kg (20 lbs. 5 oz.) (not including batteries)

• Keyboard Stand (DGX-505 only): 7.5kg (16 lbs. 9 oz.)

Supplied Accessories

• Music Rest

• Accessory CD-ROM

• Owner’s Manual

• Foot Switch (DGX-505 only)

• Keyboard Stand (DGX-505 only)

*Specifications and descriptions in this owner’s manual are for

information purposes only. Yamaha Corp. reserves the right

to change or modify products or specifications at any time

without prior notice. Since specifications, equipment or op-

tions may not be the same in every locale, please check with

your Yamaha dealer.

Optional Accessories

• AC Power Adaptor: PA-5D/PA-5C

• Footswitch: FC4/FC5

• Keyboard Stand: LW-15/LW-16 (DGX-305 only)

* The DGX-505 additionally comes supplied with an FC5 foot-

switch and keyboard stand.

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Voice List

■ Maximum Polyphony • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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 avail-

able notes, so when auto accompaniment is used the total number of

available notes for playing on the keyboard is correspondingly

reduced. The same applies to the Split Voice and Song functions. If

the maximum polyphony is exceeded, earlier played notes will be

cut off and the most recent notes have priority (last note priority).

●Panel Voice List

•The Voice List includes MIDI program change numbers

for each voice. Use these program change numbers

when playing the instrument via MIDI from an external

device.

• Program Numbers 001 to 128 directly relate to MIDI

Program Change Numbers 000 to 127. That is, Pro-

gram Numbers and Program Change Numbers differ

by a value of 1. Remember to take this into consider-

ation.

• Some voices may sound continuously or have a long

decay after the notes have been released while the

sustain pedal (footswitch) is held.

NOTE

Voice

No.

Bank Select

MIDI

Program

Change#

(1 - 128)

Voice Name

MSB

(0 - 127)

LSB

(0 - 127)

PIANO

001 000 113 001 Live! Grand Piano

002 000 114 001 Live! Warm Grand Piano

003 000 112 001 Grand Piano

004 000 112 002 Bright Piano

005 000 112 004 Honky-tonk Piano

006 000 112 003 MIDI Grand Piano

007 000 113 003 CP 80

008 000 112 007 Harpsichord

E.PIANO

009 000 114 005 Cool! Galaxy Electric Piano

010 000 118 005 Cool! Suitcase Electric Piano

011 000 119 005 Cool! Electric Piano

012 000 112 005 Funky Electric Piano

013 000 112 006 DX Modern Electric Piano

014 000 113 006 Hyper Tines

015 000 114 006 Venus Electric Piano

016 000 114 008 E.Clavichord

017 000 112 008 Clavi

ORGAN

018 000 118 019 Cool! Organ

019 000 112 017 Jazz Organ 1

020 000 113 017 Jazz Organ 2

021 000 112 018 Click Organ

022 000 116 017 Bright Organ

023 000 112 019 Rock Organ

024 000 114 019 Purple Organ

025 000 118 017 16'+2' Organ

026 000 119 017 16'+4' Organ

027 000 114 017 Theater Organ

028 000 112 020 Church Organ

029 000 113 020 Chapel Organ

030 000 112 021 Reed Organ

ACCORDION

031 000 113 022 Traditional Accordion

032 000 112 022 Musette Accordion

033 000 113 024 Bandoneon

034 000 112 023 Harmonica

GUITAR

035 000 112 025 Classical Guitar

036 000 112 026 Folk Guitar

037 000 113 026 12Strings Guitar

038 000 112 027 Jazz Guitar

039 000 113 027 Octave Guitar

040 000 112 028 Clean Guitar

041 000 117 028 60's Clean Guitar

042 000 112 029 Muted Guitar

043 000 112 030 Overdriven Guitar

044 000 112 031 Distortion Guitar

BASS

045 000 112 033 Acoustic Bass

046 000 112 034 Finger Bass

047 000 112 035 Pick Bass

048 000 112 036 Fretless Bass

049 000 112 037 Slap Bass

050 000 112 039 Synth Bass

051 000 113 039 Hi-Q Bass

052 000 113 040 Dance Bass

STRINGS

053 000 116 050 Live! Orchestra

054 000 112 049 String Ensemble

055 000 112 050 Chamber Strings

056 000 112 051 Synth Strings

057 000 113 050 Slow Strings

058 000 112 045 Tremolo Strings

059 000 112 046 Pizzicato Strings

060 000 112 041 Violin

061 000 112 043 Cello

062 000 112 044 Contrabass

063 000 112 106 Banjo

064 000 112 047 Harp

065 000 112 056 Orchestra Hit

CHOIR

066 000 112 053 Choir

067 000 113 053 Vocal Ensemble

068 000 112 054 Vox Humana

069 000 112 055 Air Choir

SAXOPHONE

070 000 117 067 Sweet! Tenor Sax

071 000 113 065 Sweet! Soprano Sax

072 000 112 067 Tenor Sax

073 000 112 066 Alto Sax

074 000 112 065 Soprano Sax

075 000 112 068 Baritone Sax

076 000 114 067 Breathy Tenor Sax

077 000 112 069 Oboe

078 000 112 072 Clarinet

079 000 112 070 English Horn

080 000 112 071 Bassoon

TRUMPET

081 000 115 057 Sweet! Trumpet

082 000 112 057 Trumpet

083 000 112 060 Muted Trumpet

084 000 112 058 Trombone

085 000 113 058 Trombone Section

086 000 112 061 French Horn

087 000 112 059 Tuba

BRASS

088 000 112 062 Brass Section

089 000 113 062 Big Band Brass

090 000 119 062 Mellow Horns

091 000 112 063 Synth Brass

092 000 113 063 80’s Brass

093 000 114 063 Techno Brass

FLUTE

094 000 114 074 Sweet! Flute

095 000 113 076 Sweet! Pan Flute

096 000 112 074 Flute

Voice

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(1 - 128)

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MSB

(0 - 127)

LSB

(0 - 127)

Voice List

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

●XGlite Voice/XGlite Optional Voice* List

097 000 112 073 Piccolo

098 000 112 076 Pan Flute

099 000 112 075 Recorder

100 000 112 080 Ocarina

SYNTH LEAD

101 000 112 081 Square Lead

102 000 112 082 Sawtooth Lead

103 000 112 086 Voice Lead

104 000 112 099 Star Dust

105 000 112 101 Brightness

106 000 115 082 Analogon

107 000 119 082 Fargo

SYNTH PAD

108 000 118 089 SweetHeaven

109 000 112 089 Fantasia

110 000 113 101 Bell Pad

111 000 112 092 Xenon Pad

112 000 112 095 Equinox

113 000 113 090 Dark Moon

PERCUSSION

114 000 112 012 Vibraphone

115 000 112 013 Marimba

116 000 112 014 Xylophone

117 000 112 0115 Steel Drums

118 000 112 009 Celesta

119 000 112 011 Music Box

120 000 112 015 Tubular Bells

121 000 112 048 Timpani

DRUM KITS (See page 100)

122 127 000 001 Standard Kit 1

123 127 000 002 Standard Kit 2

124 127 000 009 Room Kit

125 127 000 017 Rock Kit

126 127 000 025 Electronic Kit

127 127 000 026 Analog Kit

128 127 000 028 Dance Kit

129 127 000 033 Jazz Kit

130 127 000 041 Brush Kit

131 127 000 049 Symphony Kit

132 126 000 001 SFX Kit 1

133 126 000 002 SFX Kit 2

Voice

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MSB

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LSB

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PIANO

134 000 000 001 Grand Piano

135 000 001 001 Grand Piano KSP

136 000 040 001 Piano Strings

137 000 041 001 Dream

138 000 000 002 Bright Piano

139 000 001 002 Bright Piano KSP

140 000 000 003 Electric Grand Piano

141 000 001 003 Electric Grand Piano KSP

142 000 032 003 Detuned CP80

143 000 000 004 Honky-tonk Piano

144 000 001 004 Honky-tonk Piano KSP

145 000 000 005 Electric Piano 1

146 000 001 005 Electric Piano 1 KSP

147 000 032 005 Chorus Electric Piano 1

148 000 000 006 Electric Piano 2

149 000 001 006 Electric Piano 2 KSP

*150 000 032 006 Chorus Electric Piano 2

151 000 041 006 DX + Analog Electric Piano

152 000 000 007 Harpsichord

153 000 001 007 Harpsichord KSP

154 000 035 007 Harpsichord 3

155 000 000 008 Clavi

156 000 001 008 Clavi KSP

Voice

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MSB

(0 - 127)

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CHROMATIC

157 000 000 009 Celesta

158 000 000 010 Glockenspiel

159 000 000 011 Music Box

160 000 064 011 Orgel

161 000 000 012 Vibraphone

162 000 001 012 Vibraphone KSP

163 000 000 013 Marimba

164 000 001 013 Marimba KSP

165 000 064 013 Sine Marimba

166 000 097 013 Balimba

167 000 098 013 Log Drums

168 000 000 014 Xylophone

169 000 000 015 Tubular Bells

170 000 096 015 Church Bells

171 000 097 015 Carillon

172 000 000 016 Dulcimer

173 000 035 016 Dulcimer 2

174 000 096 016 Cimbalom

175 000 097 016 Santur

ORGAN

176 000 000 017 DrawOrg

177 000 032 017 Detuned DrawOrg

178 000 033 017 60's DrawOrg 1

179 000 034 017 60's DrawOrg 2

180 000 035 017 70's DrawOrg 1

181 000 037 017 60's DrawOrg 3

182 000 040 017 16+2'2/3

183 000 064 017 Organ Bass

184 000 065 017 70's DrawOrg 2

185 000 066 017 Cheezy Organ

186 000 067 017 DrawOrg 3

187 000 000 018 Percussive Organ

188 000 024 018 70's Percussive Organ

189 000 032 018 Detuned Percussive Organ

190 000 033 018 Light Organ

191 000 037 018 Percussive Organ 2

192 000 000 019 Rock Organ

193 000 064 019 Rotary Organ

194 000 065 019 Slow Rotary

195 000 066 019 Fast Rotary

196 000 000 020 Church Organ

197 000 032 020 Church Organ 3

198 000 035 020 Church Organ 2

199 000 040 020 Notre Dame

200 000 064 020 Organ Flute

201 000 065 020 Tremolo Organ Flute

202 000 000 021 Reed Organ

203 000 040 021 Puff Organ

204 000 000 022 Accordion

205 000 000 023 Harmonica

206 000 032 023 Harmonica 2

207 000 000 024 Tango Accordion

208 000 064 024 Tango Accordion 2

GUITAR

209 000 000 025 Nylon Guitar

210 000 043 025 Velocity Guitar Harmonics

211 000 096 025 Ukulele

212 000 000 026 Steel Guitar

213 000 035 026 12-string Guitar

214 000 040 026 Nylon & Steel Guitar

215 000 041 026 Steel Guitar with Body Sound

216 000 096 026 Mandolin

217 000 000 027 Jazz Guitar

218 000 032 027 Jazz Amp

219 000 000 028 Clean Guitar

220 000 032 028 Chorus Guitar

221 000 000 029 Muted Guitar

222 000 040 029 Funk Guitar 1

223 000 041 029 Muted Steel Guitar

224 000 045 029 Jazz Man

225 000 000 030 Overdriven Guitar

226 000 043 030 Guitar Pinch

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DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

Voice List

227 000 000 031 Distortion Guitar

228 000 040 031 Feedback Guitar

229 000 041 031 Feedback Guitar 2

230 000 000 032 Guitar Harmonics

231 000 065 032 Guitar Feedback

232 000 066 032 Guitar Harmonics 2

BASS

233 000 000 033 Acoustic Bass

234 000 040 033 Jazz Rhythm

235 000 045 033 Velocity Crossfade Upright Bass

236 000 000 034 Finger Bass

237 000 018 034 Finger Dark

238 000 040 034 Bass & Distorted Electric Guitar

239 000 043 034 Finger Slap Bass

240 000 045 034 Finger Bass 2

241 000 065 034 Modulated Bass

242 000 000 035 Pick Bass

243 000 028 035 Muted Pick Bass

244 000 000 036 Fretless Bass

245 000 032 036 Fretless Bass 2

246 000 033 036 Fretless Bass 3

247 000 034 036 Fretless Bass 4

248 000 000 037 Slap Bass 1

249 000 032 037 Punch Thumb Bass

250 000 000 038 Slap Bass 2

251 000 043 038 Velocity Switch Slap

252 000 000 039 Synth Bass 1

253 000 040 039 Techno Synth Bass

254 000 000 040 Synth Bass 2

255 000 006 040 Mellow Synth Bass

256 000 012 040 Sequenced Bass

257 000 018 040 Click Synth Bass

258 000 019 040 Synth Bass 2 Dark

*259 000 040 040 Modular Synth Bass

260 000 041 040 DX Bass

STRING

261 000 000 041 Violin

262 000 008 041 Slow Violin

263 000 000 042 Viola

264 000 000 043 Cello

265 000 000 044 Contrabass

266 000 000 045 Tremolo Strings

267 000 008 045 Slow Tremolo Strings

268 000 040 045 Suspense Strings

269 000 000 046 Pizzicato Strings

270 000 000 047 Orchestral Harp

271 000 040 047 Yang Chin

272 000 000 048 Timpani

ENSEMBLE

273 000 000 049 Strings 1

274 000 003 049 Stereo Strings

275 000 008 049 Slow Strings

276 000 035 049 60's Strings

277 000 040 049 Orchestra

278 000 041 049 Orchestra 2

279 000 042 049 Tremolo Orchestra

280 000 045 049 Velocity Strings

281 000 000 050 Strings 2

282 000 003 050 Stereo Slow Strings

283 000 008 050 Legato Strings

284 000 040 050 Warm Strings

285 000 041 050 Kingdom

286 000 000 051 Synth Strings 1

287 000 000 052 Synth Strings 2

288 000 000 053 Choir Aahs

289 000 003 053 Stereo Choir

290 000 032 053 Mellow Choir

291 000 040 053 Choir Strings

292 000 000 054 Voice Oohs

293 000 000 055 Synth Voice

294 000 040 055 Synth Voice 2

295 000 041 055 Choral

296 000 064 055 Analog Voice

Voice

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MSB

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LSB

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297 000 000 056 Orchestra Hit

298 000 035 056 Orchestra Hit 2

299 000 064 056 Impact

BRASS

300 000 000 057 Trumpet

301 000 032 057 Warm Trumpet

302 000 000 058 Trombone

303 000 018 058 Trombone 2

304 000 000 059 Tuba

305 000 000 060 Muted Trumpet

306 000 000 061 French Horn

307 000 006 061 French Horn Solo

308 000 032 061 French Horn 2

309 000 037 061 Horn Orchestra

310 000 000 062 Brass Section

311 000 035 062 Trumpet & Trombone Section

312 000 000 063 Synth Brass 1

313 000 020 063 Resonant Synth Brass

314 000 000 064 Synth Brass 2

315 000 018 064 Soft Brass

316 000 041 064 Choir Brass

REED

317 000 000 065 Soprano Sax

318 000 000 066 Alto Sax

319 000 040 066 Sax Section

320 000 000 067 Tenor Sax

321 000 040 067 Breathy Tenor Sax

322 000 000 068 Baritone Sax

323 000 000 069 Oboe

324 000 000 070 English Horn

325 000 000 071 Bassoon

326 000 000 072 Clarinet

PIPE

327 000 000 073 Piccolo

328 000 000 074 Flute

329 000 000 075 Recorder

330 000 000 076 Pan Flute

331 000 000 077 Blown Bottle

332 000 000 078 Shakuhachi

333 000 000 079 Whistle

334 000 000 080 Ocarina

SYNTH LEAD

335 000 000 081 Square Lead

336 000 006 081 Square Lead 2

337 000 008 081 LM Square

338 000 018 081 Hollow

339 000 019 081 Shroud

340 000 064 081 Mellow

341 000 065 081 Solo Sine

342 000 066 081 Sine Lead

343 000 000 082 Sawtooth Lead

344 000 006 082 Sawtooth Lead 2

345 000 008 082 Thick Sawtooth

346 000 018 082 Dynamic Sawtooth

347 000 019 082 Digital Sawtooth

348 000 020 082 Big Lead

349 000 096 082 Sequenced Analog

350 000 000 083 Calliope Lead

351 000 065 083 Pure Pad

352 000 000 084 Chiff Lead

353 000 000 085 Charang Lead

354 000 064 085 Distorted Lead

355 000 000 086 Voice Lead

356 000 000 087 Fifths Lead

357 000 035 087 Big Five

358 000 000 088 Bass & Lead

359 000 016 088 Big & Low

360 000 064 088 Fat & Perky

361 000 065 088 Soft Whirl

SYNTH PAD

362 000 000 089 New Age Pad

363 000 064 089 Fantasy

364 000 000 090 Warm Pad

Voice

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Voice List

DGX-505/305 Owner’s Manual

The voice number with an asterisk (*) is XGlite optional voice.

365 000 000 091 Poly Synth Pad

366 000 000 092 Choir Pad

367 000 066 092 Itopia

368 000 000 093 Bowed Pad

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 African Wind

374 000 066 097 Carib

375 000 000 098 Sound Track

376 000 027 098 Prologue

377 000 000 099 Crystal

378 000 012 099 Synth Drum Comp

379 000 014 099 Popcorn

380 000 018 099 Tiny Bells

381 000 035 099 Round Glockenspiel

382 000 040 099 Glockenspiel Chimes

383 000 041 099 Clear Bells

384 000 042 099 Chorus Bells

385 000 065 099 Soft Crystal

386 000 070 099 Air Bells

387 000 071 099 Bell Harp

388 000 072 099 Gamelimba

389 000 000 100 Atmosphere

390 000 018 100 Warm Atmosphere

391 000 019 100 Hollow Release

392 000 040 100 Nylon Electric Piano

393 000 064 100 Nylon Harp

394 000 065 100 Harp Vox

395 000 066 100 Atmosphere Pad

396 000 000 101 Brightness

397 000 000 102 Goblins

398 000 064 102 Goblins Synth

399 000 065 102 Creeper

400 000 067 102 Ritual

401 000 068 102 To Heaven

402 000 070 102 Night

403 000 071 102 Glisten

404 000 096 102 Bell Choir

405 000 000 103 Echoes

406 000 000 104 Sci-Fi

WORLD

407 000 000 105 Sitar

408 000 032 105 Detuned Sitar

409 000 035 105 Sitar 2

410 000 097 105 Tamboura

411 000 000 106 Banjo

412 000 028 106 Muted Banjo

413 000 096 106 Rabab

414 000 097 106 Gopichant

415 000 098 106 Oud

416 000 000 107 Shamisen

417 000 000 108 Koto

418 000 096 108 Taisho-kin

419 000 097 108 Kanoon

420 000 000 109 Kalimba

421 000 000 110 Bagpipe

422 000 000 111 Fiddle

423 000 000 112 Shanai

PERCUSSIVE

424 000 000 113 Tinkle Bell

425 000 096 113 Bonang

426 000 097 113 Altair

427 000 098 113 Gamelan Gongs

428 000 099 113 Stereo Gamelan Gongs

429 000 100 113 Rama Cymbal

430 000 000 114 Agogo

431 000 000 115 Steel Drums

432 000 097 115 Glass Percussion

433 000 098 115 Thai Bells

434 000 000 116 Woodblock

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LSB

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435 000 096 116 Castanets

436 000 000 117 Taiko Drum

437 000 096 117 Gran Cassa

438 000 000 118 Melodic Tom

439 000 064 118 Melodic Tom 2

440 000 065 118 Real Tom

441 000 066 118 Rock Tom

442 000 000 119 Synth Drum

443 000 064 119 Analog Tom

444 000 065 119 Electronic Percussion

445 000 000 120 Reverse Cymbal

SOUND EFFECTS

446 000 000 121 Fret Noise

447 000 000 122 Breath Noise

448 000 000 123 Seashore

449 000 000 124 Bird Tweet

450 000 000 125 Telephone Ring

451 000 000 126 Helicopter

452 000 000 127 Applause

453 000 000 128 Gunshot

454 064 000 001 Cutting Noise

455 064 000 002 Cutting Noise 2

456 064 000 004 String Slap

457 064 000 017 Flute Key Click

458 064 000 033 Shower

459 064 000 034 Thunder

460 064 000 035 Wind

461 064 000 036 Stream

462 064 000 037 Bubble

463 064 000 038 Feed

464 064 000 049 Dog

465 064 000 050 Horse

466 064 000 051 Bird Tweet 2

467 064 000 056 Maou

468 064 000 065 Phone Call

469 064 000 066 Door Squeak

470 064 000 067 Door Slam

471 064 000 068 Scratch Cut

472 064 000 069 Scratch Split

473 064 000 070 Wind Chime

474 064 000 071 Telephone Ring 2

475 064 000 081 Car Engine Ignition

476 064 000 082 Car Tires Squeal

477 064 000 083 Car Passing

478 064 000 084 Car Crash

479 064 000 085 Siren

480 064 000 086 Train

481 064 000 087 Jet Plane

482 064 000 088 Starship

483 064 000 089 Burst

484 064 000 090 Roller Coaster

485 064 000 091 Submarine

486 064 000 097 Laugh

487 064 000 098 Scream

488 064 000 099 Punch

489 064 000 100 Heartbeat

490 064 000 101 Footsteps

491 064 000 113 Machine Gun

492 064 000 114 Laser Gun

493 064 000 115 Explosion

494 064 000 116 Firework

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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 lower than keyboard Note # and Note. For example, in “122: Stan-

dard Kit 1”, the “Seq Click H” (Note# 36/Note C1) corresponds to (Note# 24/Note C0).

•Key Off: Keys marked “O” stop sounding the instant they are released.

•Voices with the same Alternate Note Number (*1 … 4) cannot be played simultaneously. (They are designed to be

played alternately with each other.)

Voice No. 122 123 124 125 126 127

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#013C#-1 3 Surdo Mute

26 D 0 14 D -1 3 Surdo Open

27 D#015D#-1 Hi Q

28 E 0 16 E -1 Whip Slap

29 F 0 17 F -1 4 Scratch Push

30 F#018F#-1 4 Scratch Pull

31 G 0 19 G -1 Finger Snap

32 G#020G#-1 Click Noise

33 A 0 21 A -1 Metronome Click

34 A#022A#-1 Metronome Bell

35 B 0 23 B -1 Seq Click L

36 C 1 24 C 0 Seq Click H

37 C#125C#0 Brush Tap

38 D 1 26 D 0 O Brush Swirl

39 D#127D#0 Brush Slap

40 E 1 28 E 0 O Brush Tap Swirl Reverse Cymbal Reverse Cymbal

41 F 1 29 F 0 O Snare Roll

42 F#130F#0 Castanet Hi Q 2 Hi Q 2

43 G 1 31 G 0 Snare H Soft Snare H Soft 2 SD Rock H Snare L SD Rock H

44 G#132G#0 Sticks

45 A 1 33 A 0 Bass Drum Soft Bass Drum H Bass Drum H

46 A#134A#0 Open Rim Shot Open Rim Shot 2

47 B 1 35 B 0 Bass Drum Hard Bass Drum H BD Rock BD Analog L

48 C 2 36 C 1 Bass Drum Bass Drum 2 BD Rock BD Gate BD Analog H

49 C#237C#1 Side Stick Analog Side Stick

50 D 2 38 D 1 Snare M Snare M 2 SD Room L SD Rock L SD Rock L Analog Snare 1

51 D#239D#1 Hand Clap

52 E 2 40 E 1 Snare H Hard Snare H Hard 2 SD Room H SD Rock Rim SD Rock H Analog Snare 2

53 F 2 41 F 1 Floor Tom L Room Tom 1 Rock Tom 1 E Tom 1 Analog Tom 1

54 F#242F#11Hi-Hat Closed Analog HH Closed 1

55 G 2 43 G 1 Floor Tom H Room Tom 2 Rock Tom 2 E Tom 2 Analog Tom 2

56 G#244G#11Hi-Hat Pedal Analog HH Closed 2

57 A 2 45 A 1 Low Tom Room Tom 3 Rock Tom 3 E Tom 3 Analog Tom 3

58 A#246A#11Hi-Hat Open Analog HH Open

59 B 2 47 B 1 Mid Tom L Room Tom 4 Rock Tom 4 E Tom 4 Analog Tom 4

60 C 3 48 C 2 Mid Tom H Room Tom 5 Rock Tom 5 E Tom 5 Analog Tom 5

61 C#349C#2 Crash Cymbal 1 Analog Cymbal

62 D 3 50 D 2 High Tom Room Tom 6 Rock Tom 6 E Tom 6 Analog Tom 6

63 D#351D#2 Ride Cymbal 1

64 E 3 52 E 2 Chinese Cymbal

65 F 3 53 F 2 Ride Cymbal Cup

66 F#354F#2 Tambourine

67 G 3 55 G 2 Splash Cymbal

68 G#356G#2 Cowbell Analog Cowbell

69 A 3 57 A 2 Crash Cymbal 2

70 A#358A#2 Vibraslap

71 B 3 59 B 2 Ride Cymbal 2

72 C 4 60 C 3 Bongo H

73 C#461C#3 Bongo L

74 D 4 62 D 3 Conga H Mute Analog Conga H

75 D#463D#3 Conga H Open Analog Conga M

76 E 4 64 E 3 Conga L Analog Conga L

77 F 4 65 F 3 Timbale H

78 F#466F#3 Timbale L

79 G 4 67 G 3 Agogo H

80 G#468G#3 Agogo L

81 A 4 69 A 3 Cabasa

82 A#470A#3 Maracas Analog Maracas

83 B 4 71 B 3 O Samba Whistle H

84 C 5 72 C 4 O Samba Whistle L

85 C#573C#4 Guiro Short

86 D 5 74 D 4 O Guiro Long

87 D#575D#4 Claves Analog Claves

88 E 5 76 E 4 Wood Block H

89 F 5 77 F 4 Wood Block L

90 F#578F#4 Cuica Mute Scratch Push Scratch Push

91 G 5 79 G 4 Cuica Open Scratch Pull Scratch Pull

92 G#580G#42Triangle Mute

93 A 5 81 A 4 2 Triangle Open

94 A#582A#4 Shaker

95 B 5 83 B 4 Jingle Bell

96 C 6 84 C 5 Bell Tree

97 C#685C#5

98 D 6 86 D 5

99 D#687D#5

100 E 6 88 E 5

101 F 6 89 F 5

102 F#690F#5

103 G 6 91 G 5

C#1

D#1

G#1

A#1

F#1

C#0

D#0

G#0

A#0

F#0

C#2

D#2

G#2

A#2

F#2

C#3

D#3

G#3

A#3

F#3

C#4

D#4

G#4

A#4

F#4

C#5

D#5

G#5

A#5

F#5

C#6

D#6

F#6

Drum Kit List

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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# Note

25 C#013C#-1 3 Surdo Mute

26 D 0 14 D -1 3 Surdo Open

27 D#015D#-1 Hi Q

28 E 0 16 E -1 Whip Slap

29 F 0 17 F -1 4 Scratch Push

30 F#018F#-1 4 Scratch Pull

31 G 0 19 G -1 Finger Snap

32 G#020G#-1 Click Noise

33 A 0 21 A -1 Metronome Click

34 A#022A#-1 Metronome Bell

35 B 0 23 B -1 Seq Click L

36 C 1 24 C 0 Seq Click H

37 C#125C#0 Brush Tap

38 D 1 26 D 0 O Brush Swirl

39 D#127D#0 Brush Slap

40 E 1 28 E 0 O Brush Tap Swirl Reverse Cymbal

41 F 1 29 F 0 O Snare Roll

42 F#130F#0 Castanet Hi Q 2

43 G 1 31 G 0 Snare H Soft AnSD Snappy SD Jazz H Light Brush Slap L

44 G#132G#0 Sticks

45 A 1 33 A 0 Bass Drum Soft AnBD Dance-1 Bass Drum L

46 A#134A#0 Open Rim Shot AnSD OpenRim

47 B 1 35 B 0 Bass Drum Hard AnBD Dance-2 Gran Cassa

48 C 2 36 C 1 Bass Drum AnBD Dance-3 BD Jazz BD Jazz Gran Cassa Mute Cutting Noise Phone Call

49 C#237C#1 Side Stick Analog Side Stick Cutting Noise 2 Door Squeak

50 D 2 38 D 1 Snare M AnSD Q SD Jazz L Brush Slap Marching Sn M Door Slam

51 D#239D#1 Hand Clap String Slap Scratch Cut

52 E 2 40 E 1 Snare H Hard AnSD Ana+Acoustic SD Jazz M Brush Tap Marching Sn H Scratch

53 F 2 41 F 1 Floor Tom L Analog Tom 1 Jazz Tom 1 Brush Tom 1 Jazz Tom 1 Wind Chime

54 F#242F#11Hi-Hat Closed Analog HH Closed 3 Telephone Ring 2

55 G 2 43 G 1 Floor Tom H Analog Tom 2 Jazz Tom 2 Brush Tom 2 Jazz Tom 2

56 G#244G#11Hi-Hat Pedal Analog HH Closed 4

57 A 2 45 A 1 Low Tom Analog Tom 3 Jazz Tom 3 Brush Tom 3 Jazz Tom 3

58 A#246A#11Hi-Hat Open Analog HH Open 2

59 B 2 47 B 1 Mid Tom L Analog Tom 4 Jazz Tom 4 Brush Tom 4 Jazz Tom 4

60 C 3 48 C 2 Mid Tom H Analog Tom 5 Jazz Tom 5 Brush Tom 5 Jazz Tom 5

61 C#349C#2 Crash Cymbal 1 Analog Cymbal Hand Cym. L

62 D 3 50 D 2 High Tom Analog Tom 6 Jazz Tom 6 Brush Tom 6 Jazz Tom 6

63 D#351D#2 Ride Cymbal 1 Hand Cym.Short L

64 E 3 52 E 2 Chinese Cymbal Flute Key Click Car Engine Ignition

65 F 3 53 F 2 Ride Cymbal Cup Car Tires Squeal

66 F#354F#2 Tambourine Car Passing

67 G 3 55 G 2 Splash Cymbal Car Crash

68 G#356G#2 Cowbell Analog Cowbell Siren

69 A 3 57 A 2 Crash Cymbal 2 Hand Cym. H Train

70 A#358A#2 Vibraslap Jet Plane

71 B 3 59 B 2 Ride Cymbal 2 Hand Cym.Short H Starship

72 C 4 60 C 3 Bongo H Burst

73 C#461C#3 Bongo L Roller Coaster

74 D 4 62 D 3 Conga H Mute Analog Conga H Submarine

75 D#463D#3 Conga H Open Analog Conga M

76 E 4 64 E 3 Conga L Analog Conga L

77 F 4 65 F 3 Timbale H

78 F#466F#3 Timbale L

79 G 4 67 G 3 Agogo H

80 G#468G#3 Agogo L Shower Laugh

81 A 4 69 A 3 Cabasa Thunder Scream

82 A#470A#3 Maracas Analog Maracas Wind Punch

83 B 4 71 B 3 O Samba Whistle H Stream Heartbeat

84 C 5 72 C 4 O Samba Whistle L Bubble FootSteps

85 C#573C#4 Guiro Short Feed

86 D 5 74 D 4 O Guiro Long

87 D#575D#4 Claves Analog Claves

88 E 5 76 E 4 Wood Block H

89 F 5 77 F 4 Wood Block L

90 F#578F#4 Cuica Mute Scratch Push

91 G 5 79 G 4 Cuica Open Scratch Pull

92 G#580G#42Triangle Mute

93 A 5 81 A 4 2 Triangle Open

94 A#582A#4 Shaker

95 B 5 83 B 4 Jingle Bell

96 C 6 84 C 5 Bell Tree Dog Machine Gun

97 C#685C#5 Horse Laser Gun

98 D 6 86 D 5 Bird Tweet 2 Explosion

99 D#687D#5 Firework

100 E 6 88 E 5

101 F 6 89 F 5

102 F#690F#5

103 G 6 91 G 5 Maou

C#1

D#1

G#1

A#1

F#1

C#0

D#0

G#0

A#0

F#0

C#2

D#2

G#2

A#2

F#2

C#3

D#3

G#3

A#3

F#3

C#4

D#4

G#4

A#4

F#4

C#5

D#5

G#5

A#5

F#5

C#6

D#6

F#6

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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

BALLAD

019 PianoBallad

020 LoveSong

021 6/8ModernEP

022 6/8SlowRock

023 OrganBallad

024 PopBallad

025 16BeatBallad1

026 16BeatBallad2

DANCE

027 EuroTrance

028 Ibiza

029 HouseMusik

030 SwingHouse

031 TechnoPolis

032 Clubdance

033 ClubLatin

034 Garage1

035 Garage2

036 TechnoParty

037 UKPop

038 HipHopGroove

039 HipShuffle

040 HipHopPop

DISCO

041 70’sDisco1

042 70’sDisco2

043 LatinDisco

044 DiscoPhilly

045 SaturdayNight

046 DiscoChocolate

047 DiscoHands

SWING&JAZZ

048 BigBandFast

049 BigBandMedium

050 BigBandBallad

051 BigBandShuffle

052 JazzClub

053 Swing1

054 Swing2

055 Five/Four

056 JazzBallad

057 Dixieland

058 Ragtime

059 AfroCuban

060 Charleston

R&B

061 Soul

062 DetroitPop1

063 60’sRock&Roll

064 6/8Soul

065 CrocoTwist

066 Rock&Roll

067 DetroitPop2

068 BoogieWoogie

069 ComboBoogie

070 6/8Blues

COUNTRY

071 Country8Beat

072 CountryPop

073 CountrySwing

074 Country2/4

075 CowboyBoogie

076 CountryShuffle

077 Bluegrass

LATIN

078 BrazilianSamba

079 BossaNova

080 PopBossa

081 Tijuana

082 DiscoLatin

083 Mambo

084 Salsa

085 Beguine

086 GuitarRumba

087 RumbaFlamenca

088 RumbaIsland

089 Reggae

BALLROOM

090 VienneseWaltz

091 EnglishWaltz

092 Slowfox

093 Foxtrot

094 Quickstep

095 Tango

096 Pasodoble

097 Samba

098 ChaChaCha

099 Rumba

100 Jive

TRADITIONAL

101 USMarch

102 6/8March

103 GermanMarch

104 PolkaPop

105 OberPolka

106 Tarantella

107 Showtune

Style No. Style Name

108 ChristmasSwing

109 ChristmasWaltz

110 ScottishReel

111 Hawaiian

WALTZ

112 GuitarSerenade

113 SwingWaltz

114 JazzWaltz1

115 JazzWaltz2

116 CountryWaltz

117 OberWaltzer

118 Musette

119 DJ-HipHop

120 DJ-DanceSwing

121 DJ-House

122 DJ-GarageHouse

123 DJ-PopR&B

PIANIST

124 Stride

125 PianoSwing

126 PianoRag

127 Arpeggio

128 Musical

129 Habanera

130 SlowRock

131 8BtPianoBallad

132 PianoMarch

133 6/8PianoMarch

134 PianoWaltz

135 PianoBeguine

Style No. Style Name

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Song List

● Preset Songs

●

70 MIDI Songs Provided On the Supplied CD-ROM

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 feature.

Song No. Song Name

Favorites

001 Don’t Know Why (Jesse Harris (Norah Jones))

002 My Favorite Things (Richard Rodgers)

003 Fly Me To The Moon (Bart Howard)

Easy Play

004 Down By The Riverside (Traditional)

005 I’ve Been Working On The Railroad (Traditional)

006 Carry Me Back To Old Virginny (James A. Bland)

007 The Last Rose Of Summer (Thomas Moore)

008 The First Noel (Traditional (Englilsh))

Pianist

009 The Entertainer (S. Joplin)

010 Greensleeves (Traditional)

011 Londonderry Air (Traditional)

012 Traumerei (R. Schumann)

013 Pastorale (J.F. Burgmüller)

Organist

014 Wedding March From A Midsummer Night’s Dream

(F. Mendelssohn)

015 Allein Gott In Der Hoh Sei Eh (N. Decius)

016 Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme. (J.S. Bach)

Advanced

017 Menuett In G Major Wo 10-2 (L.v. Beethoven)

018 Prelude Op.28 No.7 (F. Chopin)

019 To A Wild Rose (E.A. Macdowell)

020 Für Elise (L.v. Beethoven)

021 Etude Op.10-3 “Chanson de l’adieu” (F. Chopin)

Band Play

022 Aura Lee (G. Poulton)

023 Canon (J. Pachelbel)

024 Symphonie Nr.9 (L.v. Beethoven)

Duet

025 Sur Le Pont D’Avignon (Traditional)

026 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Traditional)

027 Muffin Man (Traditional)

Holidays

028 Joy To The World (G.F. Händel)

029 Ave Maria (F. Schubert)

030 Jingle Bells (Traditional)

File Name Song Name

AMERICA America The Beautiful (S.A. Ward)

ATHOME Old Folks At Home (S.C. Foster)

AURALEE Aura Lee (G. Poulton)

BABBINO O Mio Babbino Caro (From “Gianni Schicchi”)

(G. Puccini)

BANJO Ring De Banjo (S.C. Foster)

BILLBAIL Bill Bailey (Won’t You Please Come Home)

(H. Cannon)

BROWNJUG Little Brown Jug (Traditional)

CAMPTOWN Camptown Races (S.C. Foster)

CANON Canon (J. Pachelbel)

D_AGSTIN O Du Lieber Augustin (DUET) (Traditional)

D_CHTREE O Christmas Tree (DUET) (Traditional)

D_CLOSE Close Your Hands, Open Your Hands (DUET)

(J.J. Rousseau)

D_CUCKOO The Cuckoo (DUET) (Traditional)

D_IMMAI Im Mai (DUET) (Traditional)

D_INDIAN Ten Little Indians (DUET) (Septimus Winner)

D_LONDON London Bridge (DUET) (Traditional)

D_MARY Mary Had A Little Lamb (DUET) (Traditional)

D_ROWROW

Row Row Row Your Boat (DUET) (Traditional)

D_SCARBO Scarborough Fair (DUET) (Traditional)

D_SMOKY On Top Of Old Smoky (DUET) (Traditional)

D_THREE Three Blind Mice (DUET) (Traditional)

D_WEASEL Pop Goes The Weasel (DUET) (Traditional)

D_WEWISH

We Wish You A Merry Christmas (DUET) (Traditional)

DANUBEWA The Danube Waves (I. Ivanovici)

FRULIED Frühlingslied (F. Mendelssohn)

FRUSTIME Frühlingsstimmen (J. Strauss II)

FUNICULA Funiculi-Funicula (L. Denza)

GAVOTTE Gavotte (F.J. Gossec)

GUILLAUM Guillaume Tell (G. Rossini)

IRISHEYE When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (E.R. Ball)

JOYOFMAN Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring (J.S. Bach)

LIEBEST3 Liebesträume Nr.3 (F. Liszt)

LOMOND Loch Lomond (Traditional)

LORELEI Die Lorelei (F. Silcher)

MAGICFLT From “The Magic Flute” (W.A Mozart)

MIRLITON Danse Des Mirlitons From “The Nutcracker”

(P.I. Tchaikovsky)

MONDSHIN

Piano Sonate Op.27-2 “Mondschein” (L.v. Beethoven)

MUSSIDEN Muss I Denn (F. Silcher)

MYBONNIE My Bonnie (Traditional)

ORPHEE “Orphée Aux Enfers” Ouverture (J. Offenbach)

P_ANGELS Angels Serenade (Traditional)

P_ARABES Arabesque (J.F. Burgmüller)

P_CANDEU La Candeur (J.F. Burgmüller)

P_CHEVAL La Chevaleresque (J.F. Burgmüller)

P_CONSOL Consolation (J.F. Burgmüller)

P_INOCEN Innocence (J.F. Burgmüller)

P_MENUBA Menuett (J.S. Bach)

P_MENUBO Menuett (L. Boccherini)

P_MOMENT Moments Musicaux Op.94-3 (F. Schubert)

P_PCHIEN Valse Op.64-1 “Petit Chien” (F. Chopin)

P_PETITE Petite Réunion (J.F. Burgmüller)

P_PROGRE Progrès (J.F. Burgmüller)

P_SARAFA Krasnyj Sarafan (Traditional)

P_TENDRE Tendre Fleur (J.F. Burgmüller)

P_TMARCH Turkish March (W.A. Mozart)

P_VIOLET La Viollette (Streabbog)

PEARLFIS Song Of The Pearl Fisher (G. Bizet)

PRIMVERA

La Primavera (From Le Quattro Stagioni) (A. Vivaldi)

SAINTSGO When The Saints Go Marchin’ In (Traditional)

SERENAHY String Quartet No.17 2nd Mov. “Serenade”

(F.J. Haydn)

SILENTNT Silent Night (F. Gruber)

SLAVON10 Slavonic Dances No.10 (A. Dvorák)

SURPRISE “The Surprise” Symphony (F.J. Haydn)

SUSANNA Oh! Susanna (S.C. Foster)

SYMPHO9 Symphonie Nr.9 (L.v. Beethoven)

THAIS Méditation De Thais (J. Massenet)

TOREADOR Air de Toréador “Carmen” (G. Bizet)

TURKEY Turkey In The Straw (Traditional)

UNGARIS5 Ungarische Tänze Nr.5 (J. Brahms)

VOGLEIN Wenn Ich Ein Vöglein Wär? (Traditional)

File Name Song Name

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Effect Type List

● Harmony Types

● Reverb Types

● Chorus Types

No. Harmony Type Description

01 Duet Harmony types 01 – 05 are pitch-based and add one-, two- or three-note harmonies to

the single-note melody played in the right hand. These types only sound when chords are

played in the auto accompaniment area of the keyboard.

02 Trio

03 Block

04 Country

05 Octave

06 Trill 1/4 note Types 6 – 26 are rhythm-based effects and add embellishments or delayed

repeats in time with the auto accompaniment. These types sound whether the

auto accompaniment is on or not; however, the actual speed of the effect

depends on the Tempo setting (page 21). The individual note values in each

type let you synchronize the effect precisely to the rhythm. Triplet settings are

also available: 1/6 = quarter-note triplets, 1/12 = eighth-note triplets, 1/24 = six-

teenth-note triplets.

• The Trill effect Types (06 – 12) create two-note trills (alternating notes) when

two notes are held.

• The Tremolo effect Types (13 – 19) repeat all held notes (up to four).

• The Echo effect Types (20 – 26) create delayed repeats of each note played.

07 Trill 1/6 note

08 Trill 1/8 note

09 Trill 1/12 note

10 Trill 1/16 note

11 Trill 1/24 note

12 Trill 1/32 note

13 Tremolo 1/4 note

14 Tremolo 1/6 note

15 Tremolo 1/8 note

16 Tremolo 1/12 note

17 Tremolo 1/16 note

18 Tremolo 1/24 note

19 Tremolo 1/32 note

20 Echo 1/4 note

21 Echo 1/6 note

22 Echo 1/8 note

23 Echo 1/12 note

24 Echo 1/16 note

25 Echo 1/24 note

26 Echo 1/32 note

No. Reverb Type Description

01 – 03 Hall 1 – 3 Concert hall reverb.

04 – 05 Room 1 – 2 Small room reverb.

06 – 07 Stage 1 – 2 Reverb for solo instruments.

08 – 09 Plate 1 – 2 Simulated steel plate reverb.

10 Off No effect.

No. Chorus Type Description

01 – 02 Chorus 1 – 2 Conventional chorus program with rich, warm chorusing.

03 – 04 Flanger 1 – 2 Pronounced three-phase modulation with a slight metallic sound.

05 Off No effect.

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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 ************** 0 - 127

Velocity Note ON o 9nH,v=1-127 o 9nH,v=1-127

Note OFF x x

After Key’s x x

Touch Ch’s x x

Pitch Bend o o

Prog o 0 - 127 o 0 - 127

Change : True # **************

System Exclusive o *2 o *2

: 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)

Mes- :Active Sense o o

sages:Reset x x

*1 Refer to #2 on page 106. *2 Refer to #3 on page 106.

Mode 1 : OMNI ON , POLY Mode 2 : OMNI ON ,MONO o : Yes

Mode 3 : OMNI OFF, POLY Mode 4 : OMNI OFF,MONO x : No

0,32 o o Bank Select

1x *1 o Modulation wheel

6o o Data Entry(MSB)

38 o o Data Entry(LSB)

7o o Part Volume

10 o o Pan

Control 11 x *1 o Expression

64 o o Sustain

Change 84 x *1 o Portamento Cntrl

71 x *1 o Harmonic Content

72 o o Release Time

73 x *1 o Attack Time

74 x *1 o Brightness

91,93 o o Effect Depth

96,97 x o RPN Inc,Dec

100,101 o o RPN LSB,MSB

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MIDI Data Format

NOTE:

1 By default (factory settings) the instrument ordinarily functions

as a 16-channel multi-timbral tone generator, and incoming

data does not affect the panel voices or panel settings. How-

ever, the MIDI messages listed below do affect the panel

voices, auto accompaniment, and songs.

• MIDI Master Tuning

• System exclusive messages for changing the Reverb Type

and Chorus Type.

2 Messages for these control change numbers cannot be trans-

mitted from the instrument itself. However, they may be trans-

mitted when playing the accompaniment, song or using the

Harmony effect.

3 Exclusive

<GM System ON> F0H, 7EH, 7FH, 09H, 01H, F7H

• This message automatically restores all default settings for

the instrument, with the exception of MIDI Master Tuning.

<MIDI Master Volume> F0H, 7FH, 7FH, 04H, 01H, ll, mm, F7H

• This message allows the volume of all channels to be

changed simultaneously (Universal System Exclusive).

•The values of “mm” is used for MIDI Master Volume. (Values

for “ll” are ignored.)

<MIDI Master Tuning> F0H, 43H, 1nH, 27H, 30H, 00H, 00H,

mm, ll, cc, F7H

• This message simultaneously changes the tuning value of

all channels.

• The values of “mm” and “ll” are used for MIDI Master Tuning.

• The default value of “mm” and “ll” are 08H and 00H, respec-

tively. Any values can be used for “n” and “cc.”

<Reverb Type> F0H, 43H, 1nH, 4CH, 02H, 01H, 00H, mmH,

llH, F7H

• mm : Reverb Type MSB

• ll : Reverb Type LSB

Refer to the Effect Map (page 106) for details.

<Chorus Type> F0H, 43H, 1nH, 4CH, 02H, 01H, 20H, mmH,

llH, F7H

• mm : Chorus Type MSB

• ll : Chorus Type LSB

Refer to the Effect Map (page 106) for details.

4When the accompaniment is started, an FAH message is trans-

mitted. When accompaniment is stopped, an FCH message is

transmitted.When the clock is set to External, both FAH

(accompaniment start) and FCH (accompaniment stop) are

recognized.

5 Local ON/OFF

<Local ON> Bn, 7A, 7F

<Local OFF> Bn, 7A, 00

Value for “n” is ignored.

■ Effect map

* When a Type LSB value is received that corresponds to no effect type, a value corresponding to the effect type

(coming the closest to the speciﬁed value) is automatically set.

* The numbers in parentheses in front of the Effect Type names correspond to the number indicated in the display.

● REVERB

● CHORUS

TYPE

MSB

TYPE LSB

00 01 02 08 16 17 18 19 20

000 No Effect

001 (01)Hall1 (02)Hall2 (03)Hall3

002 Room (04)Room1 (05)Room2

003 Stage (06)Stage1 (07)Stage2

004 Plate (08)Plate1 (09)Plate2

005...127 No Effect

TYPE

MSB

TYPE LSB

00 01 02 08 16 17 18 19 20

000...063 No Effect

064 Thru

065 Chorus (02)Chorus2

066 Celeste (01)Chorus1

067 Flanger (03)Flanger1 (04)Flanger2

068...127 No Effect

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+/– .................................................. 14, 51

.................................................. 15, 66

..................................................... 14, 66

......................................................... 52

.......................................... 14, 65

............................................... 15, 51

0 – 9 ................................................ 14, 51

ACMP ON/OFF ............................. 14, 29

Card Slot ......................................... 15, 73

CATEGORY / ....................... 14, 51

DC IN 12V ..................................... 10, 15

DEMO ............................................ 14, 21

Dial ................................................. 14, 51

DUAL ............................................. 14, 24

EASY SONG ARRANGER .......... 14, 43

EXECUTE ...................................... 14, 74

EXIT ............................................... 15, 52

FILE CONTROL ........................... 14, 73

FUNCTION .................................... 14, 52

HARMONY ................................... 14, 31

INTRO/ENDING/rit. .......... 15, 30, 33, 34

LCD CONTRAST .......................... 15, 53

LESSON L/R ................................. 14, 39

LESSON MODE ............................ 14, 40

LESSON REPEAT & LEARN ...... 14, 42

LYRICS .......................................... 15, 38

MAIN/AUTO FILL ........................ 15, 31

MASTER VOLUME ............... 13, 14, 50

MEMORY/BANK, 1, 2 ................. 15, 68

METRONOME .............................. 14, 56

PC ................................................... 14, 81

PERFORMANCE ASSISTANT

........................................ 14, 16, 18, 20

PHONES/OUTPUT ....................... 12, 15

PITCH BEND wheel ...................... 15, 27

PORTABLE GRAND .................... 14, 27

REC, 1 – 5, A ..................... 15, 45, 48, 65

REGIST. MEMORY ...................... 15, 68

SCORE ............................... 15, 19, 37, 40

SONG ....................................... 14, 35, 36

SONG MEMORY .............. 15, 45, 48, 65

SPLIT ....................................... 14, 25, 59

STANDBY/ON ........................ 13, 14, 49

START/STOP ................................ 15, 51

STYLE ............................... 14, 29, 33, 59

SUSTAIN ........................... 12, 15, 58, 71

SYNC START ............................... 14, 30

SYNC STOP .................................. 14, 33

TEMPO/TAP ............................ 15, 21, 56

TOUCH .................................... 14, 27, 57

USB ................................................ 15, 80

VOICE ............................................ 14, 23

A-B Repeat ...........................................65

Accessories (Optional) .........................95

Accessories (Supplied) ...........................7

ACMP .......................................29, 33, 53

Auto Accompaniment Range ................30

Auto-Accompaniment ..............29, 33, 53

AWM ....................................................89

Backup ..................................................49

Battery ..................................................10

Bulk Send .............................................72

CD-ROM ..............................................84

Channel Message ..................................79

Chord ........................................30, 61, 64

Chord (performance assistant

technology) ............................16, 17, 20

CHORD ROOT ....................................63

CHORD TYPE .....................................63

Chorus ...................................................55

Chorus Type .................................71, 104

Computer ............................12, 36, 79, 81

D. Chorus Level ..............................58, 71

D. Octave ........................................58, 71

D. Pan .............................................58, 71

D. Reverb Level ..............................58, 71

D. Volume ......................................58, 71

Default Setting ......................................70

Delete ....................................................77

Demo ....................................................21

Demo Cancel ........................................72

Dictionary .............................................63

Display ............................................52, 53

Double-Staff Score ...............................37

Drum Kit .........................................28, 97

Drum Kit List ......................................100

Dual Voice ............................................24

Easy Chords ..........................................61

Easy Song Arranger ..............................14

Effect Map ..........................................106

Effect Type List ..................................104

External Clock ................................72, 80

External Song .......................................36

File ........................................................73

File Control .......................................... 73

File Name ............................................. 75

Flash Memory ...................................... 36

Foot Switch .......................................... 12

Format .................................................. 74

Function ............................. 52, 70, 71, 72

Function Display ............................ 52, 70

Grade .............................................. 41, 72

Harmony ................................... 14, 31, 58

Harmony Type ................................... 104

Harmony Volume ................................. 58

Headphones .......................................... 12

Initial Send ........................................... 72

Initialization ......................................... 49

Keyboard Out ....................................... 72

Language .............................................. 22

Lesson .................................................. 39

Load ..................................................... 77

Local ..................................................... 80

LOW BATTERY!! .............................. 53

L-Part ............................................. 39, 72

Lyric ............................................... 37, 38

M. Chorus Level ............................ 58, 71

M. Octave ....................................... 58, 71

M. Pan ............................................ 58, 71

M. Reverb Level ............................ 58, 71

M. Volume ..................................... 58, 71

MAIN Display ................................ 52, 53

Main Voice ........................................... 23

Measure ................................................ 53

Media Select ......................................... 67

Melody ........................................... 19, 45

Melody (performance assistant

technology) ........................... 18, 19, 20

Melody Score ....................................... 37

Melody Voice ................................. 44, 67

Messages .............................................. 91

Metronome ........................................... 56

MIDI ............................................... 80, 81

MIDI Data Format ............................. 106

MIDI Implementation Chart .............. 105

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■

Index

Panel controls and terminals Alphabetical order

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Music Rest ........................................ 7, 13

Musicsoft Downloader ............. 82, 84, 87

Mute ..................................................... 65

notation ................................................. 63

One Touch Setting ................................ 57

Panel Sustain .................................. 58, 71

PC Mode ......................................... 72, 81

performance assistant technology

.............................................. 16, 18, 20

Pitch Bend Range ........................... 27, 71

Power Adaptor ..................................... 10

Preset Song ..................................... 35, 36

Quantize ............................................... 72

Recording ............................................. 45

Registration Memory ........................... 68

Remote control ..................................... 81

Repeat ............................................. 42, 65

Reverb .................................................. 54

Reverb Type ....................................... 104

R-Part ............................................. 39, 72

S. Chorus Level .............................. 58, 71

S. Octave ........................................ 58, 71

S. Pan .............................................. 58, 71

S. Reverb Level .............................. 58, 71

S. Volume ....................................... 58, 71

Score ................................... 15, 19, 37, 40

Single-Staff Score ................................ 37

SmartMedia Card ................................. 73

SMF (Standard MIDI File) ................... 76

SMF Save ............................................. 76

Software Licensing Agreement ............ 88

Song ................................................ 35, 36

Song Clear ............................................ 48

Song List ............................................ 103

Song Memory ........................... 45, 48, 65

Song Out ............................................... 72

Song Volume ........................................ 65

Specifications ....................................... 95

Split Point ....................................... 25, 59

Split Voice ............................................ 25

Standard Chords ................................... 61

Style ....................................14, 29, 33, 59

Style File (Style Number 136) ..............60

Style List .............................................102

Style Out ...............................................72

Style Volume ........................................60

Sustain ..................................................12

Synchro Start ..................................14, 30

Synchro Stop ...................................14, 33

System Message ...................................79

Tempo .......................................21, 41, 56

Time Signature ...............................21, 56

Touch Response ....................................27

Touch Sensitivity ..................................57

Track .....................................................45

Track Clear ...........................................48

Transfer ...........................................82, 83

Transpose ........................................66, 71

Troubleshooting ....................................88

Tuning .............................................66, 71

USB ................................................15, 80

USB MIDI Driver ...............80, 82, 84, 85

User Data file ..................................75, 77

User Delete ...........................................77

User File Save .......................................75

User Song .......................................36, 45

Voice .....................................................23

Voice List .............................................96

XF .....................................................6, 38

XGlite .....................................................6

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2.2 You may make one printout for your own use of any part of the

Documentation provided in electronic form. You shall not make

or permit any third party to make any further copies of any part

of the Product whether in eye or machine-readable form.

2.3 You shall not, and shall not cause or permit any third party to,(1)

translate, enhance, modify, alter or adapt the Product or any part

of it for any purpose (including without limitation for the

purpose of error correction); (2) create derivative works based

on the Product, or cause the whole or any part of the Product to

be combined with or incorporated into any other program, ﬁle or

product, for any purpose; or (3) use the Software to create ﬁles

in any format (other than temporary ﬁles created and required

by your computer's operating system), including without

limitation screen capture ﬁles, ﬁles generated from the

Software's playback, graphics ﬁles and print ﬁles, for any

purpose, except for creating MIDI ﬁles (if permitted by the

Software) for private non-commercial use.

2.4 You shall not, and shall not cause or permit any third party to,

decompile, decode, disassemble or reverse engineer the

Software in whole or in part for any purpose.

2.5 You shall not, and shall not cause any third party to, translate,

convert, decode or reverse engineer any ﬁle capable of being

read by any copy or version of the Software or any data

transmitted to or from any copy or version of the Software, in

whole or in part for any purpose.

2.6 The Product or any part of it must not be used to infringe any

right of copyright or right of privacy, publicity or personality or

any other right whatsoever of any other person or entity.

3. Copyright

3.1 You acknowledge that copyright in the Product as a whole and

in the components of the Product as between you and the

Licensor belongs to the Licensor or its licensees and is protected

by copyright laws, national and international, and all other

applicable laws.

4. Disclaimer of Liability

4.1 In consideration of the fact that the Product is licensed

hereunder free of charge, (a) the Licensor disclaims any and all

warranties with respect to the Product, whether expressed or

implied, including without limitation any warranties that the

Product is free from defects, will perform in accordance with the

Documentation, is merchantable, or is ﬁt for any particular

purpose, and (b) the Licensor shall not have or incur any

liability to you for any loss, cost, expense or claim (including

without limitation any liability for loss or corruption of data and

loss of proﬁts, revenue or goodwill and any type of special,

indirect or consequential loss) that may arise out of or in

connection with your installation and use of the Product.

5. Termination

5.1 This License shall terminate automatically upon your

destruction of the Product. In addition, the Licensor may elect to

terminate this License in the event of a material breach by you

of any condition of this License or of any of your

representations, warranties, covenants or obligations hereunder.

Upon notiﬁcation of such termination by the Licensor, you will

immediately delete the Software from your computer and

destroy the Documentation.

6. Miscellaneous

6.1 No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising on the part of

the Licensor of any right, power or privilege arising hereunder

shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial

exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or

further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power

or privilege. The rights and remedies of the Licensor in

connection herewith are not exclusive of any rights or remedies

provided by law.

6.2 You may not distribute, loan, lease, sub-license, rent or

otherwise transfer the Product to any third party.

6.3 You agree to the use of your personal data in accordance with

the Licensor's privacy policy (available from the Licensor or on

www.sibelius.com) which may change from time to time.

6.4 This License is intended by the parties hereto to be a ﬁnal

expression of their agreement with respect to the subject matter

hereof and a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of

such agreement. This License supercedes any and all prior

understandings, whether written or oral, between you and the

Licensor relating to the subject matter hereof.

6.5 (This section only applies if you are resident in the European

Union:) This License shall be construed and governed by the

laws of England, and both parties agree to submit to the

exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

6.6 (This section only applies if you are not resident in the European

Union:) This License shall be construed and enforced in

accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of

California. Any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or in

any way related or connected to this License shall be brought

and maintained only in the United States District Court for the

Northern District of California, sitting in the City of San

Francisco. Each party irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of

such federal court over any such suit, action or proceeding. Each

party knowingly, voluntarily and irrevocably waives trial by jury

in any suit, action or proceeding (including any counterclaim),

whether at law or in equity, arising out of or in any way related

or connected to this License or the subject matter hereof.

(License v2.8, 10 Jan 2005)

Limited Warranty

90 DAYS LABOR 1 YEAR PARTS

Yamaha Corporation of America, hereafter referred to as Yamaha, 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 warranty is applicable to all models

included in the following series of products:

SERIES OF ELECTRONIC KEYBOARDS

If during the ﬁrst 90 days that immediately follows the purchase date, your new Yamaha product covered by this warranty is found to have a defect

in material and/or workmanship, Yamaha and/or its authorized representative will repair such defect without charge for parts or labor.

If parts should be required after this 90 day period but within the one year period that immediately follows the purchase date, Yamaha will, subject

to the terms of this warranty, supply these parts without charge. However, charges for labor, and/or any miscellaneous expenses incurred are the

consumers responsibility. Yamaha reserves the right to utilize reconditioned parts in repairing these products and/or to use reconditioned units as

warranty replacements.

THIS WARRANTY IS THE ONLY EXPRESS WARRANTY WHICH YAMAHA MAKES IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PROD-

UCTS. ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY APPLICABLE TO THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANT ABILITY

IS LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY. YAMAHA EXCLUDES AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY

EVENT FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

Some states do not allow limitations that relate to implied warranties and/or the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages. Therefore, these

limitations and exclusions may not apply to you.

This warranty gives you speciﬁc legal rights. You may also have other rights which vary from state to state.

CONSUMERS RESPONSIBILITIES

If warranty service should be required, it is necessary that the consumer assume certain responsibilities:

1. Contact the Customer Service Department of the retailer selling the product, or any retail outlet authorized by Yamaha to sell the product for

assistance. You may also contact Yamaha directly at the address provided below.

2. Deliver the unit to be serviced under warranty to: the retailer selling the product, an authorized service center, or to Yamaha with an explanation

of the problem. Please be prepared to provide proof purchase date (sales receipt, credit card copy, etc.) when requesting service and/or parts

under warranty.

3. Shipping and/or insurance costs are the consumers responsibility.* Units shipped for service should be packed securely.

*Repaired units will be returned PREPAID if warranty service is required within the ﬁrst 90 days.

IMPORTANT: Do NOT ship anything to ANY location without prior authorization. A Return Authorization (RA) will be issued that has

a tracking number assigned that will expedite the servicing of your unit and provide a tracking system if needed.

4. Your owners manual contains important safety and operating instructions. It is your responsibility to be aware of the contents of this manual and

to follow all safety precautions.

EXCLUSIONS

This warranty does not apply to units whose trade name, trademark, and/or ID numbers have been altered, defaced, exchanged removed, or to fail-

ures and/or damages that may occur as a result of:

1. Neglect, abuse, abnormal strain, modiﬁcation or exposure to extremes in temperature or humidity.

2. Improper repair or maintenance by any person who is not a service representative of a retail outlet authorized by Yamaha to sell the product, an

authorized service center, or an authorized service representative of Yamaha.

3. This warranty is applicable only to units sold by retailers authorized by Yamaha to sell these products in the U.S.A., the District of Columbia,

and Puerto Rico. This warranty is not applicable in other possessions or territories of the U.S.A. or in any other country.

Please record the model and serial number of the product you have purchased in the spaces provided below.

Model___________________________ Serial #________________________________ Sales Slip #________________________________

Purchased from____________________________________________________________ Date______________________________________

(Retailer)

YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Electronic Service Division

6600 Orangethorpe Avenue

Buena Park, CA 90620

KEEP THIS DOCUMENT FOR YOUR RECORDS. DO NOT MAIL!

HEAD OFFICE Yamaha Corporation, Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instrument Division

Nakazawa-cho 10-1, Hamamatsu, Japan 430-8650

Tel: +81-53-460-3273

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For details of products, please contact your nearest Yamaha

representative or the authorized distributor listed below.

Pour plus de détails sur les produits, veuillez-vous adresser à Yamaha ou

au distributeur le plus proche de vous ﬁgurant dans la liste suivante.

Die Einzelheiten zu Produkten sind bei Ihrer unten aufgeführten

Niederlassung und bei Yamaha Vertragshändlern in den jeweiligen

Bestimmungsländern erhältlich.

Para detalles sobre productos, contacte su tienda Yamaha más cercana

o el distribuidor autorizado que se lista debajo.

CANADA

Yamaha Canada Music Ltd.

135 Milner Avenue, Scarborough, Ontario,

M1S 3R1, Canada

Tel: 416-298-1311

U.S.A.

Yamaha Corporation of America

6600 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park, Calif. 90620,

U.S.A.

Tel: 714-522-9011

MEXICO

Yamaha de México S.A. de C.V.

Calz. Javier Rojo Gómez #1149,

Col. Guadalupe del Moral

C.P. 09300, México, D.F., México

Tel: 55-5804-0600

BRAZIL

Yamaha Musical do Brasil Ltda.

Av. Reboucas 2636-Pinheiros CEP: 05402-400

Sao Paulo-SP. Brasil

Tel: 011-3085-1377

ARGENTINA

Yamaha Music Latin America, S.A.

Sucursal de Argentina

Viamonte 1145 Piso2-B 1053,

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tel: 1-4371-7021

PANAMA AND OTHER LATIN

AMERICAN COUNTRIES/

CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES

Yamaha Music Latin America, S.A.

Torre Banco General, Piso 7, Urbanización Marbella,

Calle 47 y Aquilino de la Guardia,

Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá

Tel: +507-269-5311

THE UNITED KINGDOM

Yamaha-Kemble Music (U.K.) Ltd.

Sherbourne Drive, Tilbrook, Milton Keynes,

MK7 8BL, England

Tel: 01908-366700

IRELAND

Danfay Ltd.

61D, Sallynoggin Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

Tel: 01-2859177

GERMANY

Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH

Siemensstraße 22-34, 25462 Rellingen, Germany

Tel: 04101-3030

SWITZERLAND/LIECHTENSTEIN

Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH,

Branch Switzerland

Seefeldstrasse 94, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland

Tel: 01-383 3990

AUSTRIA

Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH,

Branch Austria

Schleiergasse 20, A-1100 Wien, Austria

Tel: 01-60203900

THE NETHERLANDS

Yamaha Music Central Europe,

Branch Nederland

Clarissenhof 5-b, 4133 AB Vianen, The Netherlands

Tel: 0347-358 040

BELGIUM/LUXEMBOURG

Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH,

Branch Belgium

Rue de Geneve (Genevastraat) 10, 1140 - Brussels,

Belgium

Tel: 02-726 6032

FRANCE

Yamaha Musique France

BP 70-77312 Marne-la-Vallée Cedex 2, France

Tel: 01-64-61-4000

ITALY

Yamaha Musica Italia S.P.A.

Viale Italia 88, 20020 Lainate (Milano), Italy

Tel: 02-935-771

SPAIN/PORTUGAL

Yamaha-Hazen Música, S.A.

Ctra. de la Coruna km. 17, 200, 28230

Las Rozas (Madrid), Spain

Tel: 91-639-8888

GREECE

Philippos Nakas S.A. The Music House

147 Skiathou Street, 112-55 Athens, Greece

Tel: 01-228 2160

SWEDEN

Yamaha Scandinavia AB

J. A. Wettergrens Gata 1

Box 30053

S-400 43 Göteborg, Sweden

Tel: 031 89 34 00

DENMARK

YS Copenhagen Liaison Ofﬁce

Generatorvej 6A

DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark

Tel: 44 92 49 00

FINLAND

F-Musiikki Oy

Kluuvikatu 6, P.O. Box 260,

SF-00101 Helsinki, Finland

Tel: 09 618511

NORWAY

Norsk ﬁlial av Yamaha Scandinavia AB

Grini Næringspark 1

N-1345 Østerås, Norway

Tel: 67 16 77 70

ICELAND

Skifan HF

Skeifan 17 P.O. Box 8120

IS-128 Reykjavik, Iceland

Tel: 525 5000

OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH

Siemensstraße 22-34, 25462 Rellingen, Germany

Tel: +49-4101-3030

Yamaha Corporation,

Asia-Paciﬁc Music Marketing Group

Nakazawa-cho 10-1, Hamamatsu, Japan 430-8650

Tel: +81-53-460-2312

TURKEY/CYPRUS

Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH

Siemensstraße 22-34, 25462 Rellingen, Germany

Tel: 04101-3030

OTHER COUNTRIES

Yamaha Music Gulf FZE

LB21-128 Jebel Ali Freezone

P.O.Box 17328, Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel: +971-4-881-5868

THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Yamaha Music & Electronics (China) Co.,Ltd.

25/F., United Plaza, 1468 Nanjing Road (West),

Jingan, Shanghai, China

Tel: 021-6247-2211

HONG KONG

Tom Lee Music Co., Ltd.

11/F., Silvercord Tower 1, 30 Canton Road,

Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Tel: 2737-7688

INDONESIA

PT. Yamaha Music Indonesia (Distributor)

PT. Nusantik

Gedung Yamaha Music Center, Jalan Jend. Gatot

Subroto Kav. 4, Jakarta 12930, Indonesia

Tel: 21-520-2577

KOREA

Yamaha Music Korea Ltd.

Tong-Yang Securities Bldg. 16F 23-8 Yoido-dong,

Youngdungpo-ku, Seoul, Korea

Tel: 02-3770-0660

MALAYSIA

Yamaha Music Malaysia, Sdn., Bhd.

Lot 8, Jalan Perbandaran, 47301 Kelana Jaya,

Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Tel: 3-78030900

PHILIPPINES

Yupangco Music Corporation

339 Gil J. Puyat Avenue, P.O. Box 885 MCPO,

Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines

Tel: 819-7551

SINGAPORE

Yamaha Music Asia Pte., Ltd.

#03-11 A-Z Building

140 Paya Lebor Road, Singapore 409015

Tel: 747-4374

TAIWAN

Yamaha KHS Music Co., Ltd.

3F, #6, Sec.2, Nan Jing E. Rd. Taipei.

Taiwan 104, R.O.C.

Tel: 02-2511-8688

THAILAND

Siam Music Yamaha Co., Ltd.

891/1 Siam Motors Building, 15-16 ﬂoor

Rama 1 road, Wangmai, Pathumwan

Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Tel: 02-215-2626

OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES

Yamaha Corporation,

Asia-Paciﬁc Music Marketing Group

Nakazawa-cho 10-1, Hamamatsu, Japan 430-8650

Tel: +81-53-460-2317

AUSTRALIA

Yamaha Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

Level 1, 99 Queensbridge Street, Southbank,

Victoria 3006, Australia

Tel: 3-9693-5111

NEW ZEALAND

Music Houses of N.Z. Ltd.

146/148 Captain Springs Road, Te Papapa,

Auckland, New Zealand

Tel: 9-634-0099

COUNTRIES AND TRUST

TERRITORIES IN PACIFIC OCEAN

Yamaha Corporation,

Asia-Paciﬁc Music Marketing Group

Nakazawa-cho 10-1, Hamamatsu, Japan 430-8650

Tel: +81-53-460-2312

NORTH AMERICA

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA

EUROPE

AFRICA

MIDDLE EAST

ASIA

OCEANIA

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Yamaha PK CLUB (Portable Keyboard Home Page, English Only)

http://www.yamahaPKclub.com/

Yamaha Manual Library

http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/english/

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