Yamaha DGX-530 - Manuals

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 7 Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Yamaha DGX-530/YPG-535 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 pl...

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10 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Setting Up The parts shown in the “Assembly Parts” illustration will be used. Follow the assembly instructions and select the parts as needed. z Attach the stand bases. Making sure that the boards are facing the proper direc- tion (the holes for the joint connectors...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 11 Setting Up x Attach the back board. Attach the back board, using the 6 x 30 mm roundhead screws e . c Put the keyboard on the stand. Check the back-to-front orientation for stand, and care- fully place the keyboard on the side boards. Slowly move the keyboard so tha...

12 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Setting Up Be sure to do the following operations BEFORE turning on the power. Make sure that the [STANDBY/ON] switch of the instrument is set to STANDBY. Connect the AC adaptor to the power supply jack. Plug the AC adaptor into an AC outlet. Make all necessary conn...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 13 Setting Up Connect the instrument’s USB terminal to the USB ter-minal of a computer, and you can transfer performance data and song files between the two (page 101). To use the USB data-transfer features you’ll need to do the fol-lowing: • First, make sure the POWER...

14 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Panel Controls and Terminals q [STANDBY/ON] switch .................... page 13 w [MASTER VOLUME] control .... pages 13, 64 e FILE CONTROL [MENU], [EXECUTE] buttons ................. pages 92–98 r [LYRICS] button ............................... page 36 t [SCORE] but...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 15 Panel Controls and Terminals #6 CONTRAST knob ............................. page 67 #7 USB TO DEVICE terminal ................ page 93 USB TO HOST terminal ........... page 13, 100 #8 SUSTAIN jack ................................... page 12 #9 PHONES/OUTPUT jack ......

16 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Q ui ck Guid e 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 disp...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 17 Q ui ck Guid e 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 w...

Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices 18 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 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. 1 Press the [DUAL ON/OFF] button. The [DUAL ON/OFF] button turns the dua...

Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 19 4 Play the keyboard. Try selecting and playing a range of dual voices. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the MAIN display. In the split mode you can play different voices to the left and right of the keyboard “split poin...

Try Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices 20 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 3 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 keyboar...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 21 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 Selectio...

22 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Q ui ck Guid e The Metronome Turn the metronome on and start it by pressing the [MET-RONOME ON/OFF] button. To stop the metronome, press the [METRONOME ON/OFF] button again. 1 Press the [TEMPO/TAP] button to call up the tempo set-ting. 2 Use the dial to select a tem...

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

The Metronome 24 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to select the Met- ronome Volume item. 3 Use the dial to set the metronome volume as required. Adjusting the Metronome Volume f r Metronome volume

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 25 Q ui ck Guid e Playing Styles This instrument has an auto accompaniment feature that produces accompaniment (rhythm + bass + chords) in the style you choose to match chords you play with your left hand. You can select from 160 dif-ferent styles covering a range of m...

Playing Styles 26 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual You learned how to select a style rhythm on the preceding page.Here we’ll see how to add bass and chord accompaniment to the basic rh ythm to produce a full, rich accom-paniment that you can play along with. 1 Press the [STYLE] button and select the d...

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

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

Playing Styles DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 29 —3-chord boogie-woogie— This progression provides varied harmonic backing with just three chords. When you get a feel for the progression in the score, try changing the order of the chords! —Bossa nova with jazz-style chords— This progression includes...

Playing Styles 30 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 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-accompa...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 31 Q ui ck Guid e Using Songs With this instrument the term “song” refers the data that makes up a piece of music. You can simply enjoy listening to the 30 internal songs, or use them with just about any of the many functions provided—the performance assistant technolo...

Using Songs 32 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 3 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] but-ton again. These are just like the transport controls on a cassette deck or CD player, letting y...

Using Songs DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 33 Press the [DEMO] button. The demo song will start playing. Listen to some of the outstanding instrument v oices provided!The demo song will automatically repeat from the be ginning after it has played all the way through. You can stop demo playback at an...

Using Songs 34 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual The following three types of songs can be used by the DGX-530/YPG-535. ● Preset Songs (the 30 songs built into the instrument) ................ Song numbers 001–030. ● User Songs (recordings of your own performances) .................. Song numbers 031–0...

Using Songs DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 35 This instrument is capable of display the scores of songs.Scores are displayed for the 30 internal preset songs as well as songs stored in USB fl ash memory or flash memory.And although user songs you record yourself cannot display a score as is, the y c...

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

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 37 Q ui ck Guid e 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 ...

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

The Easy Way to Play Piano DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 39 4 Press the [START/STOP] button. Song playback will begin.The basic pattern will play repeatedly. Listen to the basic pattern for four measures while getting a feel for the basic pattern, then be gin play-ing yourself from the fifth measur...

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

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

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

The Easy Way to Play Piano 46 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Use the Performance Assistant to Play Like a Pro! Here are a few hints for using the Chord type.If you select Chord/Free or Chord/Melody, the left-hand section of the keyboard becomes the Chord type section, so use these hints on the left-...

The Easy Way to Play Piano DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 47 Make Use of the Score in the Melody Type. If you want to play the melody with the correct rhythm, use the onscreen score feature. Displaying the Score. After performing steps 1 to 4 on page 42, press the [SCORE] button.The melody score wil...

48 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Q ui ck Guid e Select a Song For a Lesson Yamaha Education Suite You can select 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) downloaded from the Internet and saved to flash memory. (page 104) ...

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

Select a Song For a Lesson 50 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 4 Start Lesson 1. Press the LESSON [START] button to select Lesson 1. Each time the LESSON [START] button is pressed the lesson modes are selected in sequence: Lesson 1 → Lesson 2 → Lesson 3 → Off → Lesson 1 ... An explanation of the selec...

Select a Song For a Lesson DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 51 5 Stop the Lesson mode You can stop the Lesson mode at any time by pressing the [START/STOP] button. Once you’ve mastered Lesson 1, move on to Lesson 2. ■ See How You’ve Done ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● After the eval...

Select a Song For a Lesson 52 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Learn to play the correct notes with the correct timing. Song playback tempo will v ary to match the speed you are playing at. The song will slow down when you play wrong notes, so you can learn at your own pace. 1 Select the song and part...

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

Select a Song For a Lesson 54 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Use this feature when you want to start again just ahead of a section on which you made a mistak e, or to repeatedly practice a section you find difficult. Press the [REPEAT & LEARN] button during a lesson. The song location will move ...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 55 Q ui ck Guid e Play Using the Music Database You want to play music in your favorite style, but you’re not sure how to select the best voice and style for the type of music you want to play ... simply select the appropriate style from the Music Database. The panel s...

56 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Q ui ck Guid e 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-...

Change a Song’s Style DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 57 3 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. 4 Press the [EASY SONG ARRANGER] button. The Style Select display will appear. The currently selected style n...

58 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Q ui ck Guid e 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) for-mat files and saved to ...

Record Your Own Performance DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 59 1 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. 2 Select the track(s) you want to record to and confirm your selection on the display. ◆ Record a Melody Tr...

Record Your Own Performance 60 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 3 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. 4 Stop recording by pressing the [START/STOP] or [RE...

Record Your Own Performance DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 61 This function clears an entire user song (all tracks). 1 From the MAIN display select the user song (031–035) you want to clear. 2 Press and hold the SONG MEMORY [1] button for longer than a second while holding the SONG MEMORY [A] button...

Record Your Own Performance 62 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual This function lets you delete a specified track from a user song. 1 From the MAIN display select the user song (031–035) you want to clear. 2 Press and hold the SONG MEMORY track button ([1]–[5], [A]) corresponding to the track you want t...

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

64 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Basic Operation Overall DGX-530/YPG-535 control is based on the following simple operations. 1 Press a button to select a basic function. Basic Operation 1 Press a button to select a basic function. 2 Use the dial to select an item or value. 3 Start a function. Disp...

Basic Operation DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 65 2 Use the dial to select an item or value When you select a basic function, the item corresponding to that function will be listed in the display . You can then use the dial or the number buttons [0]–[9] to select the desired item. ■ Changing Values ...

Basic Operation 66 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual ● Display Names All operations are carried out while watching the display. A number of display types are provided for differ-ent modes and functions. The name of the current display appears at the top of the display. ● MAIN Display ● FUNCTION Display...

Basic Operation DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 67 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 ins...

R ef erenc e 68 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Play with a Variety of Effects This feature adds harmony notes to the main voice. 1 Press the [HARMONY ON/OFF] button to turn Harmony feature on. To turn Harmony off, press the [HARMONY ON/OFF] button again. 2 Press and hold the [HARMONY] button for lon...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 69 Play with a Variety of Effects 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 describe...

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

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 71 Play with a Variety of Effects 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. The sustain function does not affect split voice. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button to c...

R ef erenc e 72 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Handy Performance Features You can start the song/style by simply tapping the [TEMPO/TAP] button at the required tempo—4 times for time signatures in 4, and three times for time signatures in 3. You can change the tempo during song playback by pressing ...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 73 Handy Performance Features Sometimes selecting the ideal voice to play with a song or style can be confusing. The One Touch Setting feature automatically selects a well-balanced voice for you when you select a style or song. Simply select voice number “000” to activ...

74 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Handy Performance Features Five different master equalizer (EQ) settings are provided to give you the best possible sound when listen-ing through different reproduction systems—the instrument’s internal speakers, headphones, or an external speaker system. 1 Press th...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 75 Handy Performance Features ◆ Large Pitch Changes (Transpose) The overall pitch of the instrument can by shifted up or down by a maximum of 1 octave in semitone increments. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but- tons to select the Transpos...

R ef erenc e 76 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions Basic operation of the Style (auto-accompaniment) feature is described on page 25 of the Quick Guide.Here are some other ways you can play the styles, the style volume adjustment proce-dure, how you can play chords u...

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

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 79 Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions 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. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but- tons to select the Spl...

80 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions When auto accompaniment is on (the ACMP ON icon is showing) and Synchro Start is off, you can play chords in the left-hand accompaniment range of the k eyboard while the style is stopped and still hear the accompaniment chords. T...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 81 Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions 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 o...

82 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions ■ Recognized Standard Chords ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● All chords in the chart are “C-root” chords. * These chords are not shown in the Dictionary function. Chord Name/[Abbreviation] No...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 83 Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions This instrument features 160 internal styles, but other styles, such as those provided on the CD-ROM and others that can be obtained from the internet (only styles with the “.sty” suf fix), can be loaded into style number 161 and...

84 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions 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. 1 Press and hold the LE...

R ef erenc e DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 85 Song Settings 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. 2 Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] but- tons to select the Song Volume item. 3 Use the dial to set the song volume between 000 and 127. You can specify a section of a song—“A” is the start point and “B” is the en...

86 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Song Settings Each “track” of a song plays a different part of the song—melody, percussion, accompaniment, etc. 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 ...

R ef erenc e DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 87 Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings This instrument has a Registration Memory feature that lets you save your favorite set-tings for easy recall whenever they’re needed. Up to 16 complete setups can be saved (8 banks of two setups each). 1 Set the pan...

88 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings 1 Press the [MEMORY/BANK] button. A bank number will appear in the display when you release the button. 2 Use the dial or the [1]–[8] number but-tons to select bank you want to recall. You can check whether the panel settings ar...

R ef erenc e DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 89 The Functions The “Functions” provide access to a range of detailed instrument parameters for tun- ing, setting the split point, and adjusting the voices and effects. Take a look at the func- tion list starting on the opposite page. There are 46 functio...

R ef erenc e 92 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Using USB Flash Memory USB flash memory is a memory medium used for storing data.When a USB flash memory is inserted in this instrument’s USB TO DEVICE terminal, user songs created on the instrument and the registered settings can be saved to or loaded ...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 93 Using USB Flash Memory ■ Precautions when using the USB TO DEVICE terminal This instrument features a built-in USB TO DEVICE terminal. When connecting a USB device to the terminal, be sure to handle the USB device with care. Follow the important precautions below. ●...

94 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Using USB Flash Memory New USB flash memory must be formatted before they can be used by this instrument. 1 After connecting the USB flash memory to be formatted to the instrument’s USB TO DEVICE terminal, check that the icon is showing in the MAIN display. 2 Press ...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 95 Using USB Flash Memory Three types of data are saved to one “User File” by this operation: user song, style file, and registration mem-ory data. When you save a user song the style file and registration memory are also saved automatically. 1 Make sure that a properl...

96 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Using USB Flash Memory This operation converts a user song (song numbers 031–035) to SMF F ormat 0 and saves the file to USB flash memory. 1 Make sure that a properly formatted USB flash memory has been properly connected to the instrument’s USB TO DEVICE terminal, ...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 97 Using USB Flash Memory User files, style files, and styles residing on a USB flash memory can be loaded into the instrument. The style file will be loaded into style number 161. If the required style fi le has already been transferred to the instrument from a comput...

98 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Using USB Flash Memory This procedure deletes user file and SMF file from a USB flash memory. 1 Make sure that the USB flash memory containing the file(s) you want to delete has been properly connected to the instrument’s USB TO DEVICE terminal, and that the icon is...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 99 Using USB Flash Memory 1 Make sure that the USB flash memory containing the song or music database you want to play has been properly con-nected to the instrument’s USB TO DEVICE terminal, and that the icon is showing in the MAIN display. 2 Press the [SONG] button i...

R ef erenc e 100 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Connections q USB TO DEVICE terminal This terminal allows connection to USB stor-age devices. Refer to “Precautions when using the USB TO DEVICE terminal” section on page 93. w USB TO HOST terminal This terminal allows direct connection to a per-sonal ...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 101 Connections The following functions become available when this instrument is connected to a computer. ● Performance data can be transferred between the instrument and the computer (page 102). ● Files can be transferred between the instrument and the computer (page ...

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

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

104 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Connections This function lets you send the panel setup data to a computer. Before you record performance data to a sequencer application running on your computer, it is a good idea to first send and record the panel setup data before the actual performance data. 1...

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 105 Connections ■ Use Musicsoft Downloader To Transfer Songs From the Accessory CD-ROM To the Instrument’s flash memory ● ● ● ● ● 1 Install the Musicsoft Downloader and USB-MIDI driver to your computer, then connect the computer and the instru-ment (page 109). 2 Insert...

R ef erenc e DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 107 Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide • The software and this manual are the exclusive copyrights of Yamaha Corporation. • Use of the software and this manual is governed by the license agreement which the purchaser fully agrees to upon breaking the seal...

108 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide In order to view PDF scores, you will need to install Adobe Reader in your computer. You can download the Adobe Reader. Please check the following URL: http://www.adobe.com/ ■ Using the CD-ROM ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Please read th...

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

110 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide Installing the driver in Windows 2000 1 Start the computer and use the “Adminis-trator” account to log on to Windows 2000. 2 Select [My Computer] ➔ [Control Panel] ➔ [System] ➔ [Hardware] ➔ [Driver Sign- ing] ➔ [File Signature Ve...

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

112 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide ■ Troubleshooting • 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 com- puter? When you connect the instrument to the c...

114 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Troubleshooting ■ For the Instrument 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, noi...

116 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual Messages LCD Message Comment Access error! Indicates the failure in reading or writing from/to the media or the flash memory. All Memory Clearing... Displayed while erasing all data in the flash memory. Never turn the power off during data transmission. Are you sur...

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

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

124 DGX-530/YPG-535 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, re gard-less of what functions are used. Auto accompaniment uses a number of the availa...

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

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

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

DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 133 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 sin-gle-note melody played in the right hand. These types sound when chords are...

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

136 DGX-530/YPG-535 Owner’s Manual 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 pan...

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

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

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