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    Yamaha DGX650 Black Portable Digital Piano
    This instrument is discontinued

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    The DGX650 combines piano Voices, sampled from one of Yamaha's finest grand pianos, with a keyboard that offers acoustic piano playability. Combined with an auto-accompaniment and performance functions that give form to your musical inspirations, the DGX650 gives you the freedom to perform in almost any musical genre.

    Grand Piano Samples

    To make the most out of outstanding piano Voices sampled from a world-class Yamaha CFIIIS concert grand piano, the DGX650 pairs Yamahas Graded Hammer Standard keyboard with the power and clarity of a stereo speaker system. This provides authentic piano touch and tone while using the subtle dynamics and tonal shadings of a grand piano to enhance your performance.

    PureCF sampling offers the sound of a Yamaha CFIIIS full concert grand piano, meticulously tuned and sampled under carefully controlled conditions, to reproduce the authentic tone and resonance of this superb instrument with amazing fidelity.

    Yamaha DGX650 Styles

    Equipped with a huge number of built-in bands in the form of Songs and Styles, the Yamaha DGX650 lets you perform in almost any genre of music. Simply play a chord progression with your left hand and the Style will follow along, matching your playing just like a real band would, giving you authentic sounding backing that has to be heard to be believed. When you want more Songs and Styles, just visit www.yamahamusicsoft.com to download even more great-sounding Songs and Styles!

    The DGX650 lets you jump right in and enjoy playing music, even if youre new to performing. Style Recommender helps you choose the perfect accompaniment to the song you want to play. When you're ready to start playing that song, the Smart Chord function turns your single-note, left-hand playing into rich, full arrangements. To make things even easier, the DGX650 features a large, crystal-clear display that can display music notation, chord changes and lyrics.

    Yamaha DGX650 Connectivity

    Whether you want to share your performances on the internet, make your own CDs or playback music from your iPod, the DGX650 has got you covered. PHONE and USB ports (both TO HOST and TO DEVICE) and an AUX stereo mini-jack input lets you connect almost any external device to the DGX650 for recording, data transfer and more!

    USB ports (TO HOST and TO DEVICE) offer convenient transfer of digital data to and from the DGX650, making it easy to record and share your music, create your own CDs or edit sounds with your PC. You can even save your data to a USB flash drive to take wherever you want.

    The GHS Keyboard - the real feel of a piano

    Developed to capture the essence of an acoustic piano keyboard, Yamaha's Graded Hammer Standard (GHS) keyboard offers the acoustic piano expression, allowing you to play with nuanced tone and subtle dynamics. It even duplicates the graded touch of an acoustic piano with a firm feel in the bass register that transitions to a lighter, delicate feel for the keys in the treble

    Live! Cool!, and Sweet! Voices

    Authentic guitars, lush strings, punchy brass… Yamaha's highly acclaimed Live!, Cool! and Sweet! Voices feature a unique blend of long, stereo and multi-layered samples that capture the essence of each instrument, right down to genuine resonance, expression and vibrato.

    Big box speakers - powerful, dynamic sound

    The DGX650's powerful stereo speakers are housed in large enclosures and feature separate woofers and tweeters that deliver powerful, distortion-free bass and pure treble with excellent dynamic control.

    Yamaha DGX650 specification

    Size/Weight

    Dimensions Width 1,397mm (55") / with keyboard stand: 1,399mm (55-1/16")
    Height 146mm (5-3/4") / with keyboard stand: 761mm (29-15/16")
    Depth 445mm (17-1/2") / with keyboard stand: 445mm (17-1/2")
    Weight Weight 22.5kg (49lbs. 10oz.) / with keyboard stand: 29.5kg (65lbs. 1oz.)

    Control Interface

    Keyboard Number of Keys 88
    Type Graded Hammer Standard (GHS) Keyboard
    Touch Response Soft, Medium, Hard, Fixed
    Other Controllers Pitch Bend Yes
    Display Type Full Dot LCD
    Size 320 x 240 dots
    Color Monochrome
    Contrast Yes
    Score Display Function Yes
    Lyrics Display Function Yes
    Language English
    Panel Language English

    Voices

    Tone Generation Piano Sound Pure CF Sound Engine
    Damper Resonance Yes
    Polyphony Number of Polyphony (Max.) 128
    Preset Number of Voices 147 + 15 Drum/SFX Kits + 381 XGlite
    Featured Voices 1 Natural! Voice, 9 Live! Voices, 8 Sweet! Voices, 7 Cool! Voices
    Compatibility GM Yes
    XGlite Yes

    Effects

    Types Reverb 35 types
    Chorus 44 types
    DSP 237 types
    Master EQ 5 types
    Intelligent Acoustic Control (IAC) Yes
    Functions Dual/Layers Yes
    Split Yes
    Panel Sustain Yes (Function Menu)

    Accompaniment Styles

    Preset Number of Preset Styles 195
    Fingering Multi Finger, Full Keyboard, AI Fingered
    Style Control INTRO, MAIN x 2, FILL-IN, ENDING
    Custom User Styles Style File Format
    Other Features Music Database 305
    One Touch Setting (OTS) Yes
    Style Recommender Yes
    Smart Chord Yes

    Songs

    Preset Number of Preset Songs 100
    Recording Number of Songs 5
    Number of Tracks 6 (5 Melody + 1 Chord)
    Data Capacity Approx. 30,000 notes for 1 user songs (when only "melody" tracks are recorded)
    Compatible Data Format Playback SMF (Format 0, Format 1), XF
    Recording SMF (Format 0)

    Functions

    Registration Number of Buttons 4 ( x 8 banks )
    Lesson/Guide Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.) Waiting, Your tempo, Minus one, Repeat & Learn, Chord Dictionary
    Demo/Help Demonstration Yes
    USB Audio Recorder Playback .wav
    Recording .wav
    Overall Controls Metronome Yes
    Tempo Range 5 - 280
    Transpose -12 to 0, 0 to +12
    Tuning Yes
    Miscellaneous PIANO Button Portable Grand Button

    Storage and Connectivity

    Storage Internal Memory Approx. 1.7MB
    External Drives USB Flash Memory
    Connectivity DC IN DC IN 12V
    Headphones x 1
    Sustain Pedal x 1
    Pedal Unit x 1
    AUX IN Yes
    USB TO DEVICE Yes
    USB TO HOST Yes

    Amplifiers and Speakers

    Amplifiers 6W x 2
    Speakers 12cm x 2 + 5cm x 2

    Power Supply

    Power Supply Adaptor (PA-150 or the equivalent )
    Power Consumption 13W

    Accessories

    Accessories Owner's Manual, Data List,Online Member Product Registration, Keyboard Stand, Footswitch, Music Rest, AC Power Adaptor (May be not included depending on your locale.)


    Staff Member Justin Myerscough explains why this is possibly the best product around this price that you can buy for your budding keyboard/pianists

    Keyboard route or Piano Route ?

    The answer I believe is both, it doesn't have to be one or the other , if you go for a keyboard you miss out on the technique associated with Piano , if you go for just a Piano you miss out on so many facilities which far from being a gimmick will actually help, encourage the student to play more , enjoy it more , learn faster and ultimately become a better musician for it.

    The DGX650 is the only product on the market around this price with this quality of Piano touch and sound combined with great educational features such as the score facility , composition facilities and storage with media transfer of up to date filetypes.

    To beat this product, in my view you would have to go up in price to the Korg Havian ( Just under 1000 )

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