Yamaha DGX-630 88 Full-Sized Keyboard with Weighted Action

by Yamaha

Product Features

• 88 Piano style, weighted keys with Graded Soft Touch
• 6-track recorder
• DSP effects for more realistic sounding Distortion Guitar and Rotary Organ
• 503 high-quality tones
• Stereo Speakers

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 59.5 x 13.4 x 22.8 inches ; 77 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 81 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001E7FRPG
• Item model number: YAC DGX630
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,455 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The DGX-630 has an 88-key weighted graded hammer action keyboard with authentic grand piano-like touch--heavier in the low end, lighter in the high, and amazingly responsive! The cabinet has wood accents and an attractive matching stand that puts you and your keyboard at the correct recommended height. Also included is the adapter and sustain pedal. Rounding out the piano focus is a high resolution stereo piano sample. Want more? Add the optional LP-7 pedal unit to upgrade to three pedals and sustain half-pedaling, just like an acoustic. And to make sure you never run out of notes, the DGX-630 features 64 notes of polyphony.

Have you ever played a song and wondered what it would look like as sheet music? The DGX-630 can display the score to a song whether it comes from the Internet, the internal selections or ones that you record yourself, and the pages scroll automatically when a song is played back – no more page turning! And for singers, the screen also displays chords and lyrics to XF compatible songs. For examples, please visit www.yamahamusicsoft.com. And for those that want to learn to play, notation adds a new dimension to the Yamaha Education Suite, allowing you to hear a song while you follow the notes in the display.

USB Connectivity
The DGX-630 has 2 USB ports on the back, USB TO HOST and USB TO DEVICE. USB TO HOST is plug and play simple for recording and playing back MIDI files, as well as transferring data to and from your computer. USB TO DEVICE is for connecting optional peripheral USB storage devices like floppy disk drives and thumb drives*. 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 from the memory medium. USB flash memory 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 and the Yamaha Education Suite features mentioned below. Furthermore, user songs saved to USB flash memory in MIDI file format can also be used with these features.

The DGX-630 has 30 built-in songs plus 70 more on included CD-ROM for you to learn to play using the Yamaha Education Suite. The songs are separated into left and right hand parts, providing 7 levels of lessons plus a convenient chord dictionary.

6-track Sequencer: Record Your Own Music
Imagine capturing your child's first performance or writing and recording your own songs. With the DGX-630, you have the equivalent of a built-in multi-track recorder to record one or multiple instrument parts at a time and assign each part to a different track. Six tracks are provided to accommodate sophisticated melodies, chord accompaniment and rhythm parts.

Digital Effects
Yamaha has long been a world leader in digital signal processing technology. In fact, Yamaha professional audio products are found in most professional recording studios around the world. The DGX-630 takes full advantage of this know-how, giving you an extensive range of twenty-nine, top-quality reverb effects that simulate playing in everything from a small room to a large spacious concert hall and twenty-four chorus effects that add richness to electric pianos and guitars in particular and 182 DSP types for adding everything from distorted guitars to rotary speaker effects. You'll also find 26 types of Harmony effects for your melody part.
 
Full Keyboard Mode
The DGX-630 delivers on its piano theme with a special mode of fingering called Full Keyboard Mode. This allows the player to play the keyboard like a piano; for example a chord with the right hand and bass notes with the left. When using the accompaniment feature, the virtual band will follow these chords. Traditional portable keyboards normally require you to chord on the left side of the keyboard, in the bass section, which is foreign to most piano players. The DGX-630 is also capable of this mode, for those who prefer it.

Digital Music Notebook
Digital Music Notebook is a multimedia Internet service that enables you to preview, purchase, download and print learn-to-play music books and chart-topping sheet music. From scales to chords to your favorite riffs, Digital Music Notebook is jam-packed with all the secrets you need to master your instrument. Add accompaniments, record and mix yourself, sing karaoke with friends, learn new techniques while having a blast--Digital Music Notebook delivers everything you need to bring music alive! And it's included with the DGX-630.

The DGX-630 comes equipped with 130 panel voices, 12 drum/SFX kits plus 361 XGlite voices. Special voices include Sweet! Clarinet, Trumpet, Muted Trumpet, Flute, Pan Flute, Soprano & Tenor Saxes, Trombone, Cool! Voices including Galaxy Electric Piano, Suitcase Electric Piano, Electric Piano, Organ and Rotor Organ and Live Voices including Grand Piano, Warm Grand Piano, and Orchestra.

64 Note Polyphony and 16 Part Multi Timbrel
In electronic keyboards, the more sounds made at the same time – polyphony--the more memory is needed. Obviously, more is always better, because too little polyphony can cause dropouts in dense passages of music. The DGX-630 has 64 notes of polyphony and will play back 16 different parts or sounds at once (16-part multi timbrel); enough for the most demanding needs.

Product Description

The new top of the range 88 keys Yamaha DGX-630 features a fully weighted 88-note Graded Hammer keyboard action, a new piano sound with 64-note polyphony and over 500 high quality sounds.

The 88-key Yamaha DGX-630 is a weighted graded hammer action portable keyboard. Upgrades from the previous model include 64-note polyphony, a beautiful matching stand and an optional three-pedal unit, along with additional DSP (Digital Signal Processing) effects that enable realistic sounding Distortion Guitar and Rotary Organ. The Yamaha DGX-630 also includes USB MIDI and USB to Device for removable storage, along with a high resolution Live! Grand stereo sample, song recorder, score and lyric display. The Yamaha DGX-630 offers an affordable, feature-packed portable keyboard. It also boasts an authentic grand piano-like touch: heavy in the low end, feathery light in the highs, and amazingly responsive throughout.

Yamaha Education System (YES) offers an easy, intuitive method of learning how to play a keyboard music instrument. Stand, AC Adapter, Foot Pedal, and Quick-Start DVD are included. USB connectivity for easy matchup to optional PC software complements. Yamaha DGX Series offers a high quality, moderately priced digital piano, but also a diverse feature set typically found on high-end professional synthesizer products. 88 Graded Hammer Standard (GHS) keys Dual and split modes FC5 sustain pad, music rest and CD-ROM included GM and XG-Lite compatible Headphone port Large backlit (blue) LCD display Multi-fingering mode and 'full' keyboard mode available Optional 3-way pedal board available (model LP-7) Over 500 voices to select from Pitchbend wheel Registration memories (2 x 8 banks) Reverb, Chorus, DSP and master EQ effects Supplied with fixed-frame wooden stand and AC power adaptor Sweet, Live and Cool voice technology USB connectivity Yamaha Education Suite (Y.

Customer Reviews

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80 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sounds and feels like a piano, May 21, 2009

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Judd (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha DGX-630 88 Full-Sized Keyboard with Weighted Action (Electronics)

I am a complete piano novice, but my next-door neighbor, who plays for a living and owns a Kurzweil came over, and after playing it a few minutes said, "If you don't mind my asking, how much did this cost?" His keyboard is a few years old, but he said that he likes the action on this better than his, and he found the sound excellent.

I'm writing this review because I had a few questions that I wished I knew the answers to, but could not find anywhere online before I bought this product sight unseen.

1. Question: How many degrees of loudness are there, depending on how hard you strike?

Answer: A lot. At least 8, but I suspect if my fingers were more dextrous and my ear better I could hear many more levels of touch sensitivity. In any case it sounds in this respect just like a piano to me.

2. Question: Does the timbre of the note change depending on how hard I strike the key?

Answer: Yes, and this effect depends on which keys you strike. In the low notes you hear a realistic sounding distortion when you slam down on the key. On the high notes you hear that hollow sound of the wood piano frame when you nail it. This latter effect was so realistic that I had to turn off the keyboard to be sure it wasn't something that was physically happening inside the box rather than a simulated effect.

Question: On a sustained note does the sound simply fade, or does the quality of the sound change in a natural sounding way as it fades out?

Answer: Again, it sounds just like a real piano to me in this regard.

This keyboard has a "graded hammer action" so that the weight of the keys at the top is lighter than the weight at the bottom. While they may have reproduced this effect accurately, it is almost indiscernable to me with the keyboard off. But with the keyboard on, the weight of the keys feels absolutely distinct from top to bottom because the "strings" at the top and bottom respond so differently. That is, the sound is so good that it tricks your brain into sensing that the keys have completely different weights.

I bought it in spite of the fact that I wasn't sure of the answers to these questions, and it is exactly what I had hoped for. It feels and sounds just like a piano to me, especially with good headphones, which allow me to practice scales in my living room without driving my family insane.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best piano for the money!, October 31, 2009

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C. Bodley (Huntsville, AL) - See all my reviews
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I bought this item based on customer reviews I had read, and wow ...it is everything I expected and more. When playing, the notes feel just like a standard grand piano (weighted), and the sound is phenomenal. Another customer review mentioned that the volume wasn't much for this piano, but it is adjustable to a volume that the average person would consider too loud (this is why external amplifiers are made). Aside from the sound and feel, this piano has some useful tools for teaching beginners, such as a 6-track recorder, a (USB) computer to piano interface, and a small LCD screen which can transcribe notes into music score as songs are played. Although the stand doesn't look very durable from the picture, the piano comes with a metal stabilizer bar which mounts underneath and keeps everything steady. Also, the Yamaha DGX-630 and the Yamaha YPG-635 are the same piano, except one comes with an extra bundled package, hence the difference in price. Overall, I highly recommend this piano to anyone (beginner or experienced) for the money.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost nice enough to be called a real piano :), September 1, 2009

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T N - See all my reviews

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I absolutely love this keyboard. Don't sell yourself short and think that it'd be better to spend $200 or so less on a different keyboard. Trust me, the money is worth it. If you're looking for a very acoustic piano sounding keyboard, this one is for you. It comes with lots of bells and whistles, which is great for whatever need you see fit...but if you're like me, than perhaps you just want a full-sized weighted keyboard that feels and sounds authentic. The keys are just about as sensitive as a piano, if not more, allowing you to gain emphasis in your playing. I've tested and played keyboards from $400 up to $3000 and I specifically chose this one for how it sounded. This one is the creme of the crop. :)