Yamaha dgx 505 - review

Yamaha dgx 505 - The DGX is another popular series of keyboards from Yamaha which features more than 61 keys and comes at a reasonable price. The DGX-505 comes with 88 light weighted keys and has touch sensitivity; it is basically meant for keyboard players who need more than 61 keys.

Good Looks
The Yamaha dgx 505 keyboard has a wonderful design and comes with a wooden stand. This gives the dgx505 a graceful look which is normally associated with expensive digital pianos. The dgx 505 also comes with a sustain pedal.

Yamaha Education Suite (YES)
The DGX-505 keyboard has enough built-in songs and lessons to help you hone your skills. It also has a grading mechanism to grade your performance. There are exercises to train both your hands at various levels of complexity.

External connectivity & Storage
The dgx505 comes with Smart Media slots instead of floppy disk drives and has a USB slot to enable you to connect your keyboard to a PC. You can download more songs and styles from the Internet or you can even use your keyboard as a MIDI controller and use an external software sequencer.

Other Features
Some of the other features that you can find useful are -
• Includes around 500 voices, 135 styles, 32 notes polyphony
• Large backlit LCD-display
• Pitch bend wheel
• Built-in Yamaha Education Suite
• Comes with stand, sustain pedal and power supply

Conclusions
The yamaha dgx 505 is a good option for anybody looking for a budget keyboard with 61+ keys. The dgx505 comes with 88 light weighted keys, a wooden stand and a sustain pedal. The high quality sound and the numerous features it offers make it an attractive buy.

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