Home
Editor's Blog
Keyboard Player
Acoustic Pianos
Digital Pianos
Arranger Keyboards
Synthesizers
Music Workstations
MIDI Controllers
Audio Production
Keyboard Accessories
Maintenance & Repair
Buying an Instrument
Yamaha
Casio
Roland
Korg
Kurzweil
Technics
Other Brands
Music lessons
Printed Sheet Music
Piano Tabs
Music Directory
F.A.Q / Articles
Contact me
Site Map
Free Newsletter

yamaha dgx 520 keyboard review

yamaha dgx 520 keyboard - The dgx520 comes with 88 lightly weighted keys with touch sensitivity and has a wide range of realistic sounds and musical styles. It also comes with some advanced features like USB MIDI for computer connectivity and USB TO DEVICE for connecting USB storage devices.

Good Looks
The Yamaha dgx520 keyboard has an elegant design and comes with a wooden stand which gives the dgx 520 a graceful look which is normally associated with expensive digital pianos.

Full Keyboard Mode
The yamaha dgx 520 keyboard features the full fingered mode. The full fingered mode lets you play your chords anywhere on the keyboard and the accompaniment recognizes it and adjusts accordingly. This is very handy if you have been trained to play the piano.



Yamaha Education Suite (YES)
The DGX-520 keyboard has built-in songs and lessons to help you improve your skills. The grading mechanism grades your performance and there are exercises to train both your hands at various levels of complexity. The chord dictionary helps you to learn to play chords.

External connectivity & Storage
The DGX 520 comes with Smart Media slots instead of floppy disk drives. It also features 2 USB ports - USB to Host and USB to DEVICE. The USB to HOST lets you transfer data to and from your computer and even lets you record and play-back MIDI files. The USB to DEVICE port is used for connecting other USB storage devices like hard drives, pen drives, and floppy disk drives.

Other Features
Some of the other features that you will find useful are -
• Enhanced Graphic Display – contains Lyrics and Score Function
• Includes 500 voices, 150 styles, 32 notes polyphony, 30 Preset Songs
• Master EQ
• Pitch bend wheel
• Comes with stand, sustain pedal and power supply

Conclusions
The Yamaha DGX-520 is an 88 key keyboard with lightly weighted keys and includes great features like USB MIDI for connecting to computers, USB TO DEVICE for connecting USB storage devices, and an amazing set of realistic sounds, musical styles and effects.

Go back to the main Yamaha Keyboards page
Go back to the Home page from the "yamaha dgx 520 keyboard" page


footer for yamaha dgx 520 page