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Yamaha DGX505 Keyboard

88 keys. 32-note polyphony.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           9 out of 10
Features:
           9 out of 10
Quality:
           10 out of 10
Value:
           9 out of 10
I Want It:
           10 out of 10
Sound:
           9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           10 out of 10
Support:
           8 out of 10
 
 

"excellent product, though with one glaring shortcoming"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          6 out of 10
User: a customer from networld.com
Submitted: 2/10/2005
Style of Music: jazz, rock
Musical Experience: hobbyist
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

 

 
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Sound:
I've had the Yamaha DGX-505 keyboard for a month. It has tons of excellent voices and drum styles. It's piano "box" keys have pretty decent piano-like action and it's adjustable touch sensitivity is very good. I've been able to record pretty complex songs after just a quick read through the user manual. This brings me to it's glaring shortcoming, and that is, the inability to turn off the automatic accompaniment during recording. This means that if you record the Style track (automatic drum track) along with another track and you hit a key at around about G below middle C, it plays and records major chords for the key you hit. So, what you have to do is either record the automatic drum or Style track first and count measures, then do the other tracks, or you have to record a right-hand track first with the drum track. I think most keyboard players naturally want to record a bass or two-hand track first along with the drum track, and you can't do this. I am surprised that Yamaha was not able to avoid this problem. Still, the other benefits of the instrument outweigh this shortcoming in my opinion, and the keyboard is an excellent value.

Support:
The company showed pretty good service, but I was dissapointed that they told me they had upgraded the shipping to meet a birthday delivery, when in fact they did not. They didn't make much of an effort to accomodate this request. If you don't have any special requests, they're fine. Also, they shipped missing accessories to me pretty timely.

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Yamaha DGX505 Keyboard Customer Review

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
Submitted: 12/17/2004
Style of Music: classical
Musical Experience: active musician
Location: ohio

 

 
Feature:
The on Screen is great connect by USB to the pc and download music instantly and see the notes on the screen at the keyboard to learn the song quickly while hearing it. Put this with Sonar 4 (cakewalk) and its a full synthesizer for so much less then a Motif model

Value:
the price of this is a huge value comes with a stand a power pack and foot pedal in box all for around 600

Desirability:
it looks great the stand matches the keyboard and the screen looks cool in blue

Sound:
The Live Grand Piano is the best i have a Real Baby grand right next to this one and able to play the same note and key the exact same time this baby Sounds the exact same down the the revibe of the wood when you release quickly

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"Great value for the money-can't go wrong!"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
Submitted: 11/20/2005

 

 
Feature:
very good

Quality:
nice quality, attractive design

Value:
great value---easy to download mdid files and transpose to the insturment.

Desirability:
very "sexy"

Sound:
sound is very good---sustain pedal is excellent----extreme upper keyboard a bit washed out, but acoustic is not much better.

Support:
no problems

Overall:
ease of use-variety---nothing not to like!

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