subject: Why You Should Purchase The Yamaha DXG-630 Digital Keyboard [print this page] Why You Should Purchase The Yamaha DXG-630 Digital Keyboard
The new Yamaha DGX-630 should be on the top of the list for everyone in the market searching for a digital keyboard. Though it is not stage ready as some of it's rivals like Korg and Kurzweil, the DGX-630 model offers a responsive eighty eight key weighted graded hammer action, providing it the touch of a grand piano. In addition the DGX-630 features sixty four notes of polyphony which lets you play back 16 different elements, and has more than 500 superior voices.
For folks that don't have the space for an acoustice piano, the Yamaha DGX-630 will provide you the feel of a grand piano, but is only five feet in length and 22" in width and weighs a scant eighty pounds. It comes with an attractive wood grain cabinet and stand set for the standard height. The 630 includes a sustain pedal. But one of the really great features for those piano players out there is the optional three pedal upgrade (trust me, it's worth it) that offers every one of the sustains of an acoustic. For those of you would don't want to keep the kids up or bother the neighbors just plug in the headphones and have at it. You'll swear you are sitting at a grand piano.
Have you often imagined how neat it would be if the song you played displayed as sheet music? The DGX-630 can display the score to a song whether it comes over the Internet, the internal selections or ones which you record yourself, and when you play back the song the pages scroll automatically. Now for you singers out there, the screen also displays the lyrics and chords to XF compatible songs. A new twist has been added for the beginners just learning to play. The Yamaha Education Suite allows you to hear a song while you follow the notes in the display. The DGX-630 has 30 built-in songs plus 70 additional ones on the included CD-ROM for you to practice with using the Yamaha Education Suite. The songs are divided into left and right hand parts, providing seven levels of lessons and a handy chord dictionary.
The DXG-630 has a USB to host and a USB to device port located in the rear of the unit. It's my humble estimation it would have been smarter to have them in the front for convenience. The USB to host is for recording and playing MIDI files, and downloading data to and from your computer. You can use the USB to device for storage drives such as a thumb drive or USB flash drive. The Yamaha Education Suite will tutor you in the use of these ports.
The six track sequencer allows you to record one or several instrument parts at a time and then assign each part to a separate track. This is like having your own built-in multi-track recorder. The DGX-630 gives you a large range of twenty nine high quality reverb effects. This consists of twenty four chorus effects, and 26 harmony effects, and 182 DSP types for guitar distortion to rotary speaker tones.
There is even more techy scoop on this product, but I want to give a personal observation here. We have recently retired and downsized. Our piano was a 1950's Hobart M Cable that had a beautiful sound. It was either the piano or a dining room table. I called a good friend of mine who has produced the likes of Smokey Robinson and I asked for his recommendations on the subject. He started throwing out Korg, Nord, and Kurzweil at me. Seeing as how I won't be going on tour anytime soon or cutting my next CD I got him to lower his expectations, just a little. So I told him I was looking for something with the feel of an acoustic piano that was not going to break the bank. I asked him about Casio because my son has a Casio keyboard that was cool to tinker around with. He then suggested the Yamaha DGX-630. When I asked him why that particular one he said he had the opportunity to play one on and was not surprised that Yamaha once again provided good product for the price.
Based on his expert opinion (better than a manufacturer's propoganda) I visited a local retailer close by that had one I could play. In a matter of 30 minutes playing this instrument I was sold. It was just a matter of finding the best price after that. I dickered with the manager at the music store, and searched a number of online music sites I had already bought from before. Let me just say the two well known music shops were way out of line. I did locate two online stores that have very competitive prices. Don't procrastinate when it comes to investing in this first-rate instrument. You will fall head over heals with it immediately. I know you will have a lot of happy years with the Yamaha DGX-630.
