Yamaha DGX-305, DGX-505 manual A Variety Of Ways To Start and Stop Style Playback

Styles (Auto Accompaniment) Quick Guide

A Variety Of Ways To Start and Stop Style Playback

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There are four different ways to start style playback, listed below. In all cases you will need to press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto-accompaniment on before actually starting style playback.

Whichever method you choose, you can press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] before start- ing playback. To begin your performance, an introduction will play automatically, then will automatically switch to the MAIN section when finished.

●Immediate Start

Press the [START/STOP] button to begin rhythm-only playback of the selected style. The bass and chords will begin playing as soon as you play a chord in the accompaniment range of the keyboard.

Immediate start

●Chord Start

Press the [SYNC START] button and the [START/STOP] button will begin flash- ing, indicating that the synchro start “standby” mode has been engaged. The style will begin playing as soon as you play a chord in the accompaniment range of the keyboard.

Accompaniment

range

Synchro-start standby

Style playback begins when you play a chord

●Synchro Stop

When this function is selected the accompaniment style will only play while you are playing chords in the accompaniment range of the keyboard. Style playback will stop when you release the keys.

Press the [SYNC STOP] button. The synchro-start standby mode will be engaged and the [START/STOP] button will begin flashing. Style playback will begin as soon as you play a chord in the accompaniment range of the keyboard, but then Style playback will stop (the synchro start standby mode will be re-engaged) when you release the left-hand keys. Style playback will continue only while you are actually playing in the keyboard’s accompaniment range.

Accompaniment

range

Synchro-start standby

The style will play while you are playing the keys

Style playback will stop when you release the keys

Synchro-stop indicator

Press the [SYNC STOP] button to disengage the synchro-stop mode.

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