Basic Operation and Displays

MAIN Display Items

The MAIN display shows all of the current basic settings: song, style, voice.

It also includes a range of indicators that show the on/off status of a range of functions.

* Adjust the LCD CONTRAST control on the rear panel of the instrument for optimum display legi- bility.

 

A-B Repeat

LOW BATTERY!!

 

Appears when

Appears when the battery level drops too low for normal opera-

 

repeat playback

tion. Please change the batteries as soon as possible (after sav-

 

is engaged.

ing important data). (page 10)

Transpose

 

 

 

 

 

Measure Number

Tempo

 

Song Number and Song Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press the [SONG] button to highlight this

 

 

 

item so that you can select a different song.

 

 

 

Style Number and Style Name

 

 

 

Press the [STYLE] button to highlight this

 

 

 

item so that you can select a different style.

 

 

 

Voice Number and Voice Name

 

 

 

Press the [VOICE] button to highlight this

 

 

 

item so that you can select a different main

Chord Display

 

 

voice.

 

 

Press the [VOICE] button repeatedly to

 

 

 

select the MAIN DUAL SPLIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

MELODY R MELODY L voices in

 

 

 

sequence after holding the [VOICE] button

 

 

 

for longer than a second.

Style (Auto-accompaniment) Status

Registration Memory Status

(page 29)

(page 68)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Function ON/Off Icons

Performance assistant technology Appears when the performance assistant technology is on.

Touch Response

Appears when the [ACMP ON/OFF] button is pressed to turn accompani- ment on after selecting a style. When showing the keyboard range to the left of the split point is used for accompaniment chord recognition. Style playback can be started in a number of ways (page 33).

Appears when the synchro-stop func- tion is engaged.

The style pattern name.

Shows the selected bank number.

Shows the memory num- bers that contain data. A bor- der appears around the selected number.

Song Track Status (page 45)

Highlighted during user song record- ing.

The track(s) selected for recording are highlighted during user-song recording. Only tracks that contain data are displayed. A border appears around a selected track that contains data. No border appears around a Muted track.

Appears when Touch Response is on.

When this icon is showing you can control the dynamics of the sound by how hard you play the keys.

Harmony

Appears when Harmony is on. When this icon is showing har- mony notes will be added to the main voice.

Dual

Appears when the Dual Voice is on.

When this icon is showing a sec- ond voice is “layered” on and played with the main voice.

Split

Appears when the Split Voice is on. When this icon is showing different voices can be played to the left and right of the keyboard split point.

File Control

Appears when it is possible to access a SmartMedia memory card.

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Yamaha DGX-305, DGX-505 manual Main Display Items, Style Auto-accompaniment Status, Function ON/Off Icons, Song Track Status