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Thursday 15 September 2011

Yamaha DGX 640 MIDI Keyboard

By Donald Grossy


The DGX 640 is Yamaha's new addition to replace the DGX 630. This is the newest keyboard in its line of portable digital midi keyboard pianos. It's designed to look like a real piano in feel with its 88-key weighted Graded Hammer Standard keyboard action. Like in the usual piano that we all are familiar with, the lower note keys have a heavier feel to them while the higher ones are lighter to make it more responsive. What sets the DGX 640 apart from a regular piano is the fact you can actually control the keyboard's sensitivity to match your playing style.

A great feature is the Live! Cool! And Sweet! Voices - a vast collection of acoustic and electronically amplified instruments sounds that fully captures the natural presence and playing of a real instrument. It has both USB to Device and USB to Host capabilities allows you to connect USB flash drives in order to read MIDI files and date (or to save MIDI files and data) or to attach it to your computer so you can download directly or play your computer recordings on this digital piano and midi keyboard.

The 237 types of Digital Signal Processor or DSP gives you a wide range of ambience effects, distortions and dynamic processing tools to choose from. This you can do to your liking and with the sound that you expect to produce. If you're thinking of playing a song from pop to a ballad, you can certainly do that with the Easy Song Arranger. With the built in music data base you have a wide range of alternatives that can be further improved with files from your computer or USB flash drive. And if you're a novice or you simply need to be guided then you need not worry since there is the Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.). It has built-in tutorials that offer you a step-by-step guide on how to play the music. On top of that you can still play like a pro even if you're not with the Performance Assistant Technology (P.A.T.).

Other options and specifications of this top of the line digital piano and midi keyboard include a total number of 535 voices with 64 polyphony and 4 featured pianos. There are 35 reverb styles, 44 chorus types and 26 harmony types. 165 preset styles and 30 preset songs give you a wide range of music to choose from. It comes with a pitch blend wheel, a chord dictionary and two headphone jacks so you won't disturb your neighbors whenever you want to listen to your creations. With its built in speaker and audio system you can bring it and play it anywhere. Of course, bringing it can be cumbersome since it is a little over four and a half feet long and weighs approximately 46 pounds but if you are able to do it then it is a best buy.

The Yamaha DGX 640 digital piano and midi keyboard is one of the best choices for music artists who are starting to learn how to play the piano and it also fits those who are considering a career in music composition. It may not be very light-weight but it does make up for it with its robustness and style.




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