| | |  | Yamaha | Home » » » Yamaha DGX-530 Keyboard, 88 Full-Sized Lightly Weighted Piano Style Keys | | | | | | | Description: | | All the best sounds are available at the push of button and recording virtuoso performances is simple with built in recorder. The Yamaha DGX530 features 88 Graded Soft Touch keys. The Yamaha Education Suite and USB connectivity (USB to Device) add functionality. 88 Graded Soft Touch keyboard Acoustic, super-expressive Live, Cool and Sweet Voices (127 + 361 xglite + 12 Drum/SFX Kits) Easy Song Arranger feature and Performance Assistant Technology USB connection for convenient storage and song data playback Pitch bend wheel to add smooth pitch variations to notes played 6 recordable tracks, 5 recordable songs 32 note Polyphony Master EQ, Reverb and Chorus Effects Graded Soft Touch Keyboard Just as on an actual piano, the lower keys are heavy in touch and the higher keys are light, with soft touch of digital keyboard for beginners. Amazingly Realistic Sounds Yamaha's highly acclaimed Sweet! And Cool! Voices deliver incredibly natural and dynamic sound. Use the Pitch Bend wheel, and hear these Voices especially the Sax and Trumpet truly come alive, Live, Cool and Sweet. Voices a huge palette of acoustic and electronically amplified instrument sounds. A blend of long, stereo and multi-layered samples is used to fully capture the natural presence, resonance, expression and vibrato of the real instrument. Easy Song Arranger In addition to each song's default style, you can select any other style to play the song with the Easy Song Arranger feature. This means that you can play a song that is normally a ballad, for example, as a bossa nova, as a hip-hop tune, etc. You can create totally different arrangements by changing the style with which a song is played. You can also change the song's melody voice and the keyboard voice for a complete change of image. Performance Assistant Technology (P.A.T.) Play along with a song on the instrument's keyboard and produce a perfect performance every time. Even if you play wrong notes! All you have to do is play on the keyboard. | | | Features: | |
• 88 Piano style keys with Graded Soft Touch
• 6-track recorder
• 500 high-quality tones
• Stereo Speakers, Master EQ
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 58.75 inches | | Product Width:
| 12.75 inches | | Product Height:
| 22.25 inches | | Product Weight:
| 67.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 52.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 22.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 12.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 59.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 26 reviews |
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132 of 135 found the following review helpful:
Excellent instrument, but probably no need to upgradeDec 05, 2008
By P.W. Reader
Tried this instrument out in the store and could not figure out what the difference was between this one and the 520 I previously reviewed on amazon. Sound qualities, voices, layout, display, and software all seemed identical to me to the 520. Finally, after a direct inquiry to Yamaha, I was told that the only difference between this model and the 520 was that the 530 contained 10 more rhythm sequences.
So, if you're one of those who would use this instrument heavily for recording and composition, and just could never find the right rhythmic background, you can try this one and see if one of their ten extra sequences works for you.
If you're like me, however, who use the keyboard mostly for performance purposes and only occasional composition and recording, it really isn't worth upgrading. If you're diligent enough and have the software (pretty much any layered music recording sequence will do; I happen to use Cakewalk 4), you can make and save your own rhythms anyway on either keyboard.
For a more detailed review of other features this keyboard has, check my review out on the DGX-520...aside from the extra rhythms, it's exactly the same.
54 of 55 found the following review helpful:
 Great boardMar 16, 2010
By JXdelaCruz
"J"
This is a great board to play on. It's full sized (all 88 keys), comes with everthing need, stand, book rest, A/C adapter, and even comes with a sustain pedal, which a lot of other boards don't and you have to buy the sustain separate. The sound quality is great and can be very loud when turned up :).
I read a review on here that said something about the keys 'clicking' when they were struck. I haven't had this problem, the keys strike nicely and smoothly. I think this is a great product for anyone who wants a nice keyboard without spending wads of money.
32 of 32 found the following review helpful:
Far Superior To What I ExpectedMar 01, 2011
By Paul Weiss Jr.
"Paul W"
About 7 years ago I walked into a Sam's Club and saw a Yamaha keyboard that looked exactly like this. I was amazed at how nicely it sounded but I had a piano at home and at $999.95 I didn't really need it. Now I'm in Louisiana and my piano is at my parents house in PA.
I was hard pressed between getting the DGX230 or the DGX530 and after spending a week mulling it over I logged on planning to purchase the 230. But when I got online I saw that the price of the 530 had dropped considerably and before I knew it I clicked on the ADD TO CART button and then sealed the deal.
I was a slightly leery about the few customer reviews stating that the keys clicked but here I am almost 3 months later with no clicking noise at all. I couldn't be happier with this purchase. They keys have a great feel to them and the sound is amazing. I know my piano will find its way back to me but in the mean time this is a perfectly acceptable work around for me. Now I'll admit that I'm far from a professional player but after 10 years of not playing I find myself in front of this keyboard for at least an hour a day if not longer.
Someone said that this keyboard was larger than they expected but I find it to be VERY compact for a full size keyboard. As I said, my keys don't click at all and have a great feel about them. In my opinion if you are considering purchasing this don't waste your time considering it any longer.
Don't waste any time like I did-- even at its list price this keyboard is an amazing value. I have to say that this is one of the best purchases I've made.
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
beautiful sound, clicky keysJul 03, 2010
By Michael Garst
"lifegrdmike"
the weighted keys give a nice approximation to a real piano, but they make more noise than they should. The sound from the built in speaker is quite nice. I particularly enjoyed the ability to record yourself and then play it back and play along. The included stand is sufficiently sturdy, but I would have liked more than one foot pedal. NOTE: if you turn it on while stepping on the footpedal, the piano will act like the pedal is ALWAYS depressed (just power cycle to fix).
14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 Weighted Keys?Oct 02, 2011
By Jeffrey P. Wojcicki
"Purdue Student"
This keyboard looks great and has numerous options. I had to return the keyboard because the touch felt exactly like keyboard keys. I felt a little deceived by the title "lightly weighted" because the keys did not feel weighted at all.
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