MIDI Keyboard Product Review: The Yamaha DGX 640

By D Grossy


The DGX 640 is Yamaha's alternative to the DGX 630 and is the newest in its line of lightweight digital midi keyboard pianos. It's designed to closely resemble a genuine piano in feel with its 88-key weighted Graded Hammer Standard keyboard action.

Like in a regular piano the lower note keys have a heavier feel to them while the higher ones are lighter to make it more respondent. What sets the DGX 640 aside from a regular piano is the plain fact you can actually control the keyboard's sensitiveness to match your playing style.

A great feature is the Live! Cool! And Sweet! Voices "a huge 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 capacities enables you to connect USB flash drives in order to read MIDI files and date (or to save MIDI files and info) or to connect it to your computer so that you can download at once or play your personal computer recordings on this digital piano and midi keyboard.

The 237 sorts of Digital Signal Processor or DSP gives you a range of atmosphere effects, distortions and dynamic processing tools that will let you play around with the sound to your liking. If you're thinking of playing a song from pop to claim a ballad you can do so with the Straightforward Song Arranger.

With the built in music data base you've got a extensive selection of options that can be further reinforced with files from your computer or USB flash drive. And if you're a beginner or just need some help then the Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.) has in-built tutorials that offer you a step-by-step guide on how to play the music. On top of you can still play just like a professional even if you're not with the Performance Aid Technology (P.A.T.).

Other features and specifications of this strong 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 make a choice from.

It features a pitch mix wheel, a chord compendium and two headphone jacks so you do not need to wake up the people next door when you wish to play or hear your creations. With its built in speaker and sound system you can bring it and play it anywhere.

Of course bringing it can be a bother since it's a little over 4 and a half feet long and weighs roughly 46 pounds but if you are able to do it then it's a best buy.

The Yamaha DGX 640 digital piano and midi keyboard is one of the best for people who are starting learning how to play piano music or for folk who've got the itch to compose music. It might not be compact but it makes up for it with its robustness and style.




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