Hi Newbie Neal,
first of all: If not already done so, please download all three manuals from the DGX-670 download site (
Owner's Manual,
Reference Manual and
Data List):
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https://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/musical_instruments/pianos/portable_grand/dgx-670/downloads.html#product-tabsOpen the Owner's Manual and the Reference Manual parallel on your computer, so that you can quickly jump back and forth between the two manuals, because there is information on many functions in BOTH manuals. Basically you can find all needed information in these manuals.
On the subject of Registrations and Playlists, please read
Chapter 7 in
both manuals (in the Owner's Manual from page 80 and in the Reference Manual from page 61).
Use the search function of your PDF reader program (usually "Ctrl + F", followed by "Enter" or "F3") to quickly find all text passages where a certain search term (e.g. "playlist") occurs.
OK.. Record is the name of the song.. not a button. (slaps forehead!)
This is what I have done:
Press Select then tabbed over to USB
Selected DGX-670 Playlist and pressed Enter
Selected (first directory) AllTimeHits and pressed Enter
No files show up in directory and then I press Playlist
Files show up and I select A Hard Days Night an press enter
It reads the USB and Style Control changes, the screen shows Registration Bank 1 Button 1 is Orange
I press Play/Pause Button and nothing happens.
I am sorry for being a pain, I am a computer guy and my wife plays the keyboard. I thought this would be a great present for her. Thank you for all your help!!!!
What do you mean by "Press
Select"? As mentioned before, you FIRST have to press the
Playlist button to load a Playlist file.
Note: You always have to go into the
correct Mode first (i.e. open the correct File Selection display). This is the only way you can see the associated file types.
Examples:- To see and load Registration Bank files, press the "Bank" button in the Registration Memory section to open the Registration Bank Selection display.
- To see and load Styles (Style files), press one of the Style category buttons, e.g. "Pop & Rock".)
- To see and load Voices (Voice files), press one of the Voice Category buttons, e.g. "Piano & E.Piano".
- And finally, to see and load Playlist files, press the Playlist button, as already mentioned.
Note:
Folders can be seen in
all File Selection displays. But if you are not in the "correct" mode, you will not see the files you want because they will be filtered out.
Also note: The Registrations linked in this Bonus Playlist do not contain any MIDI or Audio songs, so you have to play
yourself!
When calling up a Playlist record (song title), a Registration bank is loaded and a Registration (usually button #1) is activated from it. This
Registration automatically loads a (Preset) STYLE, and all the necessary Style and Keyboard Voice settings (Left, Main and Layer parts and Effects) are made automatically. Normally the
ACMP button (= accompaniment) is also activated automatically.
You control the Style via the STYLE CONTROL section. If the SYNC START button was not activated automatically via the current registration, you can do this manually: Press SYNC START so that the button lights up.
If you now
play a Chord with your left hand (within the Chord Detection Area, which by default goes up to F#2), the accompaniment will start automatically. In this context, please have a look at the topic "Split Points" in the Owner's Manual (pages 38, 49 and from 55).
The current Split Points are always saved automatically when Registrations are saved, and therefore it is possible that the current Split Points are CHANGED when Registrations are called up. The so-called "Fingering", i.e. how Chords should be fingered, is automatically saved in Registrations or can be CHANGED by Registrations. If you
always want to play with the
same Split Points or Fingering, you can block these settings in the "Parameter Lock". (Refer to Chapter 10 of the Reference Manual.)
P.S.
I know this is a lot of information now. But if you read everything calmly (preferably several times), I am sure that you will quickly achieve success.
Best regards,
Chris