Yamaha DGX640W 88 Key Digital Piano with FREE LP7A Pedal Board

The touch-responsive, full size 88 weighted graded hammer action keys have the feel of a legitimate acoustic grand piano, better than any previous DGX keyboard. The lower notes have a heavier touch, while the higher ones are more responsive to lighter playing. You can adjust the keyboard's sensitivity to match your playing style. This technology enables the instrument to provide authentic touch in a lightweight instrument.

There are an incredible number of realistic and synthetic instrument sounds onboard, all available at the touch of a button. You have 142 DGX-640 voices and an additional 381 XGlite voices. Put that together with 12 drum/SFX kits and you have a well-stocked music-making machine! The DGX-640 has a 64-note polyphony so you’ll be able to hear every intended note you play. Yamaha has categorized an awesome palette of acoustic and electronically amplified instrument sounds with their Live! Cool! And Sweet! voice banks, a rich blend of long, stereo and multi-layered samples. They fully capture the natural presence, resonance, expression and vibrato of the real instrument.

If ivory tickling inspiration hits and there’s no time to lose (what pianist hasn’t had that blessing occur every now and again…) you can easily tap the “Portable Grand” button and ¡voila! an authentic, brilliant acoustic piano sound is ready to go, able to satisfy even the most demanding pianist.

As for songwriters, the Yamaha DGX-640 will prove to be your very best friend! Full accompaniment is onboard with 165 preset rhythms, all ready to please at the touch of a button. These accompaniment styles provide the equivalent of a full backing band covering a wide variety of styles. Everything from rock and r&b ballads to waltzes to 8-beat to euro-trance… and much more are all waiting to be heard.

A simple button push selects a style that matches the music you want to play, or experiment with new styles to expand your musical horizons. Style controls include Intro, Main x 2, Fill-in and Ending, all accessible on the top panel with the push of a button. These are great inspirational starting points to get your creative juices flowing. You can record your new song using the built-in recording function. You can use 6 tracks (1 reserved for Chord) and store up to 5 songs, and. You have the capability to record up to approximately 30,000 notes so you can flesh out those ideas and turn inspiration into reality, easily!

Built-in DSP effects enhance the sound of your tones. Select from 35 different reverbs, 44 types of Chorus, 238 DSP effects and 5 types of Master EQ.

For you students of the piano, the onboard Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.) offers an advanced set of helpful learning tools that let you teach yourself how to play and perform. Y.E.S. helps you master a song with easy lesson steps. Each lesson can be done in isolation with either your left hand or right hand, or both.

When you play back a song, the corresponding score will be shown on the LCD display as the song plays. This is a great way to learn how to read music. If the song contains lyric and chord data, the lyrics and chords will also appear on the score display (no lyrics or chords will appear on the display if the song you are using with the score display function does not contain the appropriate lyric and chord data).

Let’s talk connections. Around the back there’s a contrast knob for the LCD screen, a 12V AC adaptor input (PA-150), a ¼” headphone jack (also can be used as a stereo line-out), sustain pedal input, and a USB to host terminal.

On the front top panel you’ll find a port that hosts a USB flash memory stick. You can store MIDI songs and easily select them from the front panel. You can also hookup to an external storage device via the USB to device port to store your data. Convenient! Pair of built-in full-range speakers driven by 6 watts each is built-in to the keyboard. These are muted when you hook up a set of headphones for private playing.

The Yamaha DGX-640 comes with a beautiful matching wood stand, a sheet music rest, sustain pedal and a CD-ROM for Windows. The contents of the CD-ROM include the Musicsoft Downloader, USB-MIDI Driver, 70 MIDI Songs, 5 Style Files and 5 Music Database data. Remember to ask your Sam Ash Sales Associate about the optional LP-7A foot pedal. It provides you with 3 piano-style pedals performing Sustain, sostenuto and soft control giving you a true piano-playing experience. Hammer away!

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