The Yamaha Portable Grand DGX- has an easy to use panel a wealth of piano-centric features including piano-style keys Graded Soft Touch GST action with different levels of resistance high resolution stereo piano sample and comes with an attractive matching stand PA- energy saving power adapter and sustain pedal USB connectivity brings music directly to your keyboard The DGX- has USB ports on the back USB TO HOST and USB TO DEVICE USB TO HOST is plug and play simple for recording and playing back MIDI files as well as transferring data to and from your computer USB TO DEVICE is for connecting optional peripheral USB storage devices like floppy disk drives and thumb drives When a USB flash memory is inserted in this instrument’s USB TO DEVICE terminal user songs created on the instrument and the registered settings can be saved to or loaded from the memory medium USB flash memory can also be used to transfer song data downloaded from the Internet to the instrument where it can be used with the performance assistant technology and the Yamaha Education Suite features mentioned below Furthermore user songs saved to USB flash memory in MIDI file format can also be used with these features Have you ever played a song and wondered what it would look like as sheet music The DGX- can display the score to a song whether it comes from the Internet the internal selections or ones that you record yourself and the pages scroll automatically when a song is played back no more page turning And for singers the screen also displays chords and lyrics to XF compatible songs For examples please visit www yamahamusicsoft com And for those that want to learn to play notation adds a new dimension to the Yamaha Education Suite allowing you to hear a song while you follow the notes in the display The DGX- has built-in songs plus more on included CD-ROM for you to learn to play using the Yamaha Education Suite The songs are separated into left and right hand parts providing levels of lessons plus a convenient chord dictionary -track sequencer record your own music Imagine capturing your child’s first performance or writing and recording your own songs With the DGX- you have the equivalent of a built-in multi-track recorder to record one or multiple instrument parts at a time and assign each part to a different track Six tracks are provided to accommodate sophisticated melodies chord accompaniment and rhythm parts Full Keyboard Mode The DGX- delivers on its piano theme with a special mode of fingering called Full Keyboard Mode This allows the player to play the keyboard like a piano for example a chord more info