You are making one of the most useful and well-thought-through videos on youtube! It is difficult to put in words how much I admire your work. No wasted time, deep and comprehensive instructions, just brilliant. Hats off to you sir and I will be waiting for your next DGX-670 video
Hi Tony, thanks for taking the time to put together these videos. I've been eagerly searching for a good tutorial on how to record with the DGX-670 and I'm glad to have found your channel. I bought this keyboard so that I could start composing again and wanted something with better/current samples that what I had with my old Ensoniq MR76. That keyboard workstation, although 30+ years old now was very simple to record to its 16 track sequencer and I was hoping for a similar experience with the Yamaha, but until now has been very frustrating. This video gives me hope that I can finally use it for what I intended it for. I'm excited to watch you next video on how to punch in/out and quantize. Thanks again, Dave.
That's awesome, glad you found the video helpful! The punch in and out/quantize video is coming soon - I had it half done and was going to include it in this video, but discovered some stuff I wanted to spend more time on. Thanks for the kind words and for checking out the channel! Feel free to subscribe
Tony, actualy you can get into record menu (19:55) without pressing the REC button. Chose the song you like and press CHANNEL ON\OFF button. And if it`s on the style tab, just press this button again. The channels won`t be armed for recording, only mute\unmute mode. Then you can press the REC button and record like before. Thank you for your videos.
Hey cool thanks for that! Love the DGX but it's a never ending learning experience. It does default to the style when you first turn on the piano so it is still 2 keypresses, but it does avoid the potential "oops!" by inadvertently starting to record. Thanks again for sharing that I'll mention it in my next video!
Thank you Tony! Much appreciated. I'm 66 and a pianist with not a clue about this tech but I'm starting to see the light. If I follow step by step! . You have given me hope. The manual didn't work for me....
Hi Tony, thanks for all these great videos on the DGX. I had a question about something you mention at 1:45 - How do you Copy the MIDI file over to a computer so you can edit on a DAW like Garage Band? Do you have to play it live and record onto the DAW, or can you record on the DGX and copy over? Here we only see how to export the songs as a WAV. I understand if you do this, you'll be replacing the DGX instruments with the ones on the DAW. Thanks!
My previous keyboard was an EW-410, and the DGX arrived just yesterday. Wow, what a difference! The voices, the feeling of the weighted keys, and the overall usability and experience are just fantastic. I`m watching all your videos about the DGX-670. Did you already release the video about the double bass clefs?
That's awesome so glad you like your new DGX! It is a pretty amazing piano. And no I haven't had a chance to do a video on the double bass (sometimes double treble) clef thing. If you care about the notation, the basic fix for that is to split the keyboard in a spot where you're least likely to have your left or right hands cross over each other; and just have the identical voice on both the lower and upper and the keyboard will put the left hand in the bass clef and the right hand in the treble. Not perfect but a big improvement. Thanks for checking out the channel, feel free to subscribe
You record your 16 track midi file (defaults to onboard) then you can use the menu to copy it to a flash drive. Thanks for checking out the channel feel free to subscribe
Thanks a lot for that tutorial. Is there a way to IMPORT MIDI data into the DGX 670? Or to control the DGX 670 with external MIDI, a DAW or sequencer? I see no documentation about that.
You should be able to open a MIDI file off a flash drive (I've never tried though). You can't control the DGX from another MIDI device though, you need a MIDI in (5 pin DIN) port to do that. Thanks for checking out the channel, feel free to subscribe
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I really appreciate it. I am trying to find a way to get the DGX-670 to pair with Logic Pro so that each instrument, including the styles, can have its own midi channel even while playing, instead of recording everything and then transferring to the USB stick. I saw a video of a guy doing that with the Genos 2 in which he developed a template to send and receive midi information and record that in Cubase. I think the same concept could be applied to Logic Pro.
Thank you again. I have a question. When you recording a voice or a layer on top of the accompaniment does it give you any count down beats of the metronome? At least for 1 measure?
No it doesn't; if it's from the start of the song I would recommend including an intro in your accompaniment (even just a short one) so it's easy to time joining in. If it's in the middle of a song, you can use the punch in punch out feature and start the playback a couple measures early and only have it start recording once you hit the punch in measure. Hope that helps!
Hello. Thank you for your great content. Is there a video where i can learn more about Midi channel setup? For example, i use Presonus Studio One and i want to use DGX's own sound, and i setup the keyboard both as midi in and midi out but if i make a track of a piano and add another track lets say with strings, when i switch the sound on my keyboard to strings everything i played with the piano now is played with the strings sound. I understand that i have to map somehow midi channels on DGX for each instrument to use a different channel. Thank You!
Thanks so much! Sorry but I haven't done that much MIDI deep diving (custom channels etc), and I don't actually use MIDI much myself, other than having an extra controller for my Yamaha YC-61 with my band. I'm not even sure the DGX can accept an incoming MIDI signal through USB (maybe it can from a host device with Presonus on it, definitely not from a keyboard controller without a host in between since it doesn't have a traditional MIDI IN). Sorry I'm not more help!
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the video! I don't think a score can be exported directly; but if you save your MIDI file to a flash drive and then copy that to a computer, I'm sure there will be programs/apps out there that can import a MIDI file and re-generate a score. Thanks for checking out the channel, feel free to subscribe
Still trying to determine how/if recording dual voices on one track is possible. Does that require a scene (eg piano layered with strings) to be created and then have that scene played on track one? Plenty of info available in how to layer two sounds but can’t seem to determine if that can get recorded on track one. Keep up the excellent videos BTW.
The multi track recorder is MDI not audio, so the only thing recorded in the track is the data of what was played, along with (I think) some kind of data indicating what type of instrument voice was used (so when you open that MIDI file in an app it "knows" to use a piano voice vs. whatever else). But I don't think you can say "use multiple voices in this one track" like that. You'd be able to do that kind of combination with AUDIO tracks (not MIDI) within a DAW program, but the DGX doesn't have multitrack audio recording only MIDI. Your only other option would be to find a prelayered piano and strings voice (that's really only 1 voice) and use that. I'm not sue if the DGX has one (I've never looked to be honest). Hope that helps and thanks for checking out the channel, feel free to subscribe
@@PianoTone Didn’t have notifications on so missed this reply. I don’t believe the midi format creates a limitation to record on one track, a user created layered tone, as my midi based Casio PX 320 can record a user layered tone on one of 2 tracks. I’m new to the DGX and to creating user created scenes, ie,configuring and calling up on demand, what the user has pre set on the device, be it 2 layered tones, custom reverb settings or the like,. Casio refers to this as “registration” of one group or set of user defined tones, rhythms, etc. that the user can assign to one of nine banks. On my 10 year old Casio, I can call up the layered sound from its stored bank location (e.g. 2 layered tones/voices/sounds) and record away on Track 1. Then come back and record a single tone melody on Track 2 with Track 1’s layered tone playing along. Up to five songs can be created this way. I’m thinking the DGX has a similar capability …actually hoping it can do this in similar manner via user created and stored “scenes.” If not, it would seem to be missing a fairly simple user configuration process.
@@jaimslaw So you're just wanting to be able to combine a layer (recorded on track 2) with another voice (recorded on track 1) into a single track to free a track up? To be honest I've never heard of that in a keyboard, you might be able to do that in software, but not sure why you'd bother if you're using a DAW (since you can have tones more tracks anyways). Sorry I'm not more help this is out of my MIDI pay grade lol. You might want to try keyboardforums dot com - there are a lot of hardcore users in there with much deeper MIDI knowledge than me.
Thanks for doing all these DGX-670 videos. I doubt I would know 25% of what I know about the DGX-670 without them. Manuals are not very good. Thank You.
I would like to know if this instrument provides accurate MIDI transmission like dynamics and other nuances. I’m planning to record piano solo in MIDI on DGX 670 and then covert this MIDI file into VST.
Hi Tony, I recently recorded a MIDI in Piano Room and exported it as a WAV file via USB recording. However, the volume is low (I don't know why, does master volume matter while recording?), and there is a hissing noise. When I edit the audio to increase the volume, the noise also becomes more noticeable. Could you recommend any audio settings to record a clearer sound?
Would love to but haven't actually even seen one. Music stores where I live don't carry Kawai, but hopefully I can track one down one day. Thanks for checking out the channel, feel free to subscribe
I just recorded drum parts using the style control for channels 9 and 10 and a piano on channel 1 and a pad for channel 4. I saved the song and came back later in the day to record the bass part. I've tried every empty channel but cannot get a signal. I arm the record button but no orange dot to indicate a signal. Any idea why it won't record on a channel?
Yes, just save the MIDI recording to a USB flash drive and then import it into any app/DAW from there. Thanks for checking out the channel, feel free to subscribe
For home I would choose DGX 670, for gigging/performing/playing in a band and portability I would choose PXS3100. Thanks for checking out the channel, feel free to subscribe
Here's something that has me stumped as far as recording goes. I have a sheet music arrangement of "Someone to Watch Over Me" and I have recorded the right hand part. The song itself doesn't begin until the second beat of the first measure. The DGX assumes that the first note it detects me playing is on beat one. When I look at the recorded score, everything is wrong as to where the actual down beats are for each measure in the song. How do I get it to put a quarter note rest at the beginning of the recording?
Hi there! You would need to use the metronome, and start the recording first then come in on beat 2. Thanks for checking out the channel feel free to subscribe
Hallo Tony. Is it possible to place a SIMPLE short video (without going to cords and exit every minute or so), to show us the following PLEASE PLEASE : To record a song played with a style, stop the recording when the song ends AND THEN ,how to ADD a track with another voice for instance. We will really appreciate it very very much. Thanks... Love your videos. . 😎
Recording extra tracks with another voice is in this video at the 14:22 mark: th-cam.com/video/CNWcgO4Ld0w/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fNI8q8nmKJ6eF1Wd&t=862 Thanks for checking out the channel, feel free to subscribe
It seems like the cfx sounds a bit different (and better) from inside the piano room than from the main menu. Is there a reason for this that you know of?
You’re getting different sounds because they have different effects in the piano. You have the ability to do change the acoustics of the brain and ability to open and close the lid or halfway.
The tracks are all MIDI; you can’t record vocals (audio) as a MIDI track. With the DGX you can record vocals with your playing as an audio recording if you like. Thanks for checking out the channel feel free to subscribe
I’ma bit disappointed. On my Yamaha P-515 keyboard, I can directly export a MIDI track to my DAW (Studio One). This method of getting a midi track seems pretty convoluted.
You are making one of the most useful and well-thought-through videos on youtube! It is difficult to put in words how much I admire your work. No wasted time, deep and comprehensive instructions, just brilliant. Hats off to you sir and I will be waiting for your next DGX-670 video
Thanks so much for the kind words and for supporting the channel!
Agree! Thanks a lot for the great video ❤
THANKS!!!!
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Hi Tony, thanks for taking the time to put together these videos. I've been eagerly searching for a good tutorial on how to record with the DGX-670 and I'm glad to have found your channel. I bought this keyboard so that I could start composing again and wanted something with better/current samples that what I had with my old Ensoniq MR76. That keyboard workstation, although 30+ years old now was very simple to record to its 16 track sequencer and I was hoping for a similar experience with the Yamaha, but until now has been very frustrating. This video gives me hope that I can finally use it for what I intended it for. I'm excited to watch you next video on how to punch in/out and quantize. Thanks again, Dave.
That's awesome, glad you found the video helpful! The punch in and out/quantize video is coming soon - I had it half done and was going to include it in this video, but discovered some stuff I wanted to spend more time on.
Thanks for the kind words and for checking out the channel! Feel free to subscribe
Thank you for these tutorials!
Glad you're finding them useful! Thanks for checking out the channel, feel free to subscribe
Tony, actualy you can get into record menu (19:55) without pressing the REC button. Chose the song you like and press CHANNEL ON\OFF button. And if it`s on the style tab, just press this button again. The channels won`t be armed for recording, only mute\unmute mode. Then you can press the REC button and record like before. Thank you for your videos.
Hey cool thanks for that! Love the DGX but it's a never ending learning experience. It does default to the style when you first turn on the piano so it is still 2 keypresses, but it does avoid the potential "oops!" by inadvertently starting to record.
Thanks again for sharing that I'll mention it in my next video!
Thank you Tony! Much appreciated. I'm 66 and a pianist with not a clue about this tech but I'm starting to see the light. If I follow step by step! . You have given me hope. The manual didn't work for me....
Glad the video was helpful! The manual for the DGX is definitely not the greatest…. ;)
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Hi Tony, thanks for all these great videos on the DGX. I had a question about something you mention at 1:45 - How do you Copy the MIDI file over to a computer so you can edit on a DAW like Garage Band? Do you have to play it live and record onto the DAW, or can you record on the DGX and copy over? Here we only see how to export the songs as a WAV. I understand if you do this, you'll be replacing the DGX instruments with the ones on the DAW. Thanks!
Just save your MIDI recording to a USB flash drive and then you can connect that to a pc and import the tracks into your DAW.
Thank you very much for the video ❤
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My previous keyboard was an EW-410, and the DGX arrived just yesterday. Wow, what a difference! The voices, the feeling of the weighted keys, and the overall usability and experience are just fantastic. I`m watching all your videos about the DGX-670. Did you already release the video about the double bass clefs?
That's awesome so glad you like your new DGX! It is a pretty amazing piano. And no I haven't had a chance to do a video on the double bass (sometimes double treble) clef thing. If you care about the notation, the basic fix for that is to split the keyboard in a spot where you're least likely to have your left or right hands cross over each other; and just have the identical voice on both the lower and upper and the keyboard will put the left hand in the bass clef and the right hand in the treble. Not perfect but a big improvement.
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Very useful video. Thanks Tony.
Thanks so much! And thanks for checking out the channel, feel free to subscribe
Very informative video. How can I save the music as a MIDI file and not as a WAV to the USB flash drive?
You record your 16 track midi file (defaults to onboard) then you can use the menu to copy it to a flash drive.
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Thanks a lot for that tutorial. Is there a way to IMPORT MIDI data into the DGX 670? Or to control the DGX 670 with external MIDI, a DAW or sequencer? I see no documentation about that.
You should be able to open a MIDI file off a flash drive (I've never tried though). You can't control the DGX from another MIDI device though, you need a MIDI in (5 pin DIN) port to do that.
Thanks for checking out the channel, feel free to subscribe
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I really appreciate it. I am trying to find a way to get the DGX-670 to pair with Logic Pro so that each instrument, including the styles, can have its own midi channel even while playing, instead of recording everything and then transferring to the USB stick. I saw a video of a guy doing that with the Genos 2 in which he developed a template to send and receive midi information and record that in Cubase. I think the same concept could be applied to Logic Pro.
Sounds like the video you found should help! Thanks for checking out the channel feel free to subscribe
Thank you again. I have a question. When you recording a voice or a layer on top of the accompaniment does it give you any count down beats of the metronome? At least for 1 measure?
No it doesn't; if it's from the start of the song I would recommend including an intro in your accompaniment (even just a short one) so it's easy to time joining in. If it's in the middle of a song, you can use the punch in punch out feature and start the playback a couple measures early and only have it start recording once you hit the punch in measure.
Hope that helps!
@@PianoTone Thank you!
Good vid. Thumbs up!
Thanks Thomas!
Hello. Thank you for your great content. Is there a video where i can learn more about Midi channel setup? For example, i use Presonus Studio One and i want to use DGX's own sound, and i setup the keyboard both as midi in and midi out but if i make a track of a piano and add another track lets say with strings, when i switch the sound on my keyboard to strings everything i played with the piano now is played with the strings sound. I understand that i have to map somehow midi channels on DGX for each instrument to use a different channel. Thank You!
Thanks so much! Sorry but I haven't done that much MIDI deep diving (custom channels etc), and I don't actually use MIDI much myself, other than having an extra controller for my Yamaha YC-61 with my band. I'm not even sure the DGX can accept an incoming MIDI signal through USB (maybe it can from a host device with Presonus on it, definitely not from a keyboard controller without a host in between since it doesn't have a traditional MIDI IN).
Sorry I'm not more help!
Well done, new subscriber. Looking at buying the 670
Thanks so much! Highly recommend the 670 it’s an amazing keyboard! Thanks for subscribing!
Thank you for explanation of many things whuch is difficult to find out in DGX manual. Is there any method to export the score of a music piece?
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the video! I don't think a score can be exported directly; but if you save your MIDI file to a flash drive and then copy that to a computer, I'm sure there will be programs/apps out there that can import a MIDI file and re-generate a score.
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Still trying to determine how/if recording dual voices on one track is possible. Does that require a scene (eg piano layered with strings) to be created and then have that scene played on track one? Plenty of info available in how to layer two sounds but can’t seem to determine if that can get recorded on track one. Keep up the excellent videos BTW.
The multi track recorder is MDI not audio, so the only thing recorded in the track is the data of what was played, along with (I think) some kind of data indicating what type of instrument voice was used (so when you open that MIDI file in an app it "knows" to use a piano voice vs. whatever else). But I don't think you can say "use multiple voices in this one track" like that. You'd be able to do that kind of combination with AUDIO tracks (not MIDI) within a DAW program, but the DGX doesn't have multitrack audio recording only MIDI. Your only other option would be to find a prelayered piano and strings voice (that's really only 1 voice) and use that. I'm not sue if the DGX has one (I've never looked to be honest).
Hope that helps and thanks for checking out the channel, feel free to subscribe
@@PianoTone Didn’t have notifications on so missed this reply. I don’t believe the midi format creates a limitation to record on one track, a user created layered tone, as my midi based Casio PX 320 can record a user layered tone on one of 2 tracks. I’m new to the DGX and to creating user created scenes, ie,configuring and calling up on demand, what the user has pre set on the device, be it 2 layered tones, custom reverb settings or the like,. Casio refers to this as “registration” of one group or set of user defined tones, rhythms, etc. that the user can assign to one of nine banks. On my 10 year old Casio, I can call up the layered sound from its stored bank location (e.g. 2 layered tones/voices/sounds) and record away on Track 1. Then come back and record a single tone melody on Track 2 with Track 1’s layered tone playing along. Up to five songs can be created this way. I’m thinking the DGX has a similar capability …actually hoping it can do this in similar manner via user created and stored “scenes.” If not, it would seem to be missing a fairly simple user configuration process.
@@jaimslaw So you're just wanting to be able to combine a layer (recorded on track 2) with another voice (recorded on track 1) into a single track to free a track up? To be honest I've never heard of that in a keyboard, you might be able to do that in software, but not sure why you'd bother if you're using a DAW (since you can have tones more tracks anyways).
Sorry I'm not more help this is out of my MIDI pay grade lol. You might want to try keyboardforums dot com - there are a lot of hardcore users in there with much deeper MIDI knowledge than me.
Thanks for doing all these DGX-670 videos. I doubt I would know 25% of what I know about the DGX-670 without them. Manuals are not very good. Thank You.
Hey thanks a lot glad you’re finding them helpful!
I would like to know if this instrument provides accurate MIDI transmission like dynamics and other nuances. I’m planning to record piano solo in MIDI on DGX 670 and then covert this MIDI file into VST.
Hi there! To be honest I never record in MIDI, only in audio so I can't say for sure how accurate the dynamics are in the MIDI recordings.
Hi Tony, I recently recorded a MIDI in Piano Room and exported it as a WAV file via USB recording. However, the volume is low (I don't know why, does master volume matter while recording?), and there is a hissing noise. When I edit the audio to increase the volume, the noise also becomes more noticeable. Could you recommend any audio settings to record a clearer sound?
Can you do a kawai es120 review?
Would love to but haven't actually even seen one. Music stores where I live don't carry Kawai, but hopefully I can track one down one day.
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I am subscribed :)
You can buy one online, review it and then return it i think.
@@milmolas4913 I probably could, but wouldn't feel right about that.
I just recorded drum parts using the style control for channels 9 and 10 and a piano on channel 1 and a pad for channel 4. I saved the song and came back later in the day to record the bass part. I've tried every empty channel but cannot get a signal. I arm the record button but no orange dot to indicate a signal. Any idea why it won't record on a channel?
Is it possible to export the styles of the DGX670 as midi files?
Yes, just save the MIDI recording to a USB flash drive and then import it into any app/DAW from there.
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Casio px3100 or Yamaha dgx670?
For home I would choose DGX 670, for gigging/performing/playing in a band and portability I would choose PXS3100.
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Here's something that has me stumped as far as recording goes. I have a sheet music arrangement of "Someone to Watch Over Me" and I have recorded the right hand part. The song itself doesn't begin until the second beat of the first measure. The DGX assumes that the first note it detects me playing is on beat one. When I look at the recorded score, everything is wrong as to where the actual down beats are for each measure in the song. How do I get it to put a quarter note rest at the beginning of the recording?
Hi there! You would need to use the metronome, and start the recording first then come in on beat 2.
Thanks for checking out the channel feel free to subscribe
@@PianoTone I'll give it a shot and see what happens. Thanks!
Hallo Tony.
Is it possible to place a SIMPLE short video (without going to cords and exit every minute or so), to show us the following PLEASE PLEASE :
To record a song played with a style, stop the recording when the song ends AND THEN ,how to ADD a track with another voice for instance.
We will really appreciate it very very much.
Thanks... Love your videos. . 😎
Recording extra tracks with another voice is in this video at the 14:22 mark: th-cam.com/video/CNWcgO4Ld0w/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fNI8q8nmKJ6eF1Wd&t=862
Thanks for checking out the channel, feel free to subscribe
It seems like the cfx sounds a bit different (and better) from inside the piano room than from the main menu. Is there a reason for this that you know of?
Only thing I can think of is different effects being applied . . .
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You’re getting different sounds because they have different effects in the piano. You have the ability to do change the acoustics of the brain and ability to open and close the lid or halfway.
I dont see how to transformed midi to DAW? How to do it?
Does anybody know how to record vocals as one of the tracks?
The tracks are all MIDI; you can’t record vocals (audio) as a MIDI track. With the DGX you can record vocals with your playing as an audio recording if you like.
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Thank you for getting back to me! Appreciate it!
I’ma bit disappointed. On my Yamaha P-515 keyboard, I can directly export a MIDI track to my DAW (Studio One). This method of getting a midi track seems pretty convoluted.