Yamaha DGX-660 DGX-660 Owners Manual - Page 21

Setting Up Setting Up Connecting a Footswitch (SUSTAIN Jack) Assigning specific functions to the pedal The function of the footswitch or the foot pedal connected to SUSTAIN jack can be changed from its default setting (Sustain). The sustain function lets you produce a natural sustain as you play by pressing a footswitch. Plug the supplied footswitch into this jack and use it to switch sustain on and off. An FC3A foot pedal or FC4A or FC5 footswitch (sold separately) can also be connected to this jack. The FC3A lets you use the Half Pedal function (page 22). NOTE • Make sure that power is off when connecting or disconnect- ing a footswitch or a foot pedal. • Do not press the footswitch while turning the power on. Doing this changes the recognized polarity of the footswitch, resulting in reversed footswitch operation. • The sustain function does not affect the Split Voice (page 28). Damper Resonance This function simulates the sustain sound produced with the damper pedal on a grand piano. If you want to use this function, select a voice in the "Target Voice List" below, then press the footswitch. This function can be turned off via the FUNCTION display (page 74). For information on how to select a Voice, see page 27. Target Voice List Voice No. Voice Name 001 Natural! Grand Piano 003 Live! Pop Grand Piano 004 Live! Warm Grand Piano 008 Honky Tonk Piano 167 Natural Grand Piano (XG) 169 Live Pop Grand Piano (XG) 170 Live Warm Grand Piano (XG) 173 Honky Tonk Piano (XG) NOTE • This effect is applied only to a Voice in the "Target Voice List" selected as the Main Voice or used in Track 1 (page 68) of the Song. Press the [FUNCTION] button, press the CATEGORY [r] or [f] button repeatedly until "Assignable Pedal" appears, then select the desired setting by using the dial. SUSTAIN Allows you to use a pedal to control sustain. When you press and hold the pedal, all notes played on the keyboard have a longer sustain. The portamento effect (a smooth slide between notes) can be produced while the pedal is pressed. Portamento is produced when notes are played legato style (i.e., a note is played while the preceding note is still held). The portamento time can also be adjusted in the Function "Portamento Time" (page 74). PORTAMENTO NOTE • This function does not affect the Voice 001 "Natural! Grand Piano" and 167 "Natural Grand Piano (XG)", which would not sound appropriately with this function. • This affects only Main/Dual Voices and the Harmony sound (pages 27, 28 and 31), and has no effect on the Split Voices (page 28). MIC ON/OFF START/STOP TAP TEMPO Turns the microphone sound on or off (page 71). Same as the [START/STOP] button (pages 33, 39). When Style and Song are stopped, tapping the pedal at the desired tempo-four times for time signatures in 4 (4/4, etc.), and three times for time signatures in 3 (3/4, etc.) starts playback of the rhythm part of the Style or the Song at the tempo you tapped the pedal. During playback of a Style or Song, you can change the tempo by tapping the pedal twice at the desired tempo. DGX-660 Owner's Manual 21