Casio PX130 User Guide - Page 27

English Using MIDI What is MIDI? The letters MIDI stand for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which is the name of a worldwide standard for digital signals and connectors that makes it possible to exchange musical data between musical instruments and computers (machines) produced by different manufacturers. NOTE • For detailed information about MIDI Implementation, visit the CASIO website at: http://world.casio.com/. See "Send channel" and "Local control" on page E-23. Transferring Song Data with a Computer Use the procedures in this section to transfer Recorder memory data to a computer for storage, and to load songs to user song memory (Music Library 61). IMPORTANT! • Turning off the Digital Piano while it is exchanging data with a computer can cause data in Digital Piano memory to become corrupted. If this happens, a memory format operation will start the next time you turn on the Digital Piano. Note that it takes about 20 seconds for the format operation to finish, and you will not be able to perform any operation during that time. 1. Perform steps 1 through 3 of the procedure under "Connecting the Digital Piano to Your Computer" on page E-24. Connecting to a Computer 2. Change the digital piano's USB device mode to storage. • While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the keyboard key that corresponds to the USB device mode. • After this setting is changed, the GRAND PIANO (MODERN, CLASSIC) and ELEC PIANO button lamps flash, and all other lamps are unlit. • See "USB device mode (USB DEVICE MODE)" on page E-23 for more information. 3. On your computer, perform the required operation to display your computer's storage devices. If your computer is running this operating system: Windows XP Windows Vista, Windows 7 Mac OS Do this: Double-click "My Computer". Double-click "Computer". Skip step 3 and double-click "PIANO" on your Mac desktop. • The memory of this digital piano will appear as "PIANO" under "Devices with Removable Storage". B E-25