Yamaha 141 Owner's Manual - Page 27

ENGLISH Connecting MIDI Instruments Your digital piano features MIDI connectors. Using the MIDI functions enables you to access a variety of musical genres. About MIDI MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a global format standard for performance data transmission and reception between electronic musical instruments. Connecting musical instruments that support MIDI via MIDI cables enables you to transfer performance and setting data between multiple musical instruments. Using MIDI, you can also achieve more advanced performances than using just a single musical instrument. MIDI OUT IN Since MIDI data that can be transmitted or received varies depending on the type of MIDI devices. Please check the "MIDI Implementation Chart" on the web (please refer to "Data List" on page 6) to find out what MIDI data and commands your devices can transmit or receive. You need a dedicated MIDI cable (optional) to make a MIDI connection. You can purchase MIDI cables at musical instrument stores. MIDI's Capability MIDI functions enable you to transfer performance data between MIDI devices, load song data from a connected computer to your instrument, and transmit and save user song data to a computer. Transferring performance data to and from another MIDI device Your digital piano MIDI [OUT] connector MIDI IN connector MIDI [IN] Optional MIDI OUT connector MIDI cables connector MIDI instrument You cannot transmit the voice demo songs, 50 piano preset songs, or user song from this instrument to another MIDI device. Transferring MIDI data to and from a computer USB port OUT MIDI IN connector Computer UX16 (optional) MIDI OUT IN connector POWER Your digital piano For more information on the transmission and reception of song data, refer to "Transmitting Song Data between the Computer and the Digital Piano" on page 28. YDP-161/141 Owner's Manual 27