Yamaha CVP-203 Owner's Manual - Page 151
Data Compatibility, Disk format, Sequence Format, SMF (Standard MIDI File), ESEQ, XF, Style File
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Using Your Clavinova with Other Devices Data Compatibility This section covers basic information on data compatibility: whether or not other MIDI devices can playback the data recorded by CVP-205/203, and whether or not the CVP-205/203 can playback commercially available song data or song data created for other instruments or on a computer. Depending on the MIDI device or data characteristics, you may be able to play back the data without any problem, or you may have to perform some special operations before the data can be played back. If you run into problems playing back data, please refer to the information below. Disk format Floppy disks are the main storage medium for data used with various devices, including computers. Different devices have different systems of storing data, therefore it is necessary to first configure the floppy disk to the system of the device being used.This operation is called "formatting." • There are two types of floppy disks: MF2DD (double sided, double density) and MF2HD (double sided, high density), and each type has different formatting systems. • CVP-205/203 can record and playback with both types of floppy disks. • When formatted by the CVP-205/203, a 2DD disk stores up to 720 KB (kilobytes) and a 2HD disk stores up to1.44 MB (megabytes). (The figures "720 KB" and "1.44MB" indicate the data memory capacity. They are also used to indicate the format type of disk.) • Playback is only possible when the MIDI device to be used is compatible with the format of the disk. Sequence Format The system which records song data is called "sequence format." Playback is only possible when the sequence format of the disk matches that of the MIDI device. The CVP-205/ 203 is compatible with the following formats. I SMF (Standard MIDI File) This is the most common sequence format. Standard MIDI Files are generally available as one of two types: Format 0 or Format 1. Many MIDI devices are compatible with Format 0, and most commercially available software is recorded as Format 0. • The CVP-205/203 is compatible with both Format 0 and Format 1. • Song data recorded on the CVP-205/203 is automatically recorded as SMF Format 0. • Song data loaded to the CVP-205/203 is automatically saved as SMF Format 0 regardless of the original format. I ESEQ This sequence format is compatible with many of Yamaha's MIDI devices, including the Clavinova series instruments.This is a common format used with various Yamaha software. I XF The Yamaha XF format enhances the SMF (Standard MIDI File) format with greater functionality and open-ended expandability for the future. • The CVP-205/203 is capable of displaying lyrics when an XF file containing lyric data is played. I Style File The Style File Format - SFF - is Yamaha's original style file format which uses a unique conversion system to provide high-quality automatic accompaniment based on a wide range of chord types. CVP-205/203 151