Yamaha NP-V80 Owner's Manual - Page 86
Transferring Data between the Computer and Instrument, Initial Send, With the Musicsoft Downloader - midi driver
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Connecting to a Computer Initial Send This function lets you send the panel setup data to a computer. Before you record performance data to a sequencer application running on your computer, it is a good idea to first send and record the panel setup data before the actual performance data. 1 Press the [FUNCTION] button. Transferring Data between the Computer and Instrument Song and Style files residing on a computer or the supplied CD-ROM, can be transferred to the instrument. Backup files can also be transferred from the instrument to the computer and back. In order to transfer files between your computer and the instrument you will need to install the Musicsoft Downloader application and the USB-MIDI Driver included on the Accessory CD-ROM on your computer. Refer to the Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide on page 89 for installation details. 2 Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons to select the Initial Send item. InitSend 3 Press [+/YES] to send, or press [-/NO] to cancel. f r Data that can be transferred from a computer to this instrument. Data Capacity: 1.5MB 512 files total for the Song and Style Data Format Song: (.mid) SMF format 0/1 Style: (.sty) Backup File: 10PK6.BUP(NP-V80) 10PK5.BUP(NP-V60) What is SMF (Standard MIDI File)? The SMF (Standard MIDI File) format is one of the most common and widely compatible sequence formats used for storing sequence data. There are two variations: Format 0 and Format 1. A large number of MIDI devices are compatible with SMF Format 0, and most commercially available MIDI sequence data is provided in SMF Format 0. With the Musicsoft Downloader You Can. Transfer files from the computer to the instrument's flash memory. refer to the procedure described on page 87. The procedure for transferring songs included on the Accessory CD-ROM from your computer to the instrument is given as an example. Backup files can be transferred from the instrument to a computer and back. refer to the procedure described on page 88. * Use the Musicsoft Downloader application with Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher. 86 Owner's Manual Reference