Yamaha YDP-C71PE Owner's Manual - Page 25

ENGLISH Using the MIDI terminals Advanced Functions What's MIDI ? MIDI is an acronym that stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, a technology that allows electronic musical instruments to communicate with each other, by sending and receiving performance information. Connecting MIDI-compatible musical instruments via MIDI cables enables you transfer the performance and setting data- MIDI data-between multiple musical instruments. Using MIDI, you can also achieve more advanced performances than using just a single musical instrument. MIDI NOTE MIDI data that can be handled varies depending on the instrument. For details, see the MIDI Implementation Chart in the "MIDI Reference." OUT IN NOTE You need a dedicated MIDI cable (optional) to make a MIDI connection. You can purchase MIDI cables at musical instrument stores. What You Can Do With MIDI Controlling another keyboard, and vice versa When making the connections shown below, you can play one of the keyboards and control the tone generator of the other instrument. This instrument MIDI [OUT] MIDI IN MIDI [IN] Optional MIDI OUT MIDI cables MIDI instrument Transferring MIDI data to and from a computer This instrument can be connected to a computer as shown below. Song data (SMF) on the computer can be transferred and played back on this instrument. Conversely, the recorded User Song (as SMF) and Backup file (page 24) can be transferred to the computer. For more information, refer to the Computer-related Operations manual. NOTE No MIDI data of any of the Songs is transmitted during playback. NOTE The panel settings of this instrument are not affected by any received MIDI message. USB terminal OUT MIDI IN Computer POWER UX16 (optional) MIDI OUT IN This instrument YDP-C71 Owner's Manual 25