Yamaha CLP-240 Owner's Manual - Page 35

ENGLISH Handling Songs with a USB Storage Device (CLP-240) Handling Songs with a USB Storage Device (CLP-240) You can handle User songs (save, export and delete) with a USB storage device. You can also format the device or media. About Save and Export Save You can save three User songs in the instrument to the USB storage device as a single file (User file). These songs can be saved to a "container" (or memory location) in the USB storage device. 100 containers are available - A00-A99. Since the User songs are saved in a special Clavinova format, they cannot be played back on other instruments, including other Clavinovas. With this file format, you can re-record each part on the CLP-240. Songs cannot be directly played back from the USB storage device; they must first be loaded to the instrument. For details on the save operation, see "Saving Songs" on page 36. User songs (Internal memory) User song 1 (U01) User song 2 (U02) Save Load and playback USB storage device User file 0 (A00) User file 1 (A01) User song 3 (U03) User file 99 (A99) NOTE For details on connecting a USB storage device, see page 58. NOTE Before handling songs with a USB storage device, make sure that the device is not protected. If the device is protected, you cannot access it. NOTE If there is not enough capacity left on the USB storage device to save or export the data, an appropriate message will appear on the display and you will not be able to save or export the data. Delete unwanted files from the device to make more memory available (page 38), or use another device. NOTE The "A" indication at the top of the User file name means "All" - all three songs in the instrument are saved into one container. NOTE The file numbers which can be handled in this instrument are 100 files. • User file numbers: A00-A99 • SMF song numbers: S00-S99 Export You can export a User song in the instrument to the USB storage device as a single file (SMF song). Songs can be exported to a "container" (or memory location) in the USB storage device. 100 containers are available - S00-S99. Since the User songs are saved in SMF format, they can be played back on other instruments, including other Clavinovas. With this file format, you cannot re-record on the CLP-240. Songs in this format can be directly played back from the USB storage device, and do not need to be previously loaded to the instrument. For details on the export operation, see "Exporting a Song in SMF format" on page 37. User songs (Internal memory) User song 1 (U01) Export USB storage device SMF song 0 (S00) User song 2 (U02) SMF song 1 (S01) User song 3 (U03) Directly played back from the CLP. SMF song 2 (S02) SMF song 99 (S99) NOTE The "S" indication at the top of the SMF song name means "SMF."" TERMINOLOGY 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. The SMF format for sequence files allows you to exchange song data between different sequencers. User songs recorded on the CLP-240 are exported as SMF Format 0. CLP-240/230 Owner's Manual 35