Yamaha CVP-405 Owner's Manual - Page 192

Connecting a Computer or USB Device Copying files from a computer hard disk to a USB storage device Files contained on the hard disk of a computer can be transferred to the instrument by first copying them to the storage media, then connecting/inserting the media to the instrument. Not only files created on the instrument itself but also Standard MIDI files and Style File-formatted Style files created on other devices can be copied to a USB storage device from the hard disk of the computer. Once you've copied the data, connect the device to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal of the instrument, and play back the data on the instrument. Copying the files of the hard disk of the computer to the USB storage device Computer USB storage device Instrument Disconnect the USB storage device from the computer and connect it to the instrument Reading files on the USB storage device from the instrument Computer USB storage device [USB TO DEVICE] terminal Instrument What is MIDI? Put simply, MIDI is a data transfer standard that allows easy and comprehensive control among electronic/digital music instruments and other devices. To get a better idea of what MIDI does, let's first consider acoustic instruments, such as a grand piano and a classical guitar. With the piano, you strike a key, and a hammer inside hits some strings and plays a note. With the guitar, you directly pluck a string and the note sounds. But how does a digital instrument go about playing a note? Acoustic guitar note production Digital instrument note production Internal amp Tone generator Internal amp L (Electric circuit) R Pluck a string and the body resonates the sound. Playing the key board Based on playing information from the keyboard, a sampling note stored in the tone generator is played through the speakers. As shown in the illustration above, in an electronic instrument the sampling note (previously recorded note) stored in the tone generator section (electronic circuit) is played based on information received from the keyboard. Now, let's examine what happens when we playback a recording. When you play back a music CD (for example, a solo piano recording), you're hearing the actual sound (vibration in air) of the acoustic instrument. This is called audio data, to distinguish it from MIDI data. Recording and playing back the performance of an acoustic instrument (audio data) Recording Playback Connect to the Internet () [LAN] Port) There are three ways to use the [LAN] port (located on the bottom left of the instrument) to access special Internet websites, and download song data, etc. See page 172 for instructions on connecting. In the above example, the actual acoustic sounds of the pianist's performance are captured in the recording as audio data, and this is recorded to CD. When you play back that CD on your audio system, you can hear the actual piano performance. The piano itself is not necessary, since the recording contains the actual sounds of the piano, and your speakers reproduce them. Using Your Instrument with Other Devices 192 CVP-405/403/401 Owner's Manual