Yamaha P-140 Owner's Manual - Page 34

ENGLISH Playing Back Songs Playing Back Songs The following three types of songs are available. • 50 Piano Preset Songs 50 Piano Preset Songs in the instrument. (page 15) • User songs in the instrument User songs which you recorded to the instrument by using the record function (page 28). • External songs in the instrument Songs transferred from a computer (including commercially available songs and songs which have been edited on a computer). Songs can be transferred (saved) to the instrument by using the included Musicsoft Downloader software. The songs are saved to an area of the internal memory separate from the area for recorded User songs. Up to 255 songs can be played back on this instrument (numbers 001-255). You can download the Musicsoft Downloader (MSD). Please check the following URL for the latest version. http://music.yamaha.com/download/msd If the song cannot be transferred from a computer, you may need to rename the file. Sequence formats that can be played on the P-140 • SMF (Standard MIDI File) Formats 0 and 1 The SMF 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. NOTE You cannot select songs during Demo Song playback (page 14). NOTE When playing back songs containing various voices or parts (such as XG or GM songs), the voices may not sound correct or as intended on the original. You may be able to remedy this and make the playback sound more natural or appropriate by changing the Song Channel Selection setting (page 43) to "1&2," so that only channels 1 and 2 will play back. NOTE If the metronome is being used during playback, the metronome will automatically stop when playback is stopped. NOTE If the REVERB type is changed via the panel controls during playback, both the playback and keyboard reverb effects will be changed. NOTE If the EFFECT type is changed via the panel controls during playback, the playback effect may be switched off in some cases. Playing Back User Songs/External Songs on the P-140 43 1 2 1. Press the [SONG SELECT] button (the USER indicator lights). 2. Press the [-/NO] [+/YES] buttons to select a song. The User songs are displayed as "Uxx*" and External songs in the instrument are displayed as "xxx*." * The "U" indication in the User song name means "User." The letters "xx" represent the song number. 34 P-140 Owner's Manual