Yamaha YPG-635 - Manual (Page 108)

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DGX-630/YPG-635 Owner’s Manual
Connections
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.
2
Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons
to select the Initial Send item.
3
Press [+/YES] to send, or press [-/NO]
to cancel.
Songs, styles, or Music Database files residing on a
computer or the supplied CD-ROM, can be trans-
ferred to the instrument. Backup file 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 111 for installa-
tion details.
■With the Musicsoft
Downloader You Can.
● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
● Transfer files from the computer to the instru-
ment’s flash memory.
⇒
refer to the procedure described on
page 109.
The procedure for transferring songs included
on the Accessory CD-ROM from your com-
puter to the instrument is given as an example.
● Backup file can be transferred from the instru-
ment to a computer and back.
⇒
refer to the procedure described on
page 110.
Initial Send
f r
Transferring Data Between the Computer and Instrument
● Data that can be transferred from a computer
to this instrument.
• Data Capacity: 1895KB
502 files total for the Song, Style and Music
Database.
• Data Format
Song: .mid SMF format 0/1
Style: .sty
Music Database: .mfd
Backup File: 08PG88G.bup
● 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.
Use the Musicsoft Downloader application with
Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.