User manual YAMAHA COMPUTER-RELATED OPERATIONS COMPUTER-RELATED OPERATIONS

[. . . ] page 11 Playing Back MIDI Files including Songs Transferred from a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 12 Target Models and Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 14 NOTE • This manual applies to models released on January 2012 or later. [. . . ] From the playback software, select the connected instrument as the MIDI output destination. The MIDI data played back on the computer will be transmitted to the instrument, allowing you to hear the Song being played by the Voice sounds of the instrument. Playback Instrument Recording Your Keyboard Performance to a Computer By using Music Production software on the computer, you can record your keyboard performance as MIDI data. This section covers the basic settings you need to make on the instrument for recording. Keep in mind that some of the following functions may not be built into the instrument. Local Control settings When recording the keyboard performance to the connected computer, the MIDI data you play will be transmitted to the computer then returned back to the instrument. This causes a “double” sound, since the tone generator of the instrument receives the keyboard performance data directly from the keyboard as well as the computer. To avoid this situation, set Local Control to “Off, ” in order to separate the tone generator of the instrument from the keyboard. NOTE • When you use a software synthesizer as a tone generator, be sure to make settings on the computer application so that the MIDI data received from the instrument will not be returned back to the instrument, in addition to setting Local Control to “Off. ” External Clock When you record Style/Arpeggio playback, you should set which clock is used, that of the instrument or the computer. If you use the clock of the computer, make settings on the instrument so that Style/Arpeggio playback follows the external clock. MIDI Transmit settings Make settings so that Style/Arpeggio playback as well as the keyboard performance will be transmitted to the computer. Note that some instruments cannot transmit playback data. Transmitting the Panel Settings (Initial Send) By executing this before recording, you can record the panel settings to the beginning of the Song data. This ensures that the proper and expected sounds will be produced when the recorded Song plays back. Record Instrument Computer-related Operations 6 Transferring MIDI Files Including Songs With Musicsoft Downloader (available for free downloading), the data of the following types can be transferred between the computer and instrument. Song files with the extension “ . mid” External Song This refers to Song data which is created on an external device other than your instrument (such as a computer). User Song This refers to Song data which is created via the Recording function of the instrument. User Song data can be transferred to the computer as backup, and then returned to the instrument. Style file with the extension “ . sty” External Style This refers to Style data which is created on an external device other than your instrument (such as a computer). User Style This refers to Style data which is created via the Recording function of the instrument. User Style data can be transferred to the computer as backup, and then returned to the instrument. Backup file with the extension “ . bup” This file which includes the panel settings and performance data can be transferred to the computer and saved as backup. [. . . ] Click [OK] to start data transfer from the instrument to the computer. After a while, confirm that the transferred data appears in the box on the upper half of the window. In the lower left box, select the desired destination folder, then click the downward [Move] button. [. . . ]