Yamaha CLP-220 - Manual (Page 31)

CLP-220 Transmitting Song Data between the Computer and the Clavinova 31
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Transmitting Song Data between the
Computer and the Clavinova
You can download free Music-
soft Downloader from the
Yamaha website. In addition to the demo songs and the 50 piano preset songs stored in the Clavinova,
you can play data for other song by loading it from a connected computer.
To be able to use this function, you must first download Musicsoft Downloader from
Yamaha website at the following URL, and install it on your computer.
http://music.yamaha.com/download/
● System requirement for Musicsoft Downloader
Loading Song Data from a Computer
to the Clavinova
SMF (Standard MIDI File)
This file features a popular
sequence format (for recording
performance data). This file is
sometimes called a “MIDI file.”
The file extension is MID.
You can play the SMF format song
using music software or a
sequencer that supports SMF. The
CLP-220 also supports SMF.
CAUTION
Do not turn off the power to the
CLP-220 or unplug the instru-
ment during data transmission.
Otherwise, the data being trans-
mitted will not be saved. Further-
more, flash memory operation
may become unstable, causing
the entire memory to be erased
when you turn the power to the
CLP-220 on or off.
Before you use the Clavinova,
close the Musicsoft Downloader
window and quit the application.
You can load piano song data from a computer to the Clavinova. Also, after you record
your performance on the Clavinova and save the recording to a computer, you can load
the recording back to the Clavinova.
The Clavinova can read MIDI data in SMF Format 0. However, if such data includes
any information for functions that are not supported by the Clavinova, the Clavinova
will not play the data correctly.
For more information on loading song data from a computer to the Clavinova, please
refer to “Transferring Data Between the Computer and Instrument (for unprotected
data)” in the Help file that came with Musicsoft Downloader.
● Requirements for song data that can be loaded from a computer
to the Clavinova
Transmitting Song Data from the
Clavinova to a Computer
Musicsoft Downloader enables you to transfer the user song in the Clavinova to a com-
puter. For more information on transferring song data from the Clavinova to a com-
puter, please refer to “Transferring Data Between the Computer and Instrument (for
unprotected data)” in the Help file that came with Musicsoft Downloader.
● Data you can transfer from the Clavinova to a computer
• OS : Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP Home Edition/XP Professional
• CPU : Intel
®
Pentium
®
or Celeron
®
chip of 233MHz or higher
(500MHz or higher recommended)
• Memory : 64MB or higher (256MB or higher recommended)
• Available hard disk capacity: 128MB or higher (512MB or higher recommended)
• Display
: 800 × 600 High Color (16-bit)
• Others : Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer
®
version 5.5 or higher
• Number of songs : Up to 10 songs plus one user song
• Maximum data size : Total 352 KB
• Data format
: SMF Format 0 and YDP-151.BUP (user song)
• User song : YDP-151.BUP
• Song data (once it has been loaded from the computer)
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