Transferring Performance Data To And From A Computer - Yamaha PORTATONE PSR-S500 Owner's Manual

Transferring Performance Data to and from a Computer

By connecting the instrument to a computer, the instrument's performance data can be used on the com-
puter, and performance data from the computer can be played on the instrument.
● When the instrument is connected with computer,
it transmits/receives performance data.
Computer
■MIDI settings
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These settings pertain to performance data transmission and reception.
Item Range/Settings
Local ON/OFF
External Clock ON/OFF
Keyboard Out ON/OFF
Style Out ON/OFF
Song Out ON/OFF
CAUTION
• If you can't get any sound out of the instrument, this may be the
most likely cause.
CAUTION
• If External Clock is ON and no clock signal is being received from
an external device, the song, style, and metronome functions will
not start.
1
Press the [FUNCTION] button.
USB terminal
USB cable
Local control determines whether or not notes played on the instrument are sounded by its internal
tone generator system: the internal tone generator is active when local control is on, and inactive when
local control is off.
These settings determine whether the instrument is synchronized to its own internal clock (OFF), or to
a clock signal from an external device (ON).
These settings determine whether keyboard performance data of the instrument is transmitted (ON) or
not (OFF).
These settings determine whether Style data is transmitted (ON) or not (OFF) during Style playback.
These settings determine whether Song data is transmitted (ON) or not (OFF) during Song playback.
USB terminal
Description
2
Use the CATEGORY [ ] and [ ] buttons
to select the item you want to change its
value.
3
Use the dial to select ON or OFF.
Connections
Instrument
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