Turning Part Playback On And Off; Supported Song Data Type - Yamaha Clavinova CLP-280 Owner's Manual

Playing Back Recorded Songs and Commercially-available Music Data

Turning part playback on and off

While the Clavinova is playing or stopped, pressing these part buttons turn
off the indicators, and the data on those parts will not be played. Pressing the
part buttons toggles part playback on and off. You can play the part that is
turned off.

Supported song data type

Data formats that can be played on the CLP-280/270
The Clavinova CLP-280/270 plays song data in the following formats:
Sequence format
SMF (Standard MIDI File) formats 0 and 1
ESEQ
Performance data recorded on the CLP-280/270 is saved as SMF for-
mat 0.
Voice arrangement format
XG voice arrangement
GM system level 1 voice arrangement
GM system level 2 voice arrangement
DOC voice arrangement
Performance data recorded with preset XG voices on the CLP-280/270
can be played on other XG-compatible instruments.
See the separate "Data List" for the XG voice list.
Floppy disk format
3.5-inch 2DD disks in the MS-DOS 720KB format
3.5-inch 2HD disks in the MS-DOS 1.44MB format
Refer to "Data compatibility" on page 104 for more information on formats.
TIP
You can practice a part or
phrase using the "SongRepeat
(page 71)" and "PhraseMark
(page 71)" parameters in the
"FILE/SONG SETTING" menu.
TIP
Appropriate channels (parts) in
the song will automatically be
assigned to [RIGHT] and
[LEFT]. Therefore, [RIGHT] may
be assigned to a part other
than Part 1, or [LEFT] to a part
other than Part 2.
TERMINOLOGY
Sequence format:
A structured method for record-
ing performance data.
TERMINOLOGY
Voice arrangement format:
A structured method for num-
bering the voices for assign-
ment.
TIP
This instrument can play GS
format songs. However, the
voices may not be completely
the same as used in the origi-
nal.
TERMINOLOGY
Disk format:
A structured method for writing
data to disk.
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