Transferring Data Between The Computer And Instrument - Yamaha PSR-S550 Owner's Manual

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Transferring Data Between the Computer and Instrument

MIDI Songs and Style files stored to a computer
can be transferred to the instrument.
Backup data can also be transferred from the
instrument to the computer and back.
In order to transfer Songs between your computer
and the instrument you will need to install the USB
MIDI Driver included on the Accessory CD-ROM
on your computer, and then install the Musicsoft
Downloader from the Internet. Refer to Installation
Guide on page 99 for details.
● Data that can be transferred from a computer
• Data capacity (max): 1,895 KB
• The number of files that can be shown on the dis-
play is as follows:
100 Songs
50 Styles
50 MDBs
• Data Format: SMF format 0, SMF format 1,
Style file (extension: .sty), Backup
data
NOTE
• Even if the number of Songs transferred is less than 100, if the amount
of data exceeds 1,895 KB, the Song data cannot be transferred to the
instrument.
■With the Musicsoft Downloader
You Can
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●Transfer MIDI Songs and Style files you have
downloaded from the Internet or created on your
computer from the computer to the instrument's
flash memory.
⇒
Refer to the procedure described
below.
●Backup data can be transferred from the instru-
ment to a computer and back.
⇒
Refer to the procedure described on
page 98.
Use the Musicsoft Downloader application with
Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.
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■Use Musicsoft Downloader to
Transfer Songs from the Com-
puter to the Instrument's Flash
Memory
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NOTE
• If a Song or Style is being played, stop playback before proceeding.
1
Install the Musicsoft Downloader and
USB MIDI driver to your computer, then
connect the computer and the instru-
ment (pages 103, 101).
2
After selecting the language, double-
click the Musicsoft Downloader short-
cut icon that is created on the desktop.
This will launch the Musicsoft Down-
loader application and the main window
will appear.
NOTE
• The instrument cannot be operated while the Musicsoft Downloader
is running.
3
Click the "Add File" button and the Add
File window will appear.
4
Click the button to the right of "Look in"
and select the folder from the drop-
down menu that appears. Double-click
the "SongData" Folder on the window.
Select the file you want to transfer to
the instrument, and click "Open".
q Click a Song file
w Click "Open"