Compatible Formats For This Instrument - Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609 Owner's Manual

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• Copying of the commercially available musical data including but not limited to MIDI data and/or audio data is strictly prohibited
except for your personal use.
• This product incorporates and bundles computer programs and contents in which Yamaha owns copyrights or with respect to
which it has license to use others' copyrights. Such copyrighted materials include, without limitation, all computer software, style
files, MIDI files, WAVE data, musical scores and sound recordings. Any unauthorized use of such programs and contents outside of
personal use is not permitted under relevant laws. Any violation of copyright has legal consequences. DON'T MAKE,
DISTRIBUTE OR USE ILLEGAL COPIES.
 About functions/data bundled with the instrument
• Yamaha may from time to time update firmware of the product without notice for improvement in functions and usability. To take
full advantage of this instrument, we recommend that you upgrade your instrument to the latest version. The latest firmware can be
downloaded from the website below:
http://download.yamaha.com/
• Some of the preset songs have been edited for length or arrangement, and may not be exactly the same as the original.
• This device is capable of using various types/formats of music data by optimizing them to the proper format music data for use with
the device in advance. As a result, this device may not play them back precisely as their producers or composers originally intended.
• MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.
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on physical media (compact discs, digital versatile discs, semiconductor chips, hard drives, memory cards and the like). An
independent license for such use is required. For details, please visit http://mp3licensing.com.
 Tuning
• Unlike an acoustic piano, this instrument does not need to be tuned by an expert (although the pitch can be user-adjusted to match
other instruments). This is because the pitch of digital instruments is always maintained perfectly.

Compatible formats for this instrument

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GM2
"GM (General MIDI)" is one of the most common Voice allocation formats. "GM System Level 2" is a standard specification that
enhances the original "GM" and improves Song data compatibility. It provides for increased polyphony, greater Voice selection,
expanded Voice parameters, and integrated effect processing.
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XG
XG is a major enhancement of the GM System Level 1 format, and was developed by Yamaha specifically to provide more Voices
and variations, as well as greater expressive control over Voices and effects, and to ensure compatibility of data well into the
future.
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GS
GS was developed by the Roland Corporation. In the same way as Yamaha XG, GS is a major enhancement of the GM specifically
to provide more Voices and Drum kits and their variations, as well as greater expressive control over Voices and effects.
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XF
The Yamaha XF format enhances the SMF (Standard MIDI File) standard with greater functionality and openended
expandability for the future. This instrument is capable of displaying lyrics when an XF file containing lyric data is played.
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SFF GE (Guitar Edition)
"SFF (Style File Format)" is an original Style file format by Yamaha which uses a unique conversion system to provide high-
quality automatic accompaniment based on a wide range of chord types. "SFF GE (Guitar Edition)" is an enhanced format of SFF,
which features improved note transposition for guitar tracks.
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