Connecting Midi Instruments; About Midi; Midi's Capability - Yamaha Arius YDP-S31 Owner's Manual

Connecting MIDI Instruments

Your digital piano features MIDI jacks. Using the MIDI functions enables
you to access a variety of musical genres.

About MIDI

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a global format standard
for performance data transmission and reception between electronic
musical instruments.
Connecting musical instruments that support MIDI via MIDI cables
enables you to transfer performance and setting data between multiple
musical instruments. Using MIDI, you can also achieve more advanced
performances than using just a single musical instrument.

MIDI's Capability

MIDI functions enable you to transfer performance data between MIDI
devices, load song data from a connected computer to your instru-
ment, and transmit and save user song data to a computer.
● Transferring performance data to and from another
MIDI device
● Transferring MIDI data to and from a computer
USB port
USB-MIDI interface
Computer
(e.g., Yamaha UX16)
MIDI
IN OUT
MIDI OUT MIDI IN
jack
MIDI IN Optional MIDI OUT
jack MIDI cables
MIDI IN
OUT
jack
Optional
MIDI OUT
IN jack
jack
jack
MIDI instrument
Since MIDI data that can be
transmitted or received varies
depending on the type of MIDI
devices. Please check the "MIDI
Implementation Chart" on the
web (please refer to "Data List"
on page 5) to find out what
MIDI data and commands your
devices can transmit or receive.
You need a dedicated MIDI
cable (optional) to make a MIDI
connection. You can purchase
MIDI cables at musical instru-
ment stores.
If you connect a very long MIDI
cable, data transmission errors
may result. Use a MIDI cable of
15 meters or less.
Before connecting a MIDI
device to this instrument, first
turn off the power to both this
instrument and the MIDI device.
After connecting them, turn on
the power to the MIDI device
first, then turn on the power to
this instrument.
You cannot transmit the voice
demo songs and the 50 piano
preset songs from this instru-
ment to another MIDI device.
For more information on the
transmission and reception of
song data, refer to "Transmitting
Song Data between the Com-
puter and the Digital Piano" on
page 31.
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