Saving A User Song As Smf To A Usb Flash Drive - Yamaha PSR-EW400 Owner's Manual

5
Press the [0/EXECUTE] button again, or
the [+/YES] button to execute the Save
operation.
After a while, a message indicating completion of
the operation appears, and a User file (.usr) will
be saved in a "USER FILES" folder which will
automatically be created on the USB flash drive.
NOTICE
• The Save operation cannot be cancelled during exe-
cution. Never turn off the power or disconnect the
USB flash drive during the operation. Doing so may
result in data loss.
NOTE
• The amount of time required for this operation may vary
depending on the condition of the USB flash drive.
6
Press the [FUNCTION] button to exit
from the File Control display.
NOTE
• If you want to recall the User file (.usr) to this instrument
again, execute the Load operation (page 66).
USB Flash Drive Operations
Saving a User Song as SMF to a
USB Flash Drive
A User Song can be converted to SMF (Standard
MIDI File) format 0 and saved to a USB flash drive.
SMF (Standard MIDI File) format
With this format, various events via the keyboard per-
formance such as note on/off and Voice selection will
be recorded as MIDI data. The SMF Format 0 and For-
mat 1 are available. A large number of MIDI devices are
compatible with SMF Format 0, and most commercially
available Song files (MIDI files) are provided in SMF
Format 0.
NOTE
• Patterns recorded to a User Song cannot be converted to
SMF.
• The DSP effect (page 48) cannot be converted to SMF format.
1
Hold the [FUNCTION] button for longer
than a second to call up the File Control
display.
2
Use the CATEGORY [+] and [-] buttons to
call up "Save SMF."
3
Press the [0/EXECUTE] button.
As the target User Song, "USER**" (**: number
1–10) appears on the display. If desired, rotate
the dial to select a different User Song from
"USER01"–"USER10" then press the [0/EXE-
CUTE] button.
4
Press the [0/EXECUTE] button again.
As the target file name on the USB flash drive,
"SONG***" (***: number 1–100) appears on the
display. If desired, rotate the dial to select the dif-
ferent file.
PSR-E453/PSR-EW400 Owner's Manual
Save SMF
User 1
SONG001
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