Turning Part Playback On And Off; Supported Song Data Type - Yamaha CLAVINOVA C L P - 3 8 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-380
The Clavinova CLP-380 plays song data in the following formats:
Sequence format
• SMF (Standard MIDI File) formats 0 and 1
• ESEQ
Performance data recorded on the CLP-380 is saved as SMF format 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-380 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 112 for more information on formats.
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TIP
You can practice a part or phrase
using the "SongRepeat (page 82)"
and "PhraseMark (page 82)"
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 recording
performance data.
TERMINOLOGY
Voice arrangement format:
A structured method for numbering
the voices for assignment.
TIP
This instrument can play GS format
songs. However, the voices may
not be completely the same as
used in the original.
TERMINOLOGY
Disk format:
A structured method for writing
data to disk.