Disk Operations - Yamaha Portatone PSR-340 Owner's Manual

DISK OPERATIONS

The PortaTone features a convenient floppy disk drive — built right into the
instrument. Not only does the disk drive let you record and play back your own
original User Songs, it allows you to save and load important PortaTone data,
including User One Touch Setting data and User EZ Chord.
Moreover, since the PortaTone is compatible with a wide
variety of disk formats, you can play back song data on com-
mercially available GM (General MIDI), DOC (Disk Orchestra
Collection), and Clavinova Disklavier Piano Soft disks.
The PortaTone can also be used with commercially available
Style File data, allowing you to load additional styles (auto accompa-
niment patterns) to the instrument. Style File data is loaded individually as style number 101, and can
be played just like the preset styles. Once loaded, the Style File data can then be saved in combina-
tion with User songs, One Touch Settings, and EZ Chord. This means you can record a User song
using the desired Style File data, then save the song and Style File data together for future recall.
Included with your PSR-340 is a special sample disk containing 99 sample songs for playback.
Data that Can be Saved or Loaded with the PSR-340
Data Type
User Songs, One Touch Settings,
EZ Chord and Disk Style
(style number 101)
Style File
Using Commercially Available Music Data (sold separately)
The PSR-340 is compatible with music disks (floppy disks) that bear the
following marks:
You can playback song files collected on these disks using the voices defined in
the GM standard. (See page 93)
"GM System Level 1" is an addition to the MIDI standard which ensures that
any GM-compatible music data can be accurately played by any GM-compatible
tone generator, regardless of manufacturer. The GM mark is affixed to all
software and hardware products that support GM System Level 1. The PSR-340
supports GM System Level 1.
You can playback song files collected on these disks using the voices defined in
Yamaha's DOC format. (See page 93)
The DOC voice allocation format provides data playback compatibility with a
wide range of Yamaha instruments and MIDI devices, including the Clavinova
series.
You can load and play with the style files collected on these disks. (See page 96)
The Style File Format — SFF — is Yamaha's original style file format which uses a
unique conversion system to provide high-quality automatic accompaniment
based on a wide range of chord types. The PSR-340 uses the SFF data internally,
reading from optional SFF style disks.
Extension Save
O
.340
.STY —
While any of the disk-
related displays are shown
Load
(called up by pressing the
LOAD, SAVE, or UTILITY
O
buttons), no panel opera-
tions can be executed
O
(except for disk operations),
and playing the keyboard
does not produce any
sound.
• User Songs, One Touch
Settings, EZ Chord data,
and Disk Style data (style
number 101) are saved and
loaded as a single file on the
PSR-340.
• To ensure proper data
storage, use only disks that
have been formatted on the
PSR-340 (page 98).
• The three letters following
the file name (after the
period) are referred to as a
file "extension." The
extension indicates the type
of file.
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