Yamaha PortaTone PSR-A300 Owner's Manual page 67

Transferring data from a computer
You can transmit Song or Style File Format (SFF) files from
your computer to your PSR-A300's Flash Memory.
For details about how to transmit the data using the Music-
soft Downloader application, refer to the Online help topic
"Transferring Data Between the Computer and Instrument
(for unprotected data)" of the Musicsoft Downloader.
● Data that can be loaded to the PSR-A300 from
a computer
• Songs
• Styles
• Data
• Song data Format : SMF Format 0
• Style data Format : SFF
• File
Transferring a user file from the PSR-A300 to a computer
You can transfer backup data (page 33), including the five
User Songs stored to the instrument, to a computer as a "user
file" by using Musicsoft Downloader. For details about how
to transmit Song data using the Musicsoft Downloader appli-
cation, refer to the Online help topic "Transferring Data
Between the Computer and Instrument (for unprotected
data)" in the application.
● Data that can be transferred to a computer
from the PSR-A300
• User file (05PK.USR: backup data containing five
User Songs)
• Songs transferred from a computer
• Styles transferred from a computer
● Erasing Transferred Song Data from the PSR-A300 Memory
To erase all Songs or Styles transferred from the computer, use "flash clear" function on page 33.
To erase specific Songs and Styles transferred from the computer, use the Delete function on Musicsoft
Downloader.
● Using Transferred Songs for Lessons
In order to use Songs (only SMF format 0) transferred from a computer for lessons it is necessary to specify which
channels are to be played back as the right-hand and left-hand parts. Refer to the "Lesson Track (R)" or "Lesson
Track (L)" in the Function Setting List on page 61. The procedure for setting the "guide track" is as follows:
Select a transferred Song you want to use for lessons. Press the [FUNCTION] button a number of times until
the "R-Part" or "L-Part" appears in the display, and then use the number buttons [0]-[9], [+], [-] to select the
channel you want to play back as the specified right- or left-hand part.
We recommend that you select channel 1 for the right-hand part and channel 2 for the left-hand part.
: 99 Songs max
(Song numbers 041-)
: Style number 136
: 373 kilobytes
: 05PK.USR (user file)
***.MID (MIDI Song)
***.STY (Style file)
NOTE
• The Musicsoft Downloader application may not
be able to access the instrument in the follow-
ing cases:
• During Demo playbaack
• During Style playback
• During Song playback
• During recording
CAUTION
• Use the power adaptor when transferring
data. The data can be corrupted if the bat-
teries fail during the transfer.
• Never turn the power off and never plug/
unplug the AC power adaptor during data
transmission. Not only will the data fail to
be transferred and saved, but operation of
the flash memory may become unstable
and its contents may disappear completely
when the power is turned on or off.
NOTE
• Close the window to exit from the Musicsoft
Downloader and re-enable control of the instru-
ment.
NOTE
• Preset Song data cannot be transmitted from
the PSR-A300.
• Do not rename the user file on the computer. If
you do so, it will not be recognized when trans-
ferred to the instrument.
CAUTION
• The backup data, including the five User
Songs is transmitted/received as a single
file. As a result, all backup data (including
the five Songs) will be overwritten every
time you transmit or receive. Keep this in
mind when transferring data.
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