Transmitting Song Data Between The Computer - Yamaha YDP-131 Service Manual

YDP-131/YDP-131C
TRANSMITTING SONG DATA BETWEEN THE COMPUTER AND YDP-131/YDP-131C
In addition to the demo songs and the 50 piano preset songs stored in this instrument, you can
play data for other song by loading it from a connected computer.
To be able to use this function, you must first download Musicsoft Downloader from Yamaha
website at the following URL, and install it on your computer.
http://music.yamaha.com/download/
System requirement for Musicsoft Downloader
• OS
• CPU
• Memory
• Available hard disk capacity : 128MB or higher (512MB or higher recommended)
• Display
• Others
Loading Song Data from a Computer to the Digital Piano
You can load piano song data from a computer to this instrument. Also, after you record your
performance on this instrument and save the recording to a computer, you can load the recording
back to the instrument.
This instrument can read MIDI data in SMF Format 0. However, if such data includes any
information for functions that are not supported by this instrument, the instrument will not play
the data correctly.
For more information on loading song data from a computer to this instrument, please refer to
"Transferring Data Between the Computer and Instrument (for unprotected data)" in the Help
file that came with Musicsoft Downloader.
Requirements for song data that can be loaded from a computer to this
instrument
• Number of songs : Up to 10 songs plus one user song
• Maximum data size : Total 352 KB
• Data format : SMF Format 0 and YDP-131.BUP (user song)
Transmitting Song Data from the Digital Piano to a
Computer
Musicsoft Downloader enables you to transfer the user song in this instrument to a computer.
For more information on transferring song data from this instrument to a computer, please
refer to "Transferring Data Between the Computer and Instrument
(for unprotected data)" in the Help file that came with Musicsoft Downloader.
Data you can transfer from this instrument to a computer
• User song : YDP-131.BUP
• Song data (once it has been loaded from the computer)
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: Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP Home Edition/XP Professional
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: Intel Pentium or Celeron
(500MHz or higher recommended)
: 64MB or higher (256MB or higher recommended)
: 800 × 600 High Color (16-bit)
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: Microsoft Internet Explorer
chip of 233MHz or higher
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version 5.5 or higher
Yo u c a n d o w n l o a d f r e e
Musicsoft Downloader from
the Yamaha website.
SMF (Standard MIDI File)
This file features a popular
sequence format (for recording
performance data). This file is
sometimes called a "MIDI file."
The file extension is MID.
You can play the SMF format
song using music software or
a sequencer that supports
SMF. This instrument also
supports SMF.
CAUTION
Do not turn off the power to this
instrument or unplug the
i n s t r u m e n t d u r i n g d a t a
transmission.
Otherwise, the data being
transmitted will not be saved.
Furthermore, flash memory
o p e r a t i o n m a y b e c o m e
unstable, causing the entire
memory to be erased when
you turn the power to the
instrument on or off.
Before you use this instrument,
close the Musicsoft Downloader
window and quit the application.