Transferring Performance Data To And From A Computer - Yamaha PSR-E423 Owner's Manual

Connecting to a Computer

Transferring Performance Data to and from a Computer

By connecting the instrument to a computer, the instrument's performance data can be used on the computer, and
performance data from the computer can be played on the instrument.
MIDI settings
These settings pertain to performance data transmis-
sion and reception.
Range/
Item Display
Settings
ON/
Local
Local
OFF
External ON/
ExtClock
Clock OFF
Keyboard ON/
KbdOut
Out OFF
Style ON/
StyleOut
Out OFF
Song ON/
SongOut
Out OFF
If you can't get any sound out of the instrument, this
may be the most likely cause.
If External Clock is ON and no clock signal is being
received from an external device, the song, style, and
metronome functions will not start.
1
Press the [FUNCTION] button.
2
Use the CATEGORY [
tons to select the item you want to
change its value.
3
Use the dial to select ON or OFF.
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Description
Local control determines
whether or not notes played
on the instrument are sounded
by its internal tone generator
system: the internal tone gen-
erator is active when local
control is on, and inactive
when local control is off.
These settings determine
whether the instrument is syn-
chronized to its own internal
clock (OFF), or to a clock signal
from an external device (ON).
These settings determine
whether keyboard performance
data of the instrument is trans-
mitted (ON) or not (OFF).
These settings determine
whether Style data is transmit-
ted (ON) or not (OFF) during
Style playback.
These settings determine
whether User Song is trans-
mitted (ON) or not (OFF) dur-
ing Song playback.
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PC Mode
A number of MIDI settings need to be made when you
want to transfer performance data between the com-
puter and the instrument. The PC Mode item can con-
veniently make multiple settings for you in one
operation. Three settings are available: PC1, PC2, and
OFF.
This setting is not necessary when transferring song or
backup files between the computer and the instru-
ment.
* Set the PC mode to PC2 when using Digital Music Notebook.
Local
External Clock
Song Out
Style Out
Keyboard Out
1
Press the [FUNCTION] button.
2
Press the CATEGORY [
tons as many times as necessary to
select the PC mode item "PC Mode" .
PC mode
oFF
3
Use the dial to select PC1, PC2, or OFF.
NOTE
• Although User Songs can be transmitted from the instru-
ment by using the Song Out function, Preset Song data
cannot be transmitted in this way.
PC1 PC2* OFF
OFF OFF ON
ON OFF OFF
OFF OFF OFF
OFF OFF OFF
OFF ON ON
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