Transferring Data Between The Computer And Instrument - Yamaha PSR-E423 Owner's Manual

Initial Send
This function lets you send the panel setup data to a
computer. Before you record performance data to a
sequencer application running on your computer, it is
a good idea to first send and record the panel setup
data before the actual performance data.
1
Press the [FUNCTION] button.
2
Use the CATEGORY [
tons to select the Initial Send item.
InitSend
3
Press [+/YES] to send, or press [-/NO] to
cancel.
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Connecting to a Computer
Transferring Data between the
Computer and Instrument
Song and Style files residing on a computer or the
supplied CD-ROM, can be transferred to the instru-
ment. Backup files can also be transferred from the
instrument to the computer and back.
In order to transfer files between your computer and
the instrument you will need to install the Musicsoft
Downloader application and the USB-MIDI Driver
included on the Accessory CD-ROM on your com-
puter. Refer to the Accessory CD-ROM Installation
Guide on page 78 for installation details.
Data that can be transferred from a computer
to this instrument.
Data Capacity: 1.5MB
256 files total for the Song and Style
Data Format
Song: (.mid) SMF format 0/1
Style: (.sty)
Backup File: 10PK4.BUP
What is SMF (Standard MIDI File)?
The SMF (Standard MIDI File) format is one of the
most common and widely compatible sequence for-
mats used for storing sequence data. There are two
variations: Format 0 and Format 1. A large number
of MIDI devices are compatible with SMF Format 0,
and most commercially available MIDI sequence
data is provided in SMF Format 0.
With the Musicsoft Downloader You
Can.
 Transfer files from the computer to the instrument's
flash memory.
 refer to the procedure described on page 76.
The procedure for transferring songs included on
the Accessory CD-ROM from your computer to
the instrument is given as an example.
 Backup files can be transferred from the instrument
to a computer and back.
 refer to the procedure described on page 77.
* Use the Musicsoft Downloader application with Internet
Explorer 5.5 or higher.
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