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Transmitting Song Data between the Computer and the Digital Piano

Transmitting Song Data between the

Computer and the Digital Piano

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

• 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 instru-

ment 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

• Maximum data size

• Data format

You can play the loaded Songs. (page 18)

CAUTION

Do not turn off the power to this instrument or unplug the instrument during data

transmission. Otherwise, the data being transmitted will not be saved. Furthermore,

ﬂash memory operation may become unstable, causing the entire memory to be

erased when you turn the power to the instrument on or off.

Owner's Manual

YDP-160/140

Windows 2000/XP Home Edition/XP Professional/Vista

* For XP and Vista, the 32-bit version is supported, but not

the 64-bit version.

Intel® Pentium® or Celeron® chip of 500MHz or higher

256MB or higher

128MB or higher (512MB or higher recommended)

800 × 600 High Color (16-bit)

Microsoft® Internet Explorer® version 5.5 or higher

: Up to 10 songs plus one user song

: 337KB plus 100KB(user)

: SMF Format 0

You can download free Music-

soft Downloader from the

Yamaha website.

Do not manually change the ﬁle

name by using a computer;

doing so will render the ﬁle

unable for loading on the instru-

ment.

SMF (Standard MIDI File)

This ﬁle features a popular

sequence format (for record-

ing performance data). This

ﬁle is sometimes called a

"MIDI ﬁle." The ﬁle exten-

sion is MID.

You can play the SMF format

song using music software

or a sequencer that supports

SMF. This instrument also

supports SMF.

While Musicsoft Downloader is

operating, the [REC] and

[PLAY] button indicators on the

piano light up.

Before you use this instrument,

close the Musicsoft Downloader

window and quit the application.