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Step 4 If you connect the Clavinova to the computer using the Clavi-

nova's [TO HOST] or [USB] connector, make the necessary set-

tings on the computer.

You won't hear any sound immediately after connecting the computer's serial port to the Clavinova's [TO HOST]

connector or connecting the computer's USB port to the Clavinova's [USB] connector. This is because the com-

puter does not yet recognize the information at its port as MIDI. For the computer to recognize MIDI data, you

need to install "MIDI driver" or "USB-MIDI driver" software. Use "MIDI driver" when you connect the computer

to the Clavinova's [TO HOST] connector using a serial cable. Use "MIDI-USB driver" when you connect the com-

puter to the Clavinova's [USB] connector using a USB cable.

What are MIDI drivers and USB-MIDI drivers?

Have you ever installed "driver software" to allow you

to use a connected peripheral device (such as a

printer) from the computer? A MIDI driver and a

USB-MIDI driver are kinds of the same things. You

need to install "MIDI driver" or "USB-MIDI driver"

software so that the computer can handle MIDI data

when you connect the Clavinova to the computer.

MIDI is a common music data format that is recog-

nized by both Clavinova and computer. "Installing a

MIDI driver and a USB-MIDI driver" means to set up

the computer so that it can handle MIDI information.

Table of Contents

What is MIDI?

Possibilities

Computer

MIDI driver or

USB-MIDI driver

Connections

Glossary

Clavinova

Software