Playing Back a MIDI File

CARD PLAYER

You can use the Digital Piano to directly playback a MIDI file stored on an SD card. You also can copy MIDI files to the Digital Piano’s built-in memory (internal memory area) and play it back from there.

IMPORTANT!

•Your Digital Piano supports playback of Format0 and Format1 SMF files and CM2 (CASIO proprietary) format file. Playback of up to 17 tracks of a Format1 SMF file is supported.

•Playback of audio files (WAV, MP3, etc.) is not supported.

MIDI File Playback Operations

To play back a MIDI file from an SD card

1. Format the SD card on the Digital Piano (page E-46).

•This will cause folders with the names MUSICDAT, MUSIC__B, MUSIC__C, and MUSIC__D to be automatically created in the SD card’s root directory.

2.Use your computer to copy the MIDI files you want to play on the Digital Piano into the folders that were created on the SD card in step 1 of this procedure.

3.Insert the SD card into the Digital Piano’s card slot.

4.Press the  (CARD PLAYER) button so the lamp below it is lit. This is the CARD PLAYER mode.

•The  (A) button will light, and the name of the first MIDI file in the MUSICDAT folder will appear on the Digital Piano’s display.

5. You can use the letter buttons ( (A) through  (D)) to specify an SD card folder.

•A: MUSICDAT, B: MUSIC__B, C: MUSIC__C,

D: MUSIC__D.

6.Use the  (w, q) buttons to select the MIDI file you want.

7.To start playback, press the (PLAY/ STOP) button.

•Press the (FF) button to perform a fast forward operation or the (REW) button for rewind. Pressing and releasing either button moves one measure, while holding down a button scrolls at high speed.

•Pressing the (PAUSE) button pauses playback. Press again to resume song playback.

•For information about other operations that are supported during playback, see “Supported Operations During MIDI File Playback” (page E-42).

•Playback will stop when the end of the file is reached

(under initial default settings). To stop playback part way through, press the (PLAY/STOP) button.

8.To exit the CARD PLAYER mode, press the

 (CARD PLAYER) button.

•The lamp above the button will light, and the Digital Piano will return to the MASTER CONTROL mode.

To play back a MIDI file from the Digital Piano’s internal memory area

1. Copy the MIDI file you want to play to the Digital Piano’s internal memory area.

•For information about how to copy the file, see “Transferring Data between the Digital Piano and a Computer” (page E-50).

2.If there is an SD card in the Digital Piano’s card slot, remove it.

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