Playing Songs from a Floppy Disk
The Concert Performer’s floppy disk drive provides a convenient way to playback songs recorded in the CP’s Internal Format or Standard MIDI File (SMF) format. Songs in the CP’s internal format typically are ones that you have recorded on your own instrument. There are many sources of SMF songs, including disks for sale from professional musicians and publishers, songs shared among musicians and hobbyists, and Internet sites that feature SMF songs available for download.
If you wish to play a song without any intentions to make permanent changes or additional recordings, you can use the CP’s Disk Song Play function to load the song very quickly for playback. Using the disk drive in this way makes the Concert Performer an enjoyable source of entertainment for parties and other social events, as well as a great tool for the professional musician or music educator.
About songs on Floppy Disk
If you will use a blank disk to store and play your own compositions made on the Concert Performer, there isn’t much to worry about. The CP can format the disk (if it isn’t already formatted), and the CP’s internal song format remembers everything about your song, including which sounds to use with the recorded tracks. However, if you wish to purchase a disk of songs from your music store or publisher, play a disk given to you by someone else, or play songs downloaded from the Internet, you will need to remember a few simple points:
•The CP reads only DOS formatted disks, either
•The CP recognizes song files written in the Standard MIDI File format as long as they have DOS file names ending with “.MID”. There are two types of Standard MIDI File formats, Format 0 and 1. The CP can read the song data of both formats, however it will only display the lyrics of a song written as format 0.
•Songs that have been composed with the General MIDI (GM) standard will sound fine without any additional work, because data in the files will inform the CP as to what sounds to use when playing the song. If the song was not composed to the GM standard, you may find it necessary to edit the song to assign the correct sounds to the various tracks. Fortunately, almost all commercially available MIDI files adhere to the General MIDI standard.
P. 102 | Kawai Concert Performer Series Digital Piano |
