50 CLP-990
Saving Recorded Songs and Handling the Files...[FILE]
File
A file contains a group of
data. On the Clavinova, a
song file includes song data
and a song number.
Memory
Memory is a location inside
the Clavinova in which you
can save and edit data.
Formatting (Initializing)
Floppy disks are a conve-
nient media that allow you to
save various data for per-
sonal computers and other
devices. There are many
ways (formats) to save data
on floppy disks, depending
on the device. Therefore,
you need to prepare a floppy
disk by assigning a format
before you can use it on a
particular type of device.
This operation is called “for-
matting.”
Character code
Type of characters

File screens (accessed via the [FILE] button) enables you to handle song files

(e.g., save, delete, and rename recorded songs), copy and format disks, and

change the characters on the screen.

The following parameters are provided for these operations:

Clavinova memory

The Clavinova has the following three types of memory:

•Current memory:

This is a temporary memory area where you can temporarily place and edit

the currently-selected song before playback or recording.

•Preset song memory:

This read-only memory area saves 50 piano preset songs.

•Storage memory:

This memory area enables you to save recorded songs or song data loaded

from floppy disk.

When you select a song in the song select screen, it is loaded from Preset song

memory, Storage memory, or floppy disk, into Current memory.

You will use Current memory to play back and record songs. When you turn

off the power to the Clavinova, songs saved in Preset song memory and Stor-

age memory are not erased. On the other hand, songs in Current memory are

lost. If you wish to keep a song in Current memory, you must save it in Stor-

age memory or on a floppy disk (see page 52, 53).

In this manual, a song located in a song recorded in Current memory, is

referred to as a “Current song,” a song in Storage memory is a “Memory

song,” and a song on a floppy disk is a “Disk song.”

TERMINOLOGY
Settings Parameter
name
Reference
page
Saves recorded and other songs in Clavinova memory SaveToMemory 52
Saves recorded and other songs on floppy disks SaveToDisk 53
Deletes song data from Clavinova memory or floppy disk
DeleteSong 53
Changes the title of songs RenameSongs 54
Copies data from floppy disk to floppy disk CopyDisk 55
Formats a floppy disk FormatDisk 56
Change the type of characters on the screen CharacterCode 56
POWER
MIDI
SETTING
OTHER
SETTING
EFFECT
BRILLIANCE
VOICE
SETTING
CHORUSREVERBSTRINGS/
CHOIR
ORGAN
BASS
MALLET
ORGAN/
STRINGS
VOICE
E. PIANO/
BASS
PIANO
MAIN
LEFT
PIANO/
E. PIANO
SPLIT
POINT
HARPSI-
CHORD
HARPSI/
MALLET
TEMPO
METRONOME
UPDOWN
FILE
SONG
SETTING
SETTINGSTART/STOP
TRACK
1
SONG SELECTDEMO
TRANSPOSEMAX
MASTER VOLUME
MIN
CLP-970
SONG BALANCE
NEW SONG
TRACK
2EXTRA
TRACKS
STOP
SONG
SYNCHRO START
START/
PAUSEREC
CONTRASTB
D
YES
EXIT
NO
A
C
Floppy disk
Clavinova
Preset song
memory Storage memory
Current memory