Yamaha DDK-7 5

DDK-7 Owner’s Manual

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Connections

By using the USB TO HOST terminal or MIDI IN/OUT terminals, you can connect

your DDK-7 to a computer and receive/transmit MIDI data (for more information

about MIDI, see page 235).

Connecting your DDK-7 to a computer opens up a whole new world of musical

possibilities. You can save your original songs to computer and create notation (score

writing application or sequencing software is needed), and even upload your original

DDK-7 song data to your own website, to promote your talents or share songs with

your friends. You can also control the DDK-7 from the computer, for example, by

playing a MIDI ﬁle on the computer to play back the sounds of your DDK-7.

Using the DDK-7’s USB TO HOST terminal and a standard USB cable, connect the

DDK-7 and the computer.

MIDI terminals are automatically disabled when the USB TO HOST terminal is used.

5Connection with Computer

Before you can actually transfer data between the DDK-7 and a computer via

the USB connection, you will need to install an appropriate MIDI driver.

Download the latest MIDI driver software from the Yamaha web site at

“http://music.yamaha.com/download/.”

NOTE

When you are using the

M.D.R., MIDI data cannot be

transferred to/from the

computer.

Precautions when using the USB TO HOST terminals

When connecting the computer to the USB TO HOST terminal, make sure to observe the

following points. Failing to do so may result in freezing of the computer, corrupting data,

and even losing data.

If the computer or the instrument freezes, turn the power to the instrument off or restart the

computer.

•Before connecting the computer to the USB TO HOST terminal, exit from any

power-saving mode (such as suspended, sleep, standby) of the computer.

•Before turning on the power to the instrument, connect the computer to the USB

TO HOST terminal.

•Execute the following before turning the power to the instrument on/off or

plugging/unplugging the USB cable to/from the USB TO HOST terminal.

•Quit any open applications.

•Make sure that data is not being transmitted from the instrument. (Data is

transmitted only by playing notes on the keyboard or playing back a Song.)

• While a USB device is connected to the instrument, you should wait for six

seconds or more between these operations: When turning the power of the

instrument off then on again, or when alternately connecting/disconnecting the

USB cable.

Computer

USB cable

USB TO HOST