Yamaha P-85/85S Connecting a Personal Computer

Connecting MIDI Instruments

P-85 Owner’s Manual

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Connecting a Personal Computer

By connecting a computer to the MIDI terminals, you can transfer data between the P-85 and the

computer via MIDI.

CAUTION

When connecting the P-85 to a computer, ﬁrst turn off the power to both the P-85 and the com-

puter before connecting any cables. After making connections, turn on the power to the com-

puter ﬁrst, then to the P-85.

Connecting the USB port on the computer to the

P-85 via an optional USB-MIDI interface (such as the

Yamaha UX16)

Use a USB-MIDI interface device to connect the USB port on your computer to the P-

85’s MIDI terminals. You must install the USB-MIDI interface (such as the UX16)

driver. For more information, refer to the user’s manual that came with the USB-MIDI

interface device.

Transferring Data b etween the Computer and the Instrument

You can save backup data of this instrument, such as recorded songs, etc., to a computer, as well as

load the saved data back to the instrument from the computer.

To transfer the backup data, you must ﬁrst download Musicsoft Downloader (free soft-

ware) from Yamaha website at the following URL, and install it on your computer.

http://music.yamaha.com/download/

Please visit the URL above to get the information on the computer system requirement

for Musicsoft Downloader.

For more information on transferring data, please refer to “Transferring Data Between

the Computer and Instrument (for unprotected data)” in the Help ﬁle that came with

Musicsoft Downloader.

CAUTION

Do not turn off the power to this instrument or unplug the instrument during data transmission.

Otherwise, the data being transmitted will not be saved. Furthermore, ﬂash memory operation

may become unstable, causing the entire memory to be erased when you turn the power to the

instrument on or off.

CAUTION

Do not rename the backup ﬁle on the computer. If you do so, it will not be recognized when

transferred to the instrument.

Initializing the settings

Turn off the power to the instrument. Then turn the power on while holding the C7

key (right-most key on the keyboard). When you initialize the settings, all data, exclud-

ing the recorded dada loaded from a computer, will be initialized and reset to the fac-

tory default settings.

CAUTION

Do not turn off the power to this instrument while it is initializing the data in its internal memory

(that is, while the [REC] and [PLAY] button indicators are ﬂashing).

When the P-85 is used as a tone

module, performance data with

voices that are not found on the

P-85 will not be played correctly.

NOTE

You must install a software appli-

cation on the computer to be able

to transfer MIDI data between the

P-85 and a computer.

NOTE

Instrument

Computer

USB terminal

USB-MIDI

interface

(optional)

MIDI [OUT]

terminal

MIDI [IN]

terminal

Backup Data

The following data will be stored

in ﬂash memory on this instru-

ment. This data will be kept after

you turn off the power to the

instrument.

•Metronome volume

•Metronome tempo

•Touch sensitivity

•Tuning

•Recorded performance data

The backup data ﬁle is automati-

cally named “NPP88.BUP”.

Keep in mind that the [REC] and

[PLAY] indicators are lit when

Musicsoft Downloader is being

used.

Before you use this instrument,

close the Musicsoft Downloader

window and quit the application.

If this instrument somehow

becomes disabled or malfunc-

tions, turn off the power to the

instrument, then perform the ini-

tialization procedure.

NOTE