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Connections

Transferring Data Between the Computer and Instrument

MIDI Songs and Style files stored to a computer can be transferred to the instrument.

Backup data can also be transferred from the instrument to the computer and back.

In order to transfer Songs between your computer and the instrument you will need to install the USB MIDI Driver included on the Accessory CD-ROM on your computer, and then install the Musicsoft Downloader from the Internet. Refer to Installation Guide on page 99 for details.

●Data that can be transferred from a computer

•Data capacity (max): 1,895 KB

•The number of files that can be shown on the dis- play is as follows:

100 Songs

50 Styles

50 MDBs

•Data Format: SMF format 0, SMF format 1, Style file (extension: .sty), Backup data

NOTE

•Even if the number of Songs transferred is less than 100, if the amount of data exceeds 1,895 KB, the Song data cannot be transferred to the instrument.

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●Transfer MIDI Songs and Style files you have downloaded from the Internet or created on your computer from the computer to the instrument’s flash memory.

⇒Refer to the procedure described below.

●Backup data can be transferred from the instrument to a computer and back.

⇒Refer to the procedure described on page 98.

Use the Musicsoft Downloader application with Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.

■Use Musicsoft Downloader to

Transfer Songs from the Computer to the Instrument’s Flash Memory

NOTE

• If a Song or Style is being played, stop playback before proceeding.

1 Install the Musicsoft Downloader and USB MIDI driver to your computer, then connect the computer and the instrument (pages 103, 101).

2 After selecting the language, double- click the Musicsoft Downloader shortcut icon that is created on the desktop. This will launch the Musicsoft Downloader application and the main window will appear.

NOTE

•The instrument cannot be operated while the Musicsoft Downloader is running.

3 Click the “Add File” button and the Add File window will appear.

4 Click the button to the right of “Look in” and select the folder from the drop- down menu that appears. Double-click the “SongData” Folder on the window. Select the file you want to transfer to the instrument, and click “Open”.

q Click a Song file

w Click “Open”

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