User manual YAMAHA QY70E3

[. . . ] , , , , , , , , , , Contents Installing the QY Data Filer · For Windows users · For Macintosh users What is the QY Data Filer?How to start the QY Data Filer QY Data · Saving QY data to the Computer · Transmitting data saved in the computer to the QY70 SMF Data · Saving QY70 Song data as SMF (Standard MIDI File) data · Transmitting SMF data to the QY70 QY Control Error Messages MIDI Manager (For Macintosh Users) 1 1 2 3 5 9 9 11 15 15 18 20 22 25 · · The software and this owner's manual are the exclusive copyrights of Yamaha Corporation. This owner's manual assumes that you are already familier with basic Windows / Macintosh operation. If you are not, please refer to the owner's manual which came with your Windows / Macintosh software before using QY Data Filer. [. . . ] Same as the "Ctrl" on the top display. Selects the MIDI driver that is required to exchange data (Bulk Dump) between the QY70 and the computer. Opens the Help file's "Contents". Opens the "How to Use Help" file. Displays the QY Data Filer's version information, etc. s NOTE · Setup and Help menus are available only if you are using Windows. 7 How to start the QY Data Filer About the Device Setup (for Windows only) This procedure lets you select the required MIDI driver that is necessary in order for the QY Data Filer to exchange MIDI data (Bulk Dump) between the QY70 and the computer. Z Select "Device Setup" from the "Setup" Menu. The "MIDI Port Setup" dialog box is displayed. X Select the MIDI Driver. Click on each of the "w" buttons for the "MIDI IN Port" or "MIDI OUT Port", select the MIDI driver from the drop-down list that is displayed. · If the QY70's TO HOST jack is connected directly to the computer's serial port. If you are using Windows95 Select the "Yamaha CBX Driver" for the "MIDI IN Port", and the "Yamaha CBX A Driver" for the "MIDI OUT Port". If you are using Windows3. 1 Select the "Yamaha CBX-T3 Driver" for both the "MIDI IN Port" and "MIDI OUT Port". · If the QY70's MIDI ports are connected to the computer via a MIDI interface. For both the "MIDI IN Port" and "MIDI OUT Port", select the MIDI driver that is compatible with the MIDI interface you are using. C Click "OK". s NOTE · To select the MIDI driver, the required MIDI driver needs be previously installed. 8 QY Data Saving QY data to the Computer All Song data, User Style data created by the QY70 can be received as "Bulk Data" and saved in the computer (QY Bulk Files are written to the computer). QY70 QY Bulk Data Received , Computer s NOTE · It is not necessary to perform a bulk dump operation from the QY70. Z Click the QY Data "Save" icon on the top display. The "Save As" dialog box is displayed. * If you are using a Macintosh, the typical Macintosh "Save As" dialog box will appear. 9 QY Data X Enter the file name and select the directory for where you want to save the bulk file. C Click "OK" or "Save". The "Ready for data transfer" message will be displayed. V Click "Start" and the bulk data from the QY70 will be transmitted to the computer. When reception is complete, "The QY70 bulk file has been created" message is displayed. B Click "OK" to return to the top display. s NOTE · If you attempt to operate the QY70 before returning to the top display, the "Now Bulk Mode" message will appear on the QY's LCD and the operation will be rejected. 10 QY Data Transmitting data saved in the computer to the QY70 Data saved in the computer can be transmitted as bulk data to the QY70. -------QY70 QY Bulk Data Transmitted , Computer s NOTE Pay attention to the following points when you transmit bulk data from the computer. · · Stop any playback or recording operations on the QY70. To transmit data to the QY70, change the QY70's display to the SONG play display or the PATTERN play display before transmitting data. Z Click the QY Data "Send" icon on the top display. The "Open" dialog box is displayed. * If you are using a Macintosh, the typical Macintosh "Open" dialog box will appear. 11 QY Data X Select the Bulk File to be transmitted. C Click "OK" or "Open". The following dialog box is displayed to select the transmit type. All One Song One Pattern All data within the selected bulk file will be transmitted. A single QY70 Song file within the selected bulk file can be transmitted one at a time. SMF (Standard MIDI File) was developed to allow the exchange of a common type of song data between different types of sequencers. Many software/hardware manufactures make SMF compatible sequencers. By saving data with the QY Data Filer to SMF data, you can use data created by the QY70 in normal SMF sequencers for playback, and edit the data as well. Z Click the SMF Data "Conv. " icon in the top display. The "Select Song" dialog box is displayed. X Click on the song you want converted to SMF data. 15 SMF Data C Click "Convert". The following dialog box appears and asks you if you want to add an XG voice data header to the SMF file. Add to SMF Don't add to SMF An XG voice data header will be applied to the SMF data. If the SMF data is saved with an XG header, a MIDI message that sets up the tone generator's voices will be attached to the top (before the start of the song) of the SMF data. In this case, if you use the SMF data with another system (sequencer + XG tone generator) the same voice settings that were used when the song was recorded, will be faithfully reproduced. The XG voice data header will not be applied to the SMF data. If the data will not be played on an XG tone generator, it is not necessary to attach an XG header to SMF data. Select whether the header is to be attached to the SMF data or not, and click "OK". The "Save As" dialog box will be displayed. 16 SMF Data , * If you are using a Macintosh, the typical Macintosh "Save As" dialog box will appear. V Enter the SMF data's file name and select the directory for where you want to save the data. B Click "OK" or "Save" The "Ready for data transfer" message will be displayed. N Click "Start" Song data will be received. When reception is complete, the song data will be automatically converted to SMF data. When conversion is complete, "The Standard MIDI File has been created" message is displayed. M Click "OK", and you will be returned to the top display. s NOTE · If you attempt to operate the QY70 before returning to the top display, the "Now Bulk Mode" message will appear on the QY's LCD and the operation will be rejected. 17 SMF Data Transmitting SMF data to the QY70 The SMF data saved in the computer is converted to the QY70's format, and then transmitted to the QY70. Computer QY70 QY Song Bulk Data Transmitted Before transmission, data is converted to the QY format. s NOTE When Song data is transmitted from the computer, pay attention to the following points. · Stop Record and Playback operations on the QY70. [. . . ] Return to the SONG play mode/PATTERN play mode display. · Is the QY70 currently in the middle of Recording, Playback or, in Record Standby?Press the QY70's [A] button, and stop play or record operations. 23 Error Messages s "An error has caused the QY Data Filer to terminate. Restart your computer, and start the QY Data Filer again. " Due to some error, the QY Data Filer has abnormally quit operation. [. . . ]