About MIDI
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DD-65/YDD-60 Owner’s Manual
Even though this instrument has 100 preset songs, you can also transmit Song files from your com-
puter to this instrument’s Flash memory. Since the area in Flash memory is shared between User
songs (U01–O05) and loaded songs, you may need to erase some User songs to load the data.
Files of SMF format 0 that you’ve loaded to the instrument can be played. For details about how to
transmit the data using the Musicsoft Downloader application, refer to the Online help topic “Trans-
ferring Data Between the Computer and Instrument (for unprotected data)” of the Musicsoft
Downloader.
* The SMF (Standard MIDI File) format is one of the most common and widely compatible sequence formats
used for storing sequence data. There are two variations: Format 0 and Format 1. A large number of MIDI
devices are compatible with SMF Format 0, and most commercially available MIDI sequence data is provided
in SMF Format.
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Installing Musicsoft Downloader ......................................................
You can download the “Musicsoft Downloader” application from the following website. Make sure
that your computer has an Internet communication, and then install the application on your com-
puter.
http://music.yamaha.com/download/
• You can obtain the latest version of the Musicsoft Downloader at the above website address.
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The minimum computer requirements for Musicsoft Downloader operation
OS
: Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP Home Edition/XP Professional
CPU
: 233 MHz or higher; Intel® Pentium®/Celeron® processor family (500 MHz or more is
recommended)
Memory
: 64 MB or more (256 MB or more is recommended)
Hard Disk
: at least 128 MB of free space (at least 512 MB of free space is recommended)
Display
: 800 x 600 HighColor (16-bit)
Other
: Microsoft® Internet Explorer®5.5 or higher
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Connecting a personal computer .....................................................
After installing the Musicsoft Downloader application on your computer, connect the instrument as
described below.
A Yamaha UX16 or similar USB-MIDI interface (sold separately) will be necessary for MIDI con-
nection between the instrument and a USB equipped computer.
Make sure to purchase a Yamaha UX16 or a quality USB-MIDI interface at a musical instrument
store, computer store or electrical appliance store.
If you use the UX16 interface, install the driver supplied with the interface on your computer.
Transferring Song files to and from a connected computer
NOTE
A USB-MIDI interface
(such as the Yamaha
UX16)
USB
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
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