Yamaha FILEUTILITY, FILEUTILITYE User Manual

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Contents

What is the File Utility?.........................................................................2

Using File Utility as a Plug-in software (Windows) ..............................4

Starting the File Utility..........................................................................5

Main Window .........................................................................................5

Menu Bar................................................................................................6

Tool Bar..................................................................................................8

MIDI Device Setup .................................................................................9

MIDI Port Setup (Windows)(When starting File Utility as a stand-alone application)

OMS Settings (Macintosh)...................................................................................10

File Utility Setup...................................................................................................12

Browsing and Editing Files/Folders ....................................................13

Receiving Files (instrument/media to computer) ...............................18

Transmitting Files (computer to instrument/media) ..........................19

Utility Function....................................................................................20

Converting SMF Data...........................................................................22

Renaming SMF Files ............................................................................23

Changing the Names of all Selected Files (Windows)........................24

Saving a File List (Windows) ...............................................................26

Error Messages....................................................................................27

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Important

Some functions of the File Utility cannot be used depending on the particular MIDI instrument connected to your computer. For details, refer to the Installation Guide of the MIDI instrument.

This owner’s manual assumes that you are already familiar with basic Windows/Macintosh operations. If you are not, please refer to the owner’s manual which came with your Windows/Mac OS software before using File Utility. For information about hardware requirements, the interconnection of devices and the installation of the File Utility software, refer to the separate “Installation Guide” as well as the Owner’s Manual for the respective MIDI device.

What is the File Utility ?

File Utility is a convenient and versatile program that lets you use a computer to access and organize data stored on compatible Yamaha instruments, including various synthesizers and Clavinovas. With File Utility, you can transmit data from the computer directly to storage devices installed or connected to your particular MIDI instrument (as listed below). You can also save data contained on the relevant storage device to your computer.

Storage devices and media compatible with File Utility:

• Storage devices built into or installed to the MIDI instrument If the compatible MIDI instrument is equipped with pre-installed or optionally installed ﬂoppy disk, memory card, and/or hard disk drives, File Utility can access them.

• Storage devices connected to the MIDI instrument If the compatible MIDI instrument is equipped with a SCSI terminal to which SCSI storage devices (such as memory card, hard disk and CD-ROM drives) are connected, File Utility can access them.

• Internal memory of the MIDI instrument If the MIDI instrument is equipped with Flash ROM handled as Memory Drives, the File Utility can access them. Note that Drives which can be handled by the File Utility may differ depending on the MIDI instrument.

File Utility should be installed.

USB cable, etc.

Built-in or optionally installed storage devices may differ depending on the MIDI instrument.

For details about how to connect your particular MIDI instrument to the computer, refer to the owner’s manual of the relevant instrument.

Internal Memory

Drive

MIDI instrumentComputer

SCSI storage devices, etc.

Built-in or optionally

installed storage devices

Memory Card (SmartMedia™) inserted to the instrument's card slot

Floppy disk inserted to the instrument's disk drive

File Utility can perform the following eight functions.

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Browsing or editing the ﬁles/folders on the media handled by the MIDI instrument

• Files or folders (directories) on each media can be viewed and manipulated from your computer, just as if they were on the computer itself.

• You can delete or rename ﬁles/folders on each device

(page 13)

• New ﬁles or folders (directories) can be created or moved on each device.

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Copying ﬁles/folders between the media handled by the MIDI instrument (if the MIDI instrument can handle more than one storage device)

●

Transmitting/Receiving ﬁles between the media handled by the MIDI instrument and the computer

You can transmit data from your computer to the media handled by the MIDI instrument, and vice versa.

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Transmitting/Receiving ﬁle information between the media handled by the MIDI instrument and the computer

You can retrieve ﬁle/folder directory information of the relevant media to your computer, and transmit that information to another media handled by the MIDI instrument.

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SMF Format Conversion

You can convert Standard MIDI Files saved on your computer from Format 1 to Format 0 so that they can be played back on your MIDI instrument. This function applies only to the ﬁles on the computer regardless of whether connected or not.

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Renaming SMF ﬁles (Windows only)

This special batch operation lets you change the names of SMF ﬁles to the corresponding song names contained (as Meta Events) in those SMF ﬁles. This function applies only to the ﬁles on the computer.

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Adding a number to the top of the name of all the selected ﬁles on the media handled by the MIDI instrument, according to the current order of the ﬁles (Windows only)

●

Creating and storing a list of the ﬁles/folders located on the speciﬁed folder on the media handled by the MIDI instrument as a text ﬁle (Windows only)

Important

Some File Utility functions may not be available, depending on your particular MIDI instrument. For details, refer to the Installation Guide of the MIDI instrument.

Using File Utility as a Plug-in Software (Windows)

You can start the File Utility software as either a stand-alone software or a plug-in application in the Open Plug-in Technology compatible application. Refer to the owner's manual of the client application (sequencer, etc.) for details on using the File Utility as a plug-in software.

About Open Plug-in Technology

Open Plug-in Technology (OPT) is a newly developed software format that allows control over MIDI devices from a music software sequencer. For example, this allows you to start up and operate various parts of your music system, such as plug-in board editors, and mixing control editors – directly from an OPT-compatible sequencer, without having to use each separately. This also makes it unnecessary to set MIDI drivers for each application, streamlining your music production system and making all operations more convenient and seamless.

About the OPT Levels

The client application and its compatibility with OPT can be divided into three levels, as shown below.

Level 1

panels that can transmit data via the clients’ external MIDI ports. Typically this will allow basic hardware editor control panels to operate properly.

Level 2

automation. Typically this will allow both real-time and ofﬂine MIDI effects (e.g. Arpeggiators, transposers etc.) to operate properly and supply automation to OPT panels.

Level 3

require direct access to client sequencer storage structures. Typically this will allow sophisticated MIDI edit views to be supported (e.g. List editors, Auto Accompaniment, Data Checkers etc.).

– OPT Panels provides basic support for opening and displaying OPT control

–

OPT Processors provides support for real-time MIDI processors and panel

– OPT Views provides support for edit views and MIDI processors/panels that

OPT Level Implementation for the File Utility

This chart shows the OPT-compatibility of the File Utility.

OPT levels of the client application

VIEWS (Level3)

PROCESSORS (Level2) Yes None

PANELS (Level1) No —

Operation support Operation limits

Yes None

File Utility operation

n Certain operations may not work as expected if there is no corresponding function in the client

application (sequencer, etc.). The highest level of implementation for the client application is indicated in the OPT logo (which appears along with the version information in the application).

Starting the File Utility

Once you have connected your MIDI instrument (e.g., the Yamaha MIDI instrument) to your computer and installed the File Utility software, you are ready to start using the File Utility.

An error message appears if your computer’s MIDI driver has not been properly installed or if your computer and

MIDI instrument are not connected correctly. For details about error messages, see page 27.

Windows

Click [Start], go to Program Files and select “File Utility” from “YAMAHA OPT Tools.” The MIDI Setup toolbar appears, then the Main window opens.

Refer to the owner's manual of the client application for details about how to start the File Utility when using it as a

plug-in software.

Main window

MIDI Setup toolbar

Macintosh

If you are using the File Utility on a Macintosh computer, open the “Chooser” from the Apple menu and turn off

“AppleTalk.”

If you use a sequencer software together with the File Utility, turn MIDI Thru off.

Open the “YAMAHA Tools” folder, then open “File Utility for Macintosh” and double-click the “File Utility” icon. The Main Window following the opening display appears.

Main Window

Windows

Menu bar Toolbar

Device list

Macintosh

Detailed window

Status bar

Toolbar

List/Icon window

Status bar

Menu Bar

■

File

Windows

Macintosh

New Folder

Open

Delete

Rename Properties

5 6

Exit (Quit)

■

Edit

1 2 3

4 5

..........................Creates a new folder in the selected directory.

....................................Displays the Open (ﬁle open) dialog from which you can select the desired

ﬁle.

...................................Deletes the currently selected ﬁle.

...............................For changing the name of the currently selected ﬁle.

............................Displays the Property dialog of the currently selected ﬁle.

............................Quits the File Utility.

Windows

1 2 3

1 2

3 4 5

Macintosh

1 2 3

Cut

........................................Cuts (deletes) all selected characters and moves them to the clipboard.

Copy

2 3 4

■

3 4 5

.....................................Copies all selected characters or ﬁles to the clipboard.

Paste

....................................Pastes the contents of the clipboard to the destination.

Select All

.............................Selects all the ﬁles and folders in the currently selected directory.

Setup

Windows

MIDI Port Setup

File Utility Setup

OMS Port Setup... OMS Studio Setup... OMS MIDI Setup...

..................Opens the “MIDI Ports Setup” window where you can specify your

.................Opens the “File Utility Setup” window where you can specify the settings

computer’s “MIDI IN Port” and “MIDI OUT Port,” which are used to communicate with your MIDI instrument.

necessary for MIDI data transmission/reception. See page 12 for details.

...............Opens the “OMS Port Setup” window. See page 11 for details.

...........Opens the “OMS Studio Setup” window. See page 11 for details.

...............Opens the “OMS MIDI Setup” window. See page 11 for details.

Macintosh

3 4 5

■

View

Windows

Macintosh

1 2 3

4 5

6 7

View Form

3 4

5 6

............................Determines how the ﬁles in the File List window are displayed. Select

“Icon” or “List.”

Sort (Arrange)

.....................Determines how the Files in the List are arranged. Select “Name” or “Type”

or “Size” or “Date.”

ToolBar

StatusBar.............................Switches the status bar on or off.

.................................Switches the toolbar on or off.

5 Refresh All Windows..........Refreshes the information of all the media, folders, and ﬁles indicated in the

window.

6 Refresh Selected Items......Refreshes the information of the selected device, media, folder, and ﬁle.

7 View Option.........................Opens the View Option dialog. You can determine whether all the ﬁles are

displayed or only the ﬁles supported by Yamaha MIDI devices are displayed.

■ Tool

Windows

Macintosh

2 3

4 5

1 2

1 Send Path Information.......Sends the path (directory) information to the MIDI instrument.

2 Convert SMF Format..........Opens the Convert SMF Format dialog. See page 22 for details.

3 Rename SMF Files..............Opens the Rename SMF Files dialog. See page 23 for details.

4 Rename All Files.................Adds a number to the top of the name of all the selected ﬁles, according

to the current order of the ﬁles. See page 24 for details.

5 Save File List.......................Creates and stores a list of the ﬁles/folders located on the speciﬁed

folder as a text ﬁle. See page 26 for details.

n Functions 3, 4 and 5 above are available only for computers running Windows.

■ Help

Windows

1 Manual (Help...)...................Opens the PDF manual.

2 Version.................................Indicates the current version of the File Utility.

Macintosh

Toolbar

Windows

123456789)!@#

Macintosh

1234 #567 8 9) !

1 Computer icon....................Drag a ﬁle and drop it to this icon. If you double-click this icon, the Work

directory set in the File Utility Setup dialog appears.

2 Refresh All Windows..........Refreshes the information of all the media, folders, and ﬁles indicated in the

window.

Refresh Selected Items

4 File Utility Setup .................Speciﬁes the MIDI driver settings required for data communication. Same

5 New Folder..........................Creates a new folder in the currently selected directory. Same as “New

6 Open ....................................Opens the folder or volume (media). Same as “Open” in “File” menubar.

7 Properties............................Indicates the properties of the currently selected ﬁle, folder, and volume.

8 Delete...................................Deletes the currently selected ﬁle.

9 Cut........................................Cuts the currently selected data and copies it to the clipboard.

) Copy.....................................Copies the selected data to the clipboard without changing. In Windows,

! Paste....................................Pastes all the data in the clipboard to the speciﬁed destination. In Windows,

@ To Upper Folder ..................Available only in Windows. Click this to go to the next highest folder.

# Change View Form .............Determine whether the ﬁles are indicated in a list or as icons. Same as

........Refreshes the information of the selected device, media, folder, and ﬁle.

as “File Utility Setup” in “Setup” menubar.

folder” in “File” menubar.

the ﬁle contents can be copied to buffer.

the ﬁle in buffer is duplicated.

“View Form” in “View” menu bar.

MIDI Device Setup

You will need to specify the MIDI device drivers through which your computer will communicate with your MIDI instrument (such as the MIDI instrument). If you are using a USB port, you should install the necessary Yamaha USB MIDI driver. If you are using a COM port, you should install the necessary Yamaha CBX driver. For sake of example in the explanations below, the MIDI instrument is connected to the computer via USB.

n If you are using a Macintosh, refer to the section “OMS Settings” on page 10.

MIDI Port Setup (Windows) (When starting File Utility as a stand-alone application)

1. Click the [Setup] button to open the “MIDI Setup” window.

Setup button

n Regarding the settings here, refer to the owner's manual of the MIDI instrument or the client application software

(if starting the File Utility as a plug-in application in the OPT).

2. Click the [▼] button at the right end of each box and select the driver as follows.

MIDI In .................................Select “YAMAHA USB IN 0-1.”

MIDI Out 1 ...........................Select “YAMAHA USB OUT 0-1.”

MIDI Out 2~4 .......................Select nothing. Keep this box set to “NONE.”

MIDI Thru .............................Select nothing. Keep this box set to “NONE.”

3. Click the [OK] button to close the dialog and the setup becomes active.

4. Select “MIDI Port Setup” from the Setup menu.

The “Setup MIDI Ports” dialog box is displayed.

5. Click on each of the [▼] buttons for the “MIDI IN” or “MIDI OUT,” and select the MIDI driver from the

drop-down list that is displayed.

● If the MIDI instrument’s USB terminal is connected directly to the computer’s USB port:

Select “YAMAHA USB IN 0-1” for the “MIDI IN,” and “YAMAHA USB OUT 0-1” for the “MIDI OUT.”

n For information about how to install Yamaha USB MIDI Driver, refer to the Installation Guide manual.

● If the MIDI instrument’s MIDI ports are connected to the computer via a MIDI interface:

Select “YAMAHA CBX Driver” for the “MIDI IN,” and “YAMAHA CBX A Driver” for the “MIDI OUT.” Refer to the owner’s manual of your MIDI interface.

6. Click [OK] to close the dialog and the setup becomes active.

OMS Settings (Macintosh)

The File Utility software uses OMS (Open Music System) for MIDI input/output. To use the File Utility software, OMS must be installed beforehand. For sake of example in the explanations below, the MIDI instrument is connected to the computer via USB.

n For information about installing OMS, refer to the separate Installation Manual.

About OMS

File Utility uses the OMS (Open Music System) to transfer MIDI data to an external MIDI device. OMS is a system driver that goes in the Mac OS System folder, and is designed to manage the MIDI data stream (input & output) in a computer, to enable MIDI data transfer between MIDI software and hardware attached to the computer. OMS is a de facto standard of the MIDI environment under the Mac OS, and various music software manufacturers have released OMS-compatible sequencers and other software.

OMS has the following merits:

• As OMS-compatible MIDI applications communicate with various MIDI devices via OMS, it is no longer necessary for you to set up multiple MIDI drivers for those applications. Thus, you can avoid conﬂicts between different drivers with the same purpose (MIDI control).

• Once a Studio Setup is read in OMS, any OMS-compatible application will be aware of it, even if you need to reconﬁgure the routing of the MIDI data stream or change the current Studio Setup. OMS-compatible applications will commonly recognize the new conﬁguration.

•You can have different Studio Setups to choose one from, to switch to a different MIDI routing (patches between MIDI devices and software) fast and easily.

• Every time the OMS Setup application is opened, any MIDI device connected to the computer is automatically detected, and its icon appears with a current MIDI status (channel number, port number, patches, etc.). Once devices are properly conﬁgured with OMS Setup, you don’t need to worry about the status.

n For more information about OMS features, see the READ ME ﬁle included with OMS.

Setting up OMS

The procedure below assumes a MIDI instrument is connected to the computer via USB. The setup ﬁle for the MIDI instrument and the computer is provided on the CD-ROM supplied with the MIDI instrument. Copy the setup ﬁle located in “OMS Setup for YAMAHA” in the OMS folder to your computer. For details about the name of the Setup ﬁle, see the owner’s manual (Installation Guide) of the MIDI instrument.

1. Make sure the USB terminal of the MIDI instrument and the Macintosh USB port are properly connected.

2. Double-click the “OMS Setup” icon in the “OMS Application” folder.

3. Choose “Open” from the File menu and select the setup ﬁle for the MIDI instrument.

n If you are using a computer with no USB port (such as the conventional Power Macintosh series), use

the Modem port or Printer port with the serial MIDI interface.

4. Choose “Make Current” from the File menu. The setup for your MIDI instrument is now saved as the

current studio setup.

5. Choose “Quit” from the File menu to close OMS Setup.

n The File Utility is not compatible with versions of OMS earlier than 2.0.

OMS Port Setup

Having set up OMS, you now need to start up the File Utility and set the OMS ports.

1. Start up the File Utility by double-clicking its icon.

n If AppleTalk is enabled, you will get an alert message. Click “OFF.” It will take some time for AppleTalk

to be disabled.

2. Choose “OMS Port Setup” from the File Utility’s Setup menu, then select the port settings.

Select your MIDI instrument Select your MIDI instrument

3. Click [OK] to close OMS Port Setup.

n The MIDI Thru function is not available in the File Utility. If you use another OMS application software

together with the File Utility, make sure that MIDI Thru is turned off on that software.

n Make sure that “Run MIDI in background” in the OMS MIDI setup dialog (called up from the Setup

menu) is checkmarked.

File Utility Setup

This lets you specify the directory that is to be indicated in the Device list in the Main window.

1. Select “File Utility Setup” from the Setup menu.

The following window appears.

Windows

Macintosh

2. Enter the File Utility ID number.

Enter the same number as the one speciﬁed in the instrument’s MIDI setup display.

n If the File Utility ID number is different from the one speciﬁed in the instrument’s MIDI setup display,

communication cannot be done.

3. Click the [TEST] button.

The File Utility checks whether the communication is done properly between the MIDI instrument and the computer. If the communication test is successful, the Host name and the MIDI instrument’s version are displayed.

n If an error message appears, check whether the connection and MIDI driver settings are appropriate.

4. Specify the Work Directory.

Click the [Browse] button to open the dialog and select the desired directory (folder). When you drag the desired ﬁle/folder and drop it to the Computer icon, the ﬁle/folder will be saved to the directory (folder) speciﬁed here.

5. Click the [OK] button to quit the File Utility Setup.

Browsing and Editing Files/Folders

File Utility gives you comprehensive control over the ﬁles on the relevant storage devices — letting you delete ﬁles as well as change the ﬁle names or create new folders.

Deleting a ﬁle/folder

1. Select a ﬁle/folder to be deleted. The following three methods are available.

● Select a ﬁle/folder to be deleted and click the Delete icon from the toolbar.

Windows

● Select a ﬁle/folder to be deleted and select “Delete” from the ﬁle menu.

Windows

Macintosh

● Select a ﬁle/folder to be deleted, click the right mouse button with the mouse (if using a Macintosh

computer, click the mouse while holding the [control] key on the keyboard), and select “Delete” from the pop-up menu.

2. Execute the Delete operation. The following conﬁrmation display appears.

n If you select the folder that contains ﬁles, the conﬁrmation display above appears. In this case, you can

delete all the ﬁles in the selected folders by clicking the [OK] button.

n The Volume cannot be deleted.

3. Click the [OK] button to delete the selected ﬁle and go back to the Main window. To abort the delete

operation, click the [Cancel] button.

Changing a name of a ﬁle/folder (Rename)

1. Select a ﬁle/folder to be renamed. The following three methods are available.

● Click a ﬁle/folder name to be changed to enter the text edit mode.

Windows

● Select a ﬁle/folder to be renamed and select “Rename” from the File menu.

Windows

● Select a ﬁle/folder to be renamed, click the right mouse button with the mouse (if using a Macintosh

computer, click the mouse while holding the [control] key on the keyboard), and select “Rename” from the pop-up menu.

Macintosh

2. Enter the name by using the computer keyboard and press the [Enter] ([return] or [enter] in Macintosh)

key to actually change the ﬁle/folder name.

n On the Macintosh, ﬁle names can contain up to 31 characters.

n The Macintosh allows you to input special characters that are not available on MS-DOS or Windows

systems. However, since the MIDI instrument is not capable of recognizing these characters, errors may result when using them. When naming ﬁles and folders, we recommend that you use only lowercase letters and numbers.

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