Yamaha FILEUTILITY, FILEUTILITYE User Manual

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)

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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)

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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

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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

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