Yamaha Audio Card Filer User Manual

Contents

What is the Card Filer?..................................2

Starting the Card Filer...................................3

Top display......................................................4

Menu Bar ........................................................4

MIDI Device Setup .........................................5

MIDI Port Setup (Window s).... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. .5

OMS Sett ings (Macinto sh) ........ .. .. ... .. .. ... .. 6

Receiving Files ...............................................7

Transmitting Files...........................................9

Controls ........................................................11

Deleting files and fo lders.. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ..1 1

Renaming files and fold ers...... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. 12

Converting SMFs .........................................13

Error Messages............................................15

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document ation and cannot be held responsib le for t he results o f t he use o f t his m anual and t he
software.

• Cop ying o f t he c o mmercially available music sequenc e data and/or digital audio files is st rict ly
prohibited exc ep t fo r yo ur personal use.

• The com p any nam es and product nam es in th is Ow ner’s Manual are the tradem arks or
registered tradem arks of t heir respect ive co m p anies.

• The screen displays as illust rated in this Owner’s Manual are for inst ruc t ional p urp o ses, and
may app ear so m ew hat different from t he sc reens w hic h ap pear on your c o m puter.

This owner’s manual assumes that yo u are already familiar with basic Windo ws/ M ac into sh
operation. If you are not ,please refer to t he o wner’s manual which c am e with your
Windo w s /Mac OS so ft ware before using Card Filer.

For information ab ou t hardware requirem ent s, t he interco nnec t ion o f d evices and t he
installat ion o f t he C ard Filer software, refer to t he sep arate “Installation Guide” as well as the
Owner’s Manual for the resp ec t ive MIDI device.

©1999 Yamaha Corporation. All rights reserved.

1

What is the Card Filer?

With t he Card Filer, you can receive and transm it d at a b et ween your co m puter and your M IDI
instrument . You c an also u se it t o manage the files stored on you r M IDI instrument’s Memo ry Card
via your com p u t er. The c ard filer can perform t he fo llowing four func t ions.

Receive MIDI instrument Data

You c an save your M IDI instrument’s Memo ry Card d at a o n yo ur c o mput er (Page 8).

Receive

L

LINE 1MIC

/

MONO R

/

LINE 2

FOOT

GAIN

A/D INPUT

FOOT

VOLUME

CONTROLLER

FILTER EFFECT

CUTOFF RESONANCE

EG

ATTACK

DECAY SUSTAIN

SCENE MIXER

1 2

CONTROL PAN

REVERB CHORUS

SUSTAINPHONES INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT21OUTPUT

RELEASE

ARPEGGIO

VEL RATE

VOLUME

OCTAVE

DOWN UP

OUTIN THRU

FOOT
SWITCH

MODE

PHRASE CLIP

PORTAMENTO

VOICE PERFORM

UTILITY CARD

REC

PITCH

ON

/

OFF

HOLD

SEQ PLAY

/

ON
OFF

PLAY

/

STOP

TEMPO

SYSTEM A B C 1 2

JOB

EDIT

COMPARE

STORE

SHIFT PAGE PART

/

ELEMENT

Memory Card

MEMORY

EF

MASTER

PRE1 A B C D E F G H

PRE2

BYPASS

KEYBOARD

DRUM

INT

EXT

EXIT ENTER

DRUM

PLG1 PLG2

/

NO INC/YES

DEC

DATA

MUSIC SYNTHESIZER

Realtime Control
Extended Plug-in System

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

ELEMENTSELECT ELEMENTON

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

GENERAL

QED ARPEGGIO CONTROL COM LFO EFFECT

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

OSC PITCH FILTER AMPLITUDE LFO EQ PLG

POWERCARDmLANMIDIHOST SELECTTO HOSTBREATH

BANK

/

OFF

PROGRAM

PART

CS6x etc...Computer

Transmit MIDI instrument Data

You c an t ransm it data from yo ur c o mput er t o your M IDI instrument’s Memo ry Card (Page 9).

Transmit

L

LINE 1MIC

/

MONO R

/

LINE 2

FOOT

GAIN

A/D INPUT

FOOT

VOLUME

CONTROLLER

FILTER EFFECT

CUTOFF RESONANCE

EG

ATTACK

DECAY SUSTAIN

SCENE MIXER

1 2

CONTROL PAN

REVERB CHORUS

SUSTAINPHONES INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT21OUTPUT

RELEASE

ARPEGGIO

VEL RATE

VOLUME

OCTAVE

DOWN UP

OUTIN THRU

FOOT
SWITCH

MODE

PHRASE CLIP

PORTAMENTO

VOICE PERFORM

UTILITY CARD

REC

PITCH

ON

/

OFF

HOLD

SEQ PLAY

/

ON
OFF

PLAY

/

STOP

TEMPO

SYSTEM A B C 1 2

JOB

EDIT

COMPARE

STORE

SHIFT PAGE PART

/

ELEMENT

Memory Card

MEMORY

EF

MASTER

PRE1 A B C D E F G H

PRE2

BYPASS

KEYBOARD

DRUM

EXT

INT

EXIT ENTER

DRUM

PLG1 PLG2

/

NO INC/YES

DEC

DATA

MUSIC SYNTHESIZER

Realtime Control
Extended Plug-in System

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

ELEMENTSELECT ELEMENTON

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

GENERAL

QED ARPEGGIO CONTROL COM LFO EFFECT

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

OSC PITCH FILTER AMPLITUDE LFO EQ PLG

POWERCARDmLANMIDIHOST SELECTTO HOSTBREATH

BANK

/

OFF

PROGRAM

PART

CS6x etc...Computer

Manage Files on Memory Card

You c an d elete and rename files/fold ers on your M IDI instrument’s Memo ry Card using yo ur
comput er (Page 11).

Delete

abcd.mid

Rename

abcd.mid efgh.mid

2

SMF Format Conversion

You c an c o nvert Standard MIDI Files on your c o m puter from Form at 1 t o Form at 0 so t h at t hey
can b e played b ac k o n your MIDI instrum ent (Page 13).

SMF Format1

1 Track
2 Track
3 Track
4 Track

16 Track

Exchange

SMF Format0

1~16 Track

Starting the Card Filer

n You w ill get an error m essage if your c o m puter’s MIDI driver has no t b een p roperly inst alled or if your c o m puter and

MIDI instrument are not interco nnec t ed c o rrect ly. For details about Error Messages, see p age 1 5 .

Once you h ave co nnec t ed your MIDI instrum ent t o yo ur computer and installed the C ard Filer
software, you are read y to st art using the Card Filer.

On Windows

Click [Start], go to Program Files → YAMAHA Card Filer → Card Filer and click the “Card Filer” icon.

On Macintosh

n If you are using the Card Filer o n a M ac int os h comp ut er, open th e “ C ho o ser” from t he Ap ple menu and t urn off

“Ap p le Talk.”

Open t he “YAMAHA Card Filer” fold er and doub le-click the “Card Filer” ic on .

3

Top display

When you st art the Card Filer, t h e “ t o p disp lay” will ap p ear as sho wn below.

1
2
3

4

1 Opens the “ Rec eive” w ind o w where you can transfer d at a from your M IDI instrument’s Memo ry

Card to your computer, then save it.

2 Opens the “ Transm it” w indo w w here you c an t ransfer d ata from yo ur computer to your MIDI

instrument .

3 Opens the “ C o nt rol” window w here you c an d elete and rename files/folders o n your M IDI

instrument .

4 Opens the “ SM F Con vert” window where you can c o nvert SM F files on your co m puter from

Format 1 t o Format 0 .

Menu Bar

File

Transfer

Setup

Help

Quits the Card Filer application.

Same as the [Receive] button of the top display.
Same as the [Transmit] button of the top display.
Same as the [Control] button of the top display.
Same as the [SMF Convert] button of the top display.

Opens the “MIDI Port Setup” window
where you can specify your computer’s
“MIDI IN Port” and “MIDI OUT Port” used to
communicate with your MIDI instrument.

Opens the Card Filer Manual PDF file.
Displays the Card Filer’s version, etc.

4

MIDI Device Setup

You w ill need to specify the MIDI device drivers through which your c o m puter w ill
communicat e with your M IDI instrument. Follow t he p rocedure below.

n If you are using a Macintosh, refer to t h e sec t ion “OMS Settings” on p age 6 .

MIDI Port Setup (Windows)

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

The “MIDI Port Setup ” dialog box is d isplayed.

2.Click on each of the “▼” buttons for the “MIDI IN Port” or “MIDI OUT

Port”, select the MIDI driver from the drop-down list that is displayed.

• If the MIDI instrument’s TO HOST terminal is connected directly to the computer’s serial port.

Select the “Yamaha CBX Driver” for t he “MIDI IN Port ”, and t he “Yamaha CBX A Driver” for t he
“M IDI OUT Port”.

• If the MIDI instrument’s MIDI ports are connected to the computer via a MIDI interface.

For bot h t he “MIDI IN Port ” and “ MIDI OUT Port”, select t he M IDI driver that is co mpatib le with
the M IDI int erface you are using.

n For information abo ut how t o inst all YAMAHA CB X Driver, refer to the README file in t he “Mididrv” fo lder o f t he

included C D- ROM .

3.Click [OK].

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