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CLP-990 101

Data Compatibility

This section covers basic information on data compatibility: whether or not other MIDI devices can playback the

data recorded by CLP-990, and whether or not the CLP-990 can playback commercially available song data or song

data created for other instruments or on a computer.

Depending on the MIDI device or data characteristics, you may be able to play back the data without any problem,

or you may have to perform some special operations before the data can be played back. If you run into problems

playing back data, please refer to the information below.

Basic Check Points

The data and the MIDI device must match in regards

to the items below.

• Disk Format

• Sequence format

• Voice allocation format

Disk format

Floppy disks are the main storage medium for data

used with various devices, including computers. Dif-

ferent devices have different systems of saving data,

therefore it is necessary to ﬁrst conﬁgure the ﬂoppy

disk to the system of the device being used. This opera-

tion is called “formatting.”

• There are two types of ﬂoppy disks: MF2DD (dou-

ble sided, double density) and MF2HD (double

sided, high density), and each type has different for-

matting systems.

• CLP-990 can record and playback with both types of

ﬂoppy disks.

• When formatted by the CLP-990, a 2DD disk saves

up to 720 KB (kilobytes) and a 2HD disk saves up to

1.44 MB (megabytes). (The ﬁgures “720 KB” and

“1.44 MB” indicate the data memory capacity. They

are also used to indicate the format type of disk.)

• Playback is only possible when the MIDI device to

be used is compatible with the format of the disk.

Sequence Format

The system which records song data is called “sequence

format.”

• Playback is only possible when the sequence format

of the disk matches that of the MIDI device.

[Common Sequence Formats]

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SMF (Standard MIDI File)

This is the most common sequence format.

• Standard MIDI Files are generally available as one

of two types: Format 0 or Format 1.

• Many MIDI devices are compatible with Format

0, and most commercially available software is

recorded as Format 0.

• The CLP-990 is compatible with both Format 0

and Format 1 (for Format 1, up to a maximum of

17 chunks).

• Performance data recorded on the CLP-990 is

saved in the SMF format 0 in a ﬂoppy disk.

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ESEQ

This sequence format is compatible with many of

Yamaha’s MIDI devices, including the Clavinova

series instruments. This is a common format used

with various Yamaha software.

• The CLP-990 is compatible with ESEQ.

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