USB Recorder
USB Recorder
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Playing a MIDI song file
The CA59 digital piano also supports the playback of Standard MIDI File (SMF) files and CA59 recorder songs stored
on a USB memory device, allowing a vast selection of widely accessible music to be heard through the instrument’s
exquisite Progressive Harmonic Imaging sound engine.
Song Player supported format specifications
Song format
Speci
fi
cations
MID
Format 0, Format 1
KS0
Kawai Son
g fi
le
Preparing the USB memory device
First, prepare a selection of MIDI (SMF) song
fi
les, copying the
data to a USB memory device.
* USB devices should be formatted to use the “FAT” or “FAT32”
fi
lesystems. Please refer to page 137 for more information.
1. Entering USB playback mode
Connect a USB memory device to the USB port.
Press the PLAY/STOP button.
The LED indicator for the the PLAY/STOP button will turn on,
and the Song Browser screen will be shown in the LCD display.
Song Browser screen
The Song Browser screen provides a listing of relevant
fi
les and
folders stored on the connected USB device.
The icon is used to represent a MIDI son
g fi
le.
The icon is used to represent a folder.
The icon is used to represent the current/previous folder.
An example of a typical
fi
le/folder listing screen is shown below.
Please note that the visible screen height has been extended for
the purpose of this illustration.
Current/previous folder
Folders
Files
* Files and folders will be listed in alphabetical order, with folders
shown at the top of the screen.
* When the USB Recorder play function is selected, MP3, WAV, MID, and
KS
O fi
les will be shown in the Song Browser screen.
* The LCD display is capable of showing
fi
lenames with a maximum
length of 12 characters (+3 character su
ffi
x). Filenames longer than 12
characters will be truncated automatically.
buttons:
Move selection cursor.
FUNCTION button:
Select
fi
le/enter folder.