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Step 4
If you connect the Clavinova to the computer using the Clavi-
nova's [TO HOST] or [USB] connector, make the necessary set-
tings on the computer.
You won't hear any sound immediately after connecting the computer's serial port to the Clavinova's [TO HOST]
connector or connecting the computer's USB port to the Clavinova's [USB] connector. This is because the com-
puter does not yet recognize the information at its port as MIDI. For the computer to recognize MIDI data, you
need to install “MIDI driver” or “USB-MIDI driver” software. Use “MIDI driver” when you connect the computer
to the Clavinova's [TO HOST] connector using a serial cable. Use “MIDI-USB driver” when you connect the com-
puter to the Clavinova's [USB] connector using a USB cable.
What are MIDI drivers and USB-MIDI drivers?
Have you ever installed “driver software” to allow you
to use a connected peripheral device (such as a
printer) from the computer? A MIDI driver and a
USB-MIDI driver are kinds of the same things. You
need to install “MIDI driver” or “USB-MIDI driver”
software so that the computer can handle MIDI data
when you connect the Clavinova to the computer.
MIDI is a common music data format that is recog-
nized by both Clavinova and computer. “Installing a
MIDI driver and a USB-MIDI driver” means to set up
the computer so that it can handle MIDI information.
Computer
MIDI driver or
USB-MIDI driver
Clavinova
