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The Disklavier GranTouch can play back floppy disks such as PianoSoft and PianoSoft.Plus disks, songs
you store in the Memory Disks, and PianoSoft.PlusAudio CDs as well as audio/MIDI CDs of other
companies and standard audio CDs.
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See Chapter 1 “Storing & Managing Songs on Disks” in the
Advanced Operation Manual
for information on
how to store songs in the Memory Disks.
If you are using the Disklavier GranTouch for the first time, you can use the enclosed sample floppy disk
and PianoSoft.PlusAudio CD, or Memory Disk 0 which contains a short sample song.
Note:
A sample PianoSoft.PlusAudio CD is supplied with your Disklavier GranTouch. However, other
PianoSoft.PlusAudio series CDs may not available in some countries.
Playing Back a Floppy
Disk or a Memory Disk
When you play back a song on floppy disks or
Memory Disks, the Disklavier GranTouch plays
the piano parts, actually moving the keys up and
down as if they were being played by a performer.
For songs containing Ensemble parts in addition
to piano parts, those parts are played by the
internal XG tone generator.
Playing Back a CD
Yamaha PianoSoft.PlusAudio
TM
and Other Audio/MIDI CDs
PianoSoft.PlusAudio (and audio/MIDI CDs of
other companies) contain data recorded in two
channels: Analog MIDI and audio.
When you play back a PianoSoft.PlusAudio, the
Disklavier GranTouch plays the piano parts which
are recorded on the MIDI channel, and all other
instrumental and vocal sounds recorded on the
audio channel are output from the internal XG
tone generator. The Disklavier GranTouch will
faithfully reproduce the audio sounds of the CD as
a stereo system would.
Chapter 7
Basic Playback
Disklavier GranTouch
Internal XG
Tone Generator
Keyboard
Floppy disk or
Memory Disk
Piano parts
Ensemble parts
Disklavier GranTouch
PianoSoft.PlusAudio
Keyboard
Built-in Speakers
Piano Parts
(Analog MIDI channel)
Vocals, bass,
drums, guitar, etc.
(Audio channel)