Yamaha Mark III, User Manual

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English Chapter 6: Basic Playback
The Disklavier 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 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. 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 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 and output from the built-in
speakers.
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 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 built-in
speakers. The Disklavier will faithfully
reproduce the audio sounds of the CD as a stereo
system would, but with the additional feature of a
live piano performance.
Chapter 6
Basic Playback
Disklavier
Floppy disk or
Memory Disk
Internal XG
Tone Generator
Keyboard
Piano parts
Ensemble parts
Disklavier
PianoSoft.PlusAudio
Keyboard
Built-in Speakers
Piano Parts
(Analog MIDI channel)
Vocals, bass,
drums, guitar, etc.
(Audio channel)