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Glossary
This glossary provides basic definitions of terms used frequently in Disklavier manuals.
Clavinova™
A series of Yamaha digital pianos.
Continuous Pedal
See “Incremental Pedal”.
Cookie
A computer data file that stores certain information for
use when revisiting a website. In the case of the
Disklavier, cookies are used to store ID and password for
the IDC service.
DHCP
This is a standard or protocol by which IP addresses and
other low-level network configuration information can be
dynamically and automatically assigned each time a
connection is made to the Internet.
DNS
A system that translates names of computers connected to
a network to their corresponding IP addresses.
Download
Transferring data over a network, from a larger “host”
system to a smaller “client” system’s hard drive or other
local storage device—much like copying files from your
hard disk drive to a floppy disk. For the Disklavier, this
refers to the process of transferring songs and other data
from a website to the Disklavier.
Ensemble Song
A song which contains piano parts and accompanying
instrumental voices. An Ensemble song contains the
same left and right-hand parts as an L/R song, and in
addition, up to 13 accompanying instrument tracks.
These extra tracks are played by the internal XG tone
generator. The accompanying tracks may be used for
acoustic bass, drums, strings, vibes, etc.
E-SEQ Song Format
A song file format developed by Yamaha for saving
songs.
Floppy Disk
The magnetic storage medium that the Disklavier uses to
save songs. The Disklavier uses the 3.5 inch 2DD and
2HD floppy disks commonly used for computers.
Gateway
A system which links different networks or systems, and
makes possible data transfer and conversion despite
differing communications standards.
General MIDI (GM)
An addition to the MIDI standard that simplifies the
transfer of MIDI song files between instruments of
different manufacturers. A MIDI song recorded using a
GM compatible tone generator should play back
correctly when used with any GM compatible tone
generator. The standard specifies that a GM compatible
tone generator must support 24-note polyphony, 16 parts,
and 128 standard voices.
