Yamaha PF-500 Manual Do Utilizador

This section covers basic information on data compatibility: whether or not other MIDI devices can playback the 
data recorded by PF-500, and whether or not the PF-500 can playback commercially available song data or song data 
created for other instruments or on a computer.
Depending on the MIDI device or data characteristics, you may be able to play back the data without any problem, 
or you may have to perform some special operations before the data can be played back. If you run into problems 
playing back data, please refer to the information below.

The data and the MIDI device must match in regards 
to the items below.
• Sequence format
• Voice allocation format

The system which records song data is called “sequence 
format.”
• Playback is only possible when the sequence format 

of the disk matches that of the MIDI device.

[Common Sequence Formats]

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This is the most common sequence format.
• Standard MIDI Files are generally available as one 

of two types: Format 0 or Format 1.

• Many MIDI devices are compatible with Format 

0, and most commercially available software is 
recorded as Format 0.

• The PF-500 is compatible with both Format 0 and 

Format 1.

• Performance data recorded on the PF-500 is saved 

in the SMF format 0 in a floppy disk.

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This sequence format is compatible with many of 
Yamaha’s MIDI devices, including the PF-500 series 
instruments. This is a common format used with 
various Yamaha software.
• The PF-500 is compatible with ESEQ.