User Manual

Connection with Computer
ELS-02/ELS-02C Owner’s Manual
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Connections
Connection with Computer
By using the [USB TO HOST] terminal or MIDI
terminals, you can connect the Electone and computer
enabling the MIDI communication between both. Install
the USB-MIDI driver to your computer, then make the
MIDI connection between the Electone and computer.
Regarding the USB-MIDI driver, you can download the
latest version from the Yamaha website:
http://download.yamaha.com/
Connecting your Electone to a computer opens up a
whole new world of musical possibilities. You can save
your original Songs to computer and create notation
(score writing application or sequencing software is
needed), and even upload your original Electone Song
data to your own website, to promote your talents or
share Songs with your friends. You can also control the
Electone from the computer, for example, by playing a
MIDI file on the computer to play back the sounds of
your Electone.
NOTE
When you are using the MDR, MIDI data cannot be transferred
from the computer.
The [USB TO HOST] terminal of the Electone can be
connected to the USB terminal of the computer using a
USB cable.
If you use both the [USB TO HOST] terminal and MIDI
terminals simultaneously, MIDI communication will be
available only via the [USB TO HOST] terminal, and the
MIDI terminal cannot be used.
By using an optional MIDI interface such as the UX16,
you can connect the Electone to the computer, with the
MIDI IN/OUT terminals on the instrument. Connect the
Electone and the MIDI Interface with two standard MIDI
cables (one connecting the OUT terminal on the Electone
to the MIDI IN terminal on the interface, and the other
connecting the IN terminal on the Electone to the MIDI
OUT terminal on the interface). Connect the MIDI
interface to the computer with a USB cable.
Connecting to a Computer ([USB
TO HOST] terminal)
USB TO HOST
Computer
USB cable
Precautions when using the [USB TO
HOST] terminal
When connecting the computer to the [USB TO HOST]
terminal, make sure to observe the following points. Failing
to do so risks freezing the computer and corrupting or
losing the data. If the computer or the instrument freezes,
restart the application software or the computer OS, or turn
the power to the instrument off then on again.
NOTICE
• Use an AB type USB cable of less than 3 meters. USB
3.0 cables cannot be used.
• Before connecting the computer to the [USB TO
HOST] terminal, exit from any power-saving mode of
the computer (such as suspend, sleep, standby).
• Before turning on the power to the instrument,
connect the computer to the [USB TO HOST] terminal
• Execute the following before turning the power to the
instrument on/off or plugging/unplugging the USB
cable to/from the [USB TO HOST] terminal.
- Quit any open application software on the computer.
- Make sure that data is not being transmitted from
the instrument. (Data is transmitted only by playing
notes on the keyboard or playing back a Song.)
• While the computer is connected to the instrument,
you should wait for six seconds or more between
these operations: (1) when turning the power of the
instrument off then on again, or (2) when alternately
connecting/disconnecting the USB cable.
Connecting to a Computer (MIDI
terminal)
MIDI
IN OUT
MIDI OUT MIDI IN
Computer
MIDI Interface
(for example, UX16)