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ok, so i've been playing with my 'casio data manager' can anyone explain to me what wave data is?

 

also, wired my WK7600 up to the PC i can put downloaded TN7 and DB7 on, i think i should be able to play a midifile through the keyboard through software so i can remove one channel, like with van bascos midi player, and then play along to practise,  but so far i have failed, is wave data a bit like midi files?

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Wave (or wav) data is a digital recording of real sound.  It may be just a short snippet (clip) of a single instrument, or it may be a complete full orchestral movement, or anything in between.  In years past, the sound would have been recorded (analog) to magnetic tape or to a vinyl disc (record), but now the sound is digitized by analog-to-digital converters and the resulting digital data is stored on a hard drive or some type of solid state media (SD Card, Flash Drive, etc.), or a CD or DVD as wave (wav) data.  There are various types (formats) of wave (wav) data, depending upon the recording method, storage method, and intended application.

 

MIDI files are in no way real "sound" at all.  Instead, they are basically computer programs or scripts that tell MIDI sound modules and the sound engines in MIDI keyboards how to use their internal sounds.  MIDI files are the electronic equivalent of the slotted paper scrolls that were inserted into "player" pianos.  There is no way that those slotted scrolls could be considered "sound", but they certainly did tell the piano how to make its sounds.  The obvious difference is that MIDI files are much more dynamic than those old slotted paper scrolls.  Another simple analogy to a MIDI file are the raised prongs on the rotating cylinder of a music box that pluck the steel reeds (tines) as the cylinder rotates.  Those raised prongs can not be considered "sound", but they do tell the reeds (tines) how to make their sounds, but here again, the MIDI file is grossly more dynamic.

 

Yes, you should be able to play MIDI files from your computer to your WK-7600 with your DAW software or with a simple MIDI file player via the USB cable.  Van Basco's is my favorite MIDI file player, because of its versatility, and it should allow you to mute one or more tracks for play along performance.  You should also be able to copy MIDI files into the MUSICDAT folder on the SD Card with your computer and play them back directly with the WK-7600's MIDI file player.

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