Sam, if you play a sequence from floppy disk in your Mark II, any tracks that are sent to an external tone generator will play in time--assuming that the external tone generator has no latency. In other words, when playing from the Disklavier, you don't have to worry about any delays within the Disklavier system itself.
The only time that you have to be concerned about delays from the Disklavier system are when you send MIDI data to the Disklavier from an external source. When you do, your Disklavier can be set up to receive and react to the MIDI data immediately or with a 500ms delay. Generally speaking, the 500ms delay is desirable because it insures that all of the hammers will strike the strings with correct relative timing.
If you set your Disklavier to receive MIDI data in real time mode, the Disklavier will immediately start to move the keys with each note-on message. Each note will have a slight delay before you hear it because it takes a small amount of time for each hammer to hit the string. The higher the note-on velocity, the sooner the note will be heard. This means that the relative timing will be a bit off.
There is another problem with real-time input mode: In the case of rapidly repeated notes--as in a trill, sometimes the note-off message will come in before the key has finished its downward movement, thereby interrupting the fulfillment of the previous note-on message. This results in poor playback.
Regards,
PianoBench
On Jan 18, 2014, at 11:26 PM, Skanter123 wrote:
Also, I've been trying to accomplish playing multi-channel playback with dkl using virtual instruments inside computer. Will i lose delay if i just change settimg on dkl? I must try this tomorrow when I wont be disturbing neighbors!
SamGood evening, everyone.
Sam, this procedure does work with the Mark II. This Disklavier does not have a MIDI Thru port. Instead, the MIDI Output port functions as either a MIDI Output for or a MIDI Thru part. In the latter case, a 500ms delay is applied.To use the MIDI Out port of a Mark II as a MIDI Thru port with a 500ms delay, change the MIDI Out setting from Keyboard Out to Delay Out.Regards,PianoBenchOn Jan 17, 2014, at 3:07 AM, Skanter123 <skanter123@...> wrote:Send your MIDI data to your MPX100II MIDI In port. Connect the MU50 to the MPX100II MIDI Out.Hmmm...not sure that would work. I think i'd need a MIDI THRU on the DKL?
SamSend your MIDI data to your MPX100II MIDI In port. Connect the MU50 to the MPX100II MIDI Out.This way the 500ms delay is incorporated in both the Disklavier and the MU50.BillSent from my iPhone.Hope I'm not wearing out my welcome with so many questions from a new user, but here's another.The MPX100II came with a MU50 XG external tone generator (and powered speaker) probably because this model was released before this was built-in to the Mk II XG disklaviers.I assume one can use MIDI thru to connect both DK and external module, but what about the 500ms delay of the dk when receiving MIDI data, preventing everything from syncing up? There are latency settings in some advanced sequencers I have, but I was hoping there would be a simpler way to play back multi-channel MIDI files...Has anyone else tried this?Thanks in advance...