Disklavier

don't know about why the dkv would let you control volume some times and 
not at others. this is a question for someone else.

velocity is the MIDI term for loudness. it only changes loudness, 
nothing else (on an accoustic piano it changes hammer velocity which is 
probably why they use that term and HV is not strictly loudness but not 
going to get complicated here)

MIDI has two controllers that effect loudness as well, they are called 
volume (i think) and expression. youcan send messages with values on 
these controllers and some instruments will respond appropriately, 
others will not. i don't know if the dkv does or doesn't. somewhere i 
have a little desktop app that will send volume and expression 
controllers to any device on the computer. however different versions of 
windows do or do not allow multiple programs to access the same MIDI 
device so you may need to use midiox to connect them appropriately.

for reasons i will not get into here, most midi file players will not 
let you change tempo or transposition fully dynamically while playing a 
file. i wrote a program that i can virtual pianola that lets you control 
loudness and tempo and loudness while playing a file just as if you were 
operating an old pneumatic pianola. the problems are that you have to 
turn off the 500 ms delay and that my program does not have a s tight 
control over the event timing as one that uses the multimedia api. this 
is intentional and necessary. all things considered, it is a fun program 
and only requires a mouse to control everything. the version on the web 
is very old. anyone who wants to try it should contact me. if enough 
people want it. i'll post the new version.

On 1/19/2014 11:59 AM, Skanter123 wrote:
> Sounds good, Spencer!
>
> I'm confused as to why dsk sometime lets me change volume with knob 
> (which seems to control soft pedal) and sometimes doesn't when playing 
> back MIDI files.
>
> Also, is there a way to control volume of playback besides velocity, 
> which obviously changes more than volume? I would think not. Also, 
> none of the other knobs on the dsk (transpose, tempo) are operative 
> when playing MIDI files, yet volume usually is. One can control tempo 
> and transpose from computer program playing back MIDI files.
>
> Sam
> www.keyboardcollective.com <http://www.keyboardcollective.com>
> (212) 684-3304
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 19, 2014, at 2:23 PM, Spencer Chase <lists@... 
> <mailto:lists@...>> wrote:
>
>> you can use my midimod2 program to scale the velocity on a batch or 
>> single file basis. you can get it from the download page of my web 
>> site www.spencerserolls.com i am not sure when i last updated the 
>> program on the web. i fixed some compatibility issues regarding 
>> recent security bs so if you have any problems with the one on the 
>> web page, i can send you a different one.  the problem would be that 
>> you could not save presets. the program would still let you set 
>> sliders and modify files, it is just that some installations of 
>> windows do not let you write a .txt file to the root.
>>
>> On 1/19/2014 9:58 AM, Skanter123 wrote:
>>> Mark, i received the external USB floppy, my Win7 64-bit recognized 
>>> the drive immediately, your program worked like a charm! I'm now 
>>> listening to old recordings my brother made on disklavier.
>>>
>>> Small issue is that recordings seem a bit soft and volume knob on 
>>> dkl won't change anything. I think i've seen software where one can 
>>> control MIDI volume?
>>>
>>> Sam
>>> www.keyboardcollective.com <http://www.keyboardcollective.com>
>>> (212) 684-3304
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 16, 2014, at 8:09 PM, Mark Fontana <mark@... 
>>> <mailto:mark@...>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've written a free software tool for Windows that can extract 
>>>> performances from Disklavier and PianoDisc floppies: 
>>>> http://www.kinura.net/ppfbu/
>>>>
>>>> It works fine for most people, but occasionally there are low-level 
>>>> problems reading the disks.   This is sometimes caused by 
>>>> deterioration and wear of the disk media.  Other times, it seems 
>>>> like there are issues with particular floppy drives and/or 
>>>> interference from antivirus software.
>>>>
>>>> Another way to transfer files from Disklavier floppies, but with 
>>>> more steps, would be to extract the ESEQ files from your diskettes 
>>>> using Root-A-Ripper and then convert them to MIDI files using 
>>>> ESEQ2MID.EXE, both available at Carol Beigel's site: 
>>>> http://www.carolrpt.com/softwaredwnld.htm
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 01/16/2014 01:25 PM, Sam Kanter wrote:
>>>>> Question to all: If I buy a cheap, external USB floppy drive and 
>>>>> connect to desktop computer, will it be able to read disklavier 
>>>>> Pianosoft disks so I can convert to MIDI and play thru MIDI on DK?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sam Kanter
>>>>> www.keyboardcollective.com <http://www.keyboardcollective.com>
>>>>> (212) 684-3304
>>>>>
>>>>> 	
>>>>> 	
>>>>> 	
>>>>> 	
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Best regards, Spencer Chase
>> 67550-Bell Springs Rd.
>> Garberville, CA 95542 Postal service only.
>> Laytonville, CA 95454 UPS only.
>> Spencer@...
>> http://www.spencerserolls.com
>> (707) 984-8356
>> (425) 791-0309
> 

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Best regards, Spencer Chase
67550-Bell Springs Rd.
Garberville, CA 95542 Postal service only.
Laytonville, CA 95454 UPS only.
Spencer@...
http://www.spencerserolls.com
(707) 984-8356
(425) 791-0309