if Kuhmann reads this list i would be interested in his explanation as to why this information has been stripped from the files. i suggest that the site be boycotted until he comes up with a reasonable explanation.
i have a full set of E-Comp files to which i have added all the meta data that Yamaha should have included. i also have text listings for each file that allow you to make MP3 files with MP3 tags using Mid2PianoCD. if your DKV will play MP3 files you can use Media Monkey or Itunes to display all the meta data and choose files to play using this data instead of playing randomly. i provide these files for free to anyone who buys any of my CDs or will charge a nominal charge for shipping and handling. if there is enough interest (i don't know how many DKVs will play MP3 files) i can post the file set on my web server so i don't have to bother mailing CDs. there was a fair amount of inconsistency and duplication of files names from one competition to another so it was not a trivial task to make sense out of the files and to apply the correct metadata. it is too bad that Yamaha never bothered to make this information more easily available. i had to copy hundreds of pages from their site and run automated scripts to extract the data and then did a lot of hand editing. because of re-use of file names and other problems, my text data will not match up with the files as Yamaha named them. it is necessary to append the competition date as well as fix some other random errors the details of which i no longer remember.
�There are thousands of MIDI files of varying quality on the disklavierworld site, in terms of performance and technical (MIDI) quality. �I've only scratched the surface in playing them.
The E-comp files seem OK, but it would be good to compare to those downloaded from E-comp website to see if they have been changed in any way.Since I've moved the pedal data to ch 3 with your utility, the E-comp files sound much better with incremental pedal.
Disklavier world (Kuhmann) states that these are all public domain, is disappointing to find out that they are not.
Sam��the site mentioned is yet another plug of the Disklavier World web site by Robert C. Kuhmann. he "gives credit" to his sources in a very general sense but has actually stolen files and removed the midi text events to hide the sources from whom he has stolen. the E-comp stuff is offered for free by Yamaha but i don't think they intended others to screw it up and distribute it on their own.
even if you are interested in stolen music, there is something very strange about every file i have tried to play. the files will not play well on a Disklavier if for no other reason that the in appropriate velocity range used. i downloaded one set of files today just to check to see if this was the same junk i had downloaded before and found many notes with velocities below 10 in the first file i played.
if you just want quantity and don't care much about quality, this may be the site for you. i sort of remember checking out the e-comp files at one time and although i am not entirely sure, i think i had found that they were screwed up in many ways as well.
i would be interested in hearing the opinions of other more critical DKV owners.
On 3/1/2014 7:26 PM, gregmoakley@... wrote:
Thank you for all of your thoughts! I went to guitar center today and got a $35 usb to midi cable, attached to my laptop and I'm back in business. I had it running off of my laptop. I can't believe i'm so impressed with 1997 technology! I'm sure I won't need to upgrade for a while. I'm just happy to see it play twinkle twinkle little star!
It's great to know that there are so many options with this system. Thanks for posting the link to the disklavierworld.blogspot.com. Wow, lots of midi files.Thanks again for all the help.Greg
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