I did a quick check on the MIDI Output of Van Basco. If you access the Setup window (Alt+S), you'll notice that there is a set of Reset Mode options. These options control what happens when you stop the playback of a sequence.
It appears to me that when you stop playback, Van Basco makes no attempt to shut off either all notes individual or just the ones that have been played but not yet turned off. Instead, Van Basco relies on the MIDI message called All Sound Off (which is controller 120), which is sent on all 16 MIDI channels, plus optional reset commands.
If, under the Reset heading, you choose General MIDI, VB sends a universal SysEx message for reset in addition to sending a controller 120 message on all channels. If you choose GS, it sends a Roland-specific SysEx, and if you choose XG, it sends a Yamaha-specific SysEx. If you choose "Windows," it sends no additional SysEx message.
According to the MIDI implementation charts found in the manuals for the Wagon Grand, MX100A&B, and MX80 series Disklaviers, none of these instruments respond to any sort of reset command or to SysEx or to controller 120.
Starting with the Mark II, controller 120 is supported.
Regards,
PianoBench
On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:50 PM, Bill Brandom wrote:
Disklaviers prior to Mark II did not send an All Notes Off message when the Stop button was pressed.BillScott, FYI I do not get hanging notes when stopping VB in middle of song on my MPX 100II.
Sam(212) 684-3304*(Sent from phone - please excuse brevity and typos.)Scott,I am about to perform this install on my own MX100A. Thanks for the great summary. I'll be watching with interest on the VB question. VB has been my normal mode for playing files.Rick
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Subject: [disklavier] Successful floppy disc emulator, and Van Basco question
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 11:19:37 -0800 (PST)Hi all,I've been meaning to report on another successful install of the floppy emulator previously discussed on the board. It was rather easy, especially after I went back and read some of the earlier posts that Scott made describing his experience. My Disclavier is the ancient MX-100A, pretty basic but still pretty powerful if you don't need streaming, audio accompaniment or silent mode.It works great, so much easier and faster than the floppy, and I can use it without booting a computer for MIDI playback. Most of the difficulty I had with the install was because I didn't read Scott's comments again or closely read the emulator manual before the install. I guess I was too excited!The 3 main points I ran into, for anyone interested in doing this, was the mounting, the floppy ribbon cable and the emulator software. Scott pretty much covered them well already but I'll distill the issues:1) The emulator is a different thickness, so it needs some standoffs for mounting in the electronics case. Otherwise the face of the emulator is not centered in the hole in the frontplate of the controller. The metal mounting bracket of the existing floppy drive did not translate to mounting the emulator. So longer mounting screws and standoffs were what I needed. The emulator face will not fill the faceplate hole completely, but I didn't find the aesthetics very offensive. Others may want to rig up a black shroud around the opening to hide the narrow gap.2) The ribbon connector is on the other side of the emulator, as compared to the floppy drive, so the original ribbon cable didn't reach. You may want to find a longer cable and get it before you install - it will save some immediate gratification frustration. They are easily found on the web.3) The emulator didn't work immediately after I installed it. The Disclavier didn't see any of the .fil files I put on the flash memory. After going back and reading the manual more closely I realized I missed the part about the emulator settings file. There needs to be a separate file on the media that tells the emulator how to work (this is probably a simplified description, but it's how I understand it). The associated software will create that for you. After a few attempts I got it all to work fine. I think it finally worked with the default settings in the software.The emulator allows playback of external MIDI files in the same way the floppy drive did. You just have to load an emulator .fil file first, and then the Disclavier will let you press the MIDI button to see an external MIDI input.Big thanks to the folks who found and pioneered this great fix and update!As for Van Basco, when I have played MIDI files in VB to the Disclavier, keys and pedals will hang in the depressed position when I stop or pause the playback in the middle of a file. I assume that that VB is not issuing a "release" command when I do this. I can't imagine that leaving keys and pedals hanging is good for the playback mechanisms. They will "relax" after maybe 5-10 seconds.I've looked for a setting in VB related to this but haven't found one. I thought that "Reset on pause" in the Settings window might fix it, but it had no effect on this issue so I'm not sure what it does.Anyone run into this problem? Any thoughts about a fix? Or maybe it's a setting in the Disclavier I don't know about. Or maybe I don't need to worry about it, that the Disclavier won't be harmed by hanging notes.I've been reading with interest the "channel 3" variable pedal MIDI discussion. I've also run into that pedal noise issue. When I get some time I'll g o back and study the posts.Thanks again to everyone for the great tools and information found on this board.Scott