Disklavier

Sam,

 

Ideally, if I could find a way to do it and to format the USB drive appropriately, an external USB drive or even a thumb drive would be perfect.  But I think I understand that special formatting is required, not just MAC or MSDOS format.

 

 

From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 2:04 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Re: Disklavier problem - upgrade or fix?

 

  

I bought an external USB floppy drive for 10 bucks, then transferred all floppies to computer. AFAIC, there is no reason to keep worrying about and  using  floppy disks in 2014.

Unless Disklavier Radio or TV is important to you, I see no reason for buying a DKC-850 when a cheap laptop will store millions of MIDI files, and record and playback from the Disklavier with ease. YMMV




Sam Kanter
www.keyboardcollective.com
(212) 684-3304 <tel:%28212%29%20684-3304> 

 

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 1:57 PM, 'Jon Arnold' jonarnold@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

  

I’m not that that it is “stuck” but out of a dozen floppies, it will only play ONE of them, where it displays an error with the others. But the others play just fine if I take them down to the local Yamaha dealer.  And the bigger problem is that the one that DOES play is Christmas music….

 

 

From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 1:17 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Re: Disklavier problem - upgrade or fix?

 

  

I've fixed two floppy drives in DKVs by jamming in a floppy really HARD. This seems to unstuck them. Worth a try. 

Sam

www.keyboardcollective.com

(212) 684-3304 <tel:%28212%29%20684-3304> 

 

*(Sent from phone - please excuse brevity and typos.)


On Jul 10, 2014, at 1:07 PM, "caruser25@... [disklavier]" <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

  

Hey Jon, 

Aside for an upgrade to DKC850 I would advise to buy a small 3.5 diskette cleaning kit.  On my DKV I also use diskettes and every now and then my floppys start failing and by running a cleaning diskette I am good for another 6 months or so.  As diskettes itself these days cleaning kits are not easy to find but still around. 

Greetings.