Disklavier

Thanks for the info George, however, I want to stream the internet so maybe a Yamaha Guru will chime in…Bob

 

From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 8:28 AM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Streaming Internet Radio that Plays My Piano

 

  

Good morning, everyone.

 

Bob, Yamaha does not offer the DKC-850 as an upgrade for the Wagon Grand, MX100A or B, or MX80 series. However, the unit is useable with these pianos—assuming that the original components of those pianos are still in working condition.

 

If you add a DKC-850 to your Wagon Grand, you will connect it to the wagon unit with MIDI cables. After making a couple of simple MIDI settings on the wagon unit and one setting on the DKC-850, you are all set to go. To operate your piano, your Wagon Grand must be turned on. After that, all of your interaction can be with the DKC-850, ignoring the wagon, which will give you a user-experience that is similar to operating a modern E3 Disklavier. 

 

NOTE: The record/playback quality of your instrument will be unchanged and obviously no new mechanical features, such as a silent system, will be added to your piano.

 

When the DKC-850 is used as a MIDI add-on unit, you will not have access to DisklavierRadio or DisklavierTV.

 

Regards,

PianoBench

 

 

 

On Nov 18, 2014, at 6:16 AM, 'MixMeisterBob' mixmeisterbob@... <mailto:mixmeisterbob@...>  [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> > wrote:

 

 

I have always wondered why the DKC-850, since it has midi, is not able to be used on my Control Wagon?

 

From:  <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> disklavier@yahoogroups.com [ <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 12:06 PM
To:  <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Streaming Internet Radio that Plays My Piano

 

  


It seems like Yamaha could expand the market for Disklavier Radio as I described by watermarking the streams, telling the user this, and requiring the user to sign a strict EULA when subscribing to the streaming service.  If streamed content appears in the wild despite the EULA, they'd have a shot at determining who leaked it from the watermark.

Another solution (Disklavier-only) would be to have the external application transmit the wireline MIDI with encryption applied, then provide a one-time firmware update for older Disklaviers to detect and decrypt the encrypted streams.

Mark Fontana


On 11/17/2014 09:27 AM,  <mailto:PianoBench@...> PianoBench@... [disklavier] wrote:

  

Good morning, everyone.

 

Bob, the direct answer is Yes.

 

DisklavierRadio and DisklavierTV are only supported by:

 

—E3

—Mark IV

—Mark II, Mark IIXG, Mark III which have a DKC-850 connected as a “replacement” control unit (as opposed to an add-on control unit that connects via MIDI cables)

 

Regards,

PianoBench

 

On Nov 17, 2014, at 8:16 AM, 'MixMeisterBob'  <mailto:mixmeisterbob@...> mixmeisterbob@... [disklavier] < <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

 

So I have to replace my Disklavier piano to be able to stream?