Disklavier

Good morning, everyone.

The intention is that you download the files in a format that is appropriate for your Disklavier, copy them from your computer to a medium that is appropriate to your Disklavier (DD or HD floppy or USB flash drive), and then play them from your Disklavier. No matter which Disklavier you have, this procedure will enable you to have the best playback experience.

If you wish to play the files using a program on your computer which, in turn, is connected via MIDI to the Disklavier, you should be aware of a couple of things:

Mark II and Earlier Disklaviers
If you have a Disklavier in this category, the instrument expects on/off pedals on channel one and incremental pedals on channel 3. Certain instruments in this category (such as the MX100A& B) don’t respond to incremental pedals, which means that the incremental pedal data on channel 3 is superfluous.

The E-SEQ files are formatted according to this specification. However, I have encountered only one program (for Windows) that will natively play E-SEQ files via MIDI. Unfortunately, I don’t recall the name. You can probably find it on Carol Beigel’s website (http://www.carolrpt.com).

Alternatively, you can use a regular MIDI playback program with these instruments if you copy the pedal data to MIDI channel 3.

Disklavier PRO
For the best experience, I recommend copying the files to the internal memory of the PRO. 

Should you wish to play the files from your computer via MIDI cable be aware that the Mark IIXG PRO and the Mark III PRO will respond to XP data coming in over a MIDI cable. However, the Mark IV and E3 apparently will not respond to the extra bits of resolution when the data is received this way. If you are satisfied with normal resolution on playback (which is still amazingly good), then all is fine.

Regards,
PianoBench



> On Mar 22, 2015, at 10:46 AM, Skanter123 skanter123@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Can you you play the files without downloading, and retain pedal info? How do you play these files? Do you copy them to your DKC-850?
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> Sam 
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> On Mar 22, 2015, at 1:30 PM, azornes@... <mailto:azornes@...> [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
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>> Absolutely *great* site!
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>> I had also re-discovered this site last week and have been enjoying the MID/ESQ/FIL versions of the various competitions.. very well organized!
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>> Especially like this section... Signature MIDI Collection <http://yamahaden.com/midi-files>
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>> Aaron ZORNES
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