Disklavier

Good evening, everyone.

I apparently misunderstood the original question and thought that playback was taking place from an external source via MIDI input.

Page 36 of the Mark IV manual states the following:

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Piano Velocity Curve:

In acoustic mode, the loud notes may get distorted when you play a MIDI song designed not for acoustic piano playback, but for a certain instrument voice. In such a case, you can automatically adjust only the volume of the acoustic piano part moderately without changing the volume of other parts.

Select the desired acoustic piano volume ([Soft 85] thru [Soft 20]), or select [Thru] to inactivate this function.

Note: The smaller the [Soft] value, the softer the volume becomes.
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I believe that this feature was introduced because it is very common that files which were not created on the Disklavier have piano parts that are too loud. On a song-by-song basis, you can set a value that is appropriate for the piece or you can choose Thru in order to leave the file untouched.

Does that answer the question?

Regards,
PianoBench


> On Aug 27, 2015, at 2:44 PM, thirdharmonic@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Apparently this is unfamiliar territory. My objective is to have the music not squashed to 80%, or as the setting indicates "Soft 80". Sorry, thought it was common knowledge with someone onboard. 
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> If you are not familiar with this setting: 
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> load a midi file 
> hand held will indicated song is ready to play
> locate "Previous" soft button push
> Page will show settings for R & L play channel
> 	below that is "Piano Velocity Curve:  Soft 80    (default)
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> You can change this setting to: 
> 	Thru
> 	Soft 80 - 40.
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> My ears hear a softer version as the number decreases, "Thru" delive rs a larger velocity curve. That's all.
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> I have programmed an hour or so of music, the "Soft 80" distorts my intended results. 
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> Thanks for your input
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