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Re: [disklavier] (unknown)

2002-01-12 by Mark A. Fontana

Oh c'mon, I don't think he meant Digital Audio Tape. He probably meant
some file format with the extension ".dat". I'm afraid I don't know what
type of files those are, though.

Allan, if you email me one of the files you're trying to convert, I'll be
happy to check it out and see if I can figure out what it is. If you can
tell us where you got it (or what device created it) that would help too.


On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Kendell wrote:

> DAT (Digital Audio Tape)  is audio.  Midi and Audio are totally different things and not meant to get confused.    Think of midi as a keystroke on your computer keyboard..  when you type a letter it tells the computer to print out a k on your computer screen----like wise with
> midi......let's say when you type a k---it triggers the soundcard (in your diklavier / computer soundcard / sequencer, etc.) and plays the correct pitch....  In other words your sound card is translating the sound / taking care of the audio end of things.    Conclusion:  You are
> going to have to re play every track on your dat tape over again into your disklavier // using your disklavier or keyboard and then saving it as a mid file.........
>
> Kendell Healy


> allanz_2000 wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I have a piano files in dat format.Anybody who knows how to convert
> > it to mid files or eseq files. Thanks

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