Disklavier

That’s a pretty wide spectrum of “noise” that you’ve described there. Between a silent concert hall with a symphony orchestra performing… and a house full of kids with their noise, a TV, the phone ringing etc — there’s a lot of room between those two extremes.

While I enjoy my DKV as an actual piano most of the time (you know, actually playing it) and sometimes putting on a performance from some of those excellent PianoSoft Plus Audio CDs, a great use I’ve found is DKV radio. Turn that on to a channel like “Sue Downs Mix Tape”, and you’ll feel like you’re in a genuine cocktail bar. Fantastic for when you have a few friends over — it’s a totally different vibe than having the usual background music, and it’s great.

This, of course, is without going into the merits (or lack thereof) of background music… which is something that doesn’t need to be around all the time, but there’s certainly a time and place for it.

…..HK

On Jan 11, 2016, at 3:32 PM, Spencer Chase lists@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

i completely agree with this. i listen only at performance levels. if i am listening to music i am listening to music.

it is amazing how rare this is, most people have some sort of noise all the time, TV, games, phone and music and some time even a combination of them. i must be from another planet.

On 1/11/2016 2:55 PM, Skanter123 skanter123@... [disklavier] wrote:

I think the idea of using a DKV for "background music " (a concept I generally abhor anyway) will not work unless the space is very large. Use the digital piano and play at the volume level that is appropriate.

I like to use the DKV to -listen- to performances, as if there were a live musician playing.

YMMV

On Jan 11, 2016, at 8:39 AM, Dennis Baldwin dennis.baldwin@oracle.com [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Well it may be coming to that…. :>)

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From: Sam Kanter skanter123@... [disklavier] [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 2:47 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Re: I need your collective help on a problem with my Yamaha Disklavier

One can throw a heavy blanket over the piano, but that's not a very good solution. 😉

Sam

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(212) 684-3304

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On Jan 9, 2016, at 1:48 PM, james bond mikeb44683@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I have a 2008 Mark IV Yamaha Baby Grand Disklavier. I'm sure that you have already taken into consideration the physics of a piano. A piano can only create sound at a its acoustical/physical minimum and no less. Just as an unmuted trumpet or practically any other instrument. I can reduce the sound volume to the inclusion of the mute pedal yet in terms of its capability to continue to produce sound it still fills the room to the point of making it difficult to carry a conversation over. I have been told multiple times by desk clerks at hotel lobbys that they are at their wits-end as to how to reduce the volume of their piano and I simply laugh. The physics won't allow it. Again, I'm guessing that you've already taken this into consideration.

From: "rightnightboy@... [disklavier]" <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, January 9, 2016 5:08 AM
Subject: [disklavier] Re: I need your collective help on a problem with my Yamaha Disklavier

Hi, Im not the expert here (there are a few very good ones ! ) so I would guess that your piano is an E3 and I think it doesn't make a difference which file you download for E3 or for the dkc-850. I have an upright retrofitted with the dc-850 and yes in many cases the piano is too loud... So many say have the piano "voiced" (which I would eventually do) and that should help much... Otherwise I find that on the DKC-850 the lowest volume acceptable without muting is 6 ; from 7 to 10 the piano is mutes and many notes dont play.

I'm on a mac and I use some software also to remap and change the velocity on the fly so that works pretty well also. But I kind of think that a perfect soft piano sound, where one can quietly chat beside the piano is not reachable... (Im not an expert) it is not an amplifier that you can turn up or down .

One other thing i find that files that are stored on the (Message over 64 KB, truncated)