[rant mode on] Yes, it seems people are inundated with background noise, are addicted to it, and have trouble with silence. The entire culture is geared towards the idea that we will be "bored" unless are senses are continually stimulated. It's hard to find a restaurant that doesn't have loud BG music, and usually terrible -dance- music that ruins any type of relaxation. I avoid them all. Going to a baseball game, they insist on ear-splitting music between innings, - making conversation about the game almost impossible - also at tennis matches like the U.S. Open. I'm with you - I'm a musician and -listen- to music when I hear it. When I converse with people, I listen to them too - and don't want melodies and harmonies interfering with that attention. > On Jan 11, 2016, at 6:32 PM, Spencer Chase lists@spencerserolls.com [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@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Well it may be coming to that…. :>) >>> >>> >>> >>> <image007.jpg> >>> >>> Dennis Baldwin, PMP, Ph. D. | Project Director >>> Oracle Consulting Services >>> >>> Mobile: +1 813-465-8952 >>> >>> 2502 Rocky Point Dr | Suite 600 | Tampa, Florida 33607 >>> >>> >>> >>> <image008.jpg> >>> >>> >>> >>> <image009.jpg> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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. đŸ˜‰ >>> >>> Sam >>> >>> www.keyboardcollective.com >>> >>> (212) 684-3304 >>> >>> >>> >>> *(Sent from phone - please excuse brevity and typos.) >>> >>> >>> 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 DKV (in the FromToPc section or on a usb stick) are playing better with less notes skipped in lower volume.. If anyone can comment on this I would appreciate !!! >>> > > -- > Best regards, Spencer Chase > 67550-Bell Springs Rd. > Garberville, CA 95542 Postal service only. > Laytonville, CA 95454 UPS only. > 21220 92nd Place W., Edmonds, WA 98020 > Spencer@... > Spencer@... > Spencer@... > http://www.spencerserolls.com > http://www.poodlex.com > (425) 791-0309 > (707) 223-8212 >
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Re: [disklavier] Re: I need your collective help on a problem with my Yamaha Disklavier
2016-01-11 by Skanter123