Disklavier

Carol, does the Enspire not have MIDI ports (or a USB port)?

It seems to me if people just attached a cheap laptop to their DKVs and bought an inexpensive MIDI recorder program, anyone could record, play, store and send performances from any model DKV to any other. DKC850 not needed, total cost under $500.

Sam Kanter
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> On Feb 16, 2017, at 12:41 AM, Carol Beigel carol@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I probably did not make it clear, but my major concern with the new Enspire Disklavier is the lack of compatibility with those older models owned by piano teachers who use them as a teaching tool. For instance, my own piano teacher owns a Mark III which has a floppy drive and a CD player. My own Mark IIXG Disklavier records to a floppy disk. She wants me to record a song and play it back on her piano so she can make a CD. So, I record my piano lesson to a floppy disk, then take that disk to her studio and play it back on her piano.
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> If I was a student with a new Enspire, we would have a problem doing that. On the Enspire, I could only record to a USB thumb drive. My teacher has no thumb drive on her Mark III. We have the following options:
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> 1) She could upgrade her piano with an $1800 DKC850. It would then have a USB port.
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> 2) I could email the MIDI file to her. She could burn it to a floppy disk on her computer, or buy an external floppy drive to make the disk. Or see #7 below for probably the best solution.
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> 3) I could use my own computer to do the above. Put the file from my USB drive into my computer and burn it to a floppy disk.
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> 4) I could Record my song as an audio file on the Enspire and burn it to a CD, but that would not make the keys and pedals play on her Mark III.
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> 5) I could buy a computer and attach it to the Enspire and record a MIDI file through expensive DAW software, then burn it to a CD.
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> 6) I am not sure about this one, but supposing the teacher upgraded by buying a DKC850, we could share this piano lesson through Skype and my playing would show up in real time on her piano. I do not think though, that she could Record that performance and burn it to a floppy disk.
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> 7) Probably the best scenario, my teacher could buy a Yamaha Bluetooth wireless interface (MD BT01) for $50, and install it on her older Disklavier (any model!) and get the $15 Sweet MIDI Player app for her iPhone (or buy an iPad). When I emailed the file, she could save it to her DropBox or iCloud. Sweet MIDI Player app will access that file from either cloud. 
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> 8) I can transfer my recording from the USB drive to my own DropBox or iCloud and then download it to my own iPhone and play it for her at my lesson (providing she has procured the set-up above). We could even Air Drop the file to her Apple mobile device.
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> And to think this whole thing started because a piano teacher called me because her student was about to go out and buy a Disklavier Enspire and wanted to know if the recordings of her student’s piano would be compatible with her own Disklavier. I figured MIDI files were MIDI files, so sure. Now that I have played with an Enspire, and discovered the USB thumb drive only , I find there is a tremendous hassle.
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> Carol Beigel
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