you can find a lot of information on the following page. dkv utils includes a program for converting eseq to midi. the original floppies are probably 720 K not 1.44 meg so you need to start by using the various utils to rip those. then you can convert to midi and then either play as MIDI on your LX or convert to the audio format for the LX using Mid2pianoCD. i thought that Mark Fontana had written a program for ripping floppies but can not find it anywhere. If he did write one, it is the preferred method because everything he does is top notch.
if you need help adding meta data to the MIDI files or MP3 tags to files to play on the LX, i have a variety of tools that make that a lot easier. I play my LX pianos using Media Monkey and really like to have the MP3 tags displayed.
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(425) 791-0309
(707) 223-8212
------ Original Message ------
From: "johnledwon@... [disklavier]" <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 4/13/2017 9:48:38 AM
Subject: [disklavier] conversion of floppy discs
I recently acquired from a friend about 150 Yamaha Disklavier floppy discs and want to convert them to play my Live Performance player. (It can play any of the digital piano systems…hopefully!) Unfortunately when I put a disc into the USB floppy drive on my computer I get a message that the “Disk media is not recognized. The disc may not be formatted.”
Is there a program available that will allow my computer to read these Yamaha disks and copy the files to my computer so I can burn a CD to play on my Live Performance player.
Thanks,
John Ledwon, Henderson, Nevada