How can I get a copy of the program? Al Edwards acejazz@... Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 13, 2017, at 10:49 AM, 'Spencer Chase' lists@spencerserolls.com [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > Mark might have more efficient methods but I have a program that makes the tag.txt files used by Mid2PianoCD from a tabbed text listing. This is what I used to add the meta data to the thousands of yamaha e-comp files after laboriously extracting the data from their mess of a web site. > > > 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@mcn.org > http://www.spencerserolls.com > http://www.poodlex.com > (425) 791-0309 > (707) 223-8212 > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Mark Fontana mark@... [disklavier]" <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> > To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com > Sent: 4/13/2017 10:42:47 AM > Subject: Re: [disklavier] conversion of floppy discs > >> >> >> Hi John, >> >> You can do it using this software to read the floppies: >> http://www.kinura.net/ppfbu/ >> >> followed by MID2PianoCD to transcode the tracks to LX format: >> http://www.kinura.net/mid2pianocd/ >> >> The time-consuming part is keying all the title/composer/pianist information into PPFBU as you go. But if you do that, you'll get perfectly-tagged (annotated), ready-to-use MP3 files out of the conversion by MID2PianoCD. >> >> Contact me offline before you start and I may be able to save you some time. I've already converted hundreds of floppies for use on more modern systems, so I have a lot of the metadata on hand already. Too bad there's no central repository for this information the way there is for ripping music CDs. >> >> Mark Fontana >> >> >>> On 04/13/2017 11:48 AM, johnledwon@... [disklavier] wrote: >>> >>> 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 >>> > >
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Re: Re[2]: [disklavier] conversion of floppy discs
2017-04-13 by acejazz@...