Disklavier

Is anyone still using the Giebler Enterprises utilities for the Disklavier? The two main programs DOMSMF and YDM allowed you to read and write Yamaha formatted disks and convert ESC Yamaha song files to MIDI files and visa-versa.   Both programs originally had a problem running on updated PC hardware.  The YDM program(Yamaha Disk Manager) needed direct access to the floppy drive hardware, with an IDE interface.  That is why it would not work with USB attached diskette drives that are common on Laptops, or as an option on most other hardware because diskette drives are no longer standard.  For that reason, and space, diskettes have become mostly obsolete.  Even if you had a PC with an IDE interfaced diskette drive, both programs originally had a bug that would not allow them to be run on a PC that ran faster than 250Mhz.  This was caused by a bug in the Borland compiler that was used to create the two executable files.  The files originally made for MS-DOS, would also only run under Windows 95 or Windows 98 because of the underlying MS-DOS boot code.  The speed bug was fixed, by patching the two executable files with a program that was created to fix executables that had the problem.   That program is called PATCHCRT.EXE.  Once patched, the executables will run on the latest CPU's.   If you order now from Giebler, the executable files have been fixed.  If you have a PC with an IDE interfaced Diskette, you can create a partition, or add an additional hard drive and install and run either MS-DOS 6.22 or Windows 95 or 98.  I use a second hard drive with MS-DOS 6.22 installed on a FAT partition.  I boot from either hard drive by selecting which one to boot to from the F8 boot option menu.  Most obsolete or abandoned Operating systems or programs are available for download at http:\\www.winworldpc.com including MS-DOS 6.22 and WIN95 and WIN98.  I keep a PC with the diskette drive, mainly for the Disklavier Disks, that pop up from time to time.  If you want any additional info, email me directly at either address or goto http:\\www.Giebler.com.

PS: The Geibler programs have a cost of $54.95

Brad Harper cell 616-644-9594
brad.harper1821@gmail.com
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> On Apr 13, 2017, at 4:28 PM, acejazz@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> How can I get a copy of the program?
> Al Edwards
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>> On Apr 13, 2017, at 10:49 AM, 'Spencer Chase' lists@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> 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. 
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>> Best regards, Spencer Chase
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>> ------ 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
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>>> Hi John,
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>>> You can do it using this software to read the floppies:
>>> http://www.kinura.net/ppfbu/
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>>> followed by MID2PianoCD to transcode the tracks to LX format:
>>> http://www.kinura.net/mid2pianocd/
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> Mark Fontana
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>>>> On 04/13/2017 11:48 AM, johnledwon@... [disklavier] wrote:
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>>>> 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.”
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> Thanks,
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>>>> John Ledwon, Henderson, Nevada
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