Disklavier

Hi Ray

I have downloaded the fist two files from that site.
Both files have the piano on track 3 Channel 3
I used Music Studio 3 and rechanneled channel 3 to channel 1.

You will find the files in the "files" section of the group.
Look under Midi Magic   Temp folder for RayDene.

Have a go with them and let us know if they work.

Midi Magic



--- In disklavier@y..., "fakepopster" <raydene@n...> wrote:
> Thanks for both replies.  
> 
> I do understand that the channel needs to be set to 1 or 2.  I 
should 
> have said channel instead of track.  
> 
> The original files are here:
> 
>  
http://www.landscape.it/vmagazine/panorami/midibox/jazzcollection.htm
> 
> I tried the first two songs with the same result.  I am attaching 
the 
> midi versions of the files with my edits.  (Oh...how do you attach 
a 
> file in this posting?  I couldn't even figure that out.)
> 
> I have since tried other files from other sites.  I edited the 
files 
> the same way as I described before and had success reassigning 
> channels and editing out other intruments.  They played fine.  
> However, I still can't get the aforementioned songs to play.  
> 
> Perhaps it's midi 1 vs. midi 0.  I don't know how to tell which is 
> which by looking at the file, although ALL the files I've worked 
with 
> so far have multi channels and multi tracks.  If I understand you, 
> this would mean they are SMF 1.
> 
> Also, tell me more about the "programmed event" on a track.  How 
can 
> if I have it and what can I do about it?     
> 
> 
> --- In disklavier@y..., Jack.Schueler@s... wrote:
> > 
> > This may simply be your use of terminology but here goes (tracks 
vs
> > channels).
> > 
> > In type 1 SMF files, tracks are used to manage notes for a 
> particular
> > instrument.  You can have track 1 contain notes for a violin and 
> track 5
> > contain notes for a piano.  Switching the tracks around won't 
change
> > anything as far as your Disklavier is concerned.  What is really 
> important,
> > especially for the older Disklaviers, is the channel assignment.  
> You have
> > to make sure that the piano track is assigned to channel 1.  You 
> also have
> > to make sure that your piano track doesn't have a "program" event 
> that
> > assigns the channel to an instrument other than "piano".
> > 
> > You might also come across midi files with the left and right 
hands 
> split
> > into separate tracks with one track assigned to channel 1 and the 
> other to
> > channel 2. I have also sometimes seen a third track that contains 
> only the
> > pedal information.  The neat thing about this is your Disklavier 
> can then
> > be set to play only one of the hands.
> > 
> > A SMF type 0 midi file contains only 1 track with all the channel
> > indicators embedded into the single track.  A SMF type 1 midi 
file 
> contains
> > several tracks with each track assigned to a channel.
> > 
> > Jack
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > "fakepopster" <raydene@n...> on 01/22/2002 05:01:32 PM
> > 
> > Please respond to disklavier@y...
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> >  Subject:  [disklavier] MX100A won't play converted midi      
> >            file\sequencing woes                               
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> > 
> > I followed the Dkvutils instructions listed in an archived 
message 
> at
> > this site to the letter.  Everything went exactly as described,
> > however, when I attempted to play it, it appears to be reading and
> > playing it but the piano does not move except for one note.
> > 
> > I am using the correctly formatted older DD disks and converting a
> > midi file to an e-seq file.  After I converted it the first time I
> > took a look at the midi file through sequencing software.  Anvil
> > Studio is the software.  The piano was on track eight so that
> > probably explains why I hear nothing on that file.
> > 
> > Then I edited the midi file to have piano on track 1.  The file
> > showed bass and drums on other tracks but is a piano ONLY file and
> > when played on my PC, those tracks didn't seem to contain anything
> > other than an instrument name.  I deleted those tracks except the
> > piano on track 1 and converted the file again.  This is the file 
> that
> > plays one note and appears to keep reading but no sound.
> > 
> > Has anyone experienced anything like this?  Did I miss something
> > easy?  Thanks for any help!
> > 
> > 
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