Disklavier

Good evening, everyone.

Dan, on the Mac, you use Apple’s Audio MIDI Setup program to establish a computer-to-Bluetooth MIDI device connection. This application is found in Applications : Utilities.

Once that connection is established using this app, any CoreMIDI-compatible app (which is, essentially, all modern Mac MIDI apps) will see that BT MIDI connection as just another device.

This is easy to understand if you can appreciate the fact that Mac MIDI apps don’t talk to the external hardware directly. Instead, they talk to the operating system which, in turn, manages external devices.

Regards,
PianoBench


> On Jun 5, 2017, at 6:50 PM, 'dan oconnor' dano77vette@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> What software do you use on the computer that recognizes Bluetooth for midi.
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> From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>] 
> Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 1:49 PM
> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [disklavier] Disklavier with Protools or MainStage Mac etc.
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> Good afternoon, everyone.
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> I have used the MD-BT01 from Yamaha and the m.1 from Quicco Sound extensively in my studio as well as on the road when doing demos at conferences. I have used these devices with a variety of keyboards, MIDI interfaces, Macs, and iOS devices. Windows support (Windows 10 only, I believe) is relatively new and I have no comment on that.
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> I have generally had good success when using an iOS device in close proximity to the BT adapter.
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> I have not done scientific testing with these devices, but based on my experiences I have intuitively concluded that the following can be troublesome:
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> —distances of 10 or more feet
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> —MIDI files that have SysEx messages within the file (as opposed to a single reset message at the very beginning of the file)
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> —MIDI files that have other setup information on measure 1, beat 1 where there is also a SysEx message
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> I believe that SysEx messages are troublesome in this context and need extra time in order to be transmitted, received, and acted upon. I create a lot of play-along files with General MIDI accompaniment tracks. I have learned to put a GM resent message on measure 1, beat 1, position other setup messages on measure 1, beat 2 or later, and start the actual music in m. 2.
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> I have also encountered situations in which BT MIDI seems to be working just fine and then all of a sudden becomes jittery. Usually the best practice is to do one of the following (1) stop the BT connection and reconnect or (2) power-cycle the BT adapter. Those actions usually clear things up.
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> (1) BT MIDI devices are not paired with your mobile device at the system level. It requires an application to set up a BT MIDI connection. If you power-cycle your mobile device or BT adapter, the connection is lost and must be re-established manually. This behavior is contrary to what we normally experience with BT mice, computer keyboards, and BT speakers which reconnect automatically when powered on.
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> (2) If you are playing a MIDI file on the Disklavier from an external source and there is a track for the piano itself to play, you need to make sure that the Disklavier’s 500 ms delay is turned on. Alternatively, if you are only using the Disklavier’s tone generator for playback, you can turn off the delay.
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>> On Jun 5, 2017, at 12:04 PM, 'dan oconnor' dano77vette@... <mailto:dano77vette@...> [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
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>> Hello Disklavier world:
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>> Purchased a Yamaha blue tooth midi loop and set up my computer to connect with a demo version of Sonar only software that I have found that has Bluetooth support.
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>> The computer connect fine, the playback was “a mess”.   Lag, timing voices were all askew.
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>> I have a wagon grand with a DSR1 attached that works flawlessly with the wire Midisport Uno.
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>> I will effort a solution as it would be great if I could free myself from the wire or possibly move to IPhone control.
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>> Suggestions and ideas welcome.
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>> From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>] 
>> Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 11:36 AM
>> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: [disklavier] Disklavier with Protools or MainStage Mac etc.
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>> Laurence, are you referring to the sounds that you can access with the Voice button on the DKC-850? If so, I know of no way to trigger those sounds by way of an external MIDI command.
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>> However, you can treat the Disklavier has a 16-channel, XG MIDI playback device and set up voices on any 15 of the 16 channels (at least one channel will be designated as the piano itself).
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>> (1) Set up the Disklavier to receive on MIDI channel 1. That will be the piano channel and incoming MIDI data on all other channels will be routed to the XG tone generator.
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>> (2) Set up a MIDI file in ProTools or another sequencer. Put an XG Reset System Exclusive message at the beginning of the MIDI file on channel 1. On measure 1, beat 2, set up patch changes and volume levels (controller 7) for the other sounds that you wish to use, assigning each sound to a unique MIDI channel.
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>> (3) Turn on the sequencer’s MIDI Thru function and route all incoming-MIDI data from the Disklavier to all of the channels to which you have assigned sounds.
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>> (4) Press the Play button in your sequencer in order to send the XG Reset message and the various patch and volume level messages for the other voices. Let your setup measure play one full measure and then press Stop.
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>> (5) At this point, you should be ready to play the notes on the piano. When you do, your note-on messages will be transmitted to your sequencer and will then be looped back to the Disklavier’s XG tone generator.
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>>> On Jun 4, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Laurence Dorazio squirrelmeat@... <mailto:squirrelmeat@...> [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
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>>> Am I the only person that's ever tried using my DKC-850 Disklavier with Protools (11) and / or MainStage or anything like it on a MacBook?
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>>> I'm trying to set something up, so I can easily utilize the built-in "voices" / channels for various sounds and keyboards, where you can just hit "Organ - 60sDrOr3" (which is number 066 from the manual), and several other "presets" like that. We want to use this Disklavier as more than just acoustic piano, since it has everything built in for it.
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>>> Just can't seem to figure out a good way to do that. So my "main goal" is to setup some t ype of software or whatever, that will let me have several "presets" for voices (for instance: 066 60sDrOr2, 012 ElGrPno2, 031 Harpsi. etc.)
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>>> For typical keyboards, there are files that Protools (for instance) recognizes "oh that's a Yamaha MOXF8, therefore this channel, that channel, etc.. is organ, piano, etc." click click
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