Disklavier

Thanks!!!

That ought to do it.


--- In disklavier@y..., PianoBench@a... wrote:
> Good morning, everyone.
> 
> In a message dated 1/24/02 11:47:26 AM, John writes:
> 
> << I have a new DC3A. When I try to slow the tempo on music played 
from 
> a floppy disk, it will slow only to 50%.  For very fast pieces this 
> may be still too fast if I am trying to analyze a segment to 
improve 
> my playing of the piece.  I have a Clavinova and it will go as slow 
> as I want.  Any tips? >>
> 
> I do not know the reasoning of the Disklavier engineers for sure, 
but I 
> suspect that they limited normal playback tempos to -50% and +20% 
in order to 
> be confident that all files will play without problems within this 
tempo 
> range and still sound reasonably good. Unlike the Clavinova, the 
Disklavier 
> is a mechanical instrument. As a result, any tempo changes that 
result in 
> very fast speeds might result in dropped notes.
> 
> This might explain why +20% is the top end. But, I see no 
performance reason 
> why the tempos should not go lower than -50%.
> 
> Except for Yamaha's copy-protected software, you can do an editing 
trick on 
> the Disklavier to set tempos outside of the normal boundaries. To 
do so, I 
> suggest that you work with a copy of your original file.
> 
> --Push Record.
> --Use the backward Song Select button to select the song file in 
question.
> --Push Metronome.
> --Set a new tempo with the + or - buttons.
> --Push Stop.
> --Push Enter to save the changes.
> 
> At this point, you have rerecorded the default tempo. You can play 
back the 
> file at this new tempo, and you can also use the normal tempo 
control to 
> deviate -50% and +20% from this new tempo.
> 
> If you want to change your edit or to reset the file to its 
original 
> condition, you can repeat the process.
> 
> Regards,
> PianoBench