Disklavier

Hello George

 

Sorry for the delay in replying.  I have attached a diagram of my setup.  It is necessary to have a WIFI network to connect the Windows laptop to the Wireless USB port sharing station.  The laptop apparently can’t be directly wirelessly connected to the USB port sharing station.  The USB wireless port sharing station comes with software to be installed on the Windows laptop.  The Yamaha USB driver is also installed on the laptop.  When you open up the IOGear software, it finds the DKV and all you do is press the connect button and, voila, the laptop midi plays the piano.

 

I previously mentioned that I had set up a dedicated WIFI network between the laptop and a piano-mounted router because I was having interference problems on my main wifi network – pauses in playing and consequent bunching of notes – but only very occasionally.  I have now gotten rid of the router and have the USB port sharing station connected to a network extender that I had also previously mounted under the piano to enable the DKV to connect to the internet.  This amounts to cascaded network extenders, which apparently is not recommended – but it works.

 

The current setup, per the diagram,  seems to be working just as well as the previous dedicated network – ie, still an occasional glitch.  The Linksys network extender (see diagram) seems to be a better unit than the Netgear network extender (which is now some years old) so I might eventually invest in a second Linksys network extender to see if that solves the problem of occasional glitches.  I haven’t abandoned the dedicated network just yet, as I need a room full of people and their phone devices to see if any interference is caused to my WIFI network.  I can certainly cause it to have heart palpitations if I run a couple of sessions of speedtest.net on other network-connected computers at the same time as playing the DKV from the laptop.

 

I am investigating the Mio4 that you gave me a link to, so that I might avoid the settings “dance”.  Have you used one of these devices for that purpose?  I am awaiting a response to a couple of questions from iConnectivity tech support, before buying one of these units.

 

I hope that this is of some help to you and others.

 

Kind regards

 

Geoff Ward

 

 

From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: Monday, 24 July 2017 10:49 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Downloading MIDI files from computer to Mark IV

 

  

Good morning, everyone.

 

Geoff, I am interested in your use of the Wireless USB Hub. The specs suggest that it connects to the computer over wi-fi. However, to work with a MIDI app, it seems to me that the device must be recognized by the computer as a USB device. Does it require special computer software to run?

 

BTW, you might be able to avoid the “dance,” changing your Disklavier’s settings back and forth between MIDI and USB if you get this MIDI interface which bridges USB MIDI and DIN MIDI:

 

https://www.iconnectivity.com/products/midi/mio4

 

Regards,

PianoBench

 

 

On Jul 23, 2017, at 8:31 PM, 'Geoff Ward' gward1211@... <mailto:gward1211@...>  [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> > wrote:

 

 

Michael

 I have the same setup – DC3 MkIV and a Windows 10 laptop.  I also use and iPad – more on that later.  

 I find it best to play midi files from the laptop, rather than by down-loading them to the DKV hard drive.  You get a much improved interface for creating playlists.  Imho, the best software  to run on your Win 10 computer is VanBasco’s Karake Player.  You can download this program for free from the web.  VanBasco looks to the files in your folder tree structure and allows you to very easily create playlists of your choosing.  I connect my laptop and DKV together wirelessly, using an IOGEAR Wireless USB 4 port sharing station - see   <https://www.iogear.com/product/GUWIP204> https://www.iogear.com/product/GUWIP204  This device plugs into the USB port on the I/O centre of the DKV and connects to a router I have mounted under the piano.  I have created a dedicated WIFI network just between the laptop and the piano-mounted router.  Make sure you select the correct midi input in the setup screen of the DKV ie, USB in this case.  There could now be better hardware solutions than what I am using.


I also use  an iPad Pro with the Sweetmidi app to play midi files saved onto the iPad.  This is a very nice solution as well.  I connect wirelessly to the DKV using a Yamaha Bluetooth MD-BT01 wireless midi adapter.  This device plugs into the MIDI ports of the DKV -need to change the DKV Midi input setting to MIDI.  To run this Bluetooth device, you will need a modern laptop which supports the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol (BLE).  My laptop won’t connect to the Yamaha Bluetooth device, but my iPad will and so will my partner’s newer Windows 10 laptop.


Hope this helps.


Kind regards


Geoff


 


 

 

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Sent: Monday, 24 July 2017 5:17 AM
To:  <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] Downloading MIDI files from computer to Mark IV

 

  

I have a Mark IV.  I would like to transfer solo piano MIDI files direct from a notebook computer to my Disklavier to play.   Chapter 7 [p. 92] of the Advanced Operating Manual "Setting Up The Disklavier for MIDI Data Reception (MIDI IN) advises to install the USB driver to the connected device [in this case, the connected computer is a Lenovo notebook running Windows 10 - 64 bit].

 

The YAMAHA Disklavier USB driver download to my device was completed and I have connected the USB cable from the USB port from the notebook to the Disklavier I/O center.

 

I have downloaded several solo piano only MIDI files to my computer that I want have play on the Disklavier.  I now need help in completing the steps necessary to make the piano play direct from the notebook.    The manual goes into detail about selecting channels and I know nothing about that.  I would like some guidance from here before I begin arbitrarily punching buttons and tapping the prc-100 screen.  Any possibilities that some of you may lend some guidance to this tech-novice?   Need to know 1) if I have the proper cable?  2) what initiates the transfer of data? 3) what steps do I take in order to have the files transfered?   

 

I would like to learn how to construct playlists and be able to have the ability to have numerous files for continuous, uninterrupted playing.  

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thanks to all,   

 

Michael Brauning

Dover, Ohio