Disklavier

Good morning, Everyone.

In a message dated 3/3/02 11:07:55 AM, Jeff writes:

<< Hello all
  I have an older upright lavier mx80 series.  I have discovered all 
the the midi files that are available and would love to play them on 
my piano.  I have been able to convert the midi files over to .fil 
files and have made the pianodir on the disk but my player still 
tells me I have an unformatted disk.  I am using 2hd disks, is this 
the problem?  Do I need the double density disks?  I have been able 
to do what I have so far due to this site.  Thanks a million

Jeff >>

Your particular Disklavier requires double-density (DD) disks.

I would like to offer the suggest that you will have a far more enjoyable 
experience with your instrument if you add a Yamaha DSR1 to it. The DSR1 
looks and functions almost exactly like the control unit on a Mark IIXG 
Disklavier. It connects to your old control unit via MIDI. It will give you 
most of the modern Disklavier features, such as support for SMF Type 0 and 1, 
conversions between both types of SMFs and E-SEQ, a built-in tone generator, 
support for HD disks, et cetera.

Regards,
PianoBench