Disklavier

Good morning, everyone.

In a message dated 4/13/02 10:12:07 PM, Carol writes:

<< I think the CDs work also, 
but the audio and midi are on different channels than the Yamaha disks.  One 
has audio on the Right, and MIDI information on the left; and the other is 
just the opposite.  I know for sure that the QRS cd's work on the Mark II 
Disklaviers with the Midiman conversion box, but I have never tried the 
PianoDisc CDs.>>

To the best of my knowledge, the Mark III and the DCD1 play all other current 
formats of CD audio + MIDI regardless of which part is on which channel. The 
reverse is not true; the other systems will not play Yamaha CDs.

The Yamaha CD system goes well beyond the capability of the other systems by 
offering full, 16-channel, MIDI with the complete spectrum of note 
velocities. In other words, the MIDI data is much higher resolution on the 
Yamaha system.

<<I don't think anyone has figured out a way to take files off the CDs, 
whether they are Yamaha, QRS or PianoDisc, and convert or edit them.  If so, 
I would certainly like to know how the MIDI track was separated from the 
audio track.  That's the reason I think the floppies are more useful than 
CDs.  I didn't buy my Disklavier to listen to people singing, but that's 
just my own preference. >>

I don't have a Mark III on which to try this, but I would be surprised if you 
could not capture the MIDI data of the piano part in real time using a 
computer or external sequencer. (You could certain do this with the DCD1 
because it connects to the Disklavier with MIDI cables.)

On a Mark III, try setting MIDI Out=ESBL Out and PianoPart ESBL Out=On and 
see if the MIDI data comes shooting out the MIDI Out port.

Regards,
PianoBench