Disklavier

I don't think you have a problem.  The DOS copy utility (DKcopy) makes an 
exact copy of your original PianoSoft disk with the exception of the first 
boot sector so your computer can see it.  The files on the copy (.fil) can 
be seen by your computer. The files on the original PianoSoft disk cannot be 
seen by your computer so you don't have to worry too much about overwriting 
the original. Use the write protect tab on the original before you even put 
it into your computer.

You can do the archiving in several ways.  You can make 2 copies of each 
diskette - one to save .fil files and the other to to convert to midi files. 
Once you have used the utility to make the first copy, the second copy can 
be made from the first one like any other disk you wish to copy using Disk 
Copy. Or just make a folder on your hard drive and copy the .fil files to 
it.  That way you can keep using the same diskette over and over.  Use 
subdirectories with the disk catalog number so you maintain exact copies of 
your original disks. Then burn the whole directory to a CD.  You are simply 
archiving a copy of all your songs in ESEQ format.

To make MIDI copies of the files you want to put in your play lists, copy 
the .fil files to a diskette, then run the convert program.  Each .fil file 
on this diskette then beomes a .mid file.  That is where my caution about 
overwriting files comes from!  Again, make a directory on your hard drive to 
store the midi files and copy them from the diskettes.

Just remember that as you create your own diskettes, not to mix file 
formats.  Put only .fil files on a disk, or just MIDI format 0 files on a 
disk, or MIDI format 1 files on a disk.  The Disklavier will only play files 
like the first one it sees on a disk.

I have a FAT32 formatted 40 gig hard drive, use Windows 98 and have no 
problems.  Just restart the computer in DOS mode and everything works great. 
  I bought a case of disks, made copies of the originals and put them away.  
I probably have a few thousand MIDI files I have collected from the Internet 
and I just store those on my hard drive, and of course, have burned a data 
CD to back them up!   You can't play MIDI files directly from a CD anyway in 
a Disklavier, so the CD is simply used to back up the data.

Carol Beigel


>From: "ubec2002" <ubec2002@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [disklavier] Re: USB to Midi In/Out
>Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 04:06:20 -0000
>
>Do I need DOS 6.22 or earlier?  Reason for asking is that my hardisk
>is FAT32 and over 2Gb.  That means if I boot with DOS 6.22 or
>earlier, I can't copy the .fil files over to my Hard Drive since the
>OS won't see it.
>
>I guess I can always use another diskette (with copy a: b: command)
>before converting it to midi.  I sure don't want to overwrite my
>original diskettes.
>
>Thanks again for this one.  It would have been a major disaster :-)
>
>
>
>--- In disklavier@y..., "Carol Beigel" <carolrpt@h...> wrote:
> > The disk copy and convert programs only run in DOS.  Not a Window
>in DOS,
> > but real DOS. Reboot your computer using the DOS prompt. The
>diskettes you
> > need should be IBM formatted.  Then, your computer will see the
>files.  The
> > PianoSoft files will have the extension .fil.  Then convert them to
>MIDI
> > files.  If you use the same disk, the .fil files will be
>overwritten by the
> > .mid files.
> > Just to give you a heads-up! :)
> >
> > Carol Beigel
> >
> >
>
>




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