Disklavier

You need to get yourself some genuine 720k disketes.  I buy mine from 
www.shoplet.com by the case.  Either unformatted ones (for using the Giebler 
software) or the IBM formatted for the DKV utilities are fine.

The floppy disk drive in your control box on your MX80 (DKCR5)will only play 
double density, 720k disks.  However, the control box has both a MIDI IN and 
a MIDI Out port on the backside.  THis leads me to believe that your piano 
would both record and playback MIDI files to and from a computer that was 
connected via a MIDI interface to your control box.

Usually a driver for your PC comes with your MIDI interface. IF you have a 
fancy soundcard in your computer, it may have already come with a pigtail 
that plugs into the joystick port of the soundcard on your computer.

I think there are only two ways to play MIDI files on your MX80.  One way is 
through the floppy disk drive, but you will have to convert the MIDI files 
to ESEQ files using the DKVutil program and use 720k diskettes.  The other 
way will be to purchase the appropriate MIDI interface and play them from a 
computer connected to your Disklavier.  YOu could also experiment by 
inserting the Yamaha disks you have, and while they are playing, set the 
MIDI to KYBD OUT and record the piano performance in realtime in your new 
sequencing software to create a MIDI file.  You could then put the songs you 
have on Yamaha disks into playlists.

Carol Beigel


For software, something very simple would do - starting at $19.  Cakewalk 
Express and ProAudio Tracks 8.0 would probably work.  For about $100 you can 
get a copy of Yamaha's XG Works 3.0.  And the prices go up from there!


>From: "djsammy_33629" <djsammy_33629@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [disklavier] New user MX80
>Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 02:47:08 -0000
>
>I just bought an MX80 for $5400 in florida.... It is one of the older
>units that I understand only plays eseq files... My unit is DKC5R.
>
>I do not have any single density disks, so I tried "tricking" it by
>covering the hole on the lower left... I formated it using windows98
>as 720 and then ran the dkvutilities included in the files here...
>(Very good documentation)  I placed the disk in the disklavier and it
>said 'Convert disk'... so I formated it on the unit (thanks
>slickfix2) then I re-ran the dkvutilities .. now it just shows number
>1  but does not play.... Have I missed something or could it be I
>just need to use the real single density disks?
>
>Also, what hardware and software would be needed to hook my laptop to
>the device to use instead of these old floppies?
>
>Thank you...
>




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