Disklavier

Hello PianoBench,

Referring to the two choices in your last paragraph, could you kindly 
elaborate on the differences. I went with the second set to play 
downloaded MIDI files and have always wondered about the first set.

Some of the MIDI files are very very loud. I had the same worry that 
my piano might get ruined by these files. I know Veloset can be good 
for piano solo files but remain unsure about what is the "tested and 
true" thing to do with non-solo files. Thanks for sharing your 
knowledge.

Regards,
Bin Kuei



--- In disklavier@y..., PianoBench@a... wrote:
> Good afternoon, everyone.
> 
> In a message dated 9/22/02 12:38:46 PM, DrSwiney writes:
> 
> << The model is DGA1PE.  It was the "item number" in my invoice.
> 
> I have attached Bird in a Gilded Cage.  Whatever that sound is it 
is not a 
> piano.
> 
> Thanks for offering to solve my problem. >>
> 
> I am sorry that it took me so long to look at the file that you 
sent. The 
> problem is this: there are several tracks in the file and they are 
all set to 
> a piano voice. I suspect that your Disklavier is set up so that it 
is playing 
> one or two of these tracks and that the remaining tracks are being 
played by 
> your tone generator.  The sound of the General MIDI piano voice, 
coming 
> through speakers, is inferior to your instrument's native sound 
(i.e. hammers 
> hitting strings) and is giving you the "twanging" sound to which 
you refer.
> 
> To see what I am talking about, pop the disk into your Disklavier 
and select 
> the song in question. Then, press the Right Arrow button (not the 
Song Select 
> button). This will take you to the next page of information about 
the current 
> song. You will be able to see the 16 possible channels of MIDI data 
> represented by little circles across the bottom. If you play the 
song, you 
> will notice that many of these light up when there is activity on a 
> particular channel.
> 
> You will also notice designations for L= and R=. These designation 
show your 
> Disklaviers determination of which parts it should play on the 
piano itself. 
> All other parts will be played on the tone generator. If you use 
the Arrow 
> buttons to select L and R, you can use the +/- buttons to change 
these 
> values. (The change is only temporary when made on this screen.) If 
you set 
> R=## (i.e. no channel) and L=PRG(ALL) (i.e. all channels with a 
piano group 
> voice) and then play the song file, you will hear all of the parts 
played by 
> the piano.
> 
> In the case of this particular song, the performance is rather loud 
and 
> mechanical, but the twang will go away.
> 
> To fix this situation so that most files play correctly 
automatically do this:
> 
> --press Function
> --use the Right Arrow button to go to MIDI Setup
> --press Enter to enter the MIDISetup area
> --press Enter again to enter the PianoPart area
> --press the Right Arrow button until you get to the screen that 
shows the 
> default settings for L= and R=
> 
> At this point, you can either set L=PRG and R=PRG or set L=PRG(ALL) 
and R=##. 
> There are subtle distinctions between the two choices and neither 
one will be 
> the right one 100% of the time. I usually use the first option. For 
this 
> particular file to have worked correctly by default, however, it 
would have 
> been necessary to have chosen the second option.
> 
> Regards,
> PianoBench