Disklavier

Umm.. many thanks to Todd Muncy, who IS the moderator and setting up this 
website and list.  The nice thing about having a Disklavier USERS list is 
that we all use this wonderful product in different ways.  Not even the 
technicians come close to the collective knowledge of this group when it 
comes to actually playing with all the many things these instruments can do!

Since you would need a MIDI interface to connect between a computer and your 
DKV, it will only cost you the price of an extra MIDI cable ($3?) to find 
out if the the ensemble sounds play on your PSR 2000 keyboard. I suspect it 
will do just fine.  The ensemble sounds would also play through the 
soundcard on the computer.

The only way to upgrade the MarkII Disklavier is the DSR1.  However, the 
Mark II Disklavier will play standard MIDI 0 files.  If your keyboard works 
for the ensemble sounds, you are all set!

There is no software that will drive the DKV from a computer that supports 
.fil (ESEQ)files.  However, you can convert the ESEQ files to SMF 0 
(standard MIDI 0) files which ARE supported by many software programs 
ranging in price from $29 to $600.  Cakewalk will work very nicely.

Hope the picture is getting clearer for you.  I know it took me at least 3 
years to learn what I think I know about these DKVs, and I'm sure that there 
is a lot more than what I know yet to learn!

Carol Beigel
crbrpt@...


>From: "Budds" <bwije@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: "'Suresh Mysore'" <suresh@...>, <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [disklavier] RE: DKV's
>Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 22:44:17 +0600
>
>Hi,
>
>Many thanks to all who sent me valuable information. I hope to purchase
>the said Disklavier next month. As a new comer to the Disklavier field
>all the information sent to me where quite useful. Special thanks to the
>Moderator, Carol Beigel (who sent me the disk utilities program) and
>Suresh Mysore with whom we have been talking about tone generators.
>
>2) Does any one use a PSR 2000 or similar Keyboard with the Disklavier
>mark II? Would like to know whether Pianosoft Plus works correctly with
>it? Such as giving the correct sound etc.
>
>3) Also, any suggestions how to upgrade my Disklavier unit DKC100R Mark
>II to get XG and general Midi? Moderator says it can but does this mean
>exchanging the units or a kind of a chip upgrade? Also the a cost
>indication.
>
>4) What is the computer program that can drive a disklavier through Midi
>using a laptop? I have cakewalk but it does not support *.FIL files but
>supports Midi files and works well with the PSR keyboards. Would this
>work with the Disklavier using MIDI?
>
>Rgds
>Budds.
>
>
>


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