Disklavier

If your Disklavier is a MarkIIXG or newer, it has a To Host port on the back 
of the control box, and you would not need a MIDI interface.  I have 
connected a Mac laptop with a $3 serial cable.  To use a PC, you need the 
$10 CBX cable and the free driver from the Yamaha web site.

Carol Beigel


>From: Robert Welcyng <rwelcyng@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [disklavier] Using a laptop with Disklavier
>Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 06:25:59 -0800
>
>Great idea!  You need to buy an external MIDI interface such as a
>Midiman Portman External Parallel MIDI Interface for the PC, a MIDI
>cable, and a sequencer such as PG Music's Power Tracks.
>
>With Power Tracks, you will be able to reassign the channels and modify
>the velocities of files you have downloaded.  You will be able to play
>Type 1 MIDI files.
>
>Your setup also offers the potential of keeping your PianoSoft
>collection in MIDI format and storing them on HD, CD-ROM (if you have a
>drive), or ZIP disk.
>
>
>Buddhika wrote:
>
> > Interesting one.. I was thinking of connecting my old laptop (486) to
> > the disklavier but does not know how. It has Serial and parallel ports
> > only and has no USB. Could someone send me a diagram of the device I
> > need to make or get.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Budds
> >
> >


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