Disklavier

Hi Carol

The Pianosoft disks have a blank Boot Sector. I used to use Norton 
Utils (a bit editor) in DOS to copy a good Boot Sector to the 
Pianosoft disk. That way the PC could read it. I also had a friend 
write a program for the Atari PC which did the same as DKVutils. 

Midi Magic


--- In disklavier@y..., "Carol Beigel" <carolrpt@h...> wrote:
> The Disklavier floppy disk can be formatted in two ways.  Yamaha's 
> proprietary format, ESEQ, does something to the first sector on the 
disk so 
> that your PC cannot see it.  If you have a MarkIIXG system, the 
floppy can 
> also be formatted in a standard MIDI format, SMF format 0.  The 
ESEQ format 
> allows for about 50 songs, and the MIDI format would allow for 
about 99 
> songs - depending on how large the files.
> 
> In the files of this web site is a utility program called 
dkvutils.  It 
> allows you to make a copy of a PianoSoft disk that your PC can 
see.  The 
> songs will have the .fil extension.  Unless your have  MarkIIXG or 
newer, 
> your Disklavier MUST use the old style 720k double density floppies.
> 
> There is a huge difference between the MarkII and the MarkIIXG 
Disklavier 
> systems.    The Mark II can only use 720k floppy disks, will record 
only in 
> ESEQ format, but will also playback SMF format 0 MIDI files.  If 
you 
> download SMF format 1 files from the internet, you would have to 
convert 
> them to format 0 or ESEQ to play them on a Mark II.  You would also 
need an 
> add-on tone generator to play ensemble sounds.    The MarkIIXG has 
a control 
> box model DKC500RXG.  It records in both ESEQ and SMF mode and can 
use high 
> density 1.44 M disks formatted in either the Disklavier or the PC.  
It plays 
> ESEQ and SMF formats 0 and 1 and also has a built-in tone 
generator - hence 
> the XG sounds.
> 
> If you have a MarkII, you can always purchase a DSR-1 control box 
that will 
> upgrade the system to a MarkIIXG.
> 
> Carol Beigel
> crbrpt@b...
> 
> 
> >From: "khanba" <hanbak@h...>
> >Reply-To: disklavier@y...
> >To: disklavier@y...
> >Subject: [disklavier] Disk Format for Disklavier
> >Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:05:49 -0000
> >
> >I have just purchased a used DC3 with a Mark II Disklavier system.
> >I was trying to read the files on a disklavier floppy on my PC
> >computer.  I am told the disk is not formated (not true).  I am
> >questioning if the Disklavier Mark II uses Mac file format? Is 
there
> >a way to read PC formated disks on the Disklavier?
> >
> >Ken
> >
> 
> 
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