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Re: [disklavier] Re: Playing downlaoding files

2002-11-16 by Robert Welcyng

PG Music's Power Tracks is inexpensive and will enable you to edit MIDI 
files.  Various Cakewalk applications will also.  You may also be able 
to find a shareware program.

A slight clarification: MIDI has 128 valid velocity values.  Zero is the 
lowest and means "note off"; 127 is the highest value.

thegorens wrote:
> Thanks,
> 
> The information you provided was very helpful.  I knew the veloset 
> program existed, but wasn't sure exactly what the velocity was 
> supposed to be set too.
> 
> Does anybody know of a good basic midi program for making basic 
> modifications such as changing what tracks will play on the piano?
> 
> Rob
> 
> --- In disklavier@y..., "Carol Beigel" <carolrpt@h...> wrote:
> 
>>The highest MIDI velocity than can be played has a value of 128. 
> 
> Many MIDI 
> 
>>files downloaded from the internet were created on an electronic 
> 
> keyboard, 
> 
>>and yes this can be very damaging to your piano. I find the best 
> 
> range is 
> 
>>between 60 and 75.
>>
>>Carol Beigel
>>crbrpt@b...
>>
>>
>>>From: "thegorens" <goren@m...>
>>>Reply-To: disklavier@y...
>>>To: disklavier@y...
>>>Subject: [disklavier] Playing downlaoding files
>>>Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:29:18 -0000
>>>
>>>Most of the MIDI files that I download off the internet bang the 
>>
> keys
> 
>>>of the piano very hard when I play them on the Disklavier.  Does
>>>anyone have any suggestions for how to optimize MIDI files for a
>>>Disklavier?  Can it be damaging to the piano to play files off the
>>>internet that cause the keys of the Disklavier to be pressed too
>>>hardly?
>>>
>>>Rob
>>>
>>
>>
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Robert Welcyng
Anchorage, Alaska

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