Disklavier

thanks for the info...looks like i'll get the DSR1...




-- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, PianoBench@a... wrote:
> Good morning, everyone.
> 
> In a message dated 12/23/02 7:25:49 AM, hedoshedo@y... writes:
> 
> << Looking to buy an older disklavier for my mother,a 1997 
> MX80..upright,,,does not have XG tone generator. saw two options 
to 
> add.. a KMU50 or a DSR1...what would be the best/most economical 
to 
> use?...i want to be able to have it play the same files as my MKII 
> baby grand I own....thanks in advance... >>
> 
> I strongly encourage you to get it with the DSR1 instead of the 
KMU50. Both 
> units have essentially the same sound set. However, the DSR1 has 
its own 
> control unit that supports Standard MIDI Files as well as high 
density disks. 
> Those two features have been such a standard in the music and 
computer 
> industries for so many years, that I think that your mother may 
find her 
> Disklavier to be crippled without them. If she only purchases 
> Yamaha-published software, she may not notice the need for these 
features 
> right away. But sooner or later, I bet she will find the need for 
them.
> 
> Regards,
> PianoBench