Disklavier

Good afternoon, everyone.

In a message dated 12/31/02 1:52:55 PM, Bas from Holland writes:

<< i have a Yamaha disklavier, i'm trying to 
download files but they doesn't work on my diskklavier??
What can i do?
I downloaded some files to a 3,5 disk, then put it into the 
diskklavier and it constatly says: unformatted disk?
can someone help me?............it seems that i can't put the disks from my 
diskklavier into my 
computer floppy drive, is this true?? my comp floppydrive can't read 
files from them, what can i do??..............my unit type is: DKC 5R>>

If your control unit is DKC5R, your Disklavier is an MX80 series instrument. 
This means that it only reads double-density disks and Yamaha's E-SEQ song 
file format. It will not read high density disks nor will it read Standard 
MIDI Files (SMFs).

Although many on this list will recommend (and kindly assist you in) 
converting SMFs to E-SEQ files, help you find sources for double-density 
disks, and make suggestions for how to attach a tone generator to your 
instrument, my recommendation is that you add a Yamaha DSR1 to your 
Disklavier. This unit will provide you with a built-in tone generator, the 
ability to read both types of SMFs (as well as record type 0), and access to 
high density disks. Except for Yamaha-published software, you will be able to 
go back and forth between computer and Disklavier.

Regards,
PianoBench