Disklavier

All CD's will play on the Mark III.
--- Carol Beigel <carolrpt@...> wrote:
> When your DKV see a floppy disk, it knows it is
> looking for MIDI 
> information.  When it sees a CD, it is looking for
> audio information.  On 
> the older Mark IIXG, you could buy (for $300) an
> analog-to-MIDI converter 
> from QRS to play their CDs on the Disklavier.
> 
> There are only two channels, so on the Yamaha the
> MIDI data is on one 
> channel, and the audio is on the other.  For
> PianoDisc, it is the same thing 
> but they use the opposite channels from Yamaha.
> 
> The MarkIII is using some really cool converter that
> not only plays MIDI 
> data off the CD, but can transpose the audio data to
> follow the MIDI.  For 
> example, when Simon and Garfunkle are singing the
> first song on the sample 
> CD, you can push the Transpose button and their
> singing (audio) follows the 
> (MIDI) transposition both up and down the scale.
> 
> I don't think you can play PianoDisc CDs with the
> MarkIII, but you should be 
> able to play the QRS ones.
> 
> Carol Beigel
> crbrpt@...
> 
> >From: "bikerbill44 <bikerbil@...>"
> <bikerbil@...>
> >Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> >To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [disklavier] difference in CD and floppy
> drives
> >Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 00:15:41 -0000
> >
> >We have a Disklavier Mark III Series DC2A. I find
> no problem
> >downloading midi music files and putting them on a
> floppy and
> >playing them on the Disklavier, but today I tried
> to place the same
> >midi files on a CD and it won't play in the
> Disklavier. They are the
> >same midi files and both CD and floppy play fine on
> my computer but
> >what is the difference with the Disklavier? Does
> the CD need some
> >different form of file or special format?
> >
> >FYI we bought the piano last Sept 2001 for our 35th
> Wedding
> >Anniversary and my wife really enjoys playing it. I
> show friends how
> >well I play, only I use the Disklavier. They are
> impressed with
> >either one of our playing (I think my wife
> impresses them more
> >though!).
> >
> >Bill and Barb in PA.
> >
> 
> 
>
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