Disklavier

Good morning, everyone.

Don asked:

>I would like to take all of my midi file diskettes, including the ones
>purchased from Yamaha and load them into a laptop which would sit on the
>MX80. 

Because your Disklavier will play MIDI received from an external source, you 
can do this. There are various jukebox programs for MIDI, but I am not aware 
of a really good one. Someone else on this list may have a better opinion 
about that.

Carol mentioned the E-SEQ issue. That issue really only affects your ability 
to play E-SEQ files from the computer. Most people who want to play their 
Yamaha files (E-SEQ)  from a computer use a program for converting E-SEQ to 
SMF.

If you hope to play files that require a tone generator for the non-piano 
tracks found in many SMFs, you will need to factor that into your setup. The 
easiest, most integrated way is to add a DSR1 to your Disklavier. The DSR1 
gives you an additional control  unit that functions much like the control 
unit on a Mark IIXG Disklavier. It also contains all of the GM sounds and a 
set of 480 XG sounds. It will also play SMFs directly from floppy disk.

Regards,
PianoBench