Disklavier

Thank you for reminding me that the MX80 does not have a tone generator, and 
that Eseq format is only for using the floppy disk drive. Of course any DKV 
will play midi data on channel 1 (and maybe channel 2 as well?) from a 
computer.

It seems to me that you would be able to insert a Yamaha Eseq floppy disk 
into the DKV, push Play button, and record to a computer using the MIDI Out, 
thereby creating a midi file of whatever was on the disk.  Then you could 
use a Midi Player or Jukebox program to create playlists of the midi files 
you made from your Yamaha disks.

I think 3 midi jukebox players work all right.  The free one, van Basco's 
Karaoke player; Midi Plus 2.17 (shareware by Haris Volos) and Nick 
Gravagne's Midi Box Player ($9.95).

The trick to using van Basco's Karaoke player is to click the little note in 
the top left corner to access the setup and playlist functions.  This 
program is available for free download from Spencer Chase's website 
http://www.spencerserolls.com/Free.html

Carol Beigel
crbrpt@...

>From: wsc@...
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [disklavier] USING A PC FOR JUKE BOX ON MX80
>Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:48:01 -0500
>
>Carol & Don
>
>I have an MX88, which I believe has the same operating system as Don's
>MX80.  Mine will play midi files from my laptop via the MIDI IN port on the
>back of the DKV control unit.  I use a Mac laptop, but I don't see why that
>should change anything. I use ELogic's MicroLogic AV as a sequencer, since
>it lets me change midi channels and velocity settings. You are right,
>Carol, that the floppy disc drive on the control unit will only play (and
>record) ESEQ files, but I record midi files on my laptop via the DKV's MIDI
>OUT, thus bypassing the whole problem of ESEQ.
>
>Winfield Clark
>
>
>
> >Your MX80 does not play standard midi files.  If it did, you could use 
>one
> >of many available jukebox programs.  However, an MX80 only plays Yamaha'a
> >proprietary format, ESEQ files.  If you were to write a jukebox program 
>to
> >play Eseq files, we would all be most gratefull!  No one seems to have 
>done
> >that yet.
> >
> >Carol Beigel
> >crbrpt@...
> >
> >
> >>From: Don Shifris <don@...>
> >>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> >>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> >>Subject: [disklavier] USING A PC FOR JUKE BOX ON MX80
> >>Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 11:07:35 -0700
> >>
> >>I've been a member of this very helpful group for about a year and don't
> >>recall seeing any information on this subject.
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>Then write a program to randomly select files to be sent to the piano 
>via
> >>Cakewalk or some other midi software product.
> >>
> >>Has anyone done this?
>
>


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