Disklavier

robert,

thank you very much for your timely and informative reply. it makes 
me appreciate, that much more, the usefulness of a forum such as 
this. thanks, again. 

jpbtacj

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Robert Welcyng <rwelcyng@a...> 
wrote:
> I can answer a few of your questions.
> 
> PianoSoft, PianoSoft Solo, PianoSoft Plus, and PianoSoft Plus XG 
> diskettes are all in E-SEQ format.  E-SEQ files can be converted 
to SMF 
> using the Giebler Utilities (www.giebler.com) or reportedly by the 
> DKVutils downloadable from this Yahoogroup.
> 
> Since the Roland KR series expects 3.5" diskettes with SMFs, I 
doubt 
> that you could play E-SEQ files on the Roland.  You'd likely have 
to 
> convert them to SMFs.
> 
> The Virtuoso Performance products are third party, not Yamaha.  
Their 
> products are advertised as "Compatible with most electronic pianos 
> including Disklavier, Clavinova, PianoDisc, Roland KR, [etc.]"  It 
is 
> not clear to me from their advertising whether their diskettes are 
> available in SMF only or if an E-SEQ version can also be purchased.
> 
> A word of caution regarding PianoSoft Plus and XG:  These include 
MIDI 
> instrument tracks, of course.  In order to hear them exactly as 
Yamaha 
> intended, you may need to play them on the Yamaha (or equal) tone 
> modules for which they were designed.
> 
> The E-SEQ file format used by Yamaha's PianoSoft line was a 
predecessor 
> of the present MIDI standard. PianoSoft diskettes also make a 
feeble 
> attempt at copy protection.  Much of the information in the two 
types of 
> file carries the same meaning.  However, the formats of the files, 
and 
> of the diskettes, are different.  Converting between the two is 
pretty 
> straightforward.
> 
> Your question about the whether the PianoSoft format 
is "proprietary" is 
> one for the lawyers. I wouldn't worry about the issue as there is 
> software available to convert between SMF and E-SEQ.
> 
> jpbtacj wrote:
> > I know this is a disklavier forum but maybe someone here knows...
> > 
> > What degree of compatibility is there between Yamaha 'musicsoft' 
> > titles and Roland KR (intelligent) digitial pianos? I know 
Roland 
> > plays smf (standard midi files) but can they play, for e.g., a 
> > pianosoft solo, xg, or clavisoft title? If so...is playback 
> > equivalent?
> > 
> > Also, within the Yamaha musicsoft site(www.yamahamusicsoft.com), 
> > music is categorized based on instrument--clavinova, disklavier, 
> > etc. Within Clavinova you'll see subcategories such as CueTime, 
& XG 
> > Piano and within Disklavier you'll see subcategories such as 
> > PianoSoft Solo and Virtuoso Performance. The data format for 
> > PianoSoft titles is 'Yamaha pianosoft' but for Virtuoso the data 
> > format is 'Midi Song'. What is the difference? Is 'Yamaha 
pianosoft' 
> > a proprietary format that ONLY Yamaha instruments will play 
> > and 'Midi Song' is non-proprietary, i.e., playable on non Yamaha 
> > instruments? Is Midi Song = SMF?
> > 
> > If there is a one stop resource someone could point me to 
inorder to 
> > sort all of this out, I would appreciate it. 
> > 
> > A confused newbie ;)
> > 
> > thanks, jpbtacj  
> > 
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> Robert Welcyng
> Anchorage, Alaska