Disklavier

If you want a "quick and dirty" (and effective) way to adjust
velocities, try the veloset program.  It is part of the DKVUTILS suite
of programs available in the Files section of the group site.
Here is a link directly to the file:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/disklavier/files/Utility%20Programs/dkvuti
ls.zip.  By right clicking on this link, you should be able to save it
right to your hard drive.
 
Enjoy,
Todd
Disklavier-owner@yahoogroups.com 
Http://MuncyFamily.com <http://muncyfamily.com/>  
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: bdpotts [mailto:bdpotts@...] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 5:55 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] New Member and a response for MIDI velocity
 
Hi everyone,

I just joined the group today.  I've had a Yamaha DC2S grand for a 
little over 2 years now.  For those not familiar with the model 
numbers it is a C2 grand with the Disklavier and the silent option.

I love the silent option because I can practice at night while the 
kids are sleeping.

I don't have a whole lot to offer to the original poster of the MIDI 
velocity question, but I do have a "reverse" observation.

I have downloaded several MIDI piano pieces for the piano.  I learned 
quickly that you don't just download and play it on the piano.  
People who sequence these pieces must play them back on their 
computer instead of an analog device like the disklavier because the 
velocity is almost always set near the maximum (usually above 120, I 
see 127 a LOT).

If you've ever played something with this velocity on a Disklavier 
Grand, you know it is LOUD (and the little bit of volume that you can 
adjust doesn't cut it).

I've found I need to adjust MIDI velocities down around 80.  I 
haven't found an easy way to do this (I have Cakewalk Home Studio).

Other interesting MIDI to disklavier items I have found:

1.  People who sequence tend to "pedal off" and "pedal on" so quickly 
that the piano can't actually respond, leading to a "pedal on" all 
the time.  There needs to be some "clicks" (referring to 
bar/beat/click in cakewalk) in order for the piano to physically get 
the pedal off before it goes back on.

2. Sequencers that produce a seperate left and right hand 
create "pedal on" and "pedal off" events for both the left and right 
hand.  This is great for a MIDI device, but totally confuses a piano 
with only one pedal.  It usually results in a "pedal on" all the time 
situation. with an occasional "pedal off" if both the left and right 
hand have the pedal off at the same time.

3. Many times the piano part is not channel 1 and 2 (for left and 
right hand) I have had the piano play the part of a different 
instrument and have the piano part coming out of the speaker.  This 
is actually pretty easy to change though.

At first the music I played on the piano wasn't very pleasing.  Now 
after making these changes to different pieces it's much better.  

One interesting thing I did this past halloween was to download a 
bunch of "scary" music.  Our piano is near a window by our front 
door.  The piano was playing the music all evening by itself, like 
the ghost and Mr. Chicken (actually this is one of the pieces I 
had).  It was pretty funny.

Thanks for the forum.

Brian





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