Robert,
Thanks for your help. I do have a USB port at the back of my laptop, is it the same as the USB interface you are referring to?
>From: Robert Welcyng
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [disklavier] Laptop
>Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 12:12:59 -0800
>
>Allan,
>
>Yes, you can play your DKV using your laptop. (This task does not
>require a high performance machine at all.) You will need to get an
>external MIDI interface for your laptop. It doesn't sound as though
>your older laptop would have a USB interface, so you will probably want
>a 1 X 1 MIDI interface such as a Midiman Portman PC/P MIDI Interface
>which connects to your computer's parallel port. Once the interface is
>installed, Cakewalk will no longer complain about the lack of a soundcard.
>
>You will need to convert E-SEQ files to MIDI in order to play them using
>Cakewalk as a sequencer. You can convert E-SEQ files to SMF1 (MIDI)
>using the Giebler Utilities (www.giebler.com).
>
>There is not much to setting it all up. Connect the laptop's MIDI
>output to the DKV's MIDI input. Set Cakewalk so that the piano part of
>the file is directed to channel #1 and set the the DKV's MIDI input for
>channel #1. If the file you are playing also has continous pedal data
>directed to channel #3, set the DKV's MIDI Input instead to CH=HP.
>
>Allan Zalamea wrote:
> > Anybody,
> > I have a disklavier that plays only Eseq files. Recently, I have
> > found a 486-dx50 laptop with windows95 but have no sound card in it. Can
> > I use it with my disklavier even without a sound card? I have installed
> > dkvutils program and copy all my eseq files in the hard drive. I try to
> > install cakewalk but won't run because there is no sound card. If I can
> > use the laptop to play my disklavier from the hard drive, can anyone
> > help me with the procedure in setting it up. By the way, I have a midi
> > cable too. Thanks for any help you can give me.
> > Allan (aaz29@...)
> >
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