Allan, You will need the MIDI interface if you wish to drive the DKV and/or the MU-90 Tone Generator from your laptop using a sequencer such as Cakewalk. Think of the tone generator as another instrument in parallel with the DKV. Carol has a good point that you may wish to get a MIDI interface such as a Midiman Portman PC/P MIDI Interface or a Roland interface that attaches to your computer's parallel port. That would avoid the risk of the USB port (on your older model laptop) not being able to supply sufficient power. You would also be able to stay with Win 95. A parallel port is likely to be a little less fuss getting installed than a serial port. A non-USB interface will need to be powered by a wall-wart. Allan Zalamea wrote: > Robert, > > Forgot to tell you that I have a Yamaha MU-90 Tone Generator > attached to my disklavier. Do I still need the midi interface? Thanks > for your time. > > Allan > > >From: Robert Welcyng > >Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com > >To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com > >Subject: Re: [disklavier] Laptop > >Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 09:01:26 -0800 > > > >Allan, > > > >You might consider a MIDISPORT 1X1 made by MidiMan. It does require > >Windows 98. It uses the USB port of your laptop which powers the > >interface, so that you would not need to deal with a "wall-wart" power > >supply. > > > >Allan Zalamea wrote: > > > 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. 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Re: [disklavier] Laptop
2003-04-09 by Robert Welcyng