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Re: information

2003-05-16 by ralph_specht

I could not find the function "arrange program for PianoDisc" in the 
gnmidi program?  Would you mind telling me where to look?

Thanks.

Ralph Specht

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <carolrpt@h...> 
wrote:
> The MX80 only plays ESEQ files, not MIDI files through the floppy 
disk 
> drive.  Any MIDI file you want to play must first be converted to 
ESEQ using 
> the dkvutil software programs located in the Files section of this 
website.  
> You must also use only the older 720k DD floppy disks - not the HD 
1.44 
> disks that are common.  The MX80 does not have a tone generator, so 
you 
> would have to add one to hear Ensemble sounds.  If the MIDI file 
you 
> downloaded did not have piano parts, you would hear nothing on your 
piano.  
> However, a program like gnmidi, has a feature "arrange program for 
> PianoDisc" that converts a MIDI file to play the tracks on the 
piano in a 
> MIDI 0 file.  Then convert this MIDI 0 file to an ESEQ file and it 
should 
> play on your piano just fine.
> 
> Granted, there are a few extra steps to this process, but the 
software is 
> cheap or free on this website.  BTW, your MX80 would play a MIDI 0 
file from 
> a computer connected to it; just not through the floppy drive.  You 
would 
> need a Jukebox or MIDI Player program and a MIDI interface and MIDI 
cable.
> 
> 
> 
> Carol Beigel
> crbrpt@b...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Manuel Luis Baldaque" <mlbfc@n...>
> >Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> >To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
> >Subject: [disklavier] information
> >Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 02:19:57 +0100 (Hora padrĂ£o de GMT)
> >
> >Thanks for accepting me in the group.
> >
> >I own a yamaha disklavier mx-80.I tried to download midi music,but 
I could 
> >not hear it in the piano.I would like to know what steps I must 
follow.I 
> >appreciate any information concerning this matter.Thank you.
> 
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