Disklavier

On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 PianoBench@... wrote:

> Currently, Yamaha's CD feature in the Mark III and the DCD1 plays three
> formats of MIDI encoded as audio: PianoSoft Plus Audio (Yamaha), QRS (or Baldwin
> Concertmaster - same format), and PianoDisc. The Yamaha CD units also play
> normal Audio CDs. They do not read MIDI files or data CD-ROMs of any kind.


A few weeks ago, I posted a link to a software utility I've written
which converts MIDI and ESEQ files into WAV files with PianoDisc-style
encoding.  The idea is that you burn the WAV files onto a CD-R using the
CD authoring tool of your choice, then the resulting CD should play on
the piano.

If the Mark III pianos are able to play PianoDisc CDs, it should be
possible for Disklavier owners to make their own CDs using this tool
(just make sure you select PianoDisc format).

Here's the link to the software again:

   http://dp70.dyndns.org/mid2pianocd/

If anyone tries this, please report back to the group on whether it was
successful or not.

If this works, it should be possible to make homemade piano+audio CDs
for the Disklavier using this approach, in conjunction with a decent
audio editor like CoolEdit.


Mark