Disklavier

Will the DVD1 work with the new PianoSmart software?

-Rob

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Rubens Family" <fdrubens@r...> 
wrote:
> Good morning Carol
> 
> I have a Mark IIXG baby grand. I purchased a piano soft plus audio 
CD from Yamaha - I knew my system is not compatible, but I was going 
to try to fiddle with the CD.
> 
> In this particular recording, I am not interested in the 
accompanying audio file (solo voice), but rather the piano part, and 
I want to transpose it about a third.
> 
> Is it possible to take these tracks off the CD and put them on 
floppy for me to use with my current disklavier?
> Fraser
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Carol Beigel 
>   To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 6:22 PM
>   Subject: RE: [disklavier] UPgrade floppy to CD
> 
> 
>   You cannot upgrade  a Mark II to a MarkIII disklavier. However, 
you can 
>   update any Disklavier to have most of the goodies that are 
available to play 
>   floppy and CD music available from Yamaha's PianoSoft collection.
> 
>   The first upgrade is the DSR1 control box which updates a MarkII 
and earlier 
>   to a MarkIIXG system that  provides XG sounds, playing and 
recording of 
>   standard MIDI files, using both DD and HD floppy disks, flash 
memory 
>   software updates, and at least 1 memory disk.  The second 
upgrade is the 
>   DCD1 CD player.
> 
>   The newest upgrade for all systems is Piano Smart - the ability 
to record, 
>   or playback a prerecorded piano performance, on a floppy disk 
with the 
>   Disklavier playing along with an audio CD using the MTC (MIDI 
Time Code).  
>   This upgrade for the MarkIII Disklaviers is now available as 
version 4.45, 
>   but a new version, 4.46 will have a different loader program.  
The 
>   PianoSmart update for all other Disklaviers will be available 
very, very 
>   soon.
> 
>   In order to run PianoSmart on any Disklavier older than a 
MarkIII, you will 
>   need to have 8 meg of memory.  Don't rush to obtain this memory 
until Yamaha 
>   releases its final instructions and the list of CDs that will 
sound the best 
>   on DKVs that are not MarkIIIs.  You probably already have the 
required 
>   memory if the model number of your control box has a "W" in it, 
i.e. 
>   DKC500RW; or has Smart Key; or EMK-1; or is running a 2.22 
version of the 
>   software.  For those of us with MX100IIXG running version 1.44 
of the 
>   software, we will need the memory upgrade in the form of a new 
control 
>   board.  The price and distribution of this hardware will be 
released by 
>   Yamaha soon.  Don't do anything, now!
> 
>   What the MarkIII brought to Disklaviers was built-in audio 
(people singing 
>   on CDs) that is transposable, built-in Ensemble sounds with 
speakers, 16 
>   different memory disks, and included the Smart Key and Silent 
features built 
>   in.  Two of these features cannot be upgraded to - the Silent 
system and 
>   transposable audio.  MarkIIIs can compensate if the pitch of the 
audio CD is 
>   not the A440 standard; older models cannot.  Therefore, Yamaha 
will be 
>   providing a list the of the PianoSmart CDs that will sound best 
for your 
>   listening enjoyment!  Back in the olden days when so much of 
this audio was 
>   created, there was not digital audio.  The pitch is at the mercy 
of the 
>   motor speed on the tape drive the original analog signal was 
recorded.  
>   Also, a song could be speeded up to make it fit on a vinyl 
record or CD.  
>   Recording studios don't always get their pianos tuned, etc.  
Whatever the 
>   reasons, many audio CDs and cassette tapes do not produce a 
true, standard 
>   pitch.  It is amazing that the technology has come so far that 
the MarkIII 
>   does what it does so easily!
> 
>   The rest of us will just have to keep being creative!
> 
> 
> 
>   Carol Beigel
>   crbrpt@b...
> 
> 
>   >From: Joe <joe@f...>
>   >Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>   >To: "'disklavier@yahoogroups.com'" <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
>   >Subject: RE: [disklavier] UPgrade floppy to CD
>   >Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:04:58 -0400
> 
>   >
>   >Can I upgrade my Mark II to a III?  And how do I find out how 
much memory I
>   >have?
>   >
>   >I already have the DCD1.
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   >Joseph F. Bert, CFP
>   >
> 
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