Disklavier

Your Disklavier only plays the Yamaha proprietary format ESEQ files from 
720k floppy disks. There is a free program in the files section called 
dkutil that will convert MIDI files to ESEQ format.  However, this old 
software ONLY runs in real DOS, not the virtual DOS that comes with Windows 
XP.  All PianoSoft files from Yamaha use this backwardly compatible ESEQ 
format.

You have two options for using the floppy drive.  Either purchase an older 
computer or laptop that runs Windows 98 or earlier, or upgrade to Yamaha's 
DSR1 control box that will also give you Ensemble sounds, uses HD disks, and 
can play MIDI files in either SMF1 or SMF0 without conversion, has a memory 
disk and uses flash memory to update the software.

Your Disklavier, however, should be able to play standard MIDI files from 
your XP laptop computer using playlist or jukebox software.  Any MIDI tracks 
allocated to Channels 1 or 2 will play the keys on the DKV.



Carol Beigel
crbrpt@...





>From: "jwross1" <jwross1@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [disklavier] File downloads
>Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:24:33 -0000
>
>Help!  I'm new to the group, and started researching messages from
>the beginning to resolve my problem.  I purchased a disklavier grand
>with control cart in 1991.  I would love to be able to download new
>music and upload some files as well, but working with Windows XP, it
>seems impossible to format my 2DD disks correctly.  Windows will not
>let me format a 2DD disk.  If I format the disk on the disklavier's
>control cart drive, my computer won't read it or let me transfer
>files to it without reformatting.  Obviously, Yamaha has overcome
>this problem with their free downloads from their site.  I'm able to
>download on a 2DD disk, convert it with the control unit, and play it
>on the piano.
>
>Someone must have encountered and solved these issues in the past?
>I'm fairly computer literate, but I can't seem to see through this
>problem!
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jim Ross
>jwross@...
>

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