Disklavier

Good morning, everyone.

In a message dated 8/3/03 11:35:39 PM, Tasupho writes:

> Hi,

> 

> I have a whole bunch of flute midi files.  How do I make the 

> disklavier play them as piano, meaning I can actually see the key 

> pressed.  Do I have to convert flute => piano using the midi 

> sequencer or can I do it on the disklavier itself?  Thanks for your 

> help. >>

I am assuming that you have a Mark IIXG, Mark III, or Pro Disklavier.

There are a variety of ways to achieve this. If you are playing the files 
from your computer to the Disklavier, make sure that the channel(s) to which you 
have assigned the flute part(s) match the Disklavier's Receive channel. If you 
set the Disklavier's receive channel to PRG, then the Disklavier will play 
all incoming tracks that have a piano group voice. In this case, use your 
computer sequencer to set the patch on the flute track(s) to a piano voice.

If you intend to play these files from floppy disk using the Disklavier's 
control unit, you will have to make similar changes. I assume that these files 
were not recorded on the Disklavier. If I am correct about this, the Disklavier 
will interpret these files as "Import Files"--that is, files that were not 
recorded on the Disklavier.

When you play an import file, the Disklavier uses the settings that you have 
made on the control unit to determine which tracks to play. To see these 
settings:

--push Function
--move the cursor to MIDI Setup and press Enter
--with the cursor on PianoPart, press Enter
--press the Right Arrow button two times to get to the next screen

On this next screen, you have the opportunity to tell the Disklavier to play 
any one or two tracks on the piano itself. (These tracks are referred to as L 
and R and are assigned to the Left and Right Part Cancel buttons on the 
control unit.) If your flute files have no more than two tracks that you wish to 
have played on the piano, you can make your settings here. These settings stay in 
force for the entire piece.

Many people prefer to leave L and R set to PRG. In this case, the Disklavier 
always plays the two lowest MIDI channels that have a piano group voice on the 
piano itself. In your case, this would mean that the flute tracks would be 
played by the tone generator. In this case, you would need to change the flute 
track(s) to a piano voice.

Regards,
PianoBench