Disklavier

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Yeah - me too. By the way - how do you find the quality of your AUX audio
out (for amplification purposes)?  On my unit (a humble DC1S, same 'Silent'
sample as the Pros, I think), it's a 1/8" mini.  I must say it's the only
thing that I was somewhat disappointed in.  The signal-to-noise just isn't
that impressive.  In fact, I routinely bypass the internal tone generator
altogether, prefering instead to use MIDI to my external MU80 and then out
to my amp/speakers.  A much more cleaner sound to my ear.  I usually use the
Silent 30 Meg sample strictly for headphone use on the DKV - pretty much
what it was intended for anyway.
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Yeah, the 1/8" connector is what you get on the DC3PRO also.  I agree that
having the full stereo signal from the DKV come from a 1/8" connector is a
sad shortcut, considering how advanced all other aspects of the Disklavier
are.  My ears aren't well-trained enough to say with certainty that much
more noise is introduced as a result, though intuition would seem to imply
that.  Even so, the "Silent" piano sample is so amazing I use it for more
than just the headphones.  I'm still debating whether it's worth it to try
to mike the piano properly to get good recordings, or whether I should just
go with the sample.  I've been using the sample so far, and about half the
people who hear the recordings are fooled--they think I actually miked the
piano.

Generally, I find that the sounds on my Korg & Kurzweil are richer and more
interesting than the ones on the Yamaha, so I pretty much only use the
Silent piano from the Yamaha.



				Dave