Disklavier

I'm going to surmise that Jason would like a means to play the MX100B 
from the piano keyboard (not reproduce a pre-recorded file) in a 
different key.  Many electronic keyboards can do that--you play a piece 
in C and, with a twist of the transpose knob, play the same keyboard 
keys but your song comes out in the newly selected key.  On an acoustic 
piano, it takes some skill for a pianist to transpose keys on the fly.

If you think about it, the DKV is a mechanical piano. To accomplish the 
above as an electronic keyboard does, the whole keyboard action would 
have to shift left or right so that the hammers would strike other strings.

In case Jason meant changing the key of a file being reproduced, that is 
trivial.  Refer to the user's manual.

You can also remove the 500 msec delay from acoustic DKVs (consult the 
manual), but I don't believe you'll care for the resulting sounds. And, 
playing a DKV from an external keyboard probably isn't such a neat idea 
for reasons that you would discover--difficulty controlling dynamics 
coupled with the unrealistic tactile feedback and on/off pedal.

I believe you have two viable options:

1) Transpose the sheet music to the needed key and have the accompanist 
play it live that way.  (Sibelius or Finale software would be useful here.)

or

2)  Forget the piano and accompany with an electronic keyboard and synth 
and use the transpose knob.

Carol Beigel wrote:
> I believe the MX100B will transpose on the fly.  Push the transpose button
> (should be the under the + button).  Probably pushing + or - will transpose
> up or down.  If you use the P-150, you will either have to turn off the 500
> ms delay on the P-150 out, or turn it off on the DKV incoming.  However, I
> am not sure that can be switched on either instrument.  Check you user's
> manuals.
> 
> Carol Beigel
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "steinja66" <jstein@...>
> To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 12:43 PM
> Subject: [disklavier] MX100B for live performance
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> 
>>Hi everyone, I'm new to this group, having just purchased a used
>>MX100B.  I have a problem that I thought maybe someone in this group
>>has a solution for.  I would like to use this in a live performance -
>>however I need to have the keys to some of the songs transposed for
>>the singers.  I am not sure if the MX100B will "transpose" on the
>>fly, so instead I had the idea that I would use another Yamaha P-150
>>Electric Piano and hook it up through the MIDI ports.  I was able to
>>get it to work with one small problem.  Everytime that I play the P-
>>150 keyboard, there is a 500msec delay till you hear the
>>Disklavier.  Is there any way to prevent this delay?  Maybe there is
>>something I could purchase (like an upgrade) to prevent this delay?
>>Any ideas would help?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>--Jason
>>
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