Disklavier

Bob, 

Thanks a whole lot! I'm learning quite a bit from you and the others here. Your description of the "HP" option was certainly a lot better than the one in my Disklavier manual. In the chapter on "Midi", on the table describing the "Piano Rcv Ch parameter options" there is a table listing each option with a description next to each one. Next to HP they say "Not Applicable". I guess this is because the MX 500 does not have Half Pedal capability. I can make Ch=HP but it might not do anything. It seems to be as if it was a Ch=1+2+3 option. It does play all 3 piano tracks from Bill Edwards' files when played from my laptop but of course, not when his files are played from a floppy in the Mark II control unit.

However, your suggestion led me to experiment with the Ch=## and Prg(all) options. Suddenly, this makes playing "untamed" midis with the Van Basco player a much more attractive option. Ch=## lets me run everything through the XG player to my stereo system without involving the piano at all. This saves wear and tear on the piano and makes balancing the piano with the other tracks uneccesary. This is a good option where the piano plays a minor role or is not the lead and you like the 100% sampled midi sounds, including the sampled piano parts if any. On the other hand, the Ch=Prg(All) option finds the piano parts wherever they are and plays them on the piano while all other parts go out on the stereo system. To deal with excess velocity, all I have to do is pull the volume slider down a little more than half way and save the setting. At least that's the way it works with my Don Carroll collection. I like Don Carroll's work but fixing it to put on floppies to play on the Disklavier was
 going to be a project. To me, it sounds pretty good with Ch=##.

Walt
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To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com 
From: "Robert Welcyng" <rwelcyng@...>
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 09:53:37 -0900 
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Pedal, tracks, channels, velocity, Cakewalk 

For Mark II DKVs capable of continuous sustain pedal, please be aware of 
this:

1) Continuous sustain pedal data directed to MIDI channel #1 will be 
interpreted as on/off.  That is, for data values 0 thru 63, the dampers 
will be completely lowered upon the strings; for data values 64 thru 
127, the dampers will be fully raised off the strings.

2) To obtain continuous sustain pedal movement, the sustain pedal 
continuous data must be directed to MIDI channel #3.  If you are sending 
the data from, say, a laptop to the MIDI In port, you must also set the 
DKV's MIDI IN to "CH=HP" in order for the DKV to respond with continuous 
sustain pedal motion.

In contrast, Mark III DKVs do appear to record and respond to continuous 
pedal data directed to MIDI channel #1. 




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