Disklavier

The piano only plays MIDI data on Channel 1 (L) and Channel 2 (R).  I think
it would nice to have such a program that only turned down the velocity of
the piano parts!  The volume of the other MIDI parts are easily adjusted
with a volume control knob on a tone generator.  BTW, QRS Pianomation and
PianoDisc only play MIDI 0 files from a floppy disk; the Disklavier plays
both formats from the floppy drive starting with the MarkIIXG series.  If I
recall properly, a patch change is selecting a different instrument.  Even
if you had a trumpet patch on channel 1 or 2, it would still play the piano
keys.

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spencer Chase" <spencer@...>
To: <disklavier@...>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 1:33 PM
Subject: [disklavier] A reply to your message.


> Greetings,
>
> Does anyone have information as to how the DKV responds to multi
> instrument midi files? I would like to add an option to my velocity
> setting program that allow for adjusting velocity on just the piano
> parts.
>
> Does the DKV use patch changes to determine what to play on the piano
> or does it expect the piano part to be on a particular track or
> channel or both?
>
> There may be different ways that files are made by various people so I
> want to make sure that whatever works on the DKV is treated properly.
>
> I hope to not have to have the user make a bunch of different choices
> depending on the specifics of the source midi so hopefully there are
> some conventions that are generally followed.
>
> My hope is that the standard is one channel per track for notes for
> each instrument(voice), proceeded with a patch change to assign that
> instrument.
>
>
>
>
> -- 
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