Disklavier

With respect, I strongly disagree that you should be notating by 
hand into the computer.  Any good MIDI sequencing software can do 
what is required, far better than mucking around step recording by 
hand.  I use Midi Maestro for the same thing, and I'm sure Cakewalk 
and others can do it...

The only trick is that you have to play the piece using the 
metronome (either on the DKV and then transfer the recorded piece to 
your PC, or I prefer using a click metronome track on the PC and 
recording directly to the sequencer program).  So forget your rits, 
accells and so on.  You have to re-insert these manually with tempo 
changes once you're editing the final result.

On the other hand, you will get a far better MIDI file (one you 
might actually want to listen to, at least), as all phrasing, 
dynamics and so on are faithfully recorded.  Any reasonable MIDI 
software will transcribe playing to the correct approximation of 
musical notation, or can be told where they get it wrong.

And, of course, it's loads more fun and much much quicker.

The only time you might get into trouble is with really wacky free-
form jazz or similar.  Although I would have thought this would 
still be better than step-entering the information.

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Robert Welcyng <rwelcyng@a...> 
wrote:
> That is, it is unrealistic to expect that you can play and record 
some piece to MIDI and that a program will automatically roll out 
pages of finished notation.  
> 
> ...you would use your time much more effectively by starting with 
a notation application such as Sibelius and entering your piece in 
notation including indications of tempo, dynamics, crescendos, 
ritards, repeats, etc.
> 
> Kinara Hanba wrote:
> > Greetings everyone,
> > 
> > I do a bit of music writing and would like to use the piano to 
imput some of my own stuff, and I want it to also save as 
transcribed music.