Hi, Carol, I am new to the group and picking up a lot of knowledge by being here. We bought our DGA1 ( 4'11 grand w/DKV) in November 2003. I have been following the discussions and can add several comments: Our disklavier was added to the piano by the dealer - I know this for a fact since I selected the grand myself, before the DKV was added. Also, the floppy drive (DKC100XG) will only play MIDI 0 files, it will not play MIDI 1. If a floppy with a MIDI 1 file is inserted in the drive, we either get the message "cannot execute" or the unit goes into limbo and has to be powered off to recover. I think we got a somewhat 'disabled' MARK III. I have been using the MID2ESQ utility to convert files and either type 0 or type 1 work after being converted to .FIL. We have a DCD1 CD drive attached below the XG unit which plays PianoSoft Plus w/audio. I have the output from the XG unit connected to the DCD1, and the audio output of the DCD1 connected to my stereo, so the Ensemble parts play through my Bose speakers. The XG and DCD1 are also connected through MIDI cables. I heard somewhere that the new units have the floppy and CD drives in one unit. I'm not too happy with the dealer prep, as the soft pedal did not work at all until I adjusted the pedal stop to allow the action to move far enough to the right, and one of the pedal lyre bolts was missing. I told the dealer about this, but never heard back so I bought a bold (metric) from the local hardware store and added that. My 2 cents to the pedal thump problem; we can hear that during soft playback. I added a small strip of felt under the back of the pedal and that nearly eliminated the sound. -----Original Message----- From: Carol Beigel [mailto:crbrpt@...] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 3:53 PM To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [disklavier] A reply to your message. 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. > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Spencer Chase mailto:spencer@... > 67550 Bell Springs Rd. > Garberville, CA 95542 Postal service only. > Laytonville, CA 95454 UPS only. > Spencer@... > http://www.spencerserolls.com > http://www.spencerserolls.com/MidiValve.htm > (707) 984-8356 > > > > To Post a message to the group, send it to: disklavier@... > > To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and moderator, send it to: > disklavier-owner@... > > To reach our group's web site go to: > http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier > > Todd's family web site was completely updated 012/22/03. It contains some fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among many other things, The url is: > http://MuncyFamily.com > > THINKING OF LEAVING THE GROUP? > If you are thinking of unsubcribing because you are getting too much mail, go the the web site and change your email delivery option instead. That will fix the problem, while maintaining your access to the group. If you insist on leaving us completely send a blank email to: > disklavier-unsubscribe@... > > Know someone who wants to join? Have them send a blank email to: > disklavier-subscribe@... or give them this link: > http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier/join > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/disklavier/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > disklavier-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > To Post a message to the group, send it to: disklavier@... To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and moderator, send it to: disklavier-owner@... To reach our group's web site go to: http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier Todd's family web site was completely updated 012/22/03. It contains some fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among many other things, The url is: http://MuncyFamily.com THINKING OF LEAVING THE GROUP? If you are thinking of unsubcribing because you are getting too much mail, go the the web site and change your email delivery option instead. That will fix the problem, while maintaining your access to the group. If you insist on leaving us completely send a blank email to: disklavier-unsubscribe@... Know someone who wants to join? Have them send a blank email to: disklavier-subscribe@... or give them this link: http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier/join _____ Yahoo! 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RE: [disklavier] A reply to your message.
2004-01-06 by Jim Schelling