I am totally astonished. A DGA1 is clearly a MarkIII grand piano, playback only, with a DKC55 controller. I know because I installed the DCD1 and PianoSmart upgrade on one yesterday! The DKC100XG is a Mark IIXG controller that only plays MIDI format 0 and ESEQ files. Dealer installation of a Disklavier is unheard of. Did you write down the serial number of the piano you selected? I think you got one of the last the MarkIIXG playback only grands. Our local dealer sold a lot of them about 2 years ago. It doesn't really matter if you are happy with your purchase. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Schelling" <jimschelling@...> To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 4:30 PM Subject: RE: [disklavier] A reply to your message. > 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.. 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Re: [disklavier] A reply to your message.
2004-01-06 by Carol Beigel