Disklavier

Your DKV only plays the Yamaha proprietary ESEQ files -
not MIDI files from the floppy disk drive.  You need to
convert the MIDI files you download from the internet
to ESEQ files first.  The reason your computer does not
see the Disklavier-formatted diskettes is that there is
nothing written on the boot sector.

Your DKV also only uses the older 720k DD disks.  In
some posts last month, there were details how to format
a 720k floppy using XP.  Some have been successful
using tape to cover the hole on a 1.44 M diskette and
formatting it as a 720k.  You could also buy an older
laptop that runs Windows 95 or 98 so you could use the
DOS utilities, like dkvcopy or the Giebler software for
$30, and be able to format at 720k diskette easily.

You only have two options to play MIDI files on the
MX80. 1) convert them to ESEQ format and put them on a
720k dd floppy, or 2) connect a computer to your DKV
via a MIDI interface and play the MIDI files from a
jukebox program like the vanBasco

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wglikes" <wglikes@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 9:48 PM
Subject: [disklavier] Formatting


> I've recently downloaded several MIDI files. When I
tryed playing
> them, my Disklavier rejected the disc as "not
formatted". When I
> format the disc on the Disklavier, my PC won't
recocognize the
> Diskalvier format and wants to re-format in order to
copy the MIDI
> files.
>
> I'm working with an MX-80 series Disklavier and my
operating system
> is Windows XP Professional.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Bill