Disklavier

Good morning, everyone.

On Aug 31, 2005, at 7:59 PM, Rick wrote:

> Is there a way to make my DGT2IIXG play more that one voice at a
> time?  I would like to play Strings and E Piano at the same time.

Yes! But the solution is a bit odd.

As you probably know, on any Mark IIXG Disklavier or a Mark III, you  
can:

--Layer a second sound on top of the piano by:
----engaging the voice button and selecting an additional sound

--Play any sound without also hearing the piano by:
----engaging the silent mode (if your instrument has this mode)
----pushing the voice button and selecting an additional sound
----turning off the "Piano Tone" option in the same screen where you  
select the extra voice

In addition to the foregoing or instead of the foregoing, do the  
following:

--set the To Host switch on the back of the control unit to MIDI

--connect a MIDI cable from MIDI Out to MIDI In

--go to the PianoPart screen on the control unit by:
----pressing Function
----selecting MIDI Setup and pressing Enter
----selecting PianoPart and pressing Enter
----set the Piano Receive channel to ## (this means that all incoming  
MIDI data will be played by the tone generator, not by the piano itself)
----press Stop to return to the main screen

--go to the set of MIDI Out screens on the control unit by:
----pressing Function
----selecting MIDI Setup and pressing Enter
----selecting MIDI Out and pressing Enter

In the set of MIDI Out screens, you can select a MIDI Output channel  
and a patch (i.e. voice) number. You can also set a transposition. In  
addition, you can even set a keyboard split point and select a  
different voice for the area above the split point.

When you have done this, you can play the keys:

--hear the basic piano sound if you are in acoustic mode
--hear any sound that you have selected with the Voice button
--hear or not hear the Piano Tone if you are in silent mode  
(depending upon the setting you made earlier)
--hear whatever sounds you selected in the MIDI Out screens

Are you glad that you asked?

Most people who want to play with easily selected voices layered on  
top of the piano sound (or with no piano sound in silent mode) do one  
of the following:

(1) Add a tone module (connected with a MIDI cable) that has a  
Performance mode (such as an MU50, MU80, MU100)
(2) Add a portable keyboard (connected with MIDI cable)
(3) Connect to a computer where you run a program that is capable of  
echoing MIDI data back to the Disklavier's tone generator on multiple  
channels

Regards,
PianoBench