Disklavier

Greetings Jorge,

As you suggested I changed the file association setting to point midi
to iTunes and also tried some other files and no change in midi
performance in iTunes.  

As you mentioned, I did bring up Windows Media Player V.10 and for the
first time noticed the "other media" area in the library list which
allowed for cleanly importing midi. I was able to correctly play what
had previously been flawed in iTunes, and WMP has extensive catalog
notation capability as well.

I had previously given up on WMP. Because of my lack of midi
interfacing experience, I couldn't get it to play to my Yamaha UX16
USB interface. Piano Bench's pointers on the audio system driver
settings cleaned up the Media Player problem and its output sounds
identical to VanBasco and very usable except for the lack of computer
control of velocity. As long as I have consistent levels in my files
the Disklavier controls are adequate and rarely needed.

It may be a quirk in my setup; damage in some of my sequences or midi
file type compatibility issues in iTunes but I am happy with WMP and
am familiar with its use with much of my audio cd collection ripped to it.

Thank you Jorge and George. Y'all have pointed me down the right
"track" on this one. I am not a musician, just a music lover with a
computer background. I hope there is some tidbit of my knowledge that
may help someone in the future as much as yours has helped me.

Fred Dismuke
--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Jorge Fernandez" <jorgefedez@g...>
wrote:
>
> If your files worked fine with VanVasco then they sould work fine with 
> quicktime (iTunes).
> 
> Anyway, You can do the same with the courrent free versions of
> (at least):
> MS Media Player
> WinAmp
> RealPlayer
> 
> Maybe the problem is that since VanBasco was your default MIDI player 
> (now is iTunes) the others didn't include midi files (MID) in their 
> libary directories.
> 
> I have used them for this and it works.
> 
> There is a very nice feature in iTunes that it is not included in the 
> others:
> It can convert, on the fly, from MIDI to WAV or MP3; so you can copy 
> your favorite files to standard audio CDs or to portable MP3 player 
> devices.
> 
> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Fred Dismuke" <freddismuke@b...> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > Thank you for your very prompt response George. I did download and
> > install iTunes and as you wrote, it had a fabulously robust comment
> > and search capability. I moved a few MIDIs into it and after a bit of
>