Disklavier

Spencer,

In trying to reduce the volume on my old wagon grand, there are two 
complications.  First, the volume controller (7) has no effect on 
hammer velocity (volume).  Second, if you just scale down all 
velocities, the softer notes won't sound at all.  You need to map 
velocities into a range from a low of around 25 to a high that 
depends on the 'volume' you desire.  Your MIDIMOD program is what is 
needed, with the mapping being done on the fly rather than as a file 
in / file out operation.

Bob Davis


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Spencer_Lists <lists@s...> wrote:
>
> Greetings sstapels,
> 
> If there is no other solution, I might be able to create one. If 
the
> DKV will respond to MIDI volume controller messages, it would be
> pretty easy to write a program that you could run on the PC at the
> same time that you are playing files and that would send the 
messages
> as you adjust a volume control slider. You can test this by 
inserting
> a volume control into a midi file and playing it to see if the 
volume
> can be controlled this way. If this does work, I can make a program
> that will act as a volume control. I just wrote a program that has
> most of what is needed in it already. All that needs to be added is
> the ability to choose from the various MIDI devices on the system. 
The
> program is a virtual wind chime so all of the wind chime stuff 
needs
> to be removed to leave just a volume control.
> 
> Let me know if your DKV does respond to the volume controllers.
> Attached is a MIDI file that goes from volume 127 at the beginning 
to
> 0 at the end. If your piano does respond to the controllers, it 
should
> gradually get softer and softer until it is barely audible at the 
end.
> If the attachment does not work, contact me privately so I can 
send it
> to you.
> 
> 
> Friday, December 9, 2005, 7:45:22 AM, you wrote:
> > I have been looking for an answer for a bit.  I believe what I 
want to
> > do is not possible, but thought I would double check here as 
everyone 
> > has been so knowledgeable and helpful with my last question
> 
> > With a disklavier including the old control wagon dkw10 is there 
a 
> > program that can scale velocity during playback from a PC.
> 
> > When I play songs from the disk drive I can use the volume 
controls of
> > the disklavier, but when I play via Midi these buttons are 
disabled.  
> > So I am wondering if there is playback software that can in real 
time 
> > scale the velocity so that I have volume control?
> 
> > Thanks
> 
>