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Greetings bnbwv,

Unfortunately a program that would scale velocities "on the fly" would
be a major effort for which I am unlikely to have the time in the
foreseeable future.

Does VanBasco's just send volume messages?


Saturday, December 10, 2005, 8:56:04 PM, you wrote:
> 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
>> 
>> 







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