Hi Mark,
Could you not use a midi editor program such as cakewalk or similar to reduce the velocity of the keys, or were you referring to the disklavier format files?
Regards
Mark
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From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Tim Meyer MD
Sent: Thursday,
December 15, 2005
2:50
PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [disklavier] sound
absorbing baffles
I tried a blanket on top
of the piano temporarily to absorb the unwanted volume.
The next day, my piano sounded horribly dissonant.
To my dismay, a mouse had crawled up a blanket corner near the floor, entered
the piano's interior and pulled damper felt from about 20 keys to build a
nest overnight!
The blanket idea turned into a $300 mistake.
Tim in Minneapolis
Mark wrote:
My biggest gripe with my
MX100 XG II has been volume. I finally bought a
blanket to hang on the wall behind it. It muffles
it horribly. At least
it matches the decor of the room. I was
going to try accoustic ceiling
tiles that are used in t-bar ceilings but have not
since I expect it to
still sound muffled. When I take down the blanket,
the piano jumps to
life. Too bad it is sooooo loud.
Home Depot has accoustic panels in 2 x 4 (ceiling
tiles in the floor and
wall dept) and 4 x 8 (sound insulation next to the
wall thermal
insulation) They are cheap enough for a
test.
If anybody finds or comes up with a program to
convert existing files to
lower velocity, I would be very interested.
Mark in Idaho
btw My only other gripe is the lack of
music selection to play. My
preference is along the style of Lorie Line. She
is a Yamaha Artist but
has not plans to record on a Disklavier. I
don't care what any
audiophile says. An acoustic piano will
alwayssound better that the best
audio recording.
Carol Beigel wrote:
> I figure anyone who wants to carry on a
conversation
> while their piano is playing in the same room
while
> they eat dinner or visit with their friends
is really
> not interested in the best acoustic room
arrangements
> or the greatest dynamic range they can
achieve with
> their pianos. Most people who want to
do this cannot
> use their Disklaviers in this way without the
foam
> baffles. Often, they don't want to
cover those fancy
>; tile or hardwood floors or have the decor of
the rooms
> affected. I stand by my original post
as an
> inexpensive and very effective way to tone
down
> acoustic pianos for the great variety of
reasons people
> have presented to me over the years.
This is a home
> remedy - not a studio solution. As with
anything, you
> can always find a more expensive and
complicated way to
> do the job!
>
> Carol Beigel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carpe Per Diem"
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [disklavier] sound absorbing
baffles
>
>
> > > First, use the special pour
acoustic foam from
> > > Markertek in New York (www.markertek.com).
> >
> > A better foam product from a company
that specializes
> in acoustic
> > treatment is
> >
> > http://auralex.com/
> >
> > There's more to treating an acoustic
space than
> putting absorption ON
> > your instrument. The area around it is
more
> important. Do you have
> > glass or ceramic tile in your room?
Parallel walls?
> High ceiling with
> > right angle corners?
> >
> > Putting a bunch of MarkerFoam (which is
actually a
> very mediocre
> > product - I have used it for a studio
installation a
> few years ago -
> > and unless they've re-designed the
formulation, it's
> nowhere near as
> > good as some newer generation foam
products) on your
> instrument will
> > accomplish one thing- it will ruin the
sound of your
> instrument. The
> > goal is to have your instrument sound
great, but not
> overwhelm the
> > room that it's in.
>; >
> > I suggest reading up on some acoustic
treatment -- it
> is NOT your
> > piano that's the problem. It's the room
that it's in.
> >
> > More reading:
> >
> > http://www.acoustics101.com/
> > http://www.silentsource.com/index.html
> >
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