Disklavier

From: Rod Meiners

It would seem that because the flashpath needs drivers to work on an XP
computer, that it would need support by Yamaha to make it work -
probably not going to happen.
I am still curious about this topic though, and have been wondering if
it would be possible to connect a PocketPC or Palm device to the
disklavier like a laptop does. A midi player program could be run on the
device. These pocketPC devices can now support large flash memory and
could easily hold a whole library of music.
I know this is supported in newer models, but it would be a nice option
to "upgrade" those of us keeping our older pianos.
Rod

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Hi Rod,

There were a couple of articles I noticed in some magazines a while back that 
had reviews of such programs for sale. I personally haven't tried any of them.

I couldn't remember the names of the programs, but did a quick Google search and 
turned up some freeware and shareware versions:

http://palmtops.about.com/b/a/192134.htm
http://www.freewareppc.com/multimedia/gsplayerformidi.shtml
http://www.pocketpccity.com/software/pocketpc/PocketMIDI-2001-7-31-ce-pocketpc.html

You would obviously also need a MIDI interface on the PocketPC <or> Palm unit. 
Or maybe use the serial port on either along with the RS232 serial port located 
on some of the Disklaviers?


Danny