Disklavier

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "heritage_flowline" 
<heritage_flowline@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Thanks for the reply,
> ---
> > Step time programming for a Mark IV Pro using Yamaha's full XP 
SMF 
> is 
> > possible--I know someone who has been done it.  It is hardly 
> practical 
> > to do so, however.
> ---
> do you have their email so I could ask them how they got on in more 
> detail please?
> ---
>   For one thing, I'm not aware that Yamaha has openly 
> > published the XP SMF definition. You might have to discover that 
> for 
> > yourself through reverse engineering. 
> ---
> Yes, unless someone here has already done that.
> I did d/l some files from www.piano-e-competition.com
> which where supposed to contain XP data but as far as I could see 
> looking at the MIDI files they looked normal apart from pressure 
> controllers which looked either on or off?
> ---
>  Second, a sequencer such as 
> > Cakewalk could be used, but would be highly impractical--you 
would 
> want 
> > a custom programmed sequencer for that job.
> > 
> ---
> Why? What do you think would be the tricky part?
> I dont mind sitting down for hours entering in notes.
> ---
I've not tried it myself, but I would suspect that at XP resolution, 
MIDI and the software is just not fast enough to handle the sheer 
volume of velocity data. Obviously, you could limit the amount of 
velocity information you enter in step recording, but that would 
pretty much defeat the object of using XP data.