Disklavier

Hi again,

Carol's directions work if you are playing the MIDI file from the  
internal floppy drive. I assumed that you were playing the file from  
the computer.

Regards,
PianoBench

On Jul 1, 2006, at 10:22 PM, Carol Beigel wrote:

>
> As always, George has more extensive knowlege of MIDI than I ever  
> will, but I would explain it a little differently.  While the piano  
> is playing the file, push the -> (right arrow key) and you will  
> immediatly see what is going on with your Disklavier.  You will see  
> all the MIDI parts that are playing whether you hear them or not.   
> Usually L=1 and R=## if you are only hearing one channel.  Your  
> Disklavier plays the keys on your piano from whatever information  
> is on Channel 1 and Channel 2.  Just hit the -> again until it is  
> sitting on ## and make R=2.  This will get you through to the end  
> of the song, then everything resets to whatever you had before you  
> touched anything.
>
> To make the change the setting R=##, go to the chapter on Import  
> Files (which is what Yamaha refers to as MIDI files) in your  
> Owner's Manual, and follow George's directions.  I doubt is makes  
> much difference whether R is set to 2 or Prg.  Sometimes I think it  
> just works better to set L=1 and R=2.
>
> Carol Beigel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Gonzalez
> To: disklavier@...
> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 8:35 PM
> Subject: [disklavier] van Basco Player
>
> Greetings,
> I received a cd with midi files.  Using a laptop and VBKP software,  
> my Mk III only played the right hand.  Using Cakewalk, I determined  
> that the left hand was on channel 2 and the right hand on channel  
> 1.  Is there a way to set-up the Player to output the left hand on  
> channel 1 so both hands will play on my Mk III?
>
> In CW, I used the track properties to output on Channel 1.   
> However, I was unable to find a way to do rhis in van Basco using  
> the Help function.  Can anyone help?  I don't mind direct replies  
> as I am anxious for a solution.  Thanks.
>
> Bob Gonzalez
>
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