Disklavier

HI

> Has any one cracked the secret yet to making Mark II, II or IV 
series read standard CD-ROMS as file directories as the system does 
standard floppies?

Why not leave the midi files on the PC / Laptop and play the piano 
via Midi. That way you can create playlist and anf 1,000,000s  of 
midi files without ever geting up to change a floppy disk.

I have all of mine stored on the PC and CDROM (as backup) and the PC 
plays the piano.

Midi Magic



--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Aaron Zornes" <azornes@...> 
wrote:
>
> Radioshack has a $29 USB floppy drive that I bought for that 
purpose.  Or
> get a cheap laptop (ThinkPad or Toshiba for $400) and 
slave/dedicate it as
> your MIDI controller on top of the Disklavier.  That is what we do.
> 
>  
> 
> It is maddeningly difficult (some say impossible for mere mortals) 
to copy
> tens, hundreds, or thousands of MIDIs onto CD-ROM for use onto 
Disklavier.
> 
>  
> 
> Which of course is what we would all *love* to do.
> 
>  
> 
> Has any one cracked the secret yet to making Mark II, II or IV 
series read
> standard CD-ROMS as file directories as the system does standard 
floppies?
> 
>  
> 
> Aaron
> 
> DC6A in San Francisco
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of corpfixer
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 7:38 PM
> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [disklavier] Making Discs
> 
>  
> 
> I have a question. I see where we can purchase Disklavier music, 
but 
> the downloads seem to be for floppy drives. Our unit has the 
floppy 
> and CD....but, my big problem is my computer only has a R/W CD and 
no 
> floppy. Can I copy onto my CD and play the music on my piano or is 
> there a place to download and record on CD?
> 
> Thanks
>