Disklavier

Good afternoon, everyone.

Based on my limited experience with this issue, I believe the  
following to be true:

When you bring up a MIDI file with lyrics, you can push the left or  
right arrow buttons on the Pocket Remote screen until you get to the  
Info screen. If it says that the song type is "Karaoke," then it has  
lyrics. I am not sure if there is another file type that might also  
be displayed with also has lyric information.

Yamaha has not been publishing song files with lyrics for Disklavier.  
Yamaha has provided me with the recommendation that the best source  
of MIDI files with lyric content is the Tune 1000 series which is  
available from www.yamahamusicsoft.com. Unfortunately these MIDI  
files are not piano-centric and therefore most Disklavier users will  
probably find them to be disappointing for that reason.

Regards,
PianoBench


On Nov 3, 2006, at 2:44 PM, jfoodman wrote:

> Sorry if this is a bit 'off topic' but it seems this is the only
> Disklavier discussion group anywhere.
>
> I've got a Mark IV and hooked up an external monitor today to see how
> the lyrics display worked. I get the background and the song title,
> but nothing I tried to play actually showed me lyrics. I know it's
> working as I can change the background from the remote, etc. I'm
> guessing it's just that very few discs actually have lyrics, can  
> anyone
> confirm? And does anyone know how to tell which will display or is
> there a list anywhere of those that will work?
>
> Regards,
> Jason
>
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