Disklavier

Does the new Apple macbook pro with intel chip work with Disklavier software?

Thanks

Bob
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-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Youngblood <carl@youngbloods.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:33:27 
To:disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Re: feedback to yamaha

You might want to add a request to transcode CDs into a more compressed format, such as FLAC, AAC or MP3.  There is no good reason why they should not be ripping the CDs into a more compressed format.

 


Carl


On Nov 8, 2006, at 10:32 AM, Tom Wheeler wrote:



(2) A larger internal HD drive for the Mark IV.  Initially an 80 GB internal HD for the Mark IV seems like a lot of drive space, and it is if one is only storing midi files on the HD.  However, the Mark IV stores CD's (required for PianoSoft Plus Audio and Smart Piano Yamaha software) as .wav files.  These take up a huge amount of space, and it is easily possible to consume all of the capacity of the Mark IV's 80 GB HD when one begins storing CD's on the internal HD.  In fact, I have already done so, and because my internal HD on my Mark IV has very little free space remaining, I no longer purchase Yamaha software since I have no where to store it.  Please note that it is NOT possible to use an external USB HD to store any of the Yamaha software that requires CD's due to copy protection issues and thus one has no choice but to use the internal HD of the Mark IV.  The Mark IV is modular in construction and replacing the internal HD of the Mark IV with a larger Yamaha approved HD should be possible.  I would strongly urge Yamaha to make a larger HD available for the Mark IV.