Disklavier

You probably have a MarkIIIPro.  I will give your
answer a try, but others may know a lot more!  When
your diskette is in your floppy drive, the MIDI
information is going to the Disklavier proccessor.  If
you want to edit the scores from the MIDI information
on the floppy disk, you can either bypass the
Disklavier and put the data into your sequencer
software, or play your disks in your Disklavier and
send the MIDI information (keyboard out) to your
computer via a MIDI interface.

I know when I do audio recordings of my own Disklavier,
I edit the MIDI information on the diskette before it
is played on the piano.  I edit the tempo, velocity and
wrong notes before the piano music gets recorded.

You say you have written a lot of music to disks over
the years.  How did you do this?  Was the music
recorded in standard MIDI format?  or Yamaha ESEQ
format?  or since you have a Pro, did you record your
music in XP format?  The PowerTracks software you are
using only sees MIDI information.

I think file format may have a lot to do with your
frustration.  Find out what format your music is in on
those disks, and go from there.  YOu may need to
convert to a different file format.  Of course, you
would make copies first and only play with them!

You will also need better scoring software because I
believe Power Tracks is limited to 2 lines of music.
Something like Finale might be more appropriate as it
gives you many tracks.  Scoring music is an art unto
itself, and Pianobench made a historic post about
clocking and how you don't have a chance unless you
understand this.

It all depends upon what you ultimately want to do!

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message -----
From: "yamahamale" <kwfla@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 4:32 PM
Subject: [disklavier] Re: transferring my music on
disks to the computer


> I suppose I have it wrong then. I looked but can't
find anything in
> the manual about what model I have other than the
reciepts that say
> it's a DC7A Pro. I would think it's a Mark 3 if it
can't be a four. I
> got it in 2003.
> Back to my questions, is it possible to have a disk
playing on the
> piano then have my software recording it so I can
edit the scores?
> Thanks!
>
> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Carl Youngblood
<carl@...> wrote:
> >
> > I didn't think the Mark 4 Pro had been out for five
years.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> > On Nov 27, 2006, at 8:57 AM, yamahamale wrote:
> >
> > > Hello, It's been so long since I've been here.
I've got a Mark 4 Pro.
> > > Using an IBM Windows98 with PowerTracks v11. I've
had this piano for
> > > maybe five years. I seem to have everything
operating except when I
> > > put a disk into the piano and press play, it
doesn't register as
> > > playing on the computer software. Everything else
works like; when I
> > > play something on the computer, it plays on the
piano and when I play
> > > something by hand on the piano, it plays on the
computer. It's just
> > > when I stick a disk into the piano and press
play, the disk doesn't
> > > play on the computer. It doesn't show up in the
software program. This
> > > is agravating becasue I have written a lot of
music onto disks over
> > > the years. Now I want to edit the scores but
can't because I can't
> > > seem to get the music from the disc into my
computer software. I am
> > > now wondering if this is even possible. I also
have a laptop with XP
> > > if that helps. It's not hooked up but I had it
hooked up last week.
> > > Maybe that would help? Also is there a book that
I can purchase that
> > > will explain hoooking up the piano in detail to
the computer. I've got
> > > the origianl manuals but I can't make heads or
tails out of the
> > > instructions. I know from the past, there are a
lot of very
> > > knowledgeable people in this group. Maybe one of
them can help? Thanks
> > > so much!!
> >
>
>
>
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