Disklavier

Good morning, everyone.

I believe that you have a Mark III vintage Pro. That is what the "A"  
at the end of the model number tells us.

In the case of most Disklaviers, there is a choice that you can make  
for MIDI Out that gives you either Keyboard Out or Ensemble Out. The  
latter means that when you play a disk, the MIDI data is sent out the  
MIDI port.

To make this setting on a Mark II XG or Mark III:

--Press Function
--Move the cursor to MIDI Setup and press Enter
--Move the cursor to MIDI Out and press Enter
--Set MIDI Out to Ensemble Out
--Press Stop to exit

At this point, when you play a disk, all of the MIDI data will be  
sent out the MIDI port EXCEPT the data on the tracks that are being  
played by the piano. This feature enables you to use an external tone  
generator as an alternative to the Disklavier's own tone generator  
for the ensemble track. (Depending upon what you are doing, you may  
want to turn off the speakers that are connected to your Disklavier's  
tone generator.

If you also want to send the piano tracks out to an external device:

--Press Function
--Move the cursor to MIDI Setup and press Enter
--Move the cursor to Piano Part and press Enter
--Press the Right Arrow repeatedly to get to the next screen
--Move the cursor to PianoPart ESBL Out and set it equal to ON
--Press Stop to exit

Now the piano tracks will be sent as well when you play a disk  
recording.

NOTE: This feature only sends MIDI data out on the MIDI Out port. It  
does not send MIDI data out on the To Host port.

Regards,
PianoBench

On Nov 29, 2006, at 7:57 AM, yamahamale wrote:

> I'm using a Yamaha IBM cable and I have the CBX driver installed and
> highlighted in the software. Software seems to be reading MIDI files
> fine. The software plays whenever I manually play the piano. When I
> play the software, the piano plays. My situation is getting the
> software to recognize the disks that I put into the disklavier. I
> would think if I was recording in MIDI format, the software would see
> it and play but it doesn't. I'll try looking into the software help
> again. Is there anyway that I can tell what format I am recording to
> on the disklavier?
>
> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <thecarolb@...>  
> wrote:
> >
> > There are also 2 MIDI formats; 0 and 1. However, I see
> > no reason to not put a disk into your Disklavier (no
> > matter what format), play it, and have the MIDI output
> > of the DKV routed to the MIDI input of your computer
> > through the ToHost port. Are you using the Yamaha CBX
> > cable to do this? If so, did you install the driver
> > for it onto your computer? (The driver for it is also
> > available on my website). Then the trick is to go into
> > the Device setup on your computer software, and select
> > the Input and Output devices. I believe you would
> > select the CBX driver for the MIDI input to your
> > computer. This really should work. Probably all you
> > need to do is follow the instructions for the computer
> > software about recording MIDI.