Disklavier

My Mark II responds to volume with the dampening pedal (far left).  
Is this going to have a different effect than velocity message?  I'm 
afraid this is a whole new can of worms for me.

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "George F. Litterst" 
<PianoBench@...> wrote:
>
> Good afternoon, everyone.
> 
> If memory serves me correctly, the Mark II does not respond to 
volume  
> control (controller 7) messages. It does, of course, respond to 
note- 
> on velocity messages.
> 
> I think that controller 7 was first implemented in the Mark IIXG.
> 
> Regards,
> PianoBench
> 
> 
> On Jan 16, 2007, at 5:06 PM, James Fry wrote:
> 
> > I haven't used this tool, but I suspect you want to reduce the
> > velocities, as this is the individual note loudness. I would 
expect  
> > the
> > volume control to insert controller 7 messages, which I think 
will  
> > have
> > the same effect as adjusting the volume control on the piano 
control
> > unit (on my MPX1Z Mark II this puts the "soft" pedal down)
> >
> > Give it a try and see what happens I guess!
> >
> > James
> >
> > yadidisklavier wrote:
> > >
> > > I know that this has been addressed many times by the group 
over the
> > > years, but unfortunately, all of the posts have only led to more
> > > confusion for me. Please help me by clarify?
> > >
> > > I recently purchased an MX100II Mark II. From previous pianos, I
> > > already understand what happens to hammers from constant 
pounding.
> > >
> > > I recently purchased GNMIDI so I could batch convert midi files 
and
> > > make them appropriate for the DKV. In the GNMIDI convert volume
> > > function, the software gives two choices (radio buttons), one is
> > > for "volume" and the other is for "velocity". There is a  
> > "percentage"
> > > choice as well..this is self explanatory and an I believe I 
want a
> > > value of 80% or less.
> > >
> > > Since I don't want to flat line velocity performance within a 
song,
> > > should I just be selecting the "volume" option?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>