Disklavier

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, iski1alan wrote:

> Has anyone had any success with any of the programs that convert MP3
> or WAV files to midi files. It would be nice to convert some on my
> favorite piano CD's (like David Benoit, Keiko Matsui, Yanni, Jim
> Brickman, ECT.)to files that can be played on my Mark III.


These programs are not worth the money.  They will turn an acoustic
piano recording into a crude MIDI file that occasionally resembles the
same song in the same key, but they utterly fail to recreate the
performance to a degree that would sound pleasant on your Disklavier.

Computerized transcription of polyphonic music is a very difficult
problem, especially for multitimbral pieces.  Piano performances present
some serious challenges due to the effects of pedaling and the rapid
decay of notes after their initial attack.

Even for Zenph Studios, who specializes in the process of converting 
historic piano recordings into Disklavier performances, it is still a 
labor-intensive task requiring human perception to make the final leap 
to a performance that sounds natural and accurate.

Mark Fontana