Disklavier

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Carl Youngblood wrote:

> As far as I know there is no standardized MP3+midi format, although there is
> an MP3+graphics for Karaoke applications.
> 
> On 3/23/07, JORGE FERNANDEZ <jorgefedez@...> wrote:
> >
> >   Is there a MP3 plus MIDI format?
> >
> > Is there a PC (or MAC) player for such format?
> >
> > I love MP3 but I do not think this sapce as the place to share them...


I was referring to MP3 files that contain audio accompaniment on one
stereo channel and "analog MIDI" on the other channel.  Such files could
be burned to CD and played on a Disklavier just like Yamaha's PianoSoft
Plus Audio CDs.  (Or they could be streamed directly from a computer or
MP3 player to a piano equipped with "ANALOG MIDI IN" RCA jacks.)

My wife is a mezzo-soprano, and I was thinking of sharing recordings of
us performing Poulenc's "Banalites" song cycle.  Obviously, a MIDI file
cannot carry the vocal performance, so this would have to be uploaded as
a piano+audio recording in MP3 format.  Yamaha's analog MIDI format
doesn't compress very reliably to MP3, but we could use Pianomation or
PianoDisc format (both of which are supported by the Disklavier).

Based on the space and appropriateness concerns raised, I'll hold off on
distributing these recordings for now.

Mark