Disklavier

Ed,

If I were interested in playing with synthesizers, I believe I would head for
some music stores that carry synth keyboard brands such as Yamaha, Roland, Korg,
etc. and familiarize myself with their offerings.  (The best prices can be found
around the country at discount houses such as Grandma's Music).

The money you would spend on the upgrades you mentioned would go a long way
toward a keyboard/synthesizer.  Using the MX100A as a synth keyboard presents
you with a problem: How are you going to listen to a solo synth voice without
also hearing the piano playing?

The ultimate setup would be a PC running a program such as Cakewalk (which would
serve as a recording/reproducing sequencer and MIDI editor), an independent
keyboard synth, and a sound system.  If you want to write ensemble tracks that
would play via MIDI on the MX100A (I'm assuming your MX100A has a MIDI
interface), you may do so, but there is another little problem you must solve: 
Disklaviers, to play well, are normally set to the 500 millisecond delay mode. 
To play in sync, either the DKV delay must be set to zero through the front
panel adjustment of the DKV control unit, or your synth tracks must be shifted
by one half second.

Good luck!

"Edmond J. Blausten" wrote:
> 
> Hello -
> Perhaps a bit of history, but I'm looking for some advice.  We have an
> original MX100A that we've been happy with over the years.  My wife has
> recently gotten intrigued with digital synthesis and wants to add 'tone
> generators' or other synthetizers.  I understand that the original upgrade /
> add-on was the DSR-1 and then it changed over to the MU-50 or KMU-50 or what
> have you...  Any ideas, corrections, advice or otherwise??  Thanks!
> Edmond
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