Disklavier

Excuse me for this mistake, I wrote XG instead of XP 

I wish to thanks for all these suggestion and I will try to do some
experiment with some more programs. I will make you know.

Roberto




--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Mark Fontana <mfontana@...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> I could be wrong, but since Roberto indicated he has a C3 Mark IV Pro, I
> think he meant to write "*XP* extra-midi data", referring to Yamaha's
> extensions to the MIDI stream providing high-res strike and release
> velocity data for the Disklavier Pro.  The extra bits are sent using
> certain MIDI NRPNs (non-registered parameter numbers).
> 
> (The confusion arose because Yamaha also has a spec called XG, an
> extension to the General MIDI spec for the multitimbral use of MIDI.  
> They've also defined an XF spec extending the lyric metadata events in
> MIDI files.  Yamaha seems to like naming their specs X*.)
> 
> There does not seem to be any publicly-available sequencing software
> that can conveniently edit Yamaha XP streams.  (By conveniently, I mean
> software that automatically associates the NRPN extensions with their
> corresponding notes and permits adding/deleting/editing such events as a
> unit.  Trying to edit XP streams using conventional software like
> Cakewalk requires the operator to manually associate the NRPN events
> with the correct adjacent note events, and adjusting note velocities 
> would be very tedious.
> 
> Yamaha and Zenph Studios surely have their own internal tools for this 
> task but have not released them to others.
> 
> Mark Fontana
> 
> 
> On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, athomik wrote:
> 
> > Any decent sequencing package, such as Cakewalk or Cubase, should
allow you to
> > edit MIDI data. All you need is the facility to edit SYSEX
messages, which will
> > allow you to access all XG parameters.
> > 
> > athomik
> > 
> > On Sep 4 2007, ipermedia wrote:
> > 
> > >Hallo to everybody,
> > >I'm an happy brand new owner of a C3ProMarkIV, after a long time
spent
> > >to decide if and what to buy and more than 6 month waiting for
delivery.
> > >I live in Rome, Italy, and I am a retired computer technician
> > >(Windows, Mac, Linux).
> > >
> > >I'm interested in to explore midi editing but I cannot find a
> > >suggested one to work right with XG extra-midi data.
> > >I used lot of professional editors in my life for composing and I'm
> > >not afraid to learn one more editor.
> > >
> > >Has anyone found a good product to edit XG? (I've tried for this
> > >answer in the group messages before posting......).
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance
> > >
> > >Roberto Fasciani
>