Disklavier

A MarkII Disklavier does not necessarily read the HD 1.44 floppies that are 
common, and may still require only the hard to find older 720k floppies.  XG 
Disklaviers had upgradeable flash memory, where MarkIIs do not.  XG also 
meant that the Ensemble sounds were on a daughter board included in the 
control box.

Ensemble sounds are not the same as audio.  A DCD1 box is a CD player.  What 
you would need is the DSR1 box ($1295) that will convert a MarkII to a 
MarkIIXG with all the features.  An additional DCD1 ($1295) CD player would 
also give you audio.

If you do buy a MarkII, you still need a tone generator to hear the XG 
sounds.  I do not know if the soundcard in your laptop could substitute for 
this.  In any event, you would need self powered speakers to hear the 
sounds.

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ramseymonoi" <ramseymonoi@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 6:51 AM
Subject: [disklavier] Mk2, XG or not ?


>I am in the process of buying a Mk2 disklavier. I am not sure of the
> exact version, but it is not an XG. It has midi in and out below the
> keyboard.
>
> My question is whether it would be wiser to find an XG version, or if
> by plugging in a laptop and using its soundcard (instead of a DCD1), I
> would be ale to do the same things as an XG ?
>
> I understand that the XG would still need a DCD1 box, but I assume
> (wrongly?) that connections and capabilities are greater than a
> preceding version of the Mk2.
>
> I don't know if I am very clear !
>
> Best regards
>
> Pascal
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