Disklavier

Thank you all for your answers.

I am not a musician at all, so the learning curve is very steep !

The seller has told me that everything that the DSR1 and DCD1 do, can
be done with a laptop and the appropriate software.

The bottom line is that the really cool feature I would like to have
is for example have an orchestra playing through my hifi system (that
is where the soundcard on the laptop comes in), whilst the disklavier
handles all the piano stuff directed via the midi ports by the same
laptop.

If I understand correctly, only a Mk3 does that and even a Mk2
equipped with the 2 boxes cannot ?

Thank you in advance,

Pascal

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <thecarolb@...> wrote:
>
> 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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