Disklavier

Hi Carol, can you explain "the utilities" a little further please? 
TY, Steve--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" 
<thecarolb@...> wrote:
>
> I believe that everything that Disklavier can do is programmed into 
a ROM 
> chip.  The MarkIIXG has flash memory and you can mess with it.  
Probably the 
> default "volume" is set to a value of 100.  The other thing that 
may not be 
> working is the "soft" pedal - the one on the left.  On an upright 
piano, 
> this pedal moves the hammer rail half way the distance to the 
strings, 
> thereby wasting much of the energy gains before hitting the 
strings.  On my 
> Disklavier, this pedal activates at a volume lever of -4.  You can 
hear the 
> little motor that moves the rail, and feel that there is a lot of 
lost 
> motion in the keyboard if you use your fingers to play the keys.
> 
> Perhaps the volume is louder in the middle of the keyboard because 
those are 
> the ,keys that get played the most and they may need voicing.
> 
> You can always stuff egg crate type foam against the soundboard, or 
use the 
> utilities to adjust the volume on the data files (songs on the 
floppy disks) 
> to about 64 or lower.
> 
> Carol Beigel
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Phillips" <eleced@...>
> To: <disklavier@...>
> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 1:44 AM
> Subject: [disklavier] MX100B calibration
> 
> 
> > Hi All
> > I recently obtained an MX100B that, although probably grey, 
appears
> > virtually new. Everything works, but there seems to be no way you 
can
> > adjust the individual playing level of each key. This is possible 
in my
> > Mk11XG, and also in the MX80, but there is no Maintenance Mode 
for the 
> > MX100B.
> >
> > The volume at low MIDI levels is too loud and is inconsistent 
over the
> > keyboard, being slightly louder in the middle. Is there a way I 
can adjust
> > this, apart from the trimmer adjustment in the side of the 
control box
> > (which has little effect anyway)?
> >
> > Another unusual aspect of the MX100B is that it does not respond 
to
> > changing the volume in the vanBasco MIDI player. I'd love to know 
why this
> > is the case.
> >
> > Best wishes to all
> > Peter Phillips
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