Disklavier

Thank you George.

So the files I have converted to type 0, although they look like they
are the same as type 1 with left and right hand separate when playing
them with vanbasco, will have both hands play on the disklavier.

That is if I can make it work !

Pascal

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "George F. Litterst"
<PianoBench@...> wrote:
>
> Good morning, everyone.
> 
> Pascal, according to the MIDI specification, you can send up to 16  
> CHANNELS of MIDI data to your Disklavier at one time using a MIDI  
> cable. That data may reside in a MIDI file on just one track or  
> possibly on hundreds of tracks. Channels and tracks are not the same  
> thing (although in certain circumstances it may appear as though they  
> are).
> 
> A MIDI file is a file where MIDI data resides.
> 
> A Type 0 Standard MIDI File (SMF) contains all of the data on a single  
> track. However, most of the data (such as note-on and note-off events,  
> pedal events, etc.) is labelled as being channel-specific. Therefore,  
> when a sequencer plays a Type 0 file, the data may be sent on as many  
> as 16 channels.
> 
> Typically, a sequencer will present a Type 0 file to the user as  
> though it were a multi-track file with as many as 16 tracks, each  
> track mapped to the corresponding MIDI channel. In other words, when  
> the typical sequencer opens a Type 0 file, it separates the data by  
> channel and shows the the groups of channelized data to the user as  
> though the data actually resided on separate tracks.
> 
> A Type 1 SMF can have any number of tracks, even hundreds of tracks,  
> each mapped to one of the 16 MIDI channels. So, for example, a Type 1  
> file could have separate tracks for piano RH and piano LH and map them  
> to separate channels or to the same channel.
> 
> Regards,
> PianoBench
> 
> 
> On Jan 14, 2008, at 3:11 AM, ramseymonoi wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My disklavier has arrived, and it is great.
> >
> > I am waiting for the usb/midi adaptor cable to arrive so I can try
> > playing songs from the laptop.
> >
> > However I am getting a bit confused. I downloaded some piano pieces,
> > which I am playing on the computer using vanbasco midi player. It
> > looks like the right and left hand play on 2 different channels.
> >
> > So I assumed that it was a type 1 midi file, and converted it to type
> > 0. But it still separates left and right hand !
> >
> > Am I confusing tracks and channels ? Ie, it is now a type 0 file with
> > only one track and several channels. Does it mean that type 1 files
> > carry several tracks with each several channels ?
> >
> > I feel like I opened pandora's box !
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Pascal
> >
> >
> >
>