Disklavier

----- Original Message -----

From: Carol Beigel

To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 6:09 PM

Subject: Re: [disklavier] MX100B calibration

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@....au>
To: <;disklavier@YahooGroups.com>
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
> From Peter Phillips, Electronic Editorials NSW. Phone (02) 9773 4734,
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