Disklavier

Hello Everone,

In a message dated 12/27/00 5:25:58 AM, frubens@... writes:

<< I have a MarkII XG Disklavier which is wonderful-I have downloaded tons of 
music from the internet, most of which is quite good. I still have a great 
deal of difficulty directly connecting my laptop to the piano to screen stuff 
to see if it sounds great. I usually have to copy
the music to a floppy, then try it out on the piano. If it is no good, I have 
to re-trace my steps and delete the file from the hard drive. For a 
connection of my laptop to the piano, do I have to play the music with 
special music software or can I output it to the piano with a
Windows media player? >>

I don't recall if this question got answered. Yes, you can play MIDI file on 
your Disklavier using the Windows Media Player. To do this, you need to 
configure your Windows MIDI output defaults, make the correct physical 
connections to  your Disklavier, and set the To Host switch on your 
Disklavier to the correct setting. Lastly, you need to match the Disklavier's 
Piano Receive channel to that of the MIDI file.

(1) In the Windows Multimedia control panel, choose the MIDI tab. Select an 
appropriate MIDI output driver. For example, if you are using a MIDI joystick 
adapter (which is attached to the joystick port of your sound card), you 
should choose the MIDI output of your sound card driver. If you are using a 
direct serial connection between your computer and the Disklavier, you need 
to install Yamaha's CBX MIDI driver and select it in this control panel.

(2) Connect either MIDI cables or a serial cable from your computer to your 
Disklaver per the instructions in the Disklavier manuals.

(3) Set the To Host switch on your Disklavier to MIDI (if you are using MIDI 
cables) or to PC2 if you are using a serial cable.

(4) Since MIDI files can connect the piano part(s) on any of the 16 possible 
MIDI channels, you should set your Disklavier's Piano Receive channel to 
PRG(ALL). This will automatically cause the correct tracks to play on the 
piano for 98% of the files that you encounter.

Regards,
PianoBench