Disklavier

Hi Carol.

I believe I know when it is playing in acoustic mode and when it is 
playing in digital mode (there is only one button that switches 
between the two modes on the left side of the keyboard).  The 
question I have is when in digital mode with key=ON, is the sound 
generated by the hammers hitting the deadened strings or is the key 
movement all for show and doesn't do anything for the sound?  When I 
turn the keys off in digital mode, it sounds the same as when the 
keys are moving which leads me to believe the sound is not generated 
by the hammers like it is when someone (that is, a person, and not 
the midi player) is playing the piano in digital mode.  I do notice 
that the pedals don't move in digital mode when they do in acoustic 
mode so perhaps in playback mode the key movement really is all for 
show.

Any thoughts on this?

--Ron


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <thecarolb@...> 
wrote:
>
> Put your hand on the strings while the piano is playing.  Do your 
feel the 
> vibrations?  Do you hear a "thunk" where your hand is?  If so, the 
hammers 
> are hitting the strings.
> 
> Or put your foot on the far right pedal and hold it down while the 
the piano 
> is playing.  If all the notes run together, then you are in 
acoustic mode.
> 
> On the other hand, if you can take your fingernails and rake them 
over the 
> strings while a disk is playing, and this different sound does not 
interfere 
> with the song, then you are probably in digital mode.
> 
> Carol Beigel
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "uhhmmmmmmmmmm" <zackcat@...>
> To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 1:11 PM
> Subject: [disklavier] Does digital playing of disklavier actually 
rely on 
> the key presses for sound?
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am playing a Pianosoft title and when using the digital 
reproduction
> > of sound, the keys on the piano will move and digital piano 
sounds are
> > heard.  Is the sound actually generated by the keys hitting the
> > dampened strings, or is it totally relying on the MIDI 
information to
> > generate the tone?  If I play the same song in digital and turn 
off the
> > keys so they don't move, it sounds exactly the same.  I would 
assume if
> > the piano is really playing (that is, not just reading the midi 
and
> > creating the sound in the hardware) it would sound at least a 
little
> > bit different, wouldn't it?
> >
> > When playing as a digital piano, is the key movement just for 
show?
> >
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