Disklavier

I would like the unit to be able to store all of my Piansoft files 
(audio and non-audio, pianosmart/integrated with CDs), be able to 
utilize disklavier radio, and have a PDA to control it all.  SJ



--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Mark Fontana <mfontana@...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> What are the Mark IV features you would most like to see in an 
upgrade
> kit for older Disklaviers?  Would it be enough to have a device 
that
> supports playing Yamaha (and competitors') CDs from a CD or MP3 
player,
> plus support for streaming music from a laptop or PC (including
> Disklavier Radio)?
> 
> Or is the tablet/PDA interface absolutely essential?
> 
> My person opinion is that the expensive tablet and PDA hardware 
(though
> cool today) will be hopelessly obsolete in just a few years, so an
> upgrade based on adding so-called "analog MIDI" inputs would be 
the most
> future-proof way to go.  This would let you operate your 
Disklavier from
> any current or future audio source, including MP3 players, wireless
> links, central home audio systems, streaming from the Internet, 
etc.  
> Analog audio inputs on a Disklavier would work even 25 years from 
now
> when USB and wireline MIDI are long-dead relics from the past.
> 
> Mark Fontana
>