Disklavier

Actually, I am out of memory at 16MB and was hoping we could get into the
hundreds of MBs!

 

We have a huge collection of MIDIs, Yamaha and others.

 

We like having some of our most common collections (copied from multiple
FDs, etc.) in groups as Pop, Quiet Dinner, Children's, Dinner, etc.

 

Thanks for the info!

 

--Aaron in SF

 

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From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Carol Beigel
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 12:54 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Re: upgrade path

 

If you have a MarkIII, you have enough memory to run anything.  To use
PianoSmart, you need to install the free software on the Yamaha website for
your model DKV.  I think the lastest is v4.47 or 4.48.  Anything over v4.45
will do for a MarkIII.

 

Here is how I think PianoSmart works with regular CDs.  There is a beginning
mark on each song on any CD.  The floppy disk you buy from Yamaha to play in
your Disklavier along with the CD probably has a MIDI time code or something
that marks the beginning of each song.  That is why you must use a specific
CD.  When you put the CD in the player, and the floppy disk in the floppy
drive, they synchronize so they play together.

 

Didn't Spencer or Mark Fontana write a software program that will work on a
PC that does this?  I believe you can make your own CDs with the MIDI
embedded that you can play off a laptop and not even need a DCD1.  If so,
then you have almost all the capabilities of the MarkIV!

 

The other totally cool thing that PianoSmart does on a MarkIII, but not on
an upgrade from an earlier Disklavier, is transposable audio.  I hear this
most on my Fiddler on the Roof Pianosmart CD/floppy set.  These people on
the original soundtrack are not singing in tune to A440.  Therefore their
voices are not matched to my MarkIIXG tuned to A440.  However, on a MarkIII,
it will read that their pitch is different, and automatically adjust the
voices and orchestra to A440.

 

May we all be gratefull we have Disklaviers, and not.....

 

Carol Beigel

 

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

From: Aaron Zornes <mailto:azornes@...>  

To: disklavier@yahoogro <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> ups.com 

Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 1:11 PM

Subject: RE: [disklavier] Re: upgrade path

 

Our Mark III already has 16MB memory.  Is there an upgrade kit that goes
beyond that?

 

A quick web search only found this upgrade snippet:

 

NAMM 2000: The Disklavier's 1.44MB memory chip is now upgradeable to 16MB.

 

Thanks!

 

--Aaron


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From:  <mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> disklavier@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of George F. Litterst
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 7:02 AM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Re: upgrade path

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

On Apr 11, 2008, at 4:05 AM, athomik wrote:




The only upgrades ever released for Disklaviers themselves, which added
extra functionality, were a memory upgrade kit for theMark 3 (?), and a
Smart key update. All other software updates were only intended to remove
software bugs.

 

Actually, there have been a number of feature enhancements over the years,
including the addition of MIDI Time Code (which makes video-sync recording
possible) to Disklaviers whose control units had enough additional memory
and support for Type 0 Standard MIDI files in the Mark II.

 

Regards,

PianoBench

 

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