Disklavier

Joan,  It depends on which DKVBrowser features you are looking for...

It does allow you to control the piano from your PC/Mac, and it does have the ability to search for songs.  In the beta, the search doesn't include the ability to search the comments field, though.  That's a bit unfortunate, since, using DKVBrowser (which makes editing comments much easier than the PRC software), I've decorated TONS of my music with the artist in the comments field...  Wanna hear some Mozart?  Just search for Mozart.  Let's hope they add this to their software (although it will still be a pain to edit comments anyway, unless they do something with that as well.)

-Kevin


----- Original Message ----
From: jheitzeb1 <jheitzeb1@...>
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:01:59 PM
Subject: [disklavier] Re: What's coming in v3.0?


I am looking forward to the update and if it has capabilities like the DKVBrowser .. it will 
be great!  I can hardly wait ! 

I love my Mark IV and just renewed my radio subscription for another year.

Thanks for posting the update news and keeping us informed.

Joan

--- In disklavier@yahoogro ups.com, "Neal Polan" <carwizard@. ..> wrote:
>
> I am one of the 3.0 Beta testers. I can tell you that the new software is
> awesome and worth the wait. I think it's very commendable that Yamaha has
> offered regular updates. It has kept their Mark 1V owners current. It's nice
> to own a product that does NOT go obsolete over time.
> 
> Take Care
> 
> Neal
> 
> 
> 
>   _____ 
> 
> From: disklavier@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogro ups.com] On
> Behalf Of George F. Litterst
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:20 AM
> To: disklavier@yahoogro ups.com
> Subject: Re: [disklavier] What's coming in v3.0?
> 
> 
> 
> Good morning, everyone.
> 
> 
> 
> Josh, the Mark IV UI is heavily influenced by the type of remote controller
> that comes with it and the size of its screen.
> 
> 
> 
> With version 3.0, you get a virtual remote for use on your computer.
> Although the virtual remote is an emulation of the PRC and does not offer a
> larger screen or additional features, I think that you will be pleasantly
> surprised by how fast it is. And, as Kevin mentioned, the ability to use
> your computer keyboard simplifies a number of issues.
> 
> 
> 
> In my case, I feel as though my Disklavier has had a significant speed boost
> with version 3.0.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> PianoBench
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 10, 2008, at 7:58 AM, Kevin Goroway wrote:
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> 
> Josh,
> 
> If you search the archives here you should see a post from Bill about what
> is coming in version 3.0.  Based on the list of things you don't like
> currently, I can't give you much hope for improvement in version 3.0 (as it
> has already been described, maybe it will change before release).
> 
> The only things that come close to your current issues are that you can now
> search for titles in your collection from the remote (nothing to do with the
> internet features), and the virtual PRC which effectively moves the
> interface from the handheld remote to the desktop of your PC/Mac (It is nice
> using a real keyboard instead of your thumbs, and mouse clicks are faster
> that touch screens, it would seem).
> 
> Here's hoping for the future!  ;-)
> 
> -Kevin
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Josh Goldman <josh@...>
> To: disklavier@yahoogro ups.com
> Sent: Monday, June 9, 2008 9:08:01 PM
> Subject: [disklavier] What's coming in v3.0?
> 
> I'm a brand new Disklavier owner (DC2M4) and hope to soon find time to
> post something here on "Impressions from a new owner" or something...
> that may be helpful to people considering purchasing a disklavier.
> 
> My impressions of the instrument itself are excellent, and the basic
> functions of the recording and playback are good also. But my
> impressions of the internet functions, the "on-piano" internet
> searching, the UI of the remote, the metadata of the service... all
> are pretty terrible, especially for something in this price tier.
> 
> Can anyone say what some of the improvements and features are that are
> coming in the 3.0 software? I'm hoping it changes my impression for
> the better...
> 
> Thanks,
> --josh
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