Disklavier

I just bought a new iMac last week with Leopard to use exclusively for music 
and photo editing.  I am a complete novice where Macs are concerned and none 
of my older PowerPC (Mac OS8) software will run.  I bought Logic Studio 8, 
but probably Logic Express ($199) will work just fine for MIDI editing.

It is true that Leopard will run Windows XP and Windows Vista.  However, 
most of the dkv utilities ran in native DOS under Windows 98, 95 and 3.1.  I 
believe the future of computers will be this duo core intel processor and 
the more universal operating systems.  Perhaps someone will write software 
utilities for these operating systems - like converting ESEQ to midi!

Meanwhile, I will start to learn more about audio and MIDI editing and 
recording.  I'm looking at a practically blank mental spreadsheet here and 
will share any interesting findings I discover that relate Macs to DKVs. 
One of the things that looks interesting in controlling a Disklavier with a 
Mac is that Time Capsule.  It also works as a wireless router as well as 
with ethernet cables.

I still think that for now, Disklavier owners interesting in the older 
dkvutilities should keep around an older PC that runs Windows 98 and older.

Carol Beigel