Disklavier

Good morning, everyone.

I recommend looking at the MIDI data carefully on the computer and  
determine with certainty whether that MIDI data is present.

Assuming that the MIDI data is present, I think that it is worth  
determining:

--whether the dropouts always occur at the same places on playback

--determine what happens if you start playback at a location where  
there is a dropout

--look at the MIDI status LEDs on the MIDI interface (if there are  
any) during playback and see if the interface shows MIDI data going to  
the piano during the dropout

How are you synchronizing the audio and the data? Are they both being  
played by the same sequencer?

Regards,
PianoBench

On Aug 25, 2008, at 7:00 PM, slothmachine wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I recently had a recording session that used a Disklavier. We needed
> to record the actual piano sounds as well as get the corresponding
> MIDI. For the most part, it worked well. Our resulting audio files
> are great, and the corresponding MIDI almost always matches
> perfectly. There were a few exceptions though. In a few of the
> files, the MIDI would cut out for almost exactly 30 seconds, then
> after that silence, it would return, still in sync with the audio.
>
> There are a few possible explanations for this. It's certainly
> possible that the MIDI interface going into the computer was faulty
> in some way (audio and MIDI both recorded into Reaper). Me feeling
> though is that it was probably something getting stuck on the
> Disklavier's end. The exact devices were Disklavier II, and the
> controller that spit out the MIDI was a DKC100R.
>
> Has anyone else had similar issues? Any suggestions for how to fix
> this? We're planning on going back to the same studio, with the same
> setup, in a few days, so we were hoping to have something new to try.
>
> I did try searching previous posts for "lost MIDI", but wasn't able
> to find anything pertinent.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much!