Disklavier

Greetings Joan,

correct me if i am wrong but i don't think that GNMIDI converts PD floppies for use on the DKV. 

GNMIDI is an excellent program and does all sorts of things that would be useful to a DKV user and every one should have a copy but i don't think it does this.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 10:55:06 PM, you wrote:
> Piano discs do NOT work in Disklaviers. There is a program that can
> convert the disk to a form that would be readable by the Disklavier. 
> gnmidi.zip - Guenter Nagler's MIDI file utility. Excellent! Shareware.
> I believe a demo of this software is available on this site in the
> files under 'Utilities'. You might want to read about the software at
> http://gnmidi.com/. 

> Hope this helps with your question.
> Joan

> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "uhhmmmmmmmmmm" <ronjong@...> wrote:

>> I just bought a PianoDisc floppy "Piano Pleasures" PD9201 and it 
>> won't play on my MarkIII. Shouldn't this floppy work in a 
>> disklavier? When I insert the floppy in my PC, it says it is 
>> unformatted (I don't know if that's what it should do or not). Any 
>> ideas?

>> Thank you.

>> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <thecarolb@> 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > If you buy either QRS or PianoDisc songs on FLOPPY
>> > disks, they are compatible with a Disklavier. When
>> > MIDI files come on a CD, the MIDI part is encoded and
>> > now locked on these new copy protection schemes. You
>> > don't really want the audio anyway, since you daughter
>> > wants to do the singing. I personally have found the
>> > QRS floppies to be quite fine.
>> > 
>> > Carol Beigel
>> > 
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "robjohan" <robjohan@>
>> > To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:14 AM
>> > Subject: [disklavier] What other manufacturers' discs
>> > (beyond Yamaha) are compatible with my Mark IV?
>> > 
>> > 
>> > > I have a new Yamaha DGC1M4 Mark IV piano and I am
>> > trying to find out
>> > > what other manufacturer's discs will play in my
>> > system. Are QRS,
>> > > Pianodisc, Pianomation, and other non-Yamaha discs
>> > compatible with the
>> > > Mark IV? Does anyone have a list of non-yamaha
>> > compatible discs?
>> > > Freddy at Yamaha suggested I post this message on
>> > this site. The main
>> > > reason that I am asking is that we purchased the
>> > Disklavier for my
>> > > daughter who is an aspiring musical theater/singer
>> > and we want her to
>> > > be able to rehearse at home with pre-recorded piano
>> > accompaniment. She
>> > > will be starring in Annie Get Your Gun and Thoroughly
>> > Modern Millie in
>> > > a few months and I am having a hard time finding
>> > these song files (I
>> > > could not find them in any of the Yamaha discs). I
>> > did find some of
>> > > the Annie Get Your Gun songs on a QRS CD (Broadway
>> > Musicals I QRS
>> > > Catalog #400401) but there is a disclaimer that says
>> > that "QRS Music
>> > > CD's produced after 1/1/05 are designed expressly for
>> > the use with QRS
>> > > Pianomation Systems, and we do not guarantee
>> > compatibility with other
>> > > brands ..." Can anyone out there give us some
>> > giudance? Thanks!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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