Disklavier

Greetings Joan,

Watching a performance make sense. That is the first I have heard of this possibility which looks a little bit in the future. I still think that looking at a home made (or otherwise) slide show is just a distraction from the music. We have made music such a small part of an otherwise complicated environment in so situations that the music is just a secondary and often poor quality aspect. I thought that people who were interested in piano were more likely to appreciate the performance and not just want a bunch of complicated distraction with elements that serve little purpose than possibly distracting from badly played music. 

It is certainly possible that a performance can involve well integrated video and audio parts. Ballet, movies etc. If this is the sort of work that can be produced for the Disklavier (preferably with a high resolution and quality monitor) then I will certainly vote for that. A slide show on a crappy monitor is not going to impress me.

Another possibility would be to display lyrics on the monitor as slide show images but that would be better done by displaying the lyrics contained in a MIDI or Karaoke file.

Monday, September 8, 2008, 2:40:59 PM, you wrote:
> Someone asked about the transfer and use of the 'Pictures' folder that
> is available in the system of the Mark IV Disklavier. I was just
> answering that question. 

> I believe the original intent and future capabilities of the
> disklavier Mark IV which hooks to a TV monitor will be for the option
> of hooking up with satellite TV and viewing musicians in concert
> playing on the TV monitor while the midi is streamed to your piano ...
> thus a virtual experience of seeing possibly and hearing on your own
> piano the performance of someone such as Elton John.

> As far a multimedia presentations, on my Mac I am able to develop
> those myself without the need of a professional to do it for me. As
> far as the capability of viewing pictures on the tablet in slideshow
> format ... I don't see anything wrong with that, very similar to the
> same device people by to display their photos in a digital manner. 
> What is wrong with another option or use for the tablet? If the
> capability is there why not offer it to those that might want it?

> Joan

> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Spencer_Lists <lists@...> wrote:

>> Greetings Joan,

>> Just wondering why anyone cares about looking at the monitor when
> listening to the piano. I thought the reason for having a Disklavier
> was that listening to a real piano is superior to listening to a
> recording. If you want a multimedia presentation, why not get a DVD
> video by a professional. It will be much better than any slide show
> you can put together with such primitive tools.
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