Disklavier

Good afternoon, everyone.

Bob, please send me the MIDI file directly to my email address (pianobench@... 
), not to the list, and I'll see if there is an issue with the file.

Regards,
PianoBench


On Nov 9, 2008, at 9:50 AM, Dokhanchi wrote:

>
> Hi PianoBench,
>
> Everything you said was done but I still do not get anything. Do I  
> need to have the disklavier's drive on something else to recognize  
> the data is coming from an external source? It almost feels like  
> something has to be turned on so the Piano can receive the data sent  
> by the cable. Once again I am using a USB to midi cable I bought  
> from Ebay. The laptop recognizes the cable and installs it once  
> plugged in. When I play the song in VanBasco's jukebox, the light on  
> the cable flashes showing the data is going through the cable but  
> does not seem to enter the piano at all. Help please.
>
> Bob
>
> --- On Fri, 11/7/08, George F. Litterst <PianoBench@...> wrote:
> From: George F. Litterst <PianoBench@...>
> Subject: Re: [disklavier] computer-Disklavier nothing happens
> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 10:55 AM
>
> Good morning, everyone.
>
> Bob, there are a few things to check:
>
> (1) It is very easy to confuse which plugs connect to MIDI In and MIDI
> Out. Try reversing them. (You won't hurt anything if you have
> incorrectly reversed the connection.)
>
> (2) The Disklavier is both a piano and a tone generator. Certain
> incoming MIDI tracks play on the piano, and all others are played by
> the tone generator. If the speakers are note turned on, you will not
> hear the other tracks.
>
> (3) To insure that your Disklavier plays the correct tracks on the
> piano, you need to match the piano's Receive Channel(s) to the MIDI
> channels to which the piano track(s) are assigned in the MIDI file.
> Unfortunately, the piano tracks may be on different channels in
> different files. The simplest way to account for this is to let the
> Disklavier guess (which it can do correctly about 95% of the time) and
> set the piano's Receive Channel to PRG(ALL). I have not used the B
> version of the Mark III. I am guessing that you make this selection in
> the following way:
>
> --Press Function
> --Use the Right Arrow button to select MIDI Setup and then press Enter
> --With the cursor next to Piano Part, press Enter
> --The display will show you the current Piano Receive channel which
> you can change with the +/- buttons.
>
> Regards,
> PianoBench
>
> On Nov 7, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Dokhanchi wrote:
>
> > I need help please with my Mark III B version (DGC1-B). I have used
> > VanBascos's software per carol's recommendation and am using the  
> USB-
> > MIDI cable I bought from Ebay. The ToHost selector is set to midi
> > and the cable powers up and recognized by he computer. When I play a
> > song in vanbasco, the blue light on the cable flashes showing the
> > data is going through the USB cable into midi in/out. The problem is
> > I can not get the piano to play it. When I turn the disklavier on,
> > it is still on the internal drives. Doesn't have to be on an
> > external midi selection? I can't find such selection. Any help is
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Bob