Disklavier

Greetings Dokhanchi,

I have a program that fixes some of the things that can cause a file
to not play on the DKV. If you send me the file that you are having
problems with, I might be able to suggest a fix.

Sunday, November 9, 2008, 6:50:25 AM, you 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
>>
>> 

>  

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