Disklavier

Good morning, everyone.


On Dec 27, 2008, at 7:49 PM, Mark wrote:

> My prior question has not been completely answered.
>
> Can I set up a computer to provide the same audio features at the  
> DCD-1?
>

No. Not with a Mark II.

> Can a computer MIDI or serial provide the audio from a Piano Soft Plus
> CD to the Disklavier as the DCD-1 will?
>

No.
> I suspect that MIDI will only
> provide data to the MIDI tone generator, not the audio that the DCD-1
> will provide.
>

Correct.

> If the MIDI will not supply the audio tracks to a Mark II XG, then,  
> with
> a computer, can you use the computer's sound processor to put out the
> audio from a Piano Soft Plus CD to speakers connected directly to the
> computer?
>

This would require a special computer program to read the encoded MIDI  
data, decode it, send the MIDI data to the Disklavier and the audio  
data to the computer speakers. I am not aware of such a program.

> / MIDI
> data----MIDI interface---- DKV player system
> Computer w/ PianoSoft Plus CD <
> \ Audio
> data----sound card--------speakers
>
> It appears that this would require the computer to read both the MIDI
> data and audio data from the PianoSoft Plus CD and send the MIDI to  
> the
> Disklavier MIDI ports and the audio to the computer's sound card.
>

True.

> btw; you can buy a PCI Serial card for a desktop system for about
> $35.00. Not as cheap as the USB to MIDI cable but some may have all of
> the USB ports in use.
>

Regards,
PianoBench


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