Disklavier

Hello Everyone,

<< Anyone out there know if there is software out there that can convert
midi files or existing Disklavier files to SmartKey files? >>

I don't have SmartKey on my Disklavier, so I have not been able to experiment 
with this. However, I believe that the SmartKey response can be turned on in 
any SmartKey-equipped Disklavier in one of the menus. This should make it 
possible to use the SmartKey feature with any SMF.

It should be noted that what SmartKey does is to pause a sequence so that it 
waits for you to play a particular note in the piano track. If you don't play 
the note within a certain interval of time, the system moves the key to 
prompt you.

Automatically-working SMFs which are intended for SmartKey have (I think) a 
SysEx message at the beginning to tell the Disklavier to turn on the SmartKey 
feature automatically. You can open an existing SmartKey song file in a 
sequencer and figure out which SysEx message is the one which does this.

Also, you should note that in good-sounding SMFs which are intended for 
SmartKey, the notes in the piano track are advanced slightly in the sequence 
in order for the accompaniment to sound as though it is responding in the 
expected way when you play the trigger note. If the trigger notes were on the 
beat where the associated accompaniment notes reside, the accompaniment might 
play before you play the trigger note.

Regards,
PianoBench