Disklavier

Greetings sjhart110110,

i checked my external hard drive and found that the full set of e-comp
files as MP3 is something like 8 gigs. more than i want to put on my
server especially if there are a lot of downloads. the set of MIDI
files would be much smaller. you can convert the MIDI to WAV with
Mid2PianoCD.after converting to MP3 you can add the tags with a
program that i wrote that uses a text file. i tried converting an MP3
with tags to a WAV with the convert that i use for these sorts of
things and the WAVs do not retain the text tags. i don't use wav
myself and do not want to go to a lot of effort researching the use of
tags in wav files and writing code to do it. as far as i know there
are not really any standards that are accepted by all players so it
would probably be a waste of time.

unless you can play the DKV with an MP3 file or you can find a way to
convert an MP3 to WAV with MP3 tags, these files will not be of much
use. it is probably a hardware limitation that prevents the DKV from
playing MP3 files but it would be interesting to hear what Yamaha has
to say about it. 

Thursday, February 12, 2009, 9:07:58 AM, you wrote:
> I have found that MP3 files will not work correctly with my DC3A. 
> The audio portion plays fine, but the part that drives the piano 
> almost always drops notes and gets messed up. Even at the highest 
> MP3 quality. I have to use WAV formats (like standard CDs) in order 
> for things to work correctly. A while back this seemed crazy as 
> each small Midi file would end up being 30-60 megs of audio. 
> However, in the world when you can now purchase an ipod 120 GIG for 
> $200, who cares! These ipods have a much higher capacity drive than 
> even a Mark IV with room to spare!! 

> I would be interested in any of your MIDI files that you have added 
> the tags, etc. to (ecomp, others). I would just need to convert 
> them to audio and then include them in iTunes. Let me know if you 
> have them posted in the files section or send them to me at 
> sjhart110@... Thanks. SJ

> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Spencer_Lists <lists@...> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings sjhart110110,
>> 
>> I agree with a lot of what you say but it seems that few others 
> do. I
>> play my LX almost exclusively through Itunes. I do not have to 
> worry
>> about the volume message but there are all sorts of other
>> manipulations that are necessary. I have written several utilities 
> and
>> have others from other sources that I use to process files to get 
> them
>> to work for me. Unfortunately everyone has different needs and it 
> is
>> unlikely that a program will ever be written that addresses all the
>> possibilities and is not hopelessly confusing. The more options, 
> the
>> more difficult to make it simple and intuitive.
>> 
>> Personally, I think it is imperative to have documentation 
> associated
>> with the file if using Itunes or any player. I want to know what I 
> am
>> playing. I don't just shuffle play and leave the room. For this
>> reason, I have written a number of programs to automatically add 
> text
>> information to MIDI and MP3 files from a master database that I
>> maintain. When I get new music, I find the information online
>> (usually) or type it in myself if I can not find it already in
>> computer readable form. Then I run a program that adds MP3 tags 
> which
>> display in itunes. I don't know which DKVs might work with MP3 
> files
>> and have not written anything to add tags to WAV files so my 
> solutions
>> are only good for those who can use MP3.
>> 
>> I have obtained the text information for all the Yamaha E-Comp 
> files
>> and have a set of MP3s with tags and offered them to others but 
> there
>> was absolutely no response so I assume that others can not use 
> these
>> or just don't care about this way of playing. If MP3 files do 
> work, it
>> just don't understand why people would not want these. 
>> 
>> Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 9:51:27 PM, you wrote:
>> > It works perfect! Thanks so much for your help. I'm getting 
> closer 
>> > to the poor man's Mark IV ! Seriously, with the power of 
> iTunes 
>> > (ability to create playlists, etc.) this is fantastic. I'm so 
> glad 
>> > Yamaha included the audio inputs to my Mark III. Heck, the ipod 
>> > wasn't even around when they came out with the piano. Somebody 
>> > should write a program which reads in all of our Pianosoft 
> disks, 
>> > CDs, etc. - converts them, strips out Volume messages, creates 
> audio 
>> > files, renames them (I had to read the directory files that are 
>> > created), etc. You then could read them into iTunes, hook your 
> ipod 
>> > to your Mark III and have a fantastic easy to use system!!!! 
>> > Seriously, anyone with a Mark III should invest $200 in an ipod 
> and 
>> > have a really easy to use system. You could probably hook a 
> wireless 
>> > audio system to your ipod (they sell them) and feed your piano 
>> > directly without even having a connection. SJ
>> 
>> -- 
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> 

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