Disklavier

That's helpful, thank you.  I do use MIDI files.

I'm curious if you (or anyone reading this forum) has experience  
transferring Disklavier media (e.g. Pianosoft solo, Pianosoft plus,  
etc.) to a hard drive.  In order for this to play properly , I assume  
you would need a XG software.  If I can get this to work, I'm half-way  
to achieving MarkIV capabilities....

Regards,

Rich

On Mar 12, 2009, at 9:15 AM, Spencer_Lists wrote:

> Greetings Freeman,
>
> If you just want to play MIDI files, you do not need a sequencer
> although they are very helpful for editing. There are playlist players
> for the Mac. I used two of them in the past and can unfortunately only
> remember the one that I did not like the best. This was Qmidi. It was
> another one that I really liked. Maybe someone else on the list can
> suggest some others. There is also Sweet Midi for the Mac. The windows
> version looks reasonable but more complicated than necessary. Trial
> version was difficult to set up.
>
> Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 8:57:37 PM, you wrote:
>> Bill,
>
>> Much thanks for your email.  Your reply adds a few more pieces to
>> my jigsaw puzzle.  I'll source a MIDI cable as well as look at  
>> Metro SE.
>
>> Regards,
>
>> Rich
>
>
>
>> On Mar 11, 2009, at 6:18 PM, boyler1999 wrote:
>
>
>> Rich,
>
>> I have an older Mark II (MX100II) with a broken floppy drive, so I
>> was trying to figure out how to upgrade it much like you. The
>> official upgrades from Yamaha (DSR1 and DCD1) were discontinued by
>> Yamaha and were way too expensive anyway. So then I discovered the
>> Disklavier's MIDI ports, connected them to my Mac iBook laptop with
>> the Yamaha USB MIDI interface, and purchased Metro SE from Sagan
>> Technology (http://www.sagantech.biz/products), which I found to be
>> a really nice and inexpensive MIDI sequencer for the Mac. This
>> product enables me to play and record from the Disklavier really
>> easily and intuitively, using my Mac's hard drive instead of the
>> piano's floppy drive. I looked at GarageBand, but then decided on
>> Metro SE when I saw what a great price it was and what great
>> features it had. This doesn't answer all your questions but I hope  
>> it helps.
>
>> Bill
>
>> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Freeman Richard <rfreeman26@...>  
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm the original owner of a Disklavier DSC2 Grand with Mark II XG
>>> control unit. I would love to have features / capabilities now
>>> available with the Mark IV series, such as access to content via the
>>> internet, hard-drive storage, etc., however I'm not going to spend a
>>> small fortune replacing my entire piano to do so. There must be
>>> alternatives to upgrading.... I hope. It irritates me that Yamaha's
>>> upgrades are seriously limited and don't allow migration to  
>>> successor
>>> series. Maybe they finally got it right with the Mark IV, but that
>>> doesn't help me.
>>>
>>> I'm new to this forum, so have several questions to ask. I greatly
>>> appreciate any replies.
>>>
>>> a) I would like to play Piano Soft + Audio, or Smart Piano Soft
>>> media. Is adding the DCD1 module the only option?
>>>
>>> b) If yes, I understand the DCD1 is no longer manufactured by  
>>> Yamaha.
>>> Will there be a successor unit?
>>>
>>> c) Does anyone have experience in using a PC / or Mac connected to  
>>> the
>>> Disklavier in order to play MIDI files, or PianoSoft, PianoSoft Plus
>>> titles? If yes, I'd greatly appreciate any tips. I have both Mac and
>>> PC machines I could use.....
>>>
>>> d) Lastly, has anyone used Garageband (Mac) to send data to the
>>> Disklavier. I understand Garageband requires a plug-in in order to
>>> enable Midi out. Again, if anyone has experience with setup, any  
>>> tips
>>> would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for the help. I hope to return the favor some day!
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Rich Freeman
>>>
>
>
>>
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