Get your piano technician to check that the pedals are set up correctly. I've often come across Disklaviers which have been moved recently, where the lyre wasn't fitted correctly, or where the pedal needed to be readjusted. Once the pedals are adjusted for the acoustic side of the piano (they should be set up and operate exactly the same as on a normal C3 piano), the adjustment of the solenoids needs to be checked. Your technician can find details of this adjustment inside the solenoid cover.
Contact Yamaha directly for the owner's manual
The MIDI OUT on the DCD1 operates as a MIDI THROUGH while the DCD1 isn't playing, so you can just connect the MIDI OUT from the computer to the MIDI IN on the DCD1 to control the piano. If you need to drive the piano from a computer and the DCD1 at the same time, you'll need a MIDI Merge box.
athomik
On Apr 14 2009, John Cheever wrote:
>My DC3 Pro Mark II arrived yesterday, what an awesome piano. Of course,
>it came with no documentation and no disks, so I've yet to feel the full
>power of disklavier. I plugged it in and everything fired right up.
>There were a couple songs and test scales in the flash memory which
>played nicely, and I was able to get it to record my own playing.
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>I noticed the sustain pedal was not lifting the dampers, but that turned
>out to be an easy fix. A little dowel rod popped out of it's socket. Got
>that back in place, and I was in business. During auto playback, I
>noticed the sustain pedal solenoid gives the pedal a real whack. No
>wonder that dowel rod popped out. BTW, my sustain pedal requires quite a
>bit of force, and it doesn't spring back quicky. Is that characteristic
>of Disklavier?
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>Today I found and downloaded the Mark II XG owner's manuals from the
>Yamaha site, but I could not find an owner's manual for my DCD1 upgrade
>anyhwere. Anyone know where I can find a copy?
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>I have one question about MIDI ports and I'm sure there's a simple fix.
>The DCD1 occupies both MIDI ports on the DKC500RW controller. I was
>hoping to connect the piano to the MIDI out of a computer or other MIDI
>player. How can I have two MIDI INs on the piano? Can the "to Host" be
>used as a MIDI IN?
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>John
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