Disklavier

Good afternoon, everyone.


On May 28, 2009, at 3:17 PM, usdisk wrote:

> Hello, I am in the process of trying to sell my still very new  
> looking MPX1 of the Mark II XG Series. A person interested in buying  
> had 2 questions which I could not answer:
> 1. How many minutes can a 1.44 MB HD Diskette record when playing a  
> "normal" classical song
> 2. Is it today (May 2009) still possible to get the CD- storage  
> device (is it called DCD1?) on the market in order to be able to  
> record musical pieces which last approximately 20-30 minutes.
>

You should be able to record around 2 hours of solo piano music on an  
HD floppy using your piano.

I do not believe that the DCD1 is still available from Yamaha. If you  
found one used, you would have to record to floppy (or directly to  
your computer), and then use a program to convert the MIDI data to  
MIDI encoded as audio, and then burn the audio to a CD.

Alternatively, you might consider simply storing all of the MIDI  
recordings on the computer and playing them back from their. Using a  
MIDI player with a playlist feature, the piano could be set up to play  
for hours.

Regards,
PianoBench


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