Disklavier

It's pretty simple, actually.  If your piano is connected to the computer that is running DKVBrowser via MIDI, then DKVBrowser hears certain all MIDI events (I use the middle pedal, and the leftmost pedal usually, but it can hear anything) and in response to those MIDI events, it sends commands to the piano as if it were the PRC...

So, the middle pedal can be a toggle between metronome on/off, or the middle pedal can be tempo up, and left pedal can be tempo down, and the lowest key on the keyboard can be metronome on/off...etc.

I never really finished this code since no one was interested when I talked about it...and I suppose most people don't have an actual MIDI connection (USB, or otherwise) between their computer and their piano...and that is a requirement for this feature to work.  So, I keep a custom version around to do what I want it to do...It's also great in A/B repeat mode while trying to learn a certain passage...ever try that with the PRC remote?  It's impossible!  I have it set up so the left pedal returns to the start point so I can go back there without taking my hands off of the keys...

Maybe it's best to move this conversation to the DKVBrowser group though...

-Kevin



----- Original Message ----
From: Ron Ayanzen  <ayanzen@...>
To: Kevin Goroway  <kgoroway@...>; "disklavier@yahoogroups.com " <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 10:55:44 PM
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Re: Mark4 Software -- fix Metronome function!

Kevin,

I, too, like to practice in Quiet mode and find it somewhat cumbersome to turn the metronome on & off, and adjust the tempo on the PRC. But how could u solve this issue with DKVBrowser?

Ron

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-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Goroway <kgoroway@...>

Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:12:43 
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Re: Mark4 Software -- fix Metronome function!


  





You don't happen to have a computer connected to your Mark IV via MIDI cables, do you?

The reason I ask is that I have noticed the same annoying problem, and fixed it by having the middle pedal (which I never use) toggle the metronome on and off.  This requires a computer connected via MIDI, and running DKVBrowser. (although, it's my own custom version since no one ever seemed interested in the ability to control certain piano features via MIDI, I'd happily work on that feature some more if anyone cared...)

-Kevin




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From: qv308 <stevme@...>
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:54:08 PM
Subject: [disklavier] Re: Mark4 Software -- fix Metronome function!

  

I regularly use the so-called "Quiet" mode for piano practice. It makes the Mark IV a great tool for the student (and for neighbors).

However, one major pain. There is a metronome function, but in order to turn it on and off, you must open the little plastic cover on the PDA. There is no way to use the scrolling mechanism on the bottom of the PDA (which is usually used to navigate around the interface) to turn metronome on and off. It seems like a simple software change. Make it possible to turn Metronome on or off with the rocker switch at the bottom of the PDA, without having to open up the plastic cover and use the stylus (or your finger).

If you are playing, the present software, which should be easy to fix, is really, I say again, really, annoying.

Steve 

           
  



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