Hi George, My piano technician and Yamaha have been working on a resolution for the past 2 months. I'm happy to report a new circuit board resolved the problem. Thank you for your help and advise. Cheers, Joseph --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "George F. Litterst" <PianoBench@...> wrote: > > Good morning, everyone. > > Joseph, it is time to bring back the Disklavier technician. > > Regards, > PianoBench > > > On Jan 3, 2010, at 10:07 PM, Joseph Schembri wrote: > > > > > Thanks George I will look into the Cakewalk program. > > > > The question now is why doesn't the piano play what's written in the midi file and would I be able to correct the problem with the Cakewalk program. > > > > Cheers, > > Joseph > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: George F. Litterst <PianoBench@...> > > To: Joseph Schembri <jschembri2000@...> > > Cc: disklavier@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Sun, January 3, 2010 7:24:22 PM > > Subject: Re: [disklavier] Sustaining pedal - Issue or not? > > > > > > Good evening, everyone. > > > > > > Joseph, I received your MIDI file when you sent to me directly. The file contains a lot of sustain pedal messages. They are on/off messages (i.e. values 127 and 0) with no incremental messages. > > > > Sonar Home Studio from Cakewalk is a very fine sequencer for under $100. It works on Windows systems. > > > > Regards, > > PianoBench > > > > > > On Jan 3, 2010, at 7:11 PM, Joseph Schembri wrote: > > > >> Hi George, > >> > >> I did what Carol suggested and checked the pedal movement , all seems well there. > >> > >> Attached is a Midi file that was converted from a FIL that I think should contain some pedal. > >> > >> Also googled some midi sequencing programs that show you what's happening. There were many but since I have many files to check I'd like to purchase one that you recommend. I only need one to read the instructions so I can determine what the file contains . > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Joseph > >> > >> From: George F. Litterst <PianoBench@aol. com> > >> To: disklavier@yahoogro ups.com > >> Sent: Sun, January 3, 2010 4:22:25 PM > >> Subject: Re: [disklavier] Sustaining pedal - Issue or not? > >> > >> Good afternoon, everyone. > >> > >> > >> The MIDI message for the sustain pedal is controller 64. When it has a value of 0, the pedal is a rest. When it has a value of 127, it is fully depressed. If there is a value between 0 and 127, that value represents a partially depressed pedal. > >> > >> If the file is a normal ".mid" file, the MIDI data can be checked in a sequencer. If the file is a ".fil" file, the file probably needs to be converted to a ".mid" file in order to be checked with a sequencer. > >> > >> When checking for controller 64 data, one must be certain to look at data that applies to the piano part as opposed to an accompaniment part. > >> > >> If you are able to email the file to me, I can tell you where the piano part has MIDI data. > >> > >> Regards, > >> PianoBench > >> > >> On Jan 3, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Carol Beigel wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> It probably needs just a little adjustment. I believe the MIDI message for > >>> the pedal is a Controller 7 message. IF you look inside the piano, while > >>> depressing the pedal, is there any lost motion? In other words, can you > >>> press the pedal down (any amount) before the damper felts start coming away > >>> from the strings? If so, have the technician come back and check the > >>> adjustment of the pedal. > >>> > >>> Carol Beigel > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Joseph" <jschembri2000@ yahoo.com> > >>> To: <disklavier@yahoogro ups.com> > >>> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 2:49 PM > >>> Subject: [disklavier] Sustaining pedal - Issue or not? > >>> > >>> > Happy New Year > >>> > > >>> > I have a DU1E3 and had the first of the Yamaha tunings. At that time my > >>> > technician installed upgrade 2.20 CSP E3 V2.12. Since that upgrade it > >>> > appears that the sustaining pedal doesn't occur as frequently as I > >>> > remember or on songs that obviously call for it. My guestions are: 1) is > >>> > there a program that I can install on my Windows PC that would allow me to > >>> > look and see if the sustaining pedal is written into the midi file? and > >>> > 2)is there an adjustment on the system for the sustaining pedal? and > >>> > finally, could this all be in my imagination? > >>> > > >>> > Cheers, > >>> > Joseph > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > ------------ --------- --------- ------ > >>> > > >>> > To Post a message to the group, send it to: disklavier@YahooGro ups.com > >>> > > >>> > To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and > >>> > moderator, send it to: > >>> > disklavier-owner@ Yahoogroups. com > >>> > > >>> > To reach our group's web site go to: > >>> > http://Yahoogroups. com/group/ disklavier > >>> > > >>> > THINKING OF LEAVING THE GROUP? > >>> > If you are thinking of unsubcribing because you are getting too much mail, > >>> > go the the web site and change your email delivery option instead. 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Re: Sustaining pedal - Issue
2010-03-01 by Joseph