Disklavier

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" ...> wrote:
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> 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:
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> >
> > 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 ...>
> > To: Joseph Schembri ...>
> > 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 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" yahoo.com>
> >>> To: 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
> >>> >
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