Disklavier

On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 23:59 +0000, tbill84701 wrote:

> Has anyone tried using the Piano Disc streaming radio channel with a
> Disklavier?  I downloaded Winamp for PC and get the channel and I get
> the faxlike screaching.  What is the output format from the streaming
> channel?
> I have a MKII Pro. with DCD1 and memory upgrade.

In theory, you should be able to feed the left/right audio output from
your PC of that "screeching" into the "ANALOG MIDI IN" RCA jacks on the
back of the DCD1 and have the DCD1 decode it into a MIDI stream to drive
the MKII.  Some experimentation with the volume level out of the PC
might be necessary, and you'd need to disable any special audio features
of your PC sound hardware (bass boost, surround sound, reverb etc.)

However, there's a good chance this actually won't work since PianoDisc
changed their streaming format slightly after the DCD1 was released, and
I don't think Yamaha ever issued a firmware update to make the DCD1
compatible with the change.

Mark Fontana