Disklavier

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 06:07:20PM -0000, whitestarline123 wrote:

> Hi Everybody, I have just recently purchased the dkc 850 upgrade. I am 
> happy to report that this unit is everything that I had been expecting 
> and more!! I have one problem with it. I cannot seem to get it to play 
> files through the analogue midi inputs. I am using a laptop with 
> Vista. It will play the audio perfectly but the piano will not play 
> along.

How are you preparing the material you're sending to the analog MIDI 
inputs?

If you're sending rips of Disklavier CDs, be aware that MP3 compression 
distorts the Disklavier control track too much, and this would cause the 
piano to play random garbage or nothing at all.  Using MP3 at a higher 
bitrate can help but usually still results in imperfect playback.

When storing files for transmission to a Disklavier's analog MIDI 
inputs, you must use lossless compression like FLAC (which is supported 
by the Squeezebox) or Apple Lossless.

Mark Fontana