Disklavier

Good afternoon, everyone.

On Jun 10, 2010, at 2:07 PM, 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 this unit, too, and mostly like it very much. However, if you are a Disklavier Pro owner like me, you should be aware that the unit does not fully support XP Pro data.

My original control unit provided me the ability to:

(1) record high resolution XP data
(2) playback high resolution XP data
(3) send XP data out the MIDI port
(4) receive XP data from the MIDI port

#2, #3, and #4 are missing from the DKC-850. I am told by Yamaha Corporation of America that there are no plans to change this situation.

So, I find myself in the odd situation of wanting to use the DKC-850 most of the time, but I have to reconnect the old control unit and go back to floppy disks if I want to enjoy performances from the Piano-e-Competition in full resolution.

I also have to reconnect the old control unit in order to calibrate the piano.

Regards,
PianoBench

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