Disklavier

If you look in the Yamaha PianoSoft catalog (online or hardcopy), you will 
see that they sell floppies (with MIDI files that actually play your piano 
keys) that go along with original audio CD recordings.  You must match the 
floppy with the serial number of the CD.  It is called PianoSoft Plus Audio. 
You can buy the CDs separately like on Amazon.com.  I have several of these 
and especially like hearing the piano play along with the John Williams 
collections and the Harry Potter movie soundtrack.  A good example of the 
MarkIII and IV capabilities ability to transpose the audio is the original 
Broadway version of Fiddler on the Roof.  Theodore Bikel sings between the 
notes, but the Disklaviers transpose his singing to sound good with the 
piano tuned to A440.  My MarkIIXG does not have that ability, so the singing 
sounds a bit out of tune with my Disklavier.  Make certain that the audio CD 
is the correct one for matching the floppy, i.e. the movie soundtracks are 
either the movie or the broadway versions.

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "inglesbyj" <jim.inglesby@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 4:30 PM
Subject: [disklavier] Capability of Disklavier 4


> The Yamaha DVD that came with our unit describes the ability to insert an 
> audio CD in the CD player of the disklavier and also a Floppy Disk into 
> the FP drive and to have the disklavier play the CD of the artist and the 
> Yamaha to play the piano portion. Is this a Pianosoft application and if 
> so which one? I have a new system and so far I'm only seeing downloads 
> available where someone else is playing their version of the artists (such 
> as Elton John) piano accompaniment rather than actually having Elton 
> John's version so it's like he's playing in your living room. Where do I 
> go for that capability?
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