Disklavier

Good afternoon, everyone.

Carol's remark about her Mark IIXG not having the ability to adjust the pitch of the CD during playback is because she had to use the add-on DCD1 in order to get the CD feature. Presumably this will not be a problem if the original Mark IIXG control unit and DCD1 are replaced with a DKC-850.

Regards,
PianoBench

www.georgelitterst.com
www.timewarptech.com

On Jul 18, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Carol Beigel wrote:

> 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?