Disklavier

Carol, I have been using the usb thumb drive to transfer floppies using RootARipper.  It always reorders the song into alphabetical order, which is maddening.  Is there a work around to keep them into the original disk order?

Dave

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <thecarolb@...> wrote:
>
> You have several options.
> 1) load the floppys into the flash memory of the DKC-850
> 2) use RootARipper (software utility found at www.carolrpt.com) and copy 
> each floppy to a hard drive on your computer.  Each floppy could have it's 
> own folder.  Then use a disk burning software program and burn these folders 
> to data CD.
> 3) or copy these folders to a USB thumb drive
> 
> THE DKC-850 will read MIDI files or ESEQ or .FIL files copied to the root 
> directory or one level down (folder).  Make sure nothing else is on the CD 
> or the thumb drive.
> 
> Depending upon how much music you have, and the flash drive is only 4 M(?), 
> you could organize your music into folders then burn them to CD or USB thumb 
> drive.  You could have a CD for jazz, another for Mozart, another for 
> showtunes, etc.
> 
> Carol Beigel
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "dsmith941" <dsmith941@...>
> To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 8:20 PM
> Subject: [disklavier] Getting my Yamaha Floppy disk library onto the DKC-850
> 
> 
> >I imagine this has already been asked and answered, but 30 minutes of 
> >searching the archives just confused me.  So, I have just upgraded my Mark 
> >III to DKC-850.  Is there any easy way to get my many Floppy disks from 
> >Yamaha onto this new system?  Is a usb floppy drive the only way.  But as I 
> >recall, you cant read a yamaha disk  anyway.  The DKC-850 manual does not 
> >even recognize that this might be desired?!!!!
> >
> > So, can someone please re-reply with suggestions, as this is probably a 
> > question lots of people will have in the next few weeks, as the DKC-850 
> > boxes are installed in the USA>
> >
> > Thanks again for your help..... Dave
> >
> >
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