Disklavier

you can play files to the DKV using an Android for control. if you want 
to display file metadata it gets a little complicated. i play my LX 
pianos and a friend plays his DKV in a manner i describe on one of my 
blogs. you need a small computer somewhere the piano, it can be a little 
notebook or small form factor computer. i use a 5 by 7 inch monitor to 
make the whole footprint minimal. my favorite media player is Media 
Monkey. there are add ons for MIDI and one for management of metadata in 
the database. since the LX can play from MP3 files, the metadata aspect 
is much easier but it is possible to add metadata to MIDI files and WAV 
files using automated techniques. you do not have to enter information 
track by track as long as you have the info in digital format of some 
reasonable kind. if you are not concerned with metadata and just want to 
organize your music by album, it is just a matter of ripping the CDs to 
the host computer.  this is a method of playing the piano only, not 
controlling it in other ways. there may be applications that can be 
installed on the computer that would give other forms of control.

to control with the Android, you use Teamviewer to set up remote access. 
it works with Android, Iphone/pod/pad Windows, Mac and maybe some other 
OSs by now. you can play your piano from any computer on the internet. 
of course, you need a wireless (or wired) network to connect to the 
piano's host computer.

if anyone wants to see this working, i would be willing to allow remote 
access to my piano computer for a demonstration. anyone anywhere in the 
world with internet access could play my piano after installing the free 
Teamviewer program.

here is a little more info on the blog page. 
http://spencersviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/interfacing-to-lx-reproducing-piano.html 
you can also search the blog for media monkey for a few more details.

On 3/30/2011 7:39 AM, Kevin Goroway wrote:
> Nothing exists to talk to the Disklavier from an Android, as far as I 
> know.  Either Yamaha, or someone else (me?) would have to write one. 
>  I could already do it for the MarkIV, since I know how to talk to 
> it...but for now I'm concentrating on learning how to talk to the 
> E3/DKC-850.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Shelley Bacon <shelleybacon@...>
> *To:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Wed, March 30, 2011 10:32:14 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [disklavier] Need technical owners of E3 to help out
>
> Kevin - I can't help you with the iPhone, but I do have a quick 
> question. Does the Android have an application for the Disklavier like 
> the iPhone does? I just bought a Droid Global 2 since I will be in 
> Africa for four months this year and wanted a phone my kids could use 
> to call me in case of an emergency. One of our exchange daughters 
> loaded the iPhone Disklavier app on her iPod and its very cool. What, 
> if anything, does Droid have?
>
> Shelley
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Kevin Goroway <kgoroway@...>
> *To:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Tue, March 29, 2011 4:33:41 PM
> *Subject:* [disklavier] Need technical owners of E3 to help out
>
>
>
> I'm working very hard nowadays to get DKVBrowser working on E3 and 
> DKC-850 pianos.
>
> Is anyone out there with an E3/iPhone and the ability to packet sniff 
> their network in promiscuous mode?  This would allow your PC to "hear" 
> wireless communication between the iPhone and the piano.  I 
> specifically need to see the encrypted handshake.  It should be in 
> plain-text, and looks like this:
>
> piano sends something like this:
> <rc_certificate 
> param="dQJLQReq3eilwMAMkaAIPXLNheB9UsE8gnR4c6udiKyMw6xRg7" />
>
> iPhone responds with something very similar:
> <rc_certificate param="sEcx4E9XLbwjjWVxVglndLF0DvWytMRc" />
>
> I was hoping that Yamaha didn't change this, but they did.  I think 
> I'm close, but I'm missing a detail.  The length of the response 
> string is important in this case...I don't know how long it is 
> supposed to be...
>
> Also, anyone out their happen to be experienced in reading ARM 
> disassembly?  I'm quickly learning, but it would help to be able to 
> bounce ideas off of someone else.
>
> Another odd request.  And this one is a stretch.  Does anyone out 
> there have an old/unused iPod Touch, iPhone that they would be willing 
> to let me borrow?  I'm an android type guy, so I don't have one. 
>  Having an iPhone type thing around to sniff the packets myself would 
> be very helpful...
>
> Thanks!
> -Kevin
>
>
>
> 

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