Disklavier

Hi George,
Thanks for your suggestion,  I tried it but it did not work.  The E3 still reads files alphabetically.  

What seems to be working is the old but time consuming method of adding sequential numbering on each filename, ie 01.songtitle.mid, 02.mysong.mid, etc.

I also did not bother moving two files from the original smart pianosoft floppy to the USB stick, namely, PDISK.MNG and PSONG.MNG. These files seem to contain the correct order of playback but the E3 does not follow it.  The E3 generates its own MNG file called album.mng.  It also looks like I can edit this file in notepad but it's too much hassle.

Interesting to note that when songs are played alphabetically, the E3 looks for the correct song in the CD and plays it.  

The only downside to playing in alpha order is it does not follow the correct order of songs in the original commercial CD.  It's nice to play it this way in case you want to know the song title.

All the best,

Joe


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, George Frederick Litterst <PianoBench@...> wrote:
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> Good morning, everyone.
> 
> I do not know if this trick will work, but I recommend that you give it a try. In the old days, if you copied MIDI files to a floppy disk, they showed up on the Disklavier in the order in which they were copied. If you dragged a bunch to the floppy at once, you had no control over the order in which they were copied.
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> Try dragging the files to the flash drive one at a time.
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> Regards,
> PianoBench
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> www.georgelitterst.com
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> On Jul 28, 2012, at 4:23 AM, nehs1975 wrote:
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> > I'm trying to copy to a USB stick my smart pianosoft floppy discs. I have an E3 piano and having all my smart floppies in one USB stick will make it very convenient for me. No more floppy discs to handle!
> > 
> > The problem is once the songs are copied over to the USB stick using RootaRipper app, the songs are automatically arranged alphabetically. It loses the correct order of songs as listed in the accompanying CD
> > 
> > I noticed that the E3 controller generates and stores a file with an extension of .MNG in the USB stick. It seems to be the repository of file names and titles.
> > 
> > I tried changing the song order in the .MNG file but it's a hit and miss. I also added 01, 02 03 and so forth in the beginning of song titles in order to force the correct order. Still, I can't make it play in the right order in the disklavier.
> > 
> > Any tips I can try? Thanks.
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