Disklavier

Thanks Mark ! I might try some of the conversions later on btw do you know of similar utility for mac osx ?

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Mark Fontana <mfontana@...> wrote:
>
> 
> If the DKC-850 has the same capabilities as earlier CD-equipped
> Disklaviers, you should be able to play Yamaha Pianosoft Plus Audio, QRS
> Pianomation, and SOME PianoDisc CDs.  Note that PianoDisc CDs made after
> mid-2005 include a rudimentary protection mechanism that adds garbage
> notes to the performance in an attempt to thwart playback on
> competitors' systems; CDs with this protection scheme are labeled
> "Silent Drive Plus".   I'm not sure whether Yamaha supports such CDs
> yet.   All PianoDisc CDs dated 2004 and earlier should play fine.
> 
> If someone would like to run some tests, try encoding the same MIDI file
> to multiple CD formats using MID2PianoCD at
> http://dp70.dyndns.org/mid2pianocd/
> and report back on which formats the DKC-850 is able to play.
> 
> Mark Fontana
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2012-09-10 at 08:34 +0000, tintinlad320 wrote:
> 
> > Anyone on this one ?
> > 
> > --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "tintinlad320" <rightnightboy@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello, maybe the answer is somewhere but I coulnt find really so:
> > > 
> > > Another question for the knowers: 
> > 
> > > Beside the yamaha disklaviers titles available are the disklaviers
> > system (and specially mine the mpx1+DKC850)  able to play cds and
> > other medias from QRS or Pianodisc or other companies (actually how
> > many different formats are in existence?) ?
>