Upgrade or Sell?
2014-10-08 by jeswise@...
I have a mid 90 s disklavier. The front of the unit says DKC5R, and I see MX80 on the back. It uses the 3.5in floppy discs. I don t play it much any more,
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Need 9 pin to 15 pin midi cable
2014-10-04 by Jon Arnold
Getting closer - Yamaha says my piano is a Mark II, made towards the end of the Mark II series and almost (but not quite) a Mark II XG. So I should be able to
Re: [disklavier] Got DKC850, using 100R as passthrough, but problems?
2014-10-03 by George Frederick Litterst
Good morning, everyone. Jon, when you installed the DKC-850, did you set PianoType equal to Replace or to Add? Regards, PianoBench
Got DKC850, using 100R as passthrough, but problems?
2014-10-03 by Jon Arnold
I picked up a DKC850 at the local Yamaha dealer yesterday, he said to try it, if it works and I like it, then come back in a few days and pay for it, or return
Re: [disklavier] DC1IIXG Problem with Key sensor
2014-09-30 by gmoehrke@...
I spoke with my tech yesterday who talked with a tech at Yamaha and he suspects it s a problem with the PK board. Fortunately, my tech has a spare one we
Re: [disklavier] HQ300SX
2014-09-23 by mike hatch
Thank you George, This piano appears to be in excellent condition inside and out. The seller was able to demonstrate all its capabilities including the silent
Re: [disklavier] HQ300SX
2014-09-23 by George Frederick Litterst
Good afternoon, everyone. Mike, I wonÆt offer an opinion about the piano and its worthiness because I simply donÆt know. Regarding dryness, IÆll point out
HQ300SX
2014-09-23 by mike hatch
We are in the process of buying what we now know as a gray market Yamaha Disklavier HQ300SX. After placing a deposit for half the cost, we did more research on
Re: [disklavier] iOS 8
2014-09-21 by Donal Galvin
My issue is that it can find the piano but keeps hanging and eventually comes up with this. Does anybody know what this means ? Sent from my iPhone ... My
Re: [disklavier] iOS 8
2014-09-21 by George Frederick Litterst
Good morning, everyone. Don, I have successfully used the E3 app and the Mark IV app to access a DKC-850 and a Mark IV respectively using two different iOS
Re: [disklavier] iOS 8
2014-09-20 by Bill Brandom
Donal, Yes it is! We need to figure out why it is not working for you. What happens when you try to run the app? Bill iPhone On Sep 20, 2014, at 3:11 PM,
Re: [disklavier] iOS 8
2014-09-20 by Donal Galvin
Is it working with ios 8! Sent from my iPhone ... Is it working with ios 8! Sent from my iPhone On 20 Sep 2014, at 23:01, Bill Brandom bill.brandom03@gmail.com
Re: [disklavier] iOS 8
2014-09-20 by Bill Brandom
We are working at the Monterey Jazz Festival. We are showing DisklavierTV at the festival and are using the E3 app with no problems. If anyone else is having
iOS 8
2014-09-20 by discodonal@...
The e3 app will not work since I updated to iOS 8. Has anybody else tried this?
Re: [disklavier] DC1IIXG Problem with Key sensor
2014-09-19 by mangez@...
There is no easy way of checking the output. There is a circuit board called the Key Emission circuit board on the key sensor rail under the keys, which
Re: [disklavier] DC1IIXG Problem with Key sensor
2014-09-19 by gmoehrke@...
Thanks Adrian - I can see that the LEDs are lit, but have no way of knowing whether they are bright enough. Is there a way to determine if the LEDs are
Re: [disklavier] DC1IIXG Problem with Key sensor
2014-09-19 by mangez@...
Hello, unless the cable has suffered physical damage (mice, transit damage, etc), it is unlikely to be the cable. The most common fault is with the sensor
DC1IIXG Problem with Key sensor
2014-09-19 by gmoehrke@...
Hello - New to the group here and hoping someone may have some insight on a key sensor problem. I just bought a 1999 DC1 with the DKC500RXG unit. The
Re: [disklavier] Disklavier GH1B power issue
2014-09-17 by Brad Harper
Thanks Bill, I will give that a try... Brad Sent from my iPhone ... Thanks Bill, I will give that a try... Brad Sent from my iPhone On Sep 17, 2014, at 1:32
Re: [disklavier] Disklavier GH1B power issue
2014-09-17 by Bill Gmail
Hi Brad, If you can play one or two songs before your piano stops, it probably is not the power supply. My guess is that the problem is a solenoid or the
Disklavier GH1B power issue
2014-09-17 by Brad Harper
I have the same problem with my Disklavier GH1B as I have seen posted for the MX100 II, it will give me the same message Piano Power Off - (PWM Over)! and
Re: [disklavier] Mark IV hard drive challenge
2014-09-10 by Spencer Chase
i am a big fan of cloning. i clone the drives on all my computers and have never had an unrecoverable loss in 15 years. ... -- Best regards, Spencer Chase
Re: [disklavier] Mark IV hard drive challenge
2014-09-10 by orionplt@...
Success...sort of. I was able to reconstruct a new drive for the system. Some lessons learned: The rescue CDs were instrumental in my success -- Thank you
Re: [disklavier] Mark IV hard drive challenge
2014-09-08 by James Fry
That numbering looks sane - Linux partitions 1-4 are primary partitions (one of which can be an extended partition to maintain compatibility with DOS/Windows).
Re: [disklavier] Mark IV hard drive challenge
2014-09-08 by orionplt@...
The damaged drive is still being recovered (slow process) but I am wondering if it is possible to copy the salvaged music files from the old drive to a new
Re: [disklavier] Mark IV hard drive challenge
2014-09-07 by orionplt@...
Bill, I would greatly appreciate the ISO links and associated instructions. I have a floppy disk that I have built from the files on the Yamaha update FTP
Re: [disklavier] Mark IV hard drive challenge
2014-09-06 by Bill Brandom
Joel, I can send you links for the 3 ISO files to do a RESCUE. Each of these need to imaged to a CD. You will also need an update floppy. You probably have one
Mark IV hard drive challenge
2014-09-06 by orionplt@...
So our hard drive seems to be dying. The last network update created all kinds of havoc. It was play great until I updated it after which it couldn t read
Re: [disklavier] MX100A + Logic Pro
2014-09-05 by rrred@...
Thanks for the link! That grey is still Logic 9, X is deep black...
Re: [disklavier] MX100A + Logic Pro
2014-09-03 by PianoBench@...
Good afternoon, everyone. I am not a Logic user, but I had an occasion recently to help a Mark IV user with Logic. He had half of the same problem: Logic would
Re: [disklavier] MX100A + Logic Pro
2014-09-03 by Bill Brandom
A loop is taking place between your sequencer and the Disklavier. Your sequencer app should have a way to turn ECHO off (or whatever they call the function
Re: [disklavier] Re: Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-03 by Spencer Chase
so far there does not even seem to be one person expressing interest in an editing tool so this is probably not worth pursuing but... i can think of several
MX100A + Logic Pro
2014-09-03 by rrred@...
Does anyone work with the oldest disklavier and the newest Logic Pro X? I always have the problem with no midi thru meaning the notes are sent as new
Re: [disklavier] Re: Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-03 by PianoBench@...
Mark, Spencer, and Carol, A few concluding points: Yes, there was an XGWorks sequencer from Yamaha many years ago. I do not believe that it had any awareness
Re: [disklavier] Re: Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-03 by Spencer Chase
what about one of the programs that converts midi to text that can be edited and converted back. i know there used to be such programs but forget what they are
Re: [disklavier] Re: Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-03 by PianoBench@...
Good afternoon, everyone. Bob, individual note editing has not been available on the Disklavier since the Mark II, and the Mark II pre-dates the PRO. At this
Re: Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-03 by Robert Hall
This was very helpful in clarifying some of the issues, although it mainly reinforced my own perception of the problem. Regarding your question of the input, I
Re: [disklavier] Re: Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-03 by Spencer Chase
that doesn t sound too difficult. i usually convert midi events to absolute time before modifying them except for a few cases in which it is easier or better
Re: [disklavier] Re: Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-03 by Mark Fontana
To avoid distorting the timing, you d leave each note-on at its original tick offset in the file and adjust the delta times of the note-on and preceding XP
Re: [disklavier] Re: Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-03 by Carol Beigel
Yamaha used to put out a MIDI editor called XG Works that I thought edited the XP data on the MIDI files. I still have a copy. Would that help? Carol Beigel
Re: [disklavier] Re: Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-02 by Spencer Chase
to be clear, do you think it might work to process all events in order and to add one tick (cumulatively) to each event that follows the first at the same
Re: [disklavier] Re: Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-02 by Mark Fontana
To facilitate the use of non-XP-aware editors, it seems like it might be possible to pre-process the XP MIDI file PRIOR to editing, to offset the events by a
Re: [disklavier] Re: Mice have destroyed my MX80 wiring harness.
2014-09-02 by Spencer Chase
the ultrasonic things do not work at least with the mice around here. maybe little sensitive house mice would be intimidated but not the field or deer mice.
Re: [disklavier] Re: Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-02 by Spencer Chase
you suggest that it is possible to edit a high res dkv file with a conventional sequencer and that the only problem is that the extra events that encode the
Re: Mice have destroyed my MX80 wiring harness.
2014-09-02 by freddismuke@...
Thanks for the mouse tips everyone. I ve placed a trap behind my piano and aggressively placed traps around the house and attic. I ve even bought some of the
Re: [disklavier] Re: Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-02 by PianoBench@...
Good morning, Bob. When I wrote my previous reply, I was curious as to how you were listening to the piece following your edits. Possibilities would have
Re: Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-02 by Robert Hall
After I edited there seemed to be less discrepancy, the performance seemed more crude. I had read the promo about the Pro technology which is summarized here:
Re: [disklavier] Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-01 by PianoBench@...
Good morning, everyone. Bob, what has led you to think that the MIDI file is any less expressive? Regards, PianoBench
Editing file from Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-01 by eviscent@...
Another question. After recording a file, I d like to be able to edit, to change a wrong note for example. When I tried to do this by saving the file to USB
Playing Single Song on Disklavier Pro Mark IV
2014-09-01 by eviscent@...
I d like to be able to play a single song without it going on to the next one. I ve found workarounds, like copying the song to the end of the folder, but