Re: [disklavier] Solenoid not working
2013-07-20 by Bill Brandom
Hi Jim, You stated that when in Quiet mode you have to hit the key to get any sound. Are you talking about when YOU play the piano or when the Disklavier is
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Inactivate Keys
2013-07-20 by discodonal
I have a DGC1B mark 3 that has the DKC 850 box. This piano has no silent system. Is it possible to listen to piano radio or other midi files without the keys
Solenoid not working
2013-07-20 by jim_hubbard@pacbell.net
I have a bad solenoid. It won t play during post install test. When in quiet mode you have to hit the key hard to get any sound... I was wondering if there is
Re: Need Quality Audio Recording directly from Mark III or from resultant MIDI
2013-07-20 by tintinlad320
Hello Fred Reading your question I cannot really help you for changing the midi file specs, but as someone suggested re recording it at a lower speed can help
Re: [disklavier] Need Quality Audio Recording directly from Mark III or from resultant MIDI
2013-07-17 by George Frederick Litterst
Good morning, everyone. Fred, regrettably I am weak in the audio area. My expertise is in the area of creating and editing performance data. I understand the
Re: [disklavier] Need Quality Audio Recording directly from Mark III or from resultant MIDI
2013-07-17 by FC TC
George, Thank you for your quick response. Yes, we had been tweaking the velocities with some success. I need time to digest your detailed explanation of the
Re: [disklavier] Need Quality Audio Recording directly from Mark III or from resultant MIDI
2013-07-16 by George Frederick Litterst
Good afternoon, everyone. Fred, miking a piano and getting good quality results is a bit of an art and is dependent upon the quality of the microphones, the
Need Quality Audio Recording directly from Mark III or from resultant MIDI
2013-07-16 by FC TC
My wife is recording on a Disklavier Mark III Control Unit DKC55RCD for the purpose of a recorded audio accompaniment. 1) To perfect the recording, she wants
Re: [disklavier] RE: iPad and Disklavier
2013-07-16 by Donal Galvin
Yes. You need the iPad camera connection kit. Sent from my iPhone
RE: iPad and Disklavier
2013-07-16 by Sheldon Deluty
Good Morning: Does anyone know if it is possible to use an ipad with a midi connection to drive the Disklavier ? Can you spec out the ipad app and the way you
Looking for a DKV tech in Las Vegas
2013-07-15 by jthyder
I ve just moved to Las Vegas, so my DC3A is in need of tuning and calibration. Can anyone recommend a Disklavier-qualified technician in the area? I ve found
Re: [disklavier] DKC850 track functions
2013-07-11 by Adrian Thomas
The DKC850 (and the virtually identical DKC800 from the E3 series) do not support multitrack recording. Adrian Thomas
Re: [disklavier] Anyone getting WIFI working via a USB wifi adapter
2013-07-11 by Adrian Thomas
AFAIK, the USB ports on Disklaviers are only for connecting media devices. For networking, any device you use (WiFi, mains network, etc) needs to be connected
Re: [disklavier] Mark IV Hard Drive Upgrade
2013-07-09 by Horatio Kemeny
I used a 128gig Transcend SSD from Amazonà ~$175 at the time, certainly cheaper now. I d get a 256 as well (not available at the time). Get an IDE and you
Re: [disklavier] Anyone getting WIFI working via a USB wifi adapter
2013-07-09 by Kevin Weng
Thanks Geoff. However that is not quite I asked. I tried USB midi connected to computer before so I understand what you were taking about. Instead, I am asking
Music Advice
2013-07-09 by Aaron Muhl
Hello Disklavier Group, My wife and I just purchased an E3 disklavier. We have two young children, (2 and 3), and we are hoping the record, playback and
RE: [disklavier] Anyone getting WIFI working via a USB wifi adapter
2013-07-09 by Geoff Ward
See my post on June 27 2013 (reproduced below). This might be of interest to you. An older DKV doesn t need wireless capability to connect wirelessly to a
Anyone getting WIFI working via a USB wifi adapter
2013-07-08 by kevinweng99
I have connected the my disklaiver to internet successfully by using the recommended Ethernet adapter. However I wonder whether the USB port(instead of the
Fwd: [disklavier] Re: Mark IV Hard Drive Upgrade
2013-07-08 by carwizard
I used a 256 Gig SSD drive. Here are some pictures. I had trouble with the Samsung drive. It hung up during adding music. [image.jpeg] [image.jpeg]
Mark IV Hard Drive Upgrade Pictures
2013-07-08 by carwizard
Here are SSD Picts [image.jpeg] [image.jpeg] [image.jpeg] [image.jpeg] [image.jpeg] On Jul 8, 2013, at 12:34 PM, gelsycycle
Re: Mark IV Hard Drive Upgrade
2013-07-08 by gelsycycle
For those who have done the SSD hard drive replacement, what brand and size of SSD did you use? Are there any IDE to SATA connectors that didn t work? George
DKC850 track functions
2013-07-07 by sjhart110110
I realized today that the DKC850 has no track functions, like copying one track to another. Recording and layering,,etc. Even my old original controller did
RE: [disklavier] PPFBU Back-up Disk Utility for Windows 7 and 8
2013-07-05 by Geoff Ward
I m sure that both Mark and Carol are aware of this, but for those who aren t, it is very easy to create a 720K floppy diskette, as follows: Formatting a 720kB
Re: [disklavier] PPFBU Back-up Disk Utility for Windows 7 and 8
2013-07-05 by Mark Fontana
Thanks Carol! Although there are several other programs that are compatible with Yamaha diskettes, there s not much besides this utility and the Giebler
PPFBU Back-up Disk Utility for Windows 7 and 8
2013-07-05 by Carol Beigel
PPFBU aka Player Piano Floppy Backup Utility is Mark FontanaÆs new, as of March 2013, utility for backing up your floppy disks and converting those Yamaha
Re: [disklavier] DKVutilities for Windows 7 and Windows 8
2013-07-05 by JVM Grospe
Thank you Carol. Very nice detailed uber helpful report!!! Will print this and store in my piano bench since I don t do this procedure often enough for me to
DKVutilities for Windows 7 and Windows 8
2013-07-05 by Carol Beigel
Recently I discovered that some of the Disklavier utilities really do work using Windows 7 and Windows 8. This is important for owners of older Disklaviers
Re: [disklavier] MK4 silent mode partially inop
2013-07-04 by Bill Brandom
My best guess is that either: - The sensing system (hammer sensors and/or key sensors) need to be calibrated. Or, - The hammer sensor rail position is set
Re: [disklavier] MK4 silent mode partially inop
2013-07-04 by Horatio Kemeny
Just a wild guess here... but if it s working in acoustic mode but not quiet mode, I wonder if it s got something to do with the split point between L and R...
Re: [disklavier] Yamaha MX100B Disklavier
2013-07-04 by Adrian Thomas
If you can get the part, give me a shout and I can come and swap the the board and sort out the piano. Adrian Thomas
MK4 silent mode partially inop
2013-07-04 by Stephen Alston
Hi folks, I have a 5.5 year old Mark IV in which the I get no sound from the bottom two octaves when in the silent mode. The first key that plays is the third
Re: [disklavier] Yamaha MX100B Disklavier
2013-07-03 by Edward Mitoma
Oh goodie! Bill always has the answers. Looks like my old dog still has legs. My wife will be happy when I move it out of the living room as she finds it to
Re: [disklavier] Yamaha MX100B Disklavier
2013-07-03 by Bill Brandom
Yes it can IF it has a working floppy disk drive. However, since the DKC-850 must be used as an add-on unit (instead of actually replacing the existing control
Re: [disklavier] Yamaha MX100B Disklavier
2013-07-03 by Edward Mitoma
A bit off subject, but since you guys are obviously in the know, can the MX100A be upgraded to use the dkc850? Edward Sent from my iPhone
Re: [disklavier] Failed hard drive & power supply on Disklavier
2013-07-03 by carwizard
Thanks Horatio, Having a 256 SSD makes it now worth it. I just hope Yamaha fixes their broken backup routine soon!
Re: [disklavier] Failed hard drive & power supply on Disklavier
2013-07-03 by Horatio Kemeny
That s a seriously unfortunate perfect storm of failures. Nice catch with the voltage meter. I had a power supply go bad on me once -- putting out 24v on the
Re: [disklavier] Failed hard drive & power supply on Disklavier
2013-07-03 by carwizard
Everything you say is very true. I had a set of circumstances that rarely occurs (the perfect storm). I noticed, more and more, that my piano hard drive was
Re: [disklavier] Yamaha MX100B Disklavier
2013-07-03 by Peter maher
Hi, Yamaha in the states also say the part is unavailable! Peter
Re: [disklavier] Yamaha MX100B Disklavier
2013-07-03 by Peter maher
Hi, Not 30 years old, just a mere 20! An ex Yamaha engineer told me I needed a CPU replacement ....... Any other constructive comments would welcome! Peter.
Re: [disklavier] Impossible to backup song data on Disklavier
2013-07-03 by Horatio Kemeny
The upgrade to a SSD is a great upgrade. Silent, much faster and tons of space. But terrible what happened with your backup. For what it s worth, an older
Re: [disklavier] Yamaha MX100B Disklavier
2013-07-03 by Bill Brandom
The MX100A board will work. Take the two ROMs from the MX100B board and put them in the MX100A board (the ROMs typically have no problems when the board
Re: [disklavier] Yamaha MX100B Disklavier
2013-07-03 by Adrian Thomas
I ll have to check, but a MX100A circuit board will probably do. Adrian Thomas
Re: [disklavier] Yamaha MX100B Disklavier
2013-07-03 by Adrian Thomas
Peter is looking for a CPU circuit board. There are several problems with the piano. All of the symptoms point to a problem on the CPU circuit board. I can fit
Re: [disklavier] Yamaha MX100B Disklavier
2013-07-03 by Carol Beigel
Did I miss something here? Why do you think you need a CPU? The unit is about 30 years old. Carol Beigel
Yamaha MX100B Disklavier
2013-07-03 by Peter maher
I desperately need a CPU for this piano and Yamaha no longer offer this part. Any help would be appreciated as I can t get anyone in the UK to fix it. Thanks,
Re: [disklavier] Impossible to backup song data on Disklavier
2013-07-03 by Kevin Goroway
If I m following this correctly, you still have your functional original 80 gig drive. You said failing, but not failed? If you could get the piano to boot
Re: [disklavier] to collect data from one disklavier to another disklavier
2013-07-03 by Kevin Goroway
Anyone try DKVBrowser under Windows 8 yet? ________________________________ From: George Frederick Litterst To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
upgrading my XGII with the DKC-850
2013-07-02 by John Rank
I have a Yamaha C-3 Mark IIXG. I have about 40 Yamahsfloppy discs (Piano Soft and Piano Soft Plus) and hoped to be able to play them without playing them one
Re: [disklavier] to collect data from one disklavier to another disklavier
2013-07-02 by George Frederick Litterst
Julien, I have not tried Windows 8. I do know that the Virtual PRC is a Java application. I suspect that you have not installed Java or your Windows 8
Re: [disklavier] to collect data from one disklavier to another disklavier
2013-07-02 by Jeff Kovitz
What about DKVBrowser? Or install windows 7 in a virtual machine iPhone email - might have tipos