Disklavier

Hi,

We just got a new Disklavier with the 16 MB memory upgrade.

In reading the instruction manual I cannot find information on how to 
copy my diskettes to memory disk and organize them for easy 
retrieval. With 16 MB you can store a lot of songs but finding them 
could be a challenge.

Could someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,

Pat

Good morning, everyone.

In a message dated 12/22/01 11:11:56 AM, Pat writes:

<< We just got a new Disklavier with the 16 MB memory upgrade.

In reading the instruction manual I cannot find information on how to 
copy my diskettes to memory disk and organize them for easy 
retrieval. With 16 MB you can store a lot of songs but finding them 
could be a challenge.

Could someone point me in the right direction? >>

The memory upgrade is called the EMK1. Each EMK1 kit comes with a 26 page 
book called "EMK1 Extra Memory Kit Operational Manual." Your dealer should 
provide this for you.

Regards,
PianoBench

Thank you for such a quick reply.

I did not get the "EMK1 Extra Memory Kit Operational Manual." I will 
have to go back to the dealer.

Pat

--- In disklavier@y..., PianoBench@a... wrote:
> Good morning, everyone.
> 
> In a message dated 12/22/01 11:11:56 AM, Pat writes:
> 
> << We just got a new Disklavier with the 16 MB memory upgrade.
> 
> In reading the instruction manual I cannot find information on how 
to 
> copy my diskettes to memory disk and organize them for easy 
> retrieval. With 16 MB you can store a lot of songs but finding them 
> could be a challenge.
> 
> Could someone point me in the right direction? >>
> 
> The memory upgrade is called the EMK1. Each EMK1 kit comes with a 
26 page 
> book called "EMK1 Extra Memory Kit Operational Manual." Your dealer 
should 

> provide this for you.
> 
> Regards,
> PianoBench

I am assuming that since you said that you purchased a 16 MB memory 
upgrade that you are working with a Mark II disklavier.  The EMK1 memory 
upgrade kit allows you to store 1 MB of  music files in each of 16 
memory slots that are named by Yamaha  0-9 and A-F. (Memory architecture 
in Mark II units is slightly different and allows approximately 1.42 MB 
of music to be stored in each slot until a total of 16 MB has been 
stored.)  Loading the songs one at a time  into each memory is easy 
(albeit tedious).  Simply press the "Function" button on the front of 
your disklavier's control box,  and use the left and right cursor arrow 
buttons to navigate to the Song Copy  function.  Press "Enter" and you 
will then be able to select the memory slots and the song that you wish 
to copy into memory from the floppy disk that you inserted in the 
control unit following the prompts on the LCD of your control unit.  You 
can also copy entire disks at once to memory using the Disk Copy function.  

As far as keeping track of what has been stored in memory, I have found 
that a convenient way to do this is to prepare an Excel spread sheet 
that lists all of the songs in each memory slot along with the song 
number in that slot.  Using this, it is an easy matter to navigate to 
the song you are looking for in the memory.  Of course, the Excel spread 
sheet can be sorted and printed out in any number of ways. For example, 
you may wish to print out the Excel spreadsheet of your memory contents 
organized by musical type (classical, popular, etc.) or by artist.  All 
of these things can be done if you prepare the spreadsheet with the 
appropriate columns of data and then use the sort feature.  

Tom

Hi Tom,

Thank you for the information. It worked perfectly. Thanks too for 
the idea about using an Excell spreadsheet to track the conents of 
each "disk".

Have a Happy Holiday!

Pat
--- In disklavier@y..., "Thomas N. Wheeler" <tnwheeler@n...> wrote:
> I am assuming that since you said that you purchased a 16 MB memory 
> upgrade that you are working with a Mark II disklavier.  The EMK1 
memory 
> upgrade kit allows you to store 1 MB of  music files in each of 16 
> memory slots that are named by Yamaha  0-9 and A-F. (Memory 
architecture 
> in Mark II units is slightly different and allows approximately 
1.42 MB 
> of music to be stored in each slot until a total of 16 MB has been 
> stored.)  Loading the songs one at a time  into each memory is easy 
> (albeit tedious).  Simply press the "Function" button on the front 
of 
> your disklavier's control box,  and use the left and right cursor 
arrow 
> buttons to navigate to the Song Copy  function.  Press "Enter" and 
you 
> will then be able to select the memory slots and the song that you 
wish 
> to copy into memory from the floppy disk that you inserted in the 
> control unit following the prompts on the LCD of your control 
unit.  You 
> can also copy entire disks at once to memory using the Disk Copy 
function.  
> 
> As far as keeping track of what has been stored in memory, I have 
found 
> that a convenient way to do this is to prepare an Excel spread 
sheet 
> that lists all of the songs in each memory slot along with the song 
> number in that slot.  Using this, it is an easy matter to navigate 
to 
> the song you are looking for in the memory.  Of course, the Excel 
spread 
> sheet can be sorted and printed out in any number of ways. For 
example, 
> you may wish to print out the Excel spreadsheet of your memory 
contents 
> organized by musical type (classical, popular, etc.) or by artist.  
All 

> of these things can be done if you prepare the spreadsheet with the 
> appropriate columns of data and then use the sort feature.  
> 
> Tom