Re: [disklavier] Digest Number 3498
2019-01-10 by aswath prabhu
Dear Paul, I am a piano technician and used to work with yamaha. 1. If the sustain pedal is giving out data, then it has something to do with the sensors in the pedal assembly. The technicians have to do a diagnostic of the control system. Th ere are a few tests that they need to run based on which they can fix it accordingly. 2. Yes. Th e action is slightly regulated different from that of a normal piano if it has a silent system. I would not recommend removing the silent system (if you want to use it again) as caliberation is quite labours and you need special personnel for that. The average technician may not be able to do the right job. 3. Solenoid noise is rare in yamaha disklaviers. It depends on how the piano was handled during transportation. Again a yamaha technician needs to check it accordingly. In my opinion, since you primarily want to use midi on the piano but at the same time have th e action feel of an acoustic piano, I would recommend the yamaha avant-grand piano. Its a digital with an acoustic piano action inside. Best of both worlds, space saving and best for studio midi work. I don't know about the pricing as i am in India, but I think it will be much cheaper. I am recommending the avant-grand considering that you only need it for midi work in the studio. It doesn't fulfil the self playing feature as a disklavier does. Check it out and then plan accordingly. All the best. Aswath Prabhu Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 at 12:05, disklavier@yahoogroups.com<disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote: There is 1 message in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. C3 Purchase concerns.. any help??
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1. C3 Purchase concerns.. any help??
Posted by: paul_burton@... paulburton2003
Date: Wed Jan 9, 2019 4:37 pm ((PST))
Hi,
I went to view a IIXG C3 yesterday for a possible purchase fro my studio, but unfortunately there were a few things that bothered me.
1. Fault??.. the Sustain pedal seemed to intermittently put out midi data, it recorded and played back the pedal info fine on the internal recorder.. (suggesting the sensors on the pedal were working) but when connected over midi it mainly didn't work and occasionally put out signals just under 60 velocity. Anyone shed any light on this?? or do you think its a fault with the controller unit? I first ran it in protools.. and then used midi monitor to check what was coming in and it confirmed what I was seeing in Protools.
2.. Action.. The action seemed strange as in the piano wouldn't play very soft notes.. on inspection of the midi data I recorded it seem to record the notes as midi fine, but the piano both didn't play the note when the pianist sat at the piano or during playback of the midi file. I am told that the silent system requires for the hammers to be regulated further from the strings compared to a regular C3. Is this really the case that the action is effected that badly?. This is quite a deal breaker in a recording studio situation.. and if so am I right in thinking if the silent system is removed or permanently disengaged the hammers can be regulated closer to the strings making it identical to non Disklavier C3s?
3.. Solenoid noise. The solenoids felt noisy to me from a recording perspective. I kind of expected the solenoids to make no more noise than someone playing the piano themselves, but actually you really could hear them lightly clonking away.. is this something that can be improved with servicing etc.?
Thanks for your help. Paul, The Old Chapel Studios, Chichester
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