Disklavier

This will be a short answer from me as I am leaving for the airport and 
will be away from e-mail for 9 days.

I believe you could be experiencing a problem with continuous sustaining 
pedaling.  Instead, you may be getting on/off pedaling.  One could have 
a problem depending on the way you are using the files and the model of 
DKV.  (I can only speak for Mark II).

Thankfully, the sustaining pedal continuous data are contained within 
the files.  However, they are directed to MIDI channel 1, instead of 
channel 3.

What I have done to ensure having continuous sustain pedal action was to 
move all the controller data from the first track to a second track and 
to change it from channel 1 to channel 3.  In that way the MIDI file has 
nearly the same form as a PianoSoft file converted to MIDI using Giebler 
Utilities.  I used Cakewalk and CAL routines to do this.  In playing 
such a MIDI file through the DKV's MIDI-in port, you will need to set 
the DKV's "MIDI IN"  for CH=HP (rather than CH=01).

An important point: Are your pedals in adjustment and calibrated?  To 
reproduce pedaling accurately, they absolutly must match those of the 
recording piano. (BTW, the locked nuts on the end of my Mark II grand's 
sustain pedal pushrod used to walk out of adjustment on me.  I put 
plumbers teflon sealing tape on the rod threads and stopped that.)

All for now.

Meyers and Rifkin wrote:

> Concerning the midi files resulting from the piano competition I have a 
> technical question that perhaps someone can answer for me.  The pedaling 
> is \ufffdgraduated\ufffd and not just On/off.  My system is unable to recognize 
> anything other than On/off.  Consequently the pedaling sounds all wrong 
> on my system. Is there a solution to this.  Can I do something with the 
> pedaling on (for example) cakewalk. I would appreciate a response either 
> through the \ufffdClub\ufffd or to me directly to my email address 
> meyerz@... <mailto:meyerz@...>.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks Dick.
> 
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Robert Welcyng
Anchorage, Alaska