Disklavier

Hell0,

I need help with setting up my laptop which has cakewalk sonar 
installed and interfacing it with my disklavier.  I have been unable 
to use my computer with appropriate midi cables using the serial 
port and I have downloaded the Yahama CBX driver.  Is there a 
synopsis available to document the steps, settings and requirements 
for playing midi songs from the computer to the piano.  Is there a 
USB connection that will allow for midi out?  If so where?


Many thanks for any help

Frank

Frank,

A couple of things to check:

When you downloaded and expanded the driver, did you find the readme.txt 
file?  It contains very complete installation instructions.

Make sure the Yahama CBX driver is really installed.  Go to the Windows 
Control Panel, dbl click Multimedia, and the MIDI Tab and you ought to 
see it listed.

Make sure Sonar knows you want to use the Yamaha driver.  In Cakewalk, 
you pull down the Options menu/MIDI Devices and select the appropriate 
device.

You say "appropriate midi cables using the serial port"!?

Are you using a "TO HOST" cable and do you have the switch on the DKV 
unit set to "TO HOST"?

Have you set the MIDI IN of your Disklavier.  Try setting it for CH=1 
and play a file where the note on's are directed to MIDI channel 1.


fran403 wrote:

> Hell0,
> 
> I need help with setting up my laptop which has cakewalk sonar 
> installed and interfacing it with my disklavier.  I have been unable 
> to use my computer with appropriate midi cables using the serial 
> port and I have downloaded the Yahama CBX driver.  Is there a 
> synopsis available to document the steps, settings and requirements 
> for playing midi songs from the computer to the piano.  Is there a 
> USB connection that will allow for midi out?  If so where?
> 
> 
> Many thanks for any help
> 
> Frank
> 
> 
> 
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-- 
Robert Welcyng
Anchorage, Alaska

Frank,

I am assuming that you have  downloaded and installed the appropriate 
CBX driver for your operating system and that you have connected the 
serial port of your computer with the TO HOST port of your disklavier's 
controller with the proper cable, and set the slider switch to the 
proper setting for a PC (as opposed to a Mac or to the midi setting). 
 See your disklavier's user manual if any of these steps are confusing 
to you. If you have done these things, and you are using Sonar, then 
open up Sonar, select Options, select Midi Devices, and make sure that 
the CBX driver is moved to the top of your available list of midi 
devices and that it is selected, i.e. highlighted in blue.  Failure to 
do this step will make the CBX driver unavailable to Sonar even though 
the driver has been properly installed on your computer.  Your 
disklavier should now be accessible and you should be able to play back 
midi files from Sonar using your disklavier as the midi device.  

Tom

fran403 wrote:

>Hell0,
>
>I need help with setting up my laptop which has cakewalk sonar 
>installed and interfacing it with my disklavier.  I have been unable 
>to use my computer with appropriate midi cables using the serial 
>port and I have downloaded the Yahama CBX driver.  Is there a 
>synopsis available to document the steps, settings and requirements 
>for playing midi songs from the computer to the piano.  Is there a 
>USB connection that will allow for midi out?  If so where?
>
>
>Many thanks for any help
>
>Frank
>
>
>
>To Post a message to the group, send it to:   disklavier@...
>
>To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and moderator, send it to:
>disklavier-owner@...
>
>To reach our group's web site go to:
>http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier
>
>Todd's family web site was completely rewritten in June 2001 and contains some fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among other things, The url is:
>http://MuncyFamily.com
>
>THINKING OF LEAVING THE GROUP?
>If you are thinking of unsubcribing because you are getting too much mail, go the the web site and change your email delivery option instead.  That will fix the problem, while maintaining your access to the group.  If you insist on leaving us completely send a blank email to:
>disklavier-unsubscribe@...
>
>Know someone who wants to join?  Have them send a blank email to:
>disklavier-subscribe@... or give them this link:
>http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier/join
> 
>
>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 
>
>
>

Thanks for the assistance...I will play around with the 
settings....although I think I did all of this the first ten times  
lol



Fran



--- In disklavier@y..., Robert Welcyng <rwelcyng@a...> wrote:
> Frank,
> 
> A couple of things to check:
> 
> When you downloaded and expanded the driver, did you find the 
readme.txt 
> file?  It contains very complete installation instructions.
> 
> Make sure the Yahama CBX driver is really installed.  Go to the 
Windows 
> Control Panel, dbl click Multimedia, and the MIDI Tab and you 
ought to 
> see it listed.
> 
> Make sure Sonar knows you want to use the Yamaha driver.  In 
Cakewalk, 
> you pull down the Options menu/MIDI Devices and select the 
appropriate 
> device.
> 
> You say "appropriate midi cables using the serial port"!?
> 
> Are you using a "TO HOST" cable and do you have the switch on the 
DKV 
> unit set to "TO HOST"?
> 
> Have you set the MIDI IN of your Disklavier.  Try setting it for 
CH=1 
> and play a file where the note on's are directed to MIDI channel 1.
> 
> 
> fran403 wrote:
> 
> > Hell0,
> > 
> > I need help with setting up my laptop which has cakewalk sonar 
> > installed and interfacing it with my disklavier.  I have been 
unable 
> > to use my computer with appropriate midi cables using the serial 
> > port and I have downloaded the Yahama CBX driver.  Is there a 
> > synopsis available to document the steps, settings and 
requirements 
> > for playing midi songs from the computer to the piano.  Is there 
a 
> > USB connection that will allow for midi out?  If so where?
> > 
> > 
> > Many thanks for any help
> > 
> > Frank
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > To Post a message to the group, send it to:   disklavier@Y...
> > 
> > To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and 
moderator, send it to:
> > disklavier-owner@Y...
> > 
> > To reach our group's web site go to:
> > http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier
> > 
> > Todd's family web site was completely rewritten in June 2001 and 
contains some fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among 
other things, The url is:
> > http://MuncyFamily.com
> > 
> > THINKING OF LEAVING THE GROUP?
> > If you are thinking of unsubcribing because you are getting too 
much mail, go the the web site and change your email delivery option 
instead.  That will fix the problem, while maintaining your access 
to the group.  If you insist on leaving us completely send a blank 
email to:
> > disklavier-unsubscribe@y...
> > 
> > Know someone who wants to join?  Have them send a blank email to:
> > disklavier-subscribe@e... or give them this link:
> > http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier/join
> >  
> > 
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to 
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 

> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Robert Welcyng
> Anchorage, Alaska

You either use the To Host port OR the Midi cables in conjunction with a 
MIDI interface connected to your computer.  If you use the To HOst port, set 
the switch to MIDI and use the CBX cable and driver.

If your laptop is a MAC, there is an extra step in setting up the MIDI port. 
  If your computer is a PC, you still have to choose which MIDI interface 
you are using.  This is usually done in the Options menu of the software.

The whole thing is a matter of setting the switches correctly - often easier 
said than done the first time you do this!

Carol Beigel



>From: "fran403" <fran4032@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [disklavier] Help with settings for Disklavier and computer 
>interface.
>Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 22:46:45 -0000
>
>Hell0,
>
>I need help with setting up my laptop which has cakewalk sonar
>installed and interfacing it with my disklavier.  I have been unable
>to use my computer with appropriate midi cables using the serial
>port and I have downloaded the Yahama CBX driver.  Is there a
>synopsis available to document the steps, settings and requirements
>for playing midi songs from the computer to the piano.  Is there a
>USB connection that will allow for midi out?  If so where?
>
>
>Many thanks for any help
>
>Frank
>




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Good evening, everyone.

In a message dated 7/25/02 7:58:17 PM, Carol writes:

<< You either use the To Host port OR the Midi cables in conjunction with a 
MIDI interface connected to your computer.  If you use the To HOst port, set 
the switch to MIDI and use the CBX cable and driver. >>

I think that Carol mistyped. If you use the To Host connection, set the 
switch to Mac (for Macintosh) or to PC2 (for a US Windows computer) or to PC1 
(for a Japanese Windows computer). If you use MIDI cables, set the switch to 
MIDI.

If you are using the To Host connection with a Macintosh, you will connect 
the other end of the serial cable to either the Modem or the Printer port. As 
far as the Macintosh is concerned, you are using a standard serial MIDI 
interface (which is actually built into the Disklavier's control unit).

If you are using the To Host connection with a Windows computer, you must 
install the Yamaha CBX driver AND configure your MIDI software so that it 
understands that it should communicate with the serial port.

Regards,
PianoBench