Disklavier

I am trying to get the dkutils to work - the Eseq file player from Swixo.  I 
can't even get it read ANY of my disks - not even the ones that are not copy 
protected.  Anybody ever get this program to work?  I would like to be able 
to recommend this program, but first I need to get it to work!  Thanks for 
your help.


Carol Beigel
crbrpt@...




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If you're trying to run dkutils under Windows NT, 2000, or XP, the
low-level floppy disk access probably is blocked by the hardware
abstraction layer component of these operating systems.

Earlier versions of Windows such as 95/98/ME should not have this problem
(they permitted unrestricted hardware access by user programs).

Not sure if Robert Swirsky (the author) is planning to update this
software.  If he is reading this, maybe he can chime in...?

On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Carol Beigel wrote:

> I am trying to get the dkutils to work - the Eseq file player from Swixo.  I
> can't even get it read ANY of my disks - not even the ones that are not copy
> protected.  Anybody ever get this program to work?  I would like to be able
> to recommend this program, but first I need to get it to work!  Thanks for
> your help.
>
>
> Carol Beigel
> crbrpt@...

I did not get the program to work at all under Windows 98.  However, I did 
manage to get it to read a floppy disk in an old laptop running Windows 95, 
but it would only read a disk I had copied with dkvcopy.  It would not read 
a Yamaha disk.  Isn't that what it is supposed to do?  This is truly one 
great idea of a program - if it works!

Carol Beigel
crbrpt@...


>From: "Mark A. Fontana" <mfontana@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [disklavier] swixo utilities
>Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 21:01:07 -0600 (CST)
>
>
>
>If you're trying to run dkutils under Windows NT, 2000, or XP, the
>low-level floppy disk access probably is blocked by the hardware
>abstraction layer component of these operating systems.
>
>Earlier versions of Windows such as 95/98/ME should not have this problem
>(they permitted unrestricted hardware access by user programs).
>
>Not sure if Robert Swirsky (the author) is planning to update this
>software.  If he is reading this, maybe he can chime in...?
>
>
>On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Carol Beigel wrote:
>
> > I am trying to get the dkutils to work - the Eseq file player from 
>Swixo.  I
> > can't even get it read ANY of my disks - not even the ones that are not 
>copy
> > protected.  Anybody ever get this program to work?  I would like to be 
>able
> > to recommend this program, but first I need to get it to work!  Thanks 
>for
> > your help.
> >
> >
> > Carol Beigel
> > crbrpt@...
>


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Hi Carol

I too have tried to get this to work. From what I can remember it 
would play from a floppy but not from the hard disk.
I fail to see the point of putting a floppy in the pc to play as one 
might as well put the floppy in the piano.

What I want to see is a program that will play Eseq files just like a 
Midi player would.  That way I can play the piano from the PC and 
create play lists and draw from over 200 disks.

Midi Magic


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <carolrpt@h...> 
wrote:
> I did not get the program to work at all under Windows 98.  
However, I did 
> manage to get it to read a floppy disk in an old laptop running 
Windows 95, 
> but it would only read a disk I had copied with dkvcopy.  It would 
not read 
> a Yamaha disk.  Isn't that what it is supposed to do?  This is 
truly one 
> great idea of a program - if it works!
> 
> Carol Beigel
> crbrpt@b...
> 
> 
> >From: "Mark A. Fontana" <mfontana@f...>
> >Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> >To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
> >Subject: Re: [disklavier] swixo utilities
> >Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 21:01:07 -0600 (CST)
> >
> >
> >
> >If you're trying to run dkutils under Windows NT, 2000, or XP, the
> >low-level floppy disk access probably is blocked by the hardware
> >abstraction layer component of these operating systems.
> >
> >Earlier versions of Windows such as 95/98/ME should not have this 
problem
> >(they permitted unrestricted hardware access by user programs).
> >
> >Not sure if Robert Swirsky (the author) is planning to update this
> >software.  If he is reading this, maybe he can chime in...?
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Carol Beigel wrote:
> >
> > > I am trying to get the dkutils to work - the Eseq file player 
from 
> >Swixo.  I
> > > can't even get it read ANY of my disks - not even the ones that 
are not 
> >copy
> > > protected.  Anybody ever get this program to work?  I would 
like to be 
> >able
> > > to recommend this program, but first I need to get it to work!  
Thanks 

> >for
> > > your help.
> > >
> > >
> > > Carol Beigel
> > > crbrpt@b...
> >
> 
> 
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THAT is exactly what I want to do also!  There are several very talented and 
brilliant programmers on this list. What would be involved in doing this?  
Why has this not been done before?

Carol Beigel
crbrpt@...

>From: "midi_magic2000 <magic_midi@...>" <magic_midi@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [disklavier] Re: swixo utilities
>Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 09:55:25 -0000
>
>What I want to see is a program that will play Eseq files just like a
>Midi player would.  That way I can play the piano from the PC and
>create play lists and draw from over 200 disks.
>
>Midi Magic
>
>
>--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <carolrpt@h...>
>wrote:
> > I did not get the program to work at all under Windows 98.
>However, I did
> > manage to get it to read a floppy disk in an old laptop running
>Windows 95,
> > but it would only read a disk I had copied with dkvcopy.  It would
>not read
> > a Yamaha disk.  Isn't that what it is supposed to do?  This is
>truly one
> > great idea of a program - if it works!
> >
> > Carol Beigel
> > crbrpt@b...
> >


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Good evening, everyone.

Regarding a MIDI jukebox for computer that will play E-SEQ and SMF,

In a message dated 1/19/03 8:16:06 AM, Carol writes:

<< THAT is exactly what I want to do also!  There are several very talented 
and 
brilliant programmers on this list. What would be involved in doing this?  
Why has this not been done before? >>

If memory serves me correctly, there used to be just such a program (and a 
pretty nice one) for Windows from Contois Music in VT 
(http://www.contois.com). It was called Piano Player, I think. For some 
reason, the program is no longer for sale.

Regards,
PianoBench

The Contois "Piano Player" Version 1.0 (1997) did not play E-SEQ files 
directly. Menu functions were available to import a "*.esq" file, 
convert it to MIDI type 0 or 1, save the MIDI file, then import the file 
as a MIDI file to be entered into the player's data base.  The song 
could then be tagged for play through a selected MIDI port.  Version 1.0 
required Windows 3.1 or Windows 95.

PianoBench@... wrote:
> Good evening, everyone.
> 
> Regarding a MIDI jukebox for computer that will play E-SEQ and SMF,
> 
> In a message dated 1/19/03 8:16:06 AM, Carol writes:
> 
> << THAT is exactly what I want to do also!  There are several very talented 
> and 
> brilliant programmers on this list. What would be involved in doing this?  
> Why has this not been done before? >>
> 
> If memory serves me correctly, there used to be just such a program (and a 
> pretty nice one) for Windows from Contois Music in VT 
> (http://www.contois.com). It was called Piano Player, I think. For some 
> reason, the program is no longer for sale.
> 
> Regards,
> PianoBench
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Anchorage, Alaska

Not a lot realy. The Eseq file is NOT too unlike a midi file. In fact 
it is very close. I do have two programs that will do exactly as we 
want but one is for the old BBC computer and the other is for the 
Atari. Not much help when we have PCs.

Midi Magic

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <carolrpt@h...> 
wrote:
> THAT is exactly what I want to do also!  There are several very 
talented and 
> brilliant programmers on this list. What would be involved in doing 
this?  
> Why has this not been done before?
> 
> Carol Beigel
> crbrpt@b...
> 
> >From: "midi_magic2000 <magic_midi@h...>" <magic_midi@h...>
> >Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> >To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [disklavier] Re: swixo utilities
> >Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 09:55:25 -0000
> >
> >What I want to see is a program that will play Eseq files just 
like a
> >Midi player would.  That way I can play the piano from the PC and
> >create play lists and draw from over 200 disks.
> >
> >Midi Magic
> >
> >
> >--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <carolrpt@h...>
> >wrote:
> > > I did not get the program to work at all under Windows 98.
> >However, I did
> > > manage to get it to read a floppy disk in an old laptop running
> >Windows 95,
> > > but it would only read a disk I had copied with dkvcopy.  It 
would

> >not read
> > > a Yamaha disk.  Isn't that what it is supposed to do?  This is
> >truly one
> > > great idea of a program - if it works!
> > >
> > > Carol Beigel
> > > crbrpt@b...
> > >
> 
> 
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On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 02:32  AM, midi_magic2000 
<magic_midi@...> wrote:

>  I do have two programs that will do exactly as we
> want but one is for the old BBC computer and the other is for the
> Atari.

I  never heard of the Atari program. Atari ST, or an older Atari 
computer?

What is the program?

Kent Swafford, who still has 3 working Atari ST computers

Hi Kent

It's a long story. A friend of mine bought a Roland sound canvas and 
wanted to be able to play my Disk Orchestra Disks on his computer 
(then an Atari). So he wrote a program. Basicly you put on a DOC disk 
or PianoSoft disk, the program would read the disk title, look up the 
songs on the disk from a table and present them as a menu for you to 
select one or as many as you wanted to play in any order.
It would also convert DOC to Midi.
DOC disk are in the ESEQ format and have to be revoiced to be 
compatable with midi.
Even Eseq2midi can not convert DOC disks as the tempo, plus other 
things are in a different place within the files.
I am not sure, but I don't even think Eseq2midi will convert 
PianosoftPlus disks that well due to the remaping of the voices.  

He also wrote an Atari version of DKVCOPY which worked in exactly the 
same way.

I have asked him to do one for the PC but he is too busy with other 
things at the present.

Midi Magic



--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Kent Swafford <kswafford@e...> 
wrote:

> 
> On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 02:32  AM, midi_magic2000 
> <magic_midi@h...> wrote:
> 
> >  I do have two programs that will do exactly as we
> > want but one is for the old BBC computer and the other is for the
> > Atari.
> 
> I  never heard of the Atari program. Atari ST, or an older Atari 
> computer?
> 
> What is the program?
> 
> Kent Swafford, who still has 3 working Atari ST computers