Disklavier

I have another month before my piano arrives but in the meantime I'm
buying some software including disks. I'm wondering, on any of the
disks written for the Disklavier, can individual instruments be muted
out. Say I have a Carpenters disk that has a flute playing in the
background of the song. Can that flute be muted out so I hear
everything including the piano but not the flute? Can the piano be
muted so I can play with the music instead of the Disklavier? Many
Thanks, Jeff

Jeff, I don't know about the capabilities of the newer playing 
systems or their proprietary software but for midi files this is 
easily done on your computer.  I suppose it would depend on the 
format of the files you are playing but most have individual 
instruments on individual tracks.  All you have to do is delete the 
track from the song.  You can use any number of sequencing programs 
to do this.  I use Anvil Studio.  It's free to download.  Like I say, 
I have an old Disklavier and there may be an easier way to accomplish 
this on a new system.        

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "yamahamale <kwfla@b...>" 
<kwfla@b...> wrote:
> I have another month before my piano arrives but in the meantime I'm
> buying some software including disks. I'm wondering, on any of the
> disks written for the Disklavier, can individual instruments be 
muted

> out. Say I have a Carpenters disk that has a flute playing in the
> background of the song. Can that flute be muted out so I hear
> everything including the piano but not the flute? Can the piano be
> muted so I can play with the music instead of the Disklavier? Many
> Thanks, Jeff

Jeff, a possible alternative tool for what you are considering is 
Cakewalk's SONIC or PG Music's Power Tracks and a program for converting 
files from E-SEQ to MIDI such as the Giebler Utilities or the free 
DKUtils (if the last works for you).  Using the MIDI or "To Host" 
interface between the DKV and computer, you can easily mute or enable 
any combination of tracks that you wish.  You can also save your 
customized version of the song to MIDI and keep it on a diskette that 
you would play from the DKV's control box.

If you would like to modify a song so that you could play the piano part 
at the keyboard and be accompanied, you will probably want to insert a 
count-in sequence--say four lightly tapped high treble notes at tempo. 
That's quite easy to do with the above setup.

yamahamale wrote:
> I have another month before my piano arrives but in the meantime I'm
> buying some software including disks. I'm wondering, on any of the
> disks written for the Disklavier, can individual instruments be muted
> out. Say I have a Carpenters disk that has a flute playing in the
> background of the song. Can that flute be muted out so I hear
> everything including the piano but not the flute? Can the piano be
> muted so I can play with the music instead of the Disklavier? Many
> Thanks, Jeff
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