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Mike,

Thanks very much for asking for input.  As a DC6 Pro owner, I would 
love to see these files distributed in XP format.  I agree with Robert 
Welcyng about option C being the best approach for everyone.

Another request.  I am not sure what happened to the files from the 
previous competition, but some of the files were different from others 
from a format perspective.  I note this difference in that some of the 
files were loadable into iTunes (a Mac application) and could be played 
there in a playlist (either through the Quicktime synthesizer, or 
through a midi interface to the DC6 Pro).  Other files were not able to 
be loaded into this application.  So there is some part of the file 
which differs and is not compatible with iTunes.  I don't understand 
the difference, but I was able to convert the files to a compatible 
format by importing them one by one into Propellerhead's Reason program 
and then saving the files.  This altered the file in a way that made 
incompatible files compatible somehow.

An example file that is compatible with iTunes is:  Prelude in G, 
performed by Korchinskaya-Kogan.

An example file that is incompatible with iTunes is: All songs by 
everyone except those by Sun, Korchinskaya and Saviski are incompatible.

All of the files by Sun, 6 of the 7 files by Korchinskaya-Kogan and 4 
of the 6 files by Savitski are compatible.

A final request, and only if you really have the inclination, would be 
to provide the files with ID3 tags like those on an audio CD.  This 
allows one to import the songs to an audio playback application like 
iTunes without the tedious naming and cataloging required.  Again this 
would be nice but the other things mentioned above are much more 
important.

Thanks,

Dave Budde

> Message: 1
>    Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 20:46:55 EST
>    From: bonsaimike@...
> Subject: (no subject)
>
> Hello all,
>
> We are currently planning for the Yamaha portion of the 2004 
> International
> Piano-e-Competition to be held in St. Paul in late May next year.  As 
> part of
> my planning I would appreciate input pro and con of the benefit to you 
> all of
> the midi files (which are still at <A 
> HREF="www.piano-e-competition.com">www.piano-e-competition.com</A> ) 
> and the
> event overall for you as Disklavier users?
>
> Any ideas for next time?  Now that we know we can pull it off, we will 
> keep
> all of you and all the world posted on the event as it takes place.
>
> Mike Bates, Director
> Academic and Institutional Relations
> Piano Division
> Yamaha
> mbates@...
>
>
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