Disklavier

I say Hello to Todd Muncy and all other participants in this group.

Let me express my thanks to Todd for granting me the access and the
possibility to swap (Disklavier) files.
The first thing I have to confess is that I do not own a Disklavier.
Instead I have an Ampico piano from 1923. In addition to play
punched note rolls, I can control the pneumatics also via MIDI.
The MIDI data must follow the same conventions as on a Ampico
note roll; e.g. dynamic is not a property of a single note but
is common to all bass or treble notes. The intensity is controlled
by MIDI commands that are identical to those for playable notes.
So MIDI files for pianos have to be converted by a more or less
intelligent procedure. Looking at the variety of MIDI files on
the net I decided that I should start with MIDI recordings for a 
common instrument. I selected the Disklavier as you can see from
my presence in this group.

Now for some questions: 

1.
Are the files that are stored in the Files Section really
recorded from Disklaviers? Or do they origin from many other
sources and can hopefully be reproduced on a Disklavier?

2.
Who can explain to me the usage of the .url entries in the
file section?

Best regards from warm and rainy Germany

Walter Tenten

On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Walter Tenten wrote:
> I say Hello to Todd Muncy and all other participants in this group.

Hi there and welcome - I'm a fairly new member to the group, and have been
very impressed by the knowledge and helpfulness of the members :)

> Now for some questions:
> 2.
> Who can explain to me the usage of the .url entries in the
> file section?

These are Internet Explorer favorites / shortcuts. Simply right click and
save them to your hard disk and then double click them (or you can copy
them into your Internet Explorer "Favorites" directory and they will
appear on the Favorites menu from then on.

Alternatively you may be able to view them in your browser just by
normally clicking on them, and then copy + paste the URL from the file
that is displayed into your browser.

> Best regards from warm and rainy Germany

Regards from cold and rainy England ;)

James