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2003-05-02 by fakepopster
Hello! I have a Mx100a. If I add a DSR1 to it, will I have more control over the volume. It's is currently too loud for dinner parties. I am aware of the other benefits of a DSR1 and ways toi sequence down the volume on recordings. I just remember seeing a later control box with more volume settings. Thanks
2003-05-03 by Carol Beigel
Although there are many advantages of adding a DSR1 to your system (using HD floppy disks, having XG ensemble sounds, both MIDI 1 and MIDI 0 capability) volume control will not be one of them. Regardless of how many notches are printed on the "volume" control knob, the default data for velocity is still 100. An upright will still play softer than a grand piano because of the way the far left pedal (soft) works. For dinner parties, you could do one of two things: 1) make copies of the songs you want to play, and use the software utilities (veloset) or Giebler, or gnmidi to adjust the data in the data in the music files 2) install sound-absorbing foam baffles across the back of the piano. You could use foam from Markertek and use two layers. Carol Beigel crbrpt@... >From: "fakepopster" <raydene@...> >Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com >To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [disklavier] DSR1 More Volume Control >Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 18:09:10 -0000 > >Hello! I have a Mx100a. If I add a DSR1 to it, will I have more >control over the volume. It's is currently too loud for dinner >parties. I am aware of the other benefits of a DSR1 and ways toi >sequence down the volume on recordings. I just remember seeing a >later control box with more volume settings. Thanks > _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
2003-05-03 by fakepopster
Thank you so much, Carol! Before I start experimenting with veloset levels, do you (or anyone else) have an idea of a setting to start with? This is for an mx100a, living room, carpet, drapes, dinner party is 30 feet away. Some loss of lighter notes might be acceptable given the music is just background, anyway. Thank you (whoever) in advance. --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <carolrpt@h...> wrote: > Although there are many advantages of adding a DSR1 to your system (using HD > floppy disks, having XG ensemble sounds, both MIDI 1 and MIDI 0 capability) > volume control will not be one of them. Regardless of how many notches are > printed on the "volume" control knob, the default data for velocity is still > 100. An upright will still play softer than a grand piano because of the > way the far left pedal (soft) works. > > For dinner parties, you could do one of two things: > > 1) make copies of the songs you want to play, and use the software utilities > (veloset) or Giebler, or gnmidi to adjust the data in the data in the music > files > > 2) install sound-absorbing foam baffles across the back of the piano. You
> could use foam from Markertek and use two layers. > > Carol Beigel > crbrpt@b... > > >From: "fakepopster" <raydene@n...> > >Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com > >To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com > >Subject: [disklavier] DSR1 More Volume Control > >Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 18:09:10 -0000 > > > >Hello! I have a Mx100a. If I add a DSR1 to it, will I have more > >control over the volume. It's is currently too loud for dinner > >parties. I am aware of the other benefits of a DSR1 and ways toi > >sequence down the volume on recordings. I just remember seeing a > >later control box with more volume settings. Thanks > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
2003-05-03 by Carol Beigel
I find the dinner party setting about 30. Never go below 20. I like to play my own upright DKV at about 60. Remember, once you reset this velocity number using veloset, the "volume" control knob no longer does anything. I have had my absolute best results with gnmidi, but veloset is free. Carol Beigel crbrpt@... >From: "fakepopster" <raydene@...> >Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com >To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [disklavier] Re: DSR1 More Volume Control >Date: Sat, 03 May 2003 00:24:49 -0000 > >Thank you so much, Carol! > >Before I start experimenting with veloset levels, do you (or anyone >else) have an idea of a setting to start with? This is for an >mx100a, living room, carpet, drapes, dinner party is 30 feet away. > >Some loss of lighter notes might be acceptable given the music is >just background, anyway. > >Thank you (whoever) in advance. >--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <carolrpt@h...> >wrote: > > Although there are many advantages of adding a DSR1 to your system >(using HD > > floppy disks, having XG ensemble sounds, both MIDI 1 and MIDI 0 >capability) > > volume control will not be one of them. Regardless of how many >notches are > > printed on the "volume" control knob, the default data for velocity >is still > > 100. An upright will still play softer than a grand piano because >of the > > way the far left pedal (soft) works. > > > > For dinner parties, you could do one of two things: > > > > 1) make copies of the songs you want to play, and use the software >utilities > > (veloset) or Giebler, or gnmidi to adjust the data in the data in >the music > > files > > > > 2) install sound-absorbing foam baffles across the back of the >piano. You > > could use foam from Markertek and use two layers. > > > > Carol Beigel > > crbrpt@b... > > > > >From: "fakepopster" <raydene@n...> > > >Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com > > >To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com > > >Subject: [disklavier] DSR1 More Volume Control > > >Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 18:09:10 -0000 > > > > > >Hello! I have a Mx100a. If I add a DSR1 to it, will I have more > > >control over the volume. It's is currently too loud for dinner > > >parties. I am aware of the other benefits of a DSR1 and ways toi > > >sequence down the volume on recordings. I just remember seeing a > > >later control box with more volume settings. Thanks > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail