Disklavier

HI,

I NEED HELP FROM SOMEONE ON THE FOLLOWING....

1. WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD THE OWNERS MANUAL FOR THIS MODEL.MX100B

2. HOW CAN I BACKUP OR MAKE DUPLICATE PIANOSOFT FLOPPY. MY IS RATHER 
OLD AND SOMETIMES DOES'NT WORK WELL. SOMETIME IT IS PERFECT. GUESS 
THE FLOPPY IS GETTING OLD.

3.  HOW CAN I CONVERT MIDI, WAV, AND OTHER FILE FORMATS TO PLAY ON 
THE DISKLAVIIER?.

4.  ARE THERE MUCH DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCES IN BOTH ACOUSTIC TONAL 
QUALITIES AND THE DISKLAVIRE FUNCTIONS BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING MODELS.

    A. MX100 , 100B , 100 MKII
    B. MX1, DU1A, MPX1

5.  HOW CAN I CHECK THE AGE OF YAMAHA PIANO OR EQUIPMENT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION

RGDS
FRANK
I 'M NOT ABLE TO GET ANY INFO ON (4) FROM ANY WEBSITE OR YAMAHA.

Holly,

Congratulations on your purchase of the DGT7A.  I am sure that it is 
going to give you many years of enjoyment. 

As for your question regarding using a line conditioner or surge 
suppresser, I would strongly recommend that you place a UPS 
Uninterruptable Power Supply) in the line between your piano and the 
power outlet.  I have a Yamaha DC3A, and I would not even dream of 
plugging it directly into the wall outlet.  Here in North Carolina we 
have lots of thunderstorms.  A UPS is about the best protection that I 
can give my Yamaha.

Tom

Holly,

Congratulations on your purchase of the DGT7A. I am sure that it is going to give you many years of enjoyment.

As for your question regarding using a line conditioner or surge suppresser, I would strongly recommend that you place a UPS Uninterruptable Power Supply) in the line between your piano and the power outlet. I have a Yamaha DC3A, and I would not even dream of plugging it directly into the wall outlet. Here in North Carolina we have lots of thunderstorms. A UPS is about the best protection that I can give my Yamaha.

Tom


Thunderstorms? It\u2019s been so long since I\u2019ve seen the sun, I have forgotten what sunshine is! I\u2019m going to start building an ark pretty soon.

Yes, power surges are common here as well, due to all the heavy rain and lightning we get on a regular basis. I have all the stereo, TV, and computer equipment protected in one way or another.

I think I\u2019ll get a separate unit of some type for the piano, though.

Thanks Tom!

-Holly

From: Tom Wheeler

Holly,

Congratulations on your purchase of the DGT7A.  I am sure that it is going to
give you many years of enjoyment.

As for your question regarding using a line conditioner or surge suppresser, I
would strongly recommend that you place a UPS Uninterruptable Power Supply) in
the line between your piano and the power outlet.  I have a Yamaha DC3A, and I
would not even dream of plugging it directly into the wall outlet.  Here in
North Carolina we have lots of thunderstorms.  A UPS is about the best
protection that I can give my Yamaha.

Tom

*********

Hi Tom and Holly,

Contrary to popular belief, _many_ of the cheaper UPSes do little or anything to
protect from incoming surges. They obviously _do_ backup in case of a power
outage and may delay slightly before switching back to AC power (getting rid of
a possible power surge glitch from the AC power coming back on) when coming back
off the backup battery. They do what they were designed to do.

If this is the case, you need to add some type of voltage suppressor outlet
strip (a good one!) in addtion to the UPS to cover both bases...


Danny

Holly,

The reason I recommend a UPS as opposed to surge protection is that a 
lightening strike or strong electrical surge may knock out a UPS, but I 
have never had even a lightening strike get passed a UPS and damage 
equipment that has been plugged into it.  The battery in the UPS acts as 
a buffer or sponge for even very strong electrical surges.  A UPS is 
inexpensive compared to a Yamaha digital piano!

A few years ago we had a lightening strike an antennae outside our house 
and come into our home's electrical circuits.  Everything that we had on 
a UPS (all four of our computers, audio, and video equipment) survived 
without any damage.  All such equipment plugged into surge suppressers 
or with no protection, had to be replaced.  It was  a powerful lesson 
that I have not forgotten.

Tom

Danny,

Our messages crossed, but you will see that my surge suppressers (all by 
APC and not what I would describe as cheap) did a great job of 
protecting the equipment from a direct lightening strike on our home 
which did $7,000 worth of damage to equipment not plugged into these 
UPS's.  Everything in the house plugged into surge suppressers (or not 
plugged into any protection) was destroyed and had to be replaced.

Tom


>  
>

> 
>  
>   3)  I use a product from the Web site called GNMIDI to convert midi files to
> Piano Disc format ($30) and then convert the files to ESEQ using the MID2ESEQ
> program, and format this diskettes using EEXPLORE which lets you create an
> index and title both the disk and the files.  The process is a bit laborious
> but the results are worth it.  The only really manual process is to create the
> diskette labels, since there is no way to get a text file out of the EEXPLORE
> program - If anyone knows how, please let me know.
> 
> 
> 
> Frank, having found little additional information in the archives, is it still
> the case that a Mac person is out of luck, in trying to do all of this? What
> options are there that are Mac compatible? Or do I just go buy a cheap Windows
> laptop on Ebay and forget about it?
> 
> -Holly
>

In a message dated 7/7/03 9:12:45 PM, hhegeman@... writes:


having found little additional information in the archives, is it still the case that a Mac person is out of luck, in trying to do all of this? What options are there that are Mac compatible? Or do I just go buy a cheap Windows laptop on Ebay and forget about it?

-Holly


Holly\u2026

When I absolutely HAVE to do Windows, I use a piece of Software called "Virtual PC" which runs windows and windows applications right on the Mac Desktop. Although I haven't used it with this specific software, I've had no problem running any windows applications with it. It runs about $200, kind of pricey, but who wants a cheap windows laptop lying about the house anyway.

Rich

You do have a point. (Okay..okay....I\u2019m not starting this war...)

I have not used VPC software in ages. Guess I need to look into this again.

Thanks Rich.

-Holly

I  remember  software available with the group which allows duplicating 
pianosoft disks. It may be this
http://www.swixo.com/disklavier/
but if I am wrong somebody will correct me.

suresh



Ralph Specht wrote:

> Frank,
>  
>  
>   2)  Check the Yahoo web site for shareware downloads.  I seem to 
> remember a copy of a program which allows backup.
>
>     From: frankmzz <mailto:johnsilver155@...>
>     To: disklavier@... <mailto:disklavier@...>
>     Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:10 AM
>     Subject: [disklavier] YAMAHA DISKLAVIER MX100B
>
>     HI,
>
>     I NEED HELP FROM SOMEONE ON THE FOLLOWING....
>
>
>
>     2. HOW CAN I BACKUP OR MAKE DUPLICATE PIANOSOFT FLOPPY. MY IS RATHER
>     OLD AND SOMETIMES DOES'NT WORK WELL. SOMETIME IT IS PERFECT. GUESS
>     THE FLOPPY IS GETTING OLD.
>

Good evening, everyone.

Regarding copying and converting protected Disklavier disks:

In a message dated 7/7/03 9:46:26 PM, Rich writes in response to Holly:

<< > having found little additional information in the archives, is it still 
the 

> case that a Mac person is out of luck, in trying to do all of this? What 

> options are there that are Mac compatible? Or do I just go buy a cheap 
Windows 

> laptop on Ebay and forget about it?

> 

> -Holly

> 


Holly…


When I absolutely HAVE to do Windows, I use a piece of Software called 

"Virtual PC" which runs windows and windows applications right on the Mac 
Desktop. 

Although I haven't used it with this specific software, I've had no problem 

running any windows applications with it. It runs about $200, kind of pricey, 
but 

who wants a cheap windows laptop lying about the house anyway. >>

I believe I am correct in saying that while certain Windows or DOS programs 
may run in emulation on the Mac, they will not be able to access the floppy 
drive hardware directly. For this reason, they will not be able to take a 
Yamaha-published Disklavier disk or song files downloaded from YamahaMusicSoft.com to 
a floppy and read them. The reason is that these disks are missing a boot 
sector. Any program that is successful in reading these disks accesses the PC 
floppy drive hardware directly--and this is not possible in emulation on the Mac.

Regards,
PianoBench

You can buy old laptops really, really cheap.  Anything that runs Windows98 
and older works just fine.  My favorite laptop for "backing up" my PianoSoft 
disks runs Windows 3.1 and has a hard drive with only 85 megabytes!  It's an 
old Toshiba Satellite, black and white screen and a 386 processor.  This 
computer will run any of the software utilities for the Disklavier.



Carol Beigel
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>From: PianoBench@...
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [disklavier] Mac Compatible Software?
>Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 23:27:16 EDT
>
>Good evening, everyone.
>
>Regarding copying and converting protected Disklavier disks:
>
>In a message dated 7/7/03 9:46:26 PM, Rich writes in response to Holly:
>
><< > having found little additional information in the archives, is it 
>still
>the
>
> > case that a Mac person is out of luck, in trying to do all of this? What
>
> > options are there that are Mac compatible? Or do I just go buy a cheap
>Windows
>
> > laptop on Ebay and forget about it?
>
> >
>
> > -Holly
>
> >
>
>
>Holly\u2026
>
>
>When I absolutely HAVE to do Windows, I use a piece of Software called
>
>"Virtual PC" which runs windows and windows applications right on the Mac
>Desktop.
>
>Although I haven't used it with this specific software, I've had no problem
>
>running any windows applications with it. It runs about $200, kind of 
>pricey,
>but
>
>who wants a cheap windows laptop lying about the house anyway. >>
>
>I believe I am correct in saying that while certain Windows or DOS programs
>may run in emulation on the Mac, they will not be able to access the floppy
>drive hardware directly. For this reason, they will not be able to take a
>Yamaha-published Disklavier disk or song files downloaded from 
>YamahaMusicSoft.com to
>a floppy and read them. The reason is that these disks are missing a boot
>sector. Any program that is successful in reading these disks accesses the 
>PC
>floppy drive hardware directly--and this is not possible in emulation on 
>the Mac.
>
>Regards,
>PianoBench

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You have almost the oldest Disklavier made.  It will only play Yamaha ESEQ 
files from 720k double density floppy disks.  You can connect a computer via 
MIDI interface and MIDI cable to the MIDI IN port and play MIDI files from a 
jukebox program.  Starting with the MX100IIXG Disklaviers, they have 
updatable ROM, play MIDI files and use regular HD 1.44 disks.  THe tonal 
properties are the same because all those models you mentioned are built 
into Yamaha's finest upright piano, the U1.

At this time, no one on earth can convert a polyphonic wave file to a MIDI 
file; however you can now make wave files from MIDI files.  Yamaha may be 
able to sell you a copy of the owners manual.  Their number is 
1-800-854-1569.  Use the free dkvutils on this website on a computer that 
runs real DOS to "back-up" your PianoSoft floppies, or use AnaDisk.  You 
will need a supply of double-density diskettes - I get mine from 
www.shoplet.com.

Carol Beigel
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>From: "frankmzz" <johnsilver155@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@...
>Subject: [disklavier] YAMAHA DISKLAVIER MX100B
>Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 06:10:22 -0000
>
>HI,
>
>I NEED HELP FROM SOMEONE ON THE FOLLOWING....
>
>1. WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD THE OWNERS MANUAL FOR THIS MODEL.MX100B
>
>2. HOW CAN I BACKUP OR MAKE DUPLICATE PIANOSOFT FLOPPY. MY IS RATHER
>OLD AND SOMETIMES DOES'NT WORK WELL. SOMETIME IT IS PERFECT. GUESS
>THE FLOPPY IS GETTING OLD.
>
>3.  HOW CAN I CONVERT MIDI, WAV, AND OTHER FILE FORMATS TO PLAY ON
>THE DISKLAVIIER?.
>
>4.  ARE THERE MUCH DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCES IN BOTH ACOUSTIC TONAL
>QUALITIES AND THE DISKLAVIRE FUNCTIONS BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING MODELS.
>
>     A. MX100 , 100B , 100 MKII
>     B. MX1, DU1A, MPX1
>
>5.  HOW CAN I CHECK THE AGE OF YAMAHA PIANO OR EQUIPMENT.
>
>THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION
>
>RGDS
>FRANK
>I 'M NOT ABLE TO GET ANY INFO ON (4) FROM ANY WEBSITE OR YAMAHA.
>
>

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Those GT7s are great.  My suggestion is to use a UPS or surge protector when 
you are playing the piano.  Then uplug it when you are done.  I was actually 
playing on old upright piano once when a lightning bolt hit the roof of the 
building over the piano, came down through the ceiling and burned a hold the 
size of a softball through the lid of the piano.  Apparently the cast iron 
plate grounded the lighting strike as I am still here!  I still remember the 
smell of ozone and all my hair sticking straight out!  Sure cured my fear of 
thunderstorms!  Unfortunately, a GT7 does not have a cast iron plate!



Carol Beigel
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>From: holly hegeman <hhegeman@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: <disklavier@...>
>Subject: Re: [disklavier] Yamaha DGT7A
>Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 14:25:39 -0500
>
> > Holly,
> >
> > Congratulations on your purchase of the DGT7A.  I am sure that it is 
>going to
> > give you many years of enjoyment.
> >
> > As for your question regarding using a line conditioner or surge 
>suppresser, I
> > would strongly recommend that you place a UPS Uninterruptable Power 
>Supply) in
> > the line between your piano and the power outlet.  I have a Yamaha DC3A, 
>and I
> > would not even dream of plugging it directly into the wall outlet.  Here 
>in
> > North Carolina we have lots of thunderstorms.  A UPS is about the best
> > protection that I can give my Yamaha.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > Thunderstorms? It\ufffds been so long since I\ufffdve seen the sun, I have 
>forgotten
> > what sunshine is! I\ufffdm going to start building an ark pretty soon.
> >
> > Yes, power surges are common here as well, due to all the heavy rain and
> > lightning we get on a regular basis. I have all the stereo, TV, and 
>computer
> > equipment protected in one way or another.
> >
> > I think I\ufffdll get a separate unit of some type for the piano, though.
> >
> > Thanks Tom!
> >
> > -Holly
>

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