--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Chine-Chine Wang <ciniminis@g...>
wrote:
>
> You can convert "Smart PianoSoft" titles into a format that works
the same
> way as the "PianoSoft Plus Audio" titles.
>
> What you will need:
>
> - The Smart PianoSoft floppy disk, and the matching original music
CD (as
> long as you know the content matches it's fine - we don't care
about the
> disc ID that the DKV control unit checks for).
>
> - A program that rips regular music CDs into .WAV files. I
personally use
> (and recommend) dBpowerAMP Music Converter.
>
> - A program that allows you to copy the files from the copy-
protected
> Yamaha floppy to your hard drive, and convert them to .MID files.
Look in
> the group's file archive or Carol's website, there're several
options.
>
> - A program that converts the .MID files into "analog MIDI" audio
in .WAV
> format. The only program I know of that does this is MID2PianoCD,
a
> freeware by Mark Fontana.
>
> - A sound editing program that can edit left and right audio
channels
> separately. I like to use an old program called CoolEdit, but
> unfortunately this excellent software has been bought over by
Adobe, renamed
> to Audition, and is now over blown and over priced. You can try
GoldWave or
> Audacity.
>
> - A CD burner drive and CD burning program if you want the
resulted tracks
> on a CD. Alternatively, you can also use any player that can
connect to
> your DKV control unit via the left/right (white/red) RCA input
ports and
> play stereo .WAV files without mixing the channels. An iPod would
work.
>
> The steps:
>
> 1. Rip the music CD tracks into 16-Bit/44100Hz/MONO ("mono" as in
combining
> the original left and right channels) .WAV files.
>
> 2. Rip and convert the Smart PianoSoft floppy into .MID files.
>
> 3. Use MID2PianoCD to convert the .MID files into .WAV files.
>
> 4. Using your sound editing program of choice, open the .WAV file
converted
> from the Yamaha floppy. You will see that the "analog MIDI" data
is on the
> right channel, while the left channel is empty.
>
> 5. In the same program, open the mono .WAV file (of the same song)
converted
> from the music CD. Copy the entire wave form.
>
> 6. Now it's the tricky part, you have to figure out the time
offset for
> pasting your copied wave form into the empty left channel of the
other .WAV
> file. Since there is no visual indicator in the flatline-looking
analog
> MIDI channel, you pretty much have to use trial and error to get
it exactly
> right. I usually start at a 3-second offset (i.e. pasting in the
> left channel with a starting point 3 seconds later than the right
channel),
> save it, put it on my iPod, connect it to my DKV and have a
listen. If the
> DKV piano part is out of sync with the part coming out of the
speakers, I go
> back to the computer and move the left channel forward of backward
a little,
> then listen again. Note: You can bypass the transfer to iPod part
if the
> computer you're doing the conversion on has a decent soundcard (it
is
> important that the audio channels do not bleed into each other)
and is close
> enough to be connected directly to your DKV by audio cable. In
either
> case,, you will probably need a converter "Y" cable that has
stereo mini
> plug on one end (to plug into your computer or iPod's headphones
jack) and
> left/right RCA connecters on the other end (to plug into the DKV
control
> unit). Also, do not even consider converting the .WAV file
into .MP3 - the
> MP3 compression will result in signal loss and randomly missed
piano notes,
> even at high bit rates.
>
> 7. Once your resulted .WAV files have the piano part and the audio
part in
> sync, you can burn them as a music CD and it will work the same
way as a
> "PianoSoft Plus Audio" CD.
>
> Albeit it's quite a lot of work, this way you can have your
own "best
> of" collections of songs from different "Smart PianoSoft"
floppies. I now
> use my old iPod (those older iPods are so *bulky* to carry around;-
) as a
> jukebox that stores and plays these combined piano/audio songs on
my
> Disklavier.
>
> CCW
>
>
> On 1/17/06, rwberry99 <rwberry@t...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > For the most part, I've had no problems with my "Smart PianoSoft"
> > (SPS) disks. I've been pleasantly suprised how well they work.
> >
> > I recently bought the SPS disk that goes with the OCR of the
musical
> > "Pippin". I have owned the OCR CD for several years (and it's
catalog
> > number didn't match the SPS disk) but I figured it was worth a
try. I
> > ordered the SPS disk and sure enough, when I pressed play it
simply
> > indicated "Wrong Disk" and started playing only the accompanying
MIDI
> > tracks.
> >
> > I then order the CD through the Amazon link on the
> > www.yamahamusicsoft.com site. Looking more closely, the
description
> > of the CD in Amazon doesn't match the catalog number on the SPS
disk
> > either, but for $11.00, I thought I would take a chance. The CD
> > arrives and I get the same "Wrong Disk" message. I poke around
a few
> > more sites, and found yet another version of the disk, so I
ordered it
> > as well. I get the same behavior.
> >
> > Now I realize, I could most likely return the SPS disk to Yamaha
since
> > their link appears to be broken. But I thought I would poke
around on
> > the disk itself and see if I could circumvent whatever test the
DKV is
> > doing.
> >
> > Even before ripping the diskette, the first thing I noticed was
the
> > the SPS disk only thinks there are 14 tracks versus the 15 track
on
> > all my CDs. So I ripped the CD and burned a copy with the same
> > "serial" number but with the tracks in the order the SPS disk
expects.
> > The DKC doesn't even recognize the CD-R disk.
> >
> > So I ripped the SPS diskette and see several MIDI files and two
MNG
> > files. I figure one (or both) of the MNG files contains some
kind of
> > checksum that identifies the CD, but there's nothing that jumps
out
> > when I look at them.
> >
> > Has anyone out there run into this kind of problem? Is there a
> > resolution? Can you use some kind of magic key sequence that
bypasses
> > the CD check?
> >
> > I haven't tried creating a floppy with the contents of a working
SPS
> > disk, so I'm not sure if that even works.
> >
> > Just so you don't get the wrong idea, this is a legitimate copy
of the
> > SPS disk. It just doesn't work.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
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How are you connecting your ipod to your disklavier? What model of
Disklavier do you have? Thanks!