Disklavier

hi everyone,

Q:  my piano has a smartkey feature. i need to know if i can used 
this feature on midi files i downloaded from the internet? if so, 
please "show" me how. thanks.

Hello Everyone,

In a message dated 1/10/01 8:27:18 AM, bvaldez98@... writes:

<< Q:  my piano has a smartkey feature. i need to know if i can used 
this feature on midi files i downloaded from the internet? if so, 
please "show" me how. thanks. >>

Yes, the SmartKey feature can be used with any MIDI file. However, if the 
file was not created with SmartKey in mind, it may or may not be a convenient 
feature to use. This feature is discussed extensively on pages 52-58 of the 
Disklavier Mark III Series Basic Operation manual.

Basically, you need to turn on the Guide feature for the L and/or R part. 
Then, you can optionally turn on the Key Prompt feature and the Prompt Repeat 
feature.

I think that you can set these features to come on automatically in a SMF if 
you have embedded the proper system exclusive MIDI codes in the file. I don't 
know which messages they are and don't have a SmartKey-enabled Disklavier at 
my command to test. However, you could open up a published, SmartKey MIDI 
file in a sequencer and delete the SysEx messages one at a time until you 
discover which ones which set up these features.

Regards,
PianoBench