On Jan 14, 2008, at 10:54 AM, ramseymonoi wrote:
> Thank you George.
>
> So the files I have converted to type 0, although they look like they
> are the same as type 1 with left and right hand separate when playing
> them with vanbasco, will have both hands play on the disklavier.
>
> That is if I can make it work !
>
> Pascal
>
> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "George F. Litterst"
> <PianoBench@...> wrote:
> >
> > Good morning, everyone.
> >
> > Pascal, according to the MIDI specification, you can send up to 16
> > CHANNELS of MIDI data to your Disklavier at one time using a MIDI
> > cable. That data may reside in a MIDI file on just one track or
> > possibly on hundreds of tracks. Channels and tracks are not the same
> > thing (although in certain circumstances it may appear as though
> they
> > are).
> >
> > A MIDI file is a file where MIDI data resides.
> >
> > A Type 0 Standard MIDI File (SMF) contains all of the data on a
> single
> > track. However, most of the data (such as note-on and note-off
> events,
> > pedal events, etc.) is labelled as being channel-specific.
> Therefore,
> > when a sequencer plays a Type 0 file, the data may be sent on as
> many
> > as 16 channels.
> >
> > Typically, a sequencer will present a Type 0 file to the user as
> > though it were a multi-track file with as many as 16 tracks, each
> > track mapped to the corresponding MIDI channel. In other words, when
> > the typical sequencer opens a Type 0 file, it separates the data by
> > channel and shows the the groups of channelized data to the user as
> > though the data actually resided on separate tracks.
> >
> > A Type 1 SMF can have any number of tracks, even hundreds of tracks,
> > each mapped to one of the 16 MIDI channels. So, for example, a
> Type 1
> > file could have separate tracks for piano RH and piano LH and map
> them
> > to separate channels or to the same channel.
> >
> > Regards,
> > PianoBench
> >
> >
> > On Jan 14, 2008, at 3:11 AM, ramseymonoi wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > My disklavier has arrived, and it is great.
> > >
> > > I am waiting for the usb/midi adaptor cable to arrive so I can try
> > > playing songs from the laptop.
> > >
> > > However I am getting a bit confused. I downloaded some piano
> pieces,
> > > which I am playing on the computer using vanbasco midi player. It
> > > looks like the right and left hand play on 2 different channels.
> > >
> > > So I assumed that it was a type 1 midi file, and converted it to
> type
> > > 0. But it still separates left and right hand !
> > >
> > > Am I confusing tracks and channels ? Ie, it is now a type 0 file
> with
> > > only one track and several channels. Does it mean that type 1
> files
> > > carry several tracks with each several channels ?
> > >
> > > I feel like I opened pandora's box !
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Pascal
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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