From: George F. Litterst <PianoBench@aol.com>
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, January 4, 2010 8:25:50 AM
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Sustaining pedal - Issue or not?
Good morning, everyone.
Joseph, it is time to bring back the Disklavier technician.
Regards,
PianoBench
On Jan 3, 2010, at 10:07 PM, Joseph Schembri wrote:
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>Thanks George I will look into the Cakewalk program.
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>The question now is why doesn't the piano play what's written in the midi file and would I be able to correct the problem with the Cakewalk program.
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>Cheers,
>Joseph
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From: George F. Litterst <PianoBench@aol. com>
>To: Joseph Schembri <jschembri2000@...>
>Cc: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Sun, January 3, 2010 7:24:22 PM
>Subject: Re: [disklavier] Sustaining pedal - Issue or not?
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>Good evening, everyone.
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>Joseph, I received your MIDI file when you sent to me directly. The file contains a lot of sustain pedal messages. They are on/off messages (i.e. values 127 and 0) with no incremental messages.
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>Sonar Home Studio from Cakewalk is a very fine sequencer for under $100. It works on Windows systems.
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>Regards,
>PianoBench
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>On Jan 3, 2010, at 7:11 PM, Joseph Schembri wrote:
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>Hi George,
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>>I did what Carol suggested and checked the pedal movement , all seems well there.
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>>Attached is a Midi file that was converted from a FIL that I think should contain some pedal.
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>>Also googled some midi sequencing programs that show you what's happening. There were many but since I have many files to check I'd like to purchase one that you recommend. I only need one to read the instructions so I can determine what the file contains .
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>>Thanks
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>>Joseph
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From: George F. Litterst <PianoBench@aol. com>
>>To: disklavier@yahoogro ups.com
>>Sent: Sun, January 3, 2010 4:22:25 PM
>>Subject: Re: [disklavier] Sustaining pedal - Issue or not?
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>>Good afternoon, everyone.
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>>The MIDI message for the sustain pedal is controller 64. When it has a value of 0, the pedal is a rest. When it has a value of 127, it is fully depressed. If there is a value between 0 and 127, that value represents a partially depressed pedal.
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>>If the file is a normal ".mid" file, the MIDI data can be checked in a sequencer. If the file is a ".fil" file, the file probably needs to be converted to a ".mid" file in order to be checked with a sequencer.
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>>When checking for controller 64 data, one must be certain to look at data that applies to the piano part as opposed to an accompaniment part.
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>>If you are able to email the file to me, I can tell you where the piano part has MIDI data.
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>>Regards,
>>PianoBench
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>>On Jan 3, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Carol Beigel wrote:
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>>>It probably needs just a little adjustment. I believe the MIDI message for
>>>the pedal is a Controller 7 message. IF you look inside the piano, while
>>>depressing the pedal, is there any lost motion? In other words, can you
>>>press the pedal down (any amount) before the damper felts start coming away
>>>from the strings? If so, have the technician come back and check the
>>>adjustment of the pedal.
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>>>Carol Beigel
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>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Joseph" <jschembri2000@ yahoo.com>
>>>To: <disklavier@yahoogro ups.com>
>>>Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 2:49 PM
>>>Subject: [disklavier] Sustaining pedal - Issue or not?
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>>>> Happy New Year
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>>>> I have a DU1E3 and had the first of the Yamaha tunings. At that time my
>>>> technician installed upgrade 2.20 CSP E3 V2.12. Since that upgrade it
>>>> appears that the sustaining pedal doesn't occur as frequently as I
>>>> remember or on songs that obviously call for it. My guestions are: 1) is
>>>> there a program that I can install on my Windows PC that would allow me to
>>>> look and see if the sustaining pedal is written into the midi file? and
>>>> 2)is there an adjustment on the system for the sustaining pedal? and
>>>> finally, could this all be in my imagination?
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>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Joseph
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