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I have a Mark III (model DBG1CD) piano that I have enjoyed for a couple years. Now I am attempting to connect it to my laptop so I can use an online piano course my piano teacher recommended. www.PianoMarvel.com

I bought a USB to MIDI cable. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017H4EBG/ref=ox_ya_oh_product

I've successfully connected the laptop and to another electronic keyboard and can use my piano tutorial software just fine.

When using the same laptop, cable and software I can't get any keyboard strikes on my Mark III to register with on the PC. 

I've connected both midi cables (out to in and in to out as required). I also went through the manual and set the Yamaha menus to:
  Midi Setup
  Remote Out
  On 

Still no response from the PC. My local dealer referred me to Yamaha support.

Am I missing something? 

Frustrated in Denver

I did discover my flash rom is not current. I have CTRL V5.01 installed vs the update I found online. I'm skeptical that the update will resolve something so fundamental. 
      
This updates the flash ROM in the following 
          systems to the following versions: 
    CTRL V5.02, KEY V1.05, and DSP V1.26

Greetings leehco,

I have wasted too much time with off brand USB/MIDI interfaces to ever
bother with them again. Some seems to work fine and then stop for a
while or become erratic.Some never work. I think they have crappy
drivers. I have had customers with very strange symptoms that
disappeared immediately after getting a good USB/MIDI interface. I
have never had problems with either the Roland or the M-Audio one in
one out models. I think that both of these use the model number of
UM-1

Saturday, January 23, 2010, 5:01:56 PM, you wrote: >   
> I have a Mark III (model DBG1CD) piano that I have enjoyed for a
> couple years. Now I am attempting to connect it to my laptop so I
> can use an online piano course my piano teacher recommended. www.PianoMarvel.com

> I bought a USB to MIDI cable.
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017H4EBG/ref=ox_ya_oh_product

> I've successfully connected the laptop and to another electronic
> keyboard and can use my piano tutorial software just fine.

> When using the same laptop, cable and software I can't get any
> keyboard strikes on my Mark III to register with on the PC. 

> I've connected both midi cables (out to in and in to out as
> required). I also went through the manual and set the Yamaha menus to:
> Midi Setup
> Remote Out
> On 

> Still no response from the PC. My local dealer referred me to Yamaha support.

> Am I missing something? 

> Frustrated in Denver

> I did discover my flash rom is not current. I have CTRL V5.01
> installed vs the update I found online. I'm skeptical that the
> update will resolve something so fundamental. 

> This updates the flash ROM in the following 
> systems to the following versions: 
> CTRL V5.02, KEY V1.05, and DSP V1.26

> 
 

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Does your MarkIII have a Record button on the Control Unit?  If so, set the 
Keyboard to Out.  No Record button no MIDI out!  Also, you probably need to 
choose the Disklavier in your software as the MIDI input.

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "leehco" <leeahopkins@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 8:01 PM
Subject: [disklavier] Mark III to PC USB advice needed


>I have a Mark III (model DBG1CD) piano that I have enjoyed for a couple 
>years. Now I am attempting to connect it to my laptop so I can use an 
>online piano course my piano teacher recommended. www.PianoMarvel.com
>
> I bought a USB to MIDI cable. 
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017H4EBG/ref=ox_ya_oh_product
>
> I've successfully connected the laptop and to another electronic keyboard 
> and can use my piano tutorial software just fine.
>
> When using the same laptop, cable and software I can't get any keyboard 
> strikes on my Mark III to register with on the PC.
>
> I've connected both midi cables (out to in and in to out as required). I 
> also went through the manual and set the Yamaha menus to:
>  Midi Setup
>  Remote Out
>  On
>
> Still no response from the PC. My local dealer referred me to Yamaha 
> support.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Frustrated in Denver
>
> I did discover my flash rom is not current. I have CTRL V5.01 installed vs 
> the update I found online. I'm skeptical that the update will resolve 
> something so fundamental.
>
> This updates the flash ROM in the following
>          systems to the following versions:
>    CTRL V5.02, KEY V1.05, and DSP V1.26
>
>
>
>
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This is a playback only model, so you have no key/hammer sensors. This means that the piano does not transmit any MIDI information as far as your playing is concerned.

If you look at the MIDI implementation chart in your owners' manual, you will find that it only transmits a limited amount of data, such as SYSEX, a few control changes, etc.

athomik

On Jan 24 2010, leehco wrote:

>I have a Mark III (model DBG1CD) piano that I have enjoyed for a couple years. Now I am attempting to connect it to my laptop so I can use an online piano course my piano teacher recommended. www.PianoMarvel.com
>
>I bought a USB to MIDI cable. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017H4EBG/ref=ox_ya_oh_product
>
>I've successfully connected the laptop and to another electronic keyboard and can use my piano tutorial software just fine.
>
>When using the same laptop, cable and software I can't get any keyboard strikes on my Mark III to register with on the PC.
>
>I've connected both midi cables (out to in and in to out as required). I also went through the manual and set the Yamaha menus to:
> Midi Setup
> Remote Out
> On
>
>Still no response from the PC. My local dealer referred me to Yamaha support.
>
>Am I missing something?
>
>Frustrated in Denver
>
>I did discover my flash rom is not current. I have CTRL V5.01 installed vs the update I found online. I'm skeptical that the update will resolve something so fundamental.
>
>This updates the flash ROM in the following
> systems to the following versions:
> CTRL V5.02, KEY V1.05, and DSP V1.26
>
>
>
>
>
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