Disklavier

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> Joan,
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> Nice job...And thanks a million for posting those screen shots for people like me who don't have an iPhone/iTouch.
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> From looking at it, it seems that it is almost *certainly* using the old wire protocol, so I wonder what this new "open API" that they talked about is.  Does it feel any faster than the PRC?  I noticed that there is no way to edit song names or album names?  I was really hoping that they had fixed the inability to do just about anything while a song is playing.
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> I suspect that this application will continue to improve as it will likely, ultimately, replace the very outdated PRC-100 completely.  Once they finish the software they can start including an iTouch with each piano...they'd probably cost them less than they currently pay for the Sharp Zaraus.
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> As far as recording remotely...there is no reason to have a floppy in the drive.  It will start recording to the hard-drive.  I do this all the time...and as far as doing it secretly, the red recording light on the Disklavier comes on... so not so secretive after-all. ;-)
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> If these shortcuts become interesting or useful to anyone, please let me know...They'd be fairly simple to add to DKVBrowser.  I've already had a look at the schema and it's pretty straightforward.
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> -Kevin
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> ________________________________
> From: Joan <jheitzeb1@...>
> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 7:29:27 PM
> Subject: [disklavier] My Review and Screens for the Mark IV Disklavier Controller App from iTunes
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> Check out my review of the Disklavier Controller app at http://grannyjoans. blogspot. com/2010/ 03/controlling- my-mark-iv- disklavier- from.html
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> Kevin, It seems pretty fast to me, but my husband is going to time it to see the results.  
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> You can't edit the names of the songs or albums.  It is listed as a controller, but would be nice to have it totally have all the capabilities of DKVBrowser or Virtual PRC.  Ed likes the idea you suggested about iPod Touch replacement.
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> I totally forgot about record to hard drive.  You can tell how long that has been since I tried that one out. 
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> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Goroway <kgoroway@> wrote:
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> > Joan,
> > 
> > Nice job...And thanks a million for posting those screen shots for people like me who don't have an iPhone/iTouch.
> > 
> > From looking at it, it seems that it is almost *certainly* using the old wire protocol, so I wonder what this new "open API" that they talked about is.  Does it feel any faster than the PRC?  I noticed that there is no way to edit song names or album names?  I was really hoping that they had fixed the inability to do just about anything while a song is playing.
> > 
> > I suspect that this application will continue to improve as it will likely, ultimately, replace the very outdated PRC-100 completely.  Once they finish the software they can start including an iTouch with each piano...they'd probably cost them less than they currently pay for the Sharp Zaraus.
> > 
> > As far as recording remotely...there is no reason to have a floppy in the drive.  It will start recording to the hard-drive.  I do this all the time...and as far as doing it secretly, the red recording light on the Disklavier comes on... so not so secretive after-all. ;-)
> > 
> > If these shortcuts become interesting or useful to anyone, please let me know...They'd be fairly simple to add to DKVBrowser.  I've already had a look at the schema and it's pretty straightforward.
> > 
> > -Kevin
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> > 
> > ________________________________
> > From: Joan <jheitzeb1@>
> > To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 7:29:27 PM
> > Subject: [disklavier] My Review and Screens for the Mark IV Disklavier Controller App from iTunes
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > 
> > Check out my review of the Disklavier Controller app at http://grannyjoans. blogspot. com/2010/ 03/controlling- my-mark-iv- disklavier- from.html
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On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 19:27 +0000, Joan wrote:
> Kevin, I have played around with the new iPhone app this morning and have put up additional screens for the radio part of the app for you:
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> http://grannyjoans.blogspot.com/2010/03/yamaha-disklaiver-radio.htm
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> The channel list seems to take awhile to load in and connect, but works great.  
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> The record option basically offers two screens, one that lets you start recording, which is actuated by playing the disklavier.  It has a counter displayed and a cancel button.  The other screen, displays a stop button for stopping the recording.
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> I edited the other blog post to note a few more details in the description and also to note that by using the set password feature available through the PRC remote, you can keep iPhone users blocked from control of the disklavier.
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