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2012-10-04 by raymundo_77
I have a number of cd's that came with my Mark III Disklavier and they are in a .cda format on the cd. I'd like to copy them to my library in either the midi, FIL or other usable format. Is there a utility that can do this? I've checked dkvutils but there doesn't seem to be a utility that can do this. Thanks, Ray
2012-10-06 by Mark Fontana
There aren't really files on these CDs - the ".cda" files you see are an abstraction created by Windows when you attempt to view the directory of an audio CD. If your CDs have accompaniment, there's no way to convert them to MIDI or ESEQ files preserving the accompaniment audio, as those formats do not support it. Instead, you would want to rip the CD tracks to FLAC format; a good tool for this is Exact Audio Copy: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de This would give you tagged files for each song which you could then stream to the Disklavier using suitable music jukebox software, such as the excellent Foobar2000: http://www.foobar2000.org Both tools are free for non-commercial use. Disklavier CD tracks should not be ripped to MP3 format, because its lossy compression distorts the piano control signal too severely, making playback unreliable. Mark Fontana
On Thu, 2012-10-04 at 19:42 +0000, raymundo_77 wrote: > I have a number of cd's that came with my Mark III Disklavier and they > are in a .cda format on the cd. I'd like to copy them to my library > in either the midi, FIL or other usable format. Is there a utility > that can do this? I've checked dkvutils but there doesn't seem to be > a utility that can do this.
2012-10-07 by raymundo_77
Thanks, Mark, I tried your suggestions and first used exactaudiocopy to creat the FLAC file. I was amazed that it took a file that was about 34k and created a 25 meg flac file. Maybe I did something wrong. Then I installed the foobar.org [layer, not sure how to get it to create the files for the Disklavier DKC-850. My objective was to take the CD's that I have and put them in a library that I can then access via my LAN connection to play on the disklavier. Do you know what I might have done wrong? Thanks Ray --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Mark Fontana <mfontana@...> wrote:
> > > There aren't really files on these CDs - the ".cda" files you see are an > abstraction created by Windows when you attempt to view the directory of > an audio CD. > > If your CDs have accompaniment, there's no way to convert them to MIDI > or ESEQ files preserving the accompaniment audio, as those formats do > not support it. Instead, you would want to rip the CD tracks to FLAC > format; a good tool for this is Exact Audio Copy: > http://www.exactaudiocopy.de > > This would give you tagged files for each song which you could then > stream to the Disklavier using suitable music jukebox software, such as > the excellent Foobar2000: http://www.foobar2000.org > > Both tools are free for non-commercial use. > > Disklavier CD tracks should not be ripped to MP3 format, because its > lossy compression distorts the piano control signal too severely, making > playback unreliable. > > Mark Fontana > > > On Thu, 2012-10-04 at 19:42 +0000, raymundo_77 wrote: > > > I have a number of cd's that came with my Mark III Disklavier and they > > are in a .cda format on the cd. I'd like to copy them to my library > > in either the midi, FIL or other usable format. Is there a utility > > that can do this? I've checked dkvutils but there doesn't seem to be > > a utility that can do this. >
2012-10-07 by Mark Fontana
What file is only 34 KB in size? Certainly not a CD track. My advice concerning FLAC files doesn't apply if you're using a DKC-850, as it doesn't support them. I didn't realize that's what you were trying to do. Perhaps someone who actually owns a DKC-850 will have better advice on how to best archive your CDs for use with it. I'm sorry I led you down the wrong path. Mark
On Sun, 2012-10-07 at 13:21 +0000, raymundo_77 wrote: > Thanks, Mark, > > I tried your suggestions and first used exactaudiocopy to creat the FLAC file. I was amazed that it took a file that was about 34k and created a 25 meg flac file. Maybe I did something wrong. Then I installed the foobar.org [layer, not sure how to get it to create the files for the Disklavier DKC-850. > > My objective was to take the CD's that I have and put them in a library that I can then access via my LAN connection to play on the disklavier. > > Do you know what I might have done wrong? > > Thanks > > Ray
2012-10-08 by raymundo_77
Mark, thank you very much for the info and sorry I didn't be more clear in what I was trying to do. Most of the ".mid" or ".FIL" files are in the 20k to 30k bytes range. The CD's play fine on the 850, so I was just trying to figure out how to put them in a library rather than have to switch CD's. Thanks again. Ray --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Mark Fontana <mfontana@...> wrote:
> > > What file is only 34 KB in size? Certainly not a CD track. My > advice concerning FLAC files doesn't apply if you're using a DKC-850, as > it doesn't support them. I didn't realize that's what you were trying > to do. Perhaps someone who actually owns a DKC-850 will have better > advice on how to best archive your CDs for use with it. I'm sorry I > led you down the wrong path. > > Mark > > On Sun, 2012-10-07 at 13:21 +0000, raymundo_77 wrote: > > > Thanks, Mark, > > > > I tried your suggestions and first used exactaudiocopy to creat the FLAC file. I was amazed that it took a file that was about 34k and created a 25 meg flac file. Maybe I did something wrong. Then I installed the foobar.org [layer, not sure how to get it to create the files for the Disklavier DKC-850. > > > > My objective was to take the CD's that I have and put them in a library that I can then access via my LAN connection to play on the disklavier. > > > > Do you know what I might have done wrong? > > > > Thanks > > > > Ray >