Disklavier

So far, the downloadable Pianosoft Audio tracks consist of a MIDI file 
and corresponding MP3 file that are played in sync by Enspire.  If you 
convert the MP3 file to a WAV file, you can use MID2PianoCD to merge the 
pair into a legacy Pianosoft Plus Audio WAV file.

Regarding the disappearance of Pianosoft Plus Audio from the online 
catalog, Yamaha is clearly moving away from physical media, and they 
probably figured out that it's not possible to distribute Pianosoft Plus 
Audio tracks in MP3 format (the lossy MP3 compression damages the 
modulation scheme too much).  But they could provide downloadable tracks 
in FLAC or Apple Lossless formats, which have similar tagging 
capabilities and lossless compression that preserves the Pianosoft Plus 
Audio signal.

The E3 and DKC-850 *might* already have the ability to play 
Enspire-style MID/MP3 file pairs directly, since there isn't any new 
format involved.  It's worth a try.  If it doesn't work, seems like a 
firmware update could make this possible, since there is no dependency 
on special hardware.

Mark Fontana


On 09/11/2016 03:47 AM, rightnightboy@... [disklavier] wrote:
>
> I am wondering about the disappearance on the YamahaMusicSoft website 
> of the "Pianosoft plus audio" format. A lot of the cds previously 
> available are not there anymore... It seems that the new format is the 
> "Pianosoft Audio" created for the new Enspire models. Anyone has infos 
> on that ? My understanding is that the old formats are going to become 
> more and more difficult to get... Is there an upgrade that will permit 
> older disklavier models to play this new format (DKC-850 for instance)?
>
>
> Also any hints where one can get a pdf manual of any of the Enspire 
> models  ?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Alain
>