Disklavier

George

Thank you for the information. 

I have copied  all my floppies to a USB thumb so I should be in good shape. 

Since Yamaha no longer sells a floppy drive, I had had success with a LaCie floppy drive. 

Ralph 

> On Jan 8, 2018, at 12:01 PM, 'George F. Litterst' PianoBench@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Good morning, everyone.
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> Ralph, the E3 manual for the Standard and Pro versions states that it records in SMF Type 0 format only but it plays SMF 0, SMF 1, and E-SEQ.
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> The only difficulty that you might have is getting a USB floppy drive that can read your old E-SEQ floppies. People have reported issues with various drives. This morning, I attempted to read an E-SEQ floppy using my DKC-850. The DKC-850 did not recognize the disk. When I switched floppy drives, the DKC-850 recognized the disk.
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> I recommend that you undertake a one-time task of getting all of your E-SEQ files copied to your computer for safe-keeping, and then copy them to USB flash drives for use in the Disklavier. For long term compatibility, it makes sense to convert the song files to SMF as well.
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> To be clear: If your floppy disk with E-SEQ files is readable on the E3, the E3 will play the instrumental MIDI tracks found in PianoSoft Plus files.
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> Regards,
> PianoBench
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>> On Jan 7, 2018, at 11:44 PM, 'Ralph Specht' capespechts@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks George.
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>>     Just to be cautious on my part, the E3/DKC-800 combination can play both Eseq(including PianoSoft Plus) as well as Midi Files.
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>> Thank you.
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>> From: 'George F. Litterst' PianoBench@... [disklavier]
>> Sent: Sunday, January 7, 2018 11:24 PM
>> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [disklavier] Upgrade to E3 Series Piano
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>> Good evening, everyone.
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>> Ralph, the DKC-850 control unit is virtually indistinguishable from the DKC-800 control using that coms with the E3.
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>> On the back of each box are 2 different sets of ports for connecting to the piano directly to the piano. The DKC-850 uses the serial port when connecting to Mark IIXG and Mark III pianos (thus replacing the original control unit). The DKC-800 uses the blue and green digital ports to connect to the E3. (Of course you have to use the MIDI ports when connecting the DKC-850 to Mark II and older Disklaviers.)
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>> I don’t know if the DKC-850 and the DKC-800 are interchangeable. Regardless, the E3 comes with a DKC-800, and you won’t need the DKC-850 if you acquire an E3.
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>> Regards,
>> PianoBench
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>>> On Jan 6, 2018, at 12:23 PM, 'Ralph Specht' capespechts@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>> About six months ago, I upgraded my 30 year old MX100 by adding the DKC-850.
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>>> I transferred my old Floppy images to a USB drive and was really amazed at the changes to the piano and accompaniment with my home stereo system.
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>>> Question:  If I decided to upgrade to the new E series piano, would I need to keep the DKC-850 in order to use the USB of my floppies, or is the DKC-850 redundant?
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>>> I know that there were some comments on compatibility of the older Disklaviers going forward to the E series, and wanted to understand all the details.
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>>> Thank you
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>>> Ralph Specht
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