Disklavier

Hi,

Thanks will try diskcopy using dos.

With regards to the disks, I think it is much faster to use the freely 
available 1.4m disks and use the discopy than go looking to buy the old 
720s. I do use the tape as you do.

Thanks
\Budds

>From: "Lit Wong" <lit@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: RE: [disklavier] Re: Problem with conversion using ESEQ2MIDI
>Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:50:16 -0800
>
>There is a command line tool in XP (or other versions of Windows) called
>DISKCOPY.exe.  You can use it to make copies of 720K or 1.44M floppy
>discs.  I downloaded a couple of discs from yamahamusicsoft.com and I
>was able to make copies of them with the DISKCOPY.exe command.  This
>tool does a blind copy so it ignores the first sector (with a bunch of
>F6's).  I haven't tried but I think it would work for other "copy
>protected" discs.
>
>
>
>BTW, if you have a hard time finding 720K discs, or want to just use
>regular 1.44M discs, just use some non-clear tape to tape over one of
>the holes on a 1.44M disc and reformat it to 720K.
>
>
>
>________________________________
>
>From: midi_magic2000 [mailto:magic_midi@...]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:19 AM
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [disklavier] Re: Problem with conversion using ESEQ2MIDI
>
>
>
>Hi
>
>Are these files ones that you have downloaded using Yamaha's download
>program?
>If so then you would have used a 1.4Meg floppy.  If this IS correct
>then dkvcopy will only work in DOS AND on a 720K disk NOT a 1.4Meg.
>Also then you use their download program it changes it disk so that
>the PC will not read it.
>
>There is a program coming soon that will help. But in the meantime
>mail me direct for further help.
>
>Midi Magic
>
>
>
>
>--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "bpsafran" <sam.safran@w...> wrote:
> > Greetings:
> >
> > I want to convert some eseq files that I purchased from Yamaha to
> > Midi so that I can edit and save them on my Clavinova.  I tried
> > using the ESEQ2MIDI program on the files (extracted to my hard disk
> > using the dkvcopy program) but I get an error message from
>ESEQ2MIDI
> > on each file that says ESEQ file is corrupt.
> > However, the files play fine (from floppy disk) on my Clavinova,
> > which reads both midi and eseq formats.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas on how to fix the files so that ESEQ2MIDI
>will
> > be able to do the conversions?
> > Are there any programs that will do the conversions on the original
> > disk itself (which is not readable on a PC unless one uses the
> > dkvcopy program).
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Sam Safran
> > sam.safran@w...
>
>
>
>
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