Disklavier

Thank you for that info.  Hope you are enjoying your trip!  I had no idea a 
Disklavier could do this.  I should read the Owner's Manual!!  I guess this 
means that the guy with a Roland keyboard now has a chance at recording his 
DKV playing with the percussion sounds on his Roland.  And if a PianoSoft 
ESEQ file is converted to MIDI first, it can be recorded into a Memory Disk 
using a computer using the MDR Record Mode?

MIDI is so fascinating once you learn how to turn it on!  It took me 3 years 
to find those little check boxes in Windows that turn on and off the various 
features of the soundcard!  Then there is the matter of knowing what buttons 
to push that access screens behind the screens on a Disklavier.  Now I find 
out there are these cool features that you can turn on, like Remote, if you 
know they even exist at all!  Little tidbits like a blank measure with no 
notes, or setting the key and time signatures on notation software on the 
first measure can save a lot of hair-pulling!  And on Macs, knowing there is 
something in the OS called MIDI Manager with its own set of switches that 
kicks in before the Sequencer software you use.  When I think of the hours, 
days and years I have spent just learning to turn something "On" ...  still 
beats watching TV!

Carol Beigel
crbrpt@...





>From: PianoBench@...
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [disklavier] Help: Broken floppy drive
>Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 23:56:46 EDT
>
>Good evening, everyone.
>
>In a message dated 7/11/03 9:43:09 PM, Carol writes:
>
><< That sounds fascinating!  Where do you find the MDR Record mode? >>
>
>I am on a trip at the moment and away from a Disklavier, but I'll give it a
>try from memory.
>
>--press Record
>--press the right arrow button to get to the next screen. I think that the
>cursor will be in front of track 1.
>--push the + button repeatedly to increase the track number up to 16. Then,
>go one increment further and you will see MDR.
>--lastly, push Play then start MIDI playback from your external sequencer.
>--press Stop when you are done.
>
>MDR stands for MIDI Data Record. When you are in this mode, the Disklavier
>records all incoming MIDI data on all 16 MIDI channels.
>
>If you turn on the Remote In feature on the Disklavier, you will not have 
>to
>press the Play button on your Disklavier. Assuming that your sequencer is 
>set
>up to send remote commands, pressing Play on your sequencer will
>simultaneously engage Play on the Disklavier. Be sure that your sequence 
>has a setup
>measure with no notes at the beginning if you use the Remote feature.
>
>Regards,
>PianoBench

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I guess I am the guy you are referring to with the Roland. Actually 
the wife has the Roland and I have the computer know-nothing.

I have stumbled on MDR, deeply buried, after skimming the manual. We 
haven't recorder the DKV along with the rhythm section yet until I 
clean up the rest of the MIDI tracks/channels, especially Channel 1, 
which is the Piano keyboard on the DKV. Should make no diff with MDR 
if a computer is outputting to the DKV. Again, we have to clean up 
Channel 1; either that or disable to the MIDI source from 
broadcasting in the omni mode.

The one thing I am not clear about is controlling the MIDI clock 
source. The Roland is a great slave instrument but not a very good 
Master controller. I would think I would want the clock to be 
external to the DKV, yet be able to control tempo from the DKV. Hmmm, 
back to the lab, Igor!
 
Just to let you know your feedback on this board is very much 
appreciated even if I can't jump in as frequently as I'd like.  I am 
finding this thread and board invaluable.I am reading all the posts.

Fred Kagel, Dir.
Freehold Computer Training Ctr.
www.freeholdcomputer.com


>I guess this means that the guy with a Roland keyboard now has a 
chance at recording his DKV playing with the percussion sounds on his 
Roland.