Re: Pianomation and Pianodisc Questions
By Larry Fisher
> From: JKeimer@aol.com
>
> 2. I had the Pianodisc 3 1/2" floppy palyback and record unit insatlled
> with the Pianomation playback system. It will not play floppys from my PC
> that have MIDI files on them. So, I have tried having the Pianodisc unit
> reformat a 3 1/2" disc so that I could then record onto the disc through the
> MIDI IN jack with a cable from my PC, which has Cakewak installed and a lot
> of Cakewalk files I would like to be able to playback on my grand piano. When
> the Pianodisc unit is close to finishing the reformatting function on a 3
> 1/2" disc it stops and says "Disk error. Read or seek error" .Any idea what
> is happening?
PianoDisc will not reformat pre-formatted disks reliably. It has a product specific format and so will not play midi files from your PC. Things are being done in engineering to change all that. If you were to format a DD disk in the PianoDisc control head, run your PC through a DOM 30 or DOU 10 or similar midi controller into the PianoDisc midi in jack, you would then be able to record your PC files onto your PianoDisc disk and it would play. A new idea in engineering may be reality by the Winter NAMM show that will eliminate all the MIDI controller stuff, and make the PianoDisc MIDI functions a little more friendlier towards users like yourself. Will it be an upgradeable function of your model 128?? We'll see and let's hope so. If you gotta have it sooner, try obtaining some conversion software available from
giebler@aol.com
His software has been the rage amongst users like yourself. Good luck.
>
> 3. I have purchased about 10 discs so far, some from QRS, some from Yahama
> and some from Pianodisc. So far I can hear vast differences in the quality of
> playing form the recording artists and in the QRS audio track on accompanied
> selections.
> I'm curious to know what you think of the various qualities of recording being brand specific.
--- Larry Fisher RPT, Portland Metro's Authority on PianoDisc Systems
For more information call (360) 256-2999 in Vancouver, Wa.
or email larryf@pacifier.com |
(Message sent Tue 3 Oct 1995, 02:57:57 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.) |
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