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Converting PianoDisc Files to MIDI File Format
By Charlie Kreitzberg

Hi All:  I recently purchased a new Estonia 6'3" grand and had
a PianoDisc 128+ installed.  My idea was that I could record
improvisations, then edit them on a computer, return them to the
acoustic piano and record them onto tape.

I was disappointed to find out that while the PianoDisc can read
an IBM formatted disk with a MIDI Type 0 file, it can't write one.
It seems this leaves me with three choices:

1.  Use a third-party software product to convert the PianoDisc
proprietary disk format into standard MIDI.  Giebler Enterprises
seems to have one (although PianoDisc on their web site says the
results of third party conversions are "disappointing").

2.  Install a computer with a software sequencer next to the piano.

3.  Use a dedicated sequencer (like the Roland MC-50 MK II) that
can write to floppy disk.

Does anyone have experience with the PianoDisc used in this way?
I'd be grateful for any help.

Thanks.

Charlie Kreitzberg


(Message sent Thu 28 Jun 2001, 14:58:33 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  Converting, File, Files, Format, MIDI, PianoDisc

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