PianoDisc technology question

[D.L. Bullock]

This is a perfect question to be asked of members of Mechanical Music
Digest.  These are player enthusiasts--be they pneumatic or electronic
players.

Visit their archives and see what has been written on this subject and if
you find nothing then join the list and ask the questions you have.

There are all kinds of folks who design and build all kinds of electronic
hardware and software to convert all kinds of music for automatic playing.

D.L. Bullock
www.thepianoworld.com
St. Louis

___Original Message_______________
Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 10:49:01 -0700
From: Lee Sankey <Lsankey@cox.net>
Subject: Re: PianoDisc technology question

It is possible with an analog to digital converter. I believe QRS has that
capability. If you would like I could investigate it further

Lee Sankey
San Diego

Charles Neuman wrote:

> I got into a discussion with someone about whether you can take any
> recording and retrieve enough data from it to make a good playback on a
> player system, including dynamics. From PianoDisc's website, this is what
> they offer:
>
>    Our CD Music Library contains songs in every category of music. The
>    highly acclaimed and ever-expanding Artist Series includes recordings
>    by today's top performers. Our Masterpiece Collection contains
>    classical selections performed by some of the legendary pianists of the
>    20th century, including Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein and Sergei
>    Rachmaninoff.
>
> The question is, how did they get this data? Was it a painstaking process
> of trial and error for each recording until they got it right? Or do they
> have the technology to easily convert any recording into digital data that
> would faithfully reproduce a piano performance on a PianoDisc system?
> Anybody know?
>
> Charles Neuman
> PTG Assoc, Long Island - Nassau