ViperGeek

[ViperGeek]

Hello fellow Yamaha fans. My name is Dave and we're currently waiting (im)patiently for a CGP1000 (http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail.html?CNTID=560625&CTID=203600) to arrive at our home in New Hampshire. We purchased it from Cordogan's Pianoland in Chicago and have been told that it's on a truck headed this way. We can't wait!

Now to find a place for my fiancee and I to get in-home piano lessons. :)

- Dave

[ericho]

Welcome, dave :cool:

Enjoy the new toy ;)

[ViperGeek]

Thank you!

The new toy arrived today, and unfortunately the movers were mooks, scuffing the entire long (left) side of the highly buffed ebony lacquer surface. :mad:

Nancie (fiancee and family butt-kicker) has been successful at chasing down Cordogan's -- who have been awesome, BTW -- the hired moving company and the outsourced moving company. Indications are that someone will be hired to professionally buff out the aberrations. I may now resume regular breathing and heartbeat.

On the bright side, Nancie states that the instrument is an absolutely gorgeous work of art and sounds incredible! I can't wait to complete my travel so I can come home and pound out a stunning rendition of "Mary Had a Little Lamb."

- Dave

[Carlo]

I can't wait to complete my travel so I can come home and pound out a stunning rendition of "Mary Had a Little Lamb."


Hi!

Welcome to the User Group!
You will find a lot of preset midi songs to play along with (some also have special effects...).

Have fun!

[ViperGeek]

Hi!

Welcome to the User Group!
You will find a lot of preset midi songs to play along with (some also have special effects...).

Have fun!

Thanks for the hospitality, Carlo.

I have to admit that I'm still in an airport waiting for my flight home and have not Read The Fine Manual yet, but I wasn't aware I could play along with .MID files. That's very cool! Can I load any MIDI file I find on the Internet onto a USB thumb drive and play along with it (eg. lighted helper keys at all), or will a MIDI file simply play, allowing me to play along with the music?

I can post this question elsewhere, but your suggestion prompted me to desire instantaneous knowledge gratification. :D

[dbjorck]

Hi!

Welcome to the group!

I have to admit that I'm still in an airport waiting for my flight home and have not Read The Fine Manual yet,
I know what you mean by waiting at airports. I used to travel at least 3 days a week for years. I can see you are a Very Polite Person... ;) The, OK, let's call it "Fine" then as you are so polite, manual, should indeed be read, but I can tell not a lot of your questions will be answered. Which is why we exist.


but I wasn't aware I could play along with .MID files. That's very cool! Can I load any MIDI file I find on the Internet onto a USB thumb drive and play along with it (eg. lighted helper keys at all), or will a MIDI file simply play, allowing me to play along with the music?

I can post this question elsewhere, but your suggestion prompted me to desire instantaneous knowledge gratification. :D
Yes, absolutely, you can do that. MIDI is a standard which contains the notes to play, so follow-the-lights and everything will work with ANY MIDI file you find on the net.

And this is the forum for instant knowledge gratification.

Brgds

Danny

[ViperGeek]

Thank you for the jocular and informative reply, Danny! I very much appreciate the information.

Now I really can't wait to get home! :)

- Dave

[Carlo]

this is the forum for instant knowledge gratification.


You couldn't have told better, Danny!
I propose this as the motto to appear in the home page of CVPUG.
(I'm not joking; doesn't it sound great, Wally?).

[dbjorck]

Hi!

You couldn't have told better, Danny!
I propose this as the motto to appear in the home page of CVPUG.
(I'm not joking; doesn't it sound great, Wally?).
What's the expression? "Give due where dues are due" or something... I didn't formulate that excellent sentence, Dave did. I liked it a lot too, so I repeated it.
Brgds

Danny

[Carlo]

Hi!

I liked it a lot too, so I repeated it.


and so did I, which, once acknowledged Dave's authorship, makes three CVPUG members in full agreement.

I guess there are many more...

Best regards,