With a little extra time spent 'humanizing' the inputs, this could perfectly mimic a human performance. Manually adjusting not velocities, and adding a few milliseconds of drift so that the notes don't stay mechanically on time.
What you are hearing, and complaining about, is a poorly programmed performance. At the end of the day, someone still has to program the machine - if they don't understand the art, it won't sound right no matter how accurate it is.
There are better autoplayers for piano, that can reproduce dynamics way better. But a midi file doesn't include dynamics anyway right, can your piano players do dynamics too if you have record function?
An automated thing can just about get away with Mozart- now get it to play some Ravel sympathetically. Technology is very impressive, but nothing can replace the human touch.
@BartBassist I don't agree that it just about gets away with Mozart; no good pianist would ever play Mozart like that. Also, some of the apporgiatures or grace notes are not handled the way they are played today. The fact that there is no dynamic variation and nuance is a really big fault.
There are a number of ways. There's a free tiny binary called "miditype" that will do only the conversion and nothing else. Anvil, which is also free, is a great, robust tool and will export to midi 0.
What format do the files on the floppy need to be for the piano to play them? This video makes me want to buy a piano like this! What a fun conversation-piece.
There's really no limit. The player comes with several hundred songs in memory, but you can make as many floppies or CDs as you want. This song, which lasts 7 minutes is only 20K (~20,000 bytes). A floppy holds 1.4Mb or roughly 1,400,000 bytes, which equals a ton of songs.
The system is akin to a car CD player, not an IPOD, so you're limited to playing what's on your floppy in the order saved, but you can stop, play, pause and jump forward and backward from track to track, but that's about it.
Sweet. And, of course, it must be songs played by a pianist. You can't try to see a player piano struggle to play Ladies and Gentlemen by Saliva. Right? Or can you? Not that it would make sense.
lol. Mozart had 18 piano sonatas. Each sonata has 3 movements which average 5 minutes each. So, that's 90 "songs!" Of course, this doesn't include all of his other works. wikipedia has some interesting material on Mozart and there is a list of all his ocmpositions as well.
What mechanism amkes the pianos hammers move? This is a player device, installed in many pianos, but we see only the CD disc player installed in the right side?
Everything is hidden inside the piano but the control box you see here. I can't say precisely how it operates, but the technology behind it doesn't seem all that complex aside from the use of magnetic plungers that move the hammers, which are controlled by the computer. It was installed on my piano when I purchased it.
Very nice!!! Do you accept requests? I would like to see how "Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini 18th Variation" is played on piano. Thanks in advance...
I have a classic one, the one you put the scroll in and you know, and i have a bunch of scrolls. They are awesome.
timothy1573 5 months ago
With a little extra time spent 'humanizing' the inputs, this could perfectly mimic a human performance. Manually adjusting not velocities, and adding a few milliseconds of drift so that the notes don't stay mechanically on time.
What you are hearing, and complaining about, is a poorly programmed performance. At the end of the day, someone still has to program the machine - if they don't understand the art, it won't sound right no matter how accurate it is.
zyxomma1 5 months ago
but...i hear some wrong notes...how it's possible?
aquilarco 1 year ago
too mechanical !
paopaomanalansan 1 year ago
Are there also pianos like this that play on a certain CD? What software does it take for it?
handleydan 1 year ago
@handleydan It plays floppies, CDs and the internal hard drive. The software comes pre-installed in the unit.
mozart14 1 year ago
How do you program music into the piano? Do you hook it up to a computer, or does the box at the bottom have some sort of media card slot?
OmegaWolf747 2 years ago
There are better autoplayers for piano, that can reproduce dynamics way better. But a midi file doesn't include dynamics anyway right, can your piano players do dynamics too if you have record function?
Temptezt 2 years ago
The record function does handle dynamics.
mozart14 2 years ago
Ghost xD xD a a a amazing Piano xD
VuLeTrung 2 years ago 2
awsome
bcmimichan 2 years ago
this sucks .. he isnt paying attention to the rhythm or the melody at all. its pure computer piano playing
mtavares92 2 years ago
the invisible man...
...man, he is preety good...
CodenameBane 2 years ago
i just got a player piano for free(:
Those great newspaper classifieds, haha
its amazing though!
Taylaaboo14 2 years ago
An automated thing can just about get away with Mozart- now get it to play some Ravel sympathetically. Technology is very impressive, but nothing can replace the human touch.
BartBassist 3 years ago 5
@BartBassist I don't agree that it just about gets away with Mozart; no good pianist would ever play Mozart like that. Also, some of the apporgiatures or grace notes are not handled the way they are played today. The fact that there is no dynamic variation and nuance is a really big fault.
protte225 11 months ago
j'adore c'est trop bien
dandan2111 3 years ago
ohhhhhhh it's incrdibleeeeeeeeeeeeee
alessiacov 3 years ago
lol these comments make me laugh ,
how is it playing without anyone there???
rofl
COMADORK 3 years ago
Where can I purchase one of these painos?
bankruptbaker 3 years ago
u can install one of those "boxes" on ur piano really easily, it just costs money.
soleonice 3 years ago
These are very easily broken if a key is held for a long time then the solenoid burns out and it breaks.. It happens to my friend.
Nice video though, i enjoyed it.
Cheesetubes 3 years ago
haha...I already saw one of those kind grand pianos in a mall...wierd but cool...haha..
vengiance 3 years ago
possibly the creepiest thing I've ever seen :P but very cool also
BeethovenLivesFilms 3 years ago 3
Well done piano!!!
jmmitchell147 3 years ago 6
Man, I wish I had one of them.
thewhoppinator 3 years ago
how is it playing without anyone there
jacobthefi 3 years ago
how do you convert a standard midi 1 format to "0"?
sppe769 3 years ago
There are a number of ways. There's a free tiny binary called "miditype" that will do only the conversion and nothing else. Anvil, which is also free, is a great, robust tool and will export to midi 0.
mozart14 3 years ago
Anvil can do that?? cool! I already have that program..
sppe769 3 years ago
I love that Piano! It combimes my two favorite things.. the Piano and technology..
copkillerXK2 3 years ago
omg its actually kinda freaky
raniaharb 4 years ago
no is not
juaneco1980 3 years ago
i think so too!! it's weird!!!
victoriapug 3 years ago
Could it play something really fast like an etude or something?
tothemax91 4 years ago
Yes.
mozart14 4 years ago
is that piano disc?
cyberlight22 4 years ago
Yes, it is.
mozart14 4 years ago
What format do the files on the floppy need to be for the piano to play them? This video makes me want to buy a piano like this! What a fun conversation-piece.
PeterPW 4 years ago
They're plain old midi files! I had this system for years and still enjoy it. It's awesome.
mozart14 4 years ago
How many songs can one player piano play and memorize? And can you decide what it plays?
Knoll7 4 years ago
There's really no limit. The player comes with several hundred songs in memory, but you can make as many floppies or CDs as you want. This song, which lasts 7 minutes is only 20K (~20,000 bytes). A floppy holds 1.4Mb or roughly 1,400,000 bytes, which equals a ton of songs.
The system is akin to a car CD player, not an IPOD, so you're limited to playing what's on your floppy in the order saved, but you can stop, play, pause and jump forward and backward from track to track, but that's about it.
mozart14 4 years ago
Sweet. And, of course, it must be songs played by a pianist. You can't try to see a player piano struggle to play Ladies and Gentlemen by Saliva. Right? Or can you? Not that it would make sense.
Knoll7 4 years ago
i love it! thanx for the upload. how many song are there in Mozart Piano Sonata?
moyojojets 4 years ago
lol. Mozart had 18 piano sonatas. Each sonata has 3 movements which average 5 minutes each. So, that's 90 "songs!" Of course, this doesn't include all of his other works. wikipedia has some interesting material on Mozart and there is a list of all his ocmpositions as well.
mozart14 4 years ago
What mechanism amkes the pianos hammers move? This is a player device, installed in many pianos, but we see only the CD disc player installed in the right side?
jerryaltman 4 years ago
Everything is hidden inside the piano but the control box you see here. I can't say precisely how it operates, but the technology behind it doesn't seem all that complex aside from the use of magnetic plungers that move the hammers, which are controlled by the computer. It was installed on my piano when I purchased it.
mozart14 4 years ago
love this one
rexus82 5 years ago
Very nice!!! Do you accept requests? I would like to see how "Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini 18th Variation" is played on piano. Thanks in advance...
greeky1 5 years ago