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Yamaha Player Piano Goes Wireless: The Disklavier Mark IV



The Yamaha Disklavier Mark IV can play itself! Why bother going through all those costly piano lessons taught by anal "Made in China" fat teachers when you can just pop in a CD and get the piano to play itself....WIRELESSLY. Yep, from your laptop, PC or PDA. From your room, your kitchen or even your toilet.



Spook your parents or friends by making the piano play itself while they're watching some horror movie! (Hey I should patent the idea?)



Why Yamaha was thoughtful enough to include the japanese way of karaoke with the piano! Cut out a life-size picture of Tony Bennett, prop him up on the piano, and dance the romantic night away with your partner (I patent this too, Ok fine I won't but if you get laid, be sure to mention my name!) Just like the people featured above.

Making Kando together indeed....


[Excerpt] High Tech Player Piano Plays Along with Favorite CDs, or Leads the Family in
Karaoke – from Anywhere in the Home

Using Yamaha’s library of thousands of PianoSoft software titles, including the exclusive library of hundreds of Smart PianoSoft™ titles, the piano can play along with many audio CD titles from your favorite artists. Pop in the CD along with the corresponding Yamaha disk to hear the vocals and fully orchestrated accompaniment on the onboard sound system, while the piano part is played “live” in perfect synchronicity.

The Mark IV can control the entire system, wirelessly, from anyplace in the home, using one of two full color, touch-screen Wi-Fi controllers—a PDA-style pocket remote or a 10.4” touch-screen LCD tablet remote. Neither device needs to be in the same room as the instrument to activate all of the piano’s functions, control the onboard music library or even create custom play lists.

The piano integrates seamlessly with standard or whole house systems, enabling the piano’s outputs to be configured so that home speakers located near the piano produce only the backup orchestration, while speakers in another part of the house add a digital piano sound. Why limit your musical enjoyment to just one room in the house?

Turn any gathering into a karaoke party, with the lyrics displayed with customizable backgrounds on the tablet remote or to any standard TV set via the Mark IV’s video output. The Disklavier Mark IV’s karaoke function uses a built-in microphone input that lets users hear their voices complete with digital effects like reverberation and vocal harmony… your virtual backup singers!

Use Yamaha’s SmartKey Technology™ to play a tune even if you’ve never sat down at a keyboard before—the Disklavier cues you by moving the correct key, and then waits for you to strike it. The piano guides you through simple melodies while embellishing your performance with accompaniment that’s at your speed. Taking the experience a bit further, playing the piano for pleasure takes on a new dimension with Yamaha CueTIME™ software, which offers orchestrated arrangements that automatically follow the user’s pace. For privacy, courtesy or low-volume practice, the Disklavier includes a Quiet Mode that replaces the acoustic piano action with a digital piano sound users can hear through headphones.

The Disklavier Mark IV even has the ability to capture your videotaped piano performance and replay it with the piano playing and video image perfectly in sync on any TV or monitor.

In a step beyond previous models, the Mark IV Series features a high-capacity onboard hard drive that lets the user load thousands of song titles into the instrument for easy access.

Was quite sold on this UK Yamaha advert - Video

And then I went on to watch a product demonstration of my favourite percussion instrument, the marima! -
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