[ Editor's Note:  Please welcome new subscriber Jeff Keimer.
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Please add me as a subscriber to the Automatic Music list>

Also, can you help me find answers to the following questions?

1.   I just had the Pianomation system installed on my Youg Chang grand by
Dick Leonard of San Francisco.  Sounds super!!!  I find that on the
accompanied CD based selections there is far too much bass-boost on the
audio playback track I feed off the CD to an small amplifier driving two
speakers. I listened to the CD channel on my regular home stereo and
confirmed that the bass is much too strong. Anyone else finding the same
problem?

2.  I had  the Pianodisc 3 1/2" floppy palyback and record unit insatlled
with the Pianomation playback system. It will not play floppys from my PC
that have MIDI files on them. So, I have tried having the Pianodisc unit
reformat a 3 1/2" disc so that I could then record onto the disc through the
MIDI IN jack with a cable from my PC, which has Cakewak installed and a lot
of Cakewalk files I would like to be able to playback on my grand piano. When
the Pianodisc unit is close to finishing the reformatting function on a 3
1/2" disc it stops and says "Disk error. Read or seek error" .Any idea what
is happening?

3.   I have purchased about 10 discs so far, some from QRS, some from Yahama
and some from Pianodisc. So far I can hear vast differences in the quality of
playing form the recording artists and in the QRS audio track on accompanied
selections.

I'd like to buy more but would love to hear from other MIDI equipped piano
owners who have listened to discs and may have some advice.

Thanks for your help.  I'll look forward to the first Automatic Music list
email.

JKeimer@aol.com