CHAPTER 12: Glossary
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Half Pedal
See “Incremental Pedal”.
Incremental Pedal
Piano pedals are not always completely up or down and
may be held somewhere in-between. Using incremental
pedal data (also called continuous or half pedal data) the
Disklavier precisely records the up and down movement
of the piano pedals.
Internet
A huge network made up of networks, the Internet allows
high-speed data transfer among computers, mobile
phones and other devices.
IP address
A string of numbers assigned to each computer connected
to a network, and indicating the device’s location on the
network.
LAN
Short for Local Area Network, this is a data-transfer
network that connects a group of computers at a single
location (such as an office or home) by means of a special
cable.
L/R Song
In a L/R song, the left-hand piano part is stored on track
1 (L) and the right-hand piano part is stored on track 2
(R). During playback you can cancel either part, and then
play that part yourself. When recording an L/R song, you
can record the two parts simultaneously or separately.
MIDI
An acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
MIDI allows electronic musical instruments to
communicate with each other.
Modem
A device which connects and allows data transfer
between a conventional telephone line and a computer. It
converts the digital signals from the computer to analog
audio for sending over the phone line, and vice versa.
Piano Parts
Refers to the left- and right-hand piano parts of a song.
The left-hand piano part is recorded onto track 1 and the
right-hand piano part is recorded onto track 2. These
track assignments are the default settings and can be
changed.
PianoSoft™
The PianoSoft Disk Collection is a library of prerecorded
song disks made by Yamaha specifically for use with the
Disklavier.
PianoSoft·Plus™
PianoSoft·Plus disks contain Ensemble songs that can be
played on the Disklavier.
Polyphony
The maximum number of voices (or sounds) that can be
produced at a time from MIDI instruments.
Provider
A communications business that offers Internet
connection services. In order to connect to the Internet, it
is necessary to contract to a provider.
Proxy
A proxy server is a server that all computers on a local
network have to go through before accessing information
on the Internet. It intercepts all or designated requests to
the real server to see if it can fulfill the requests itself. If
not, it forwards the request to the real server. Proxy
servers are used to improve performance and speed, and
to filter requests, usually for security and to prevent
unauthorized access to an internal network.
