Hello all,
Thanks Mark for the details about the 909 features, i did NOT know that. In fact, it is true the 909 pedals really feel like my other accoustic piano, I thought Yamaha mastered this feature years ago. Congrats on your French btw
About getting a free wifi dongle, well I realized Yamaha was offering a €250 discount to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Clavinova series when I purchased mine, so my feelings would not be hurt if the discount on the wifi dongle would not come on top.
In the meantime, I am still trying to get rid of this USB wire.
Thus, I purchased a second-hand "Yamaha MDBT01 Adaptateur MIDI Bluetooth sans fil - noir" (link:
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B01AXSYSLU?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1) from Amazon with a really nice discount attached to it.
Feedbacks when the midi bluetooth adaptor is plugged in the piano ports:
Pros:
i) It does work with smartpianist and flowkey.
ii) Wire is obviously gone, piano looks neat.
iii) kids can now adjust tablet volume and manipulate the tablet without me worrying about them damaging USB B or USB C ports from aforementioned piano/tablet.
iv) The tablet got itself a fully armored case upgrade to survive point iii) and increase its own life expectancy.
Cons:
i) Displaying (downloading) scores between piano and tablet is REALLY long in Smartpianist.
ii) This one i cannot fathom : Flowkey does not detect keys pressed on the piano keyboard when the headset is plugged in the piano (no sound from piano speakers), which is working when using the USB wire.
Well I tried for science® ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Anyway, I know myself, and I won't be able to listen to harry potter songs training on flowkey for hours on piano speakers => the headset functionality has to come back, and the wire has to go!
Therefore, I'll come back to you when the wifi usb key will arrive next week.
I'll then be able to run some more tests and get back to you.
Have a wonderful musical week-end
Nico