Re: midi keyboard input

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Sceaux <address@hidden> writes:

    Nicolas> Le 1 janv. 09 à 23:02, Laura Conrad a écrit :
    >> It looks like there are rumor-based solutions that might be closer to
    >> what I need.  I was hoping someone would say, "I'm entering notes into
    >> emacs via keyboard, and here are the programs I use and the order in
    >> which I start them."  But maybe nobody is entering notes into emacs
    >> via a MIDI keyboard.

    Nicolas> I used to do that: entering notes with my left hand on
    Nicolas> the midi keyboard, and setting durations (and possibly
    Nicolas> articulation) with my right hand, in an emacs buffer.

    Nicolas> I was using the combination lyqi+rumor, on linux. I don't
    Nicolas> know if it still working,
    Nicolas> though. <http://nicolas.sceaux.free.fr/lilypond/
    lyqi.html> 

I tried it when I first had the keyboard, and don't remember what my
problems were.  When I have a new toy, I just try things until
something works. 

I tried it again a few days ago, and wasn't able to compile rumor for
my current system.  

    Nicolas> But that won't solve your audio feedback problem. (My
    Nicolas> keyboard was playing the notes, so I didn't care about
    Nicolas> that.)

It isn't that hearing the notes is really that important, but I
thought it was something I should be able to do.  

I'm now thinking about whether my toy MIDI drum kit would do it, but the
problem is that the computer doesn't have a sound card.  Of course
there are old sound cards from former computers lying around, but I
really thought the USB stuff plus jack would do this.

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