Re: How to connect Midi keyboard to Lilypond?

[Richard Shann]

You may need to know about Denemo and Frescobaldi which both allow MIDI
input and generate LilyPond output.
Richard

On Wed, 2013-09-25 at 11:20 -0700, searchfgold6789 wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was looking for a way to create Lilypond files at a better speed than just
> typing them by hand. Someone suggested I use my computer keyboard as a MIDI
> keyboard. I didn't know Lilypond could do this, and looking online, I found
> vmpk, rumor, and lyqi and compiled the latest versions of each with success.
> 
> Vmpk is the midi keyboard itself, and rumor and lyqi are the programs that
> take input from a midi device and convert it into lilypond syntax, right?
> Lyqi seems more advanced, somehow, than rumor... My question is, which
> should I use, and how should I use it? I can start vmpk successfully, but
> beyond that I am unsure on what to do. `lyqi` returns "command not found"
> and `rumor` reports: "ALSA port connection error; do it manually using
> `aconnect'".
> 
> `aconnect -i` says:
> 
> $ aconnect -i
> client 0: 'System' [type=kernel]
>     0 'Timer           '
>     1 'Announce        '
> client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel]
>     0 'Midi Through Port-0'
> client 128: 'VMPK Output' [type=user]
>     0 'VMPK Output     '
> 
> ... and `aconnect -o` says:
> 
> $ aconnect -o
> client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel]
>     0 'Midi Through Port-0'
> client 129: 'VMPK Input' [type=user]
>     0 'VMPK Input      '
> 
> I am not sure what I should connect to what. What is particularly confusing
> to me is why "inputs" are listed under the list of what are supposed to be
> "outputs".
> 
> Has anyone had success with getting Midi to Lilypond to work?
> 
> I appreciate your time,
> 
>  - R.
> 
> 
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