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midi keyboard

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:17 pm
by GLneo
I got a midi keyboard for xmas and it hooks to the comp through USB and I have the drivers setup correctly and I can verify there is input though the windows midi device, but I have yet to find a program that simply turns the midi input into sound, so far the software it came with is far to complex for my needs ( live 6 ) and all other programs record the midi input and do crazy things. So i was just wondering if any of you know of a simple program that I can just select an instrument and start playing?

thx!

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:53 pm
by Alboin
If you're in to pipe organs there is aeolus. :P

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:37 pm
by GLneo
thats probably exactly what I want, only for windows ( and maybe with a piano ) :)

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:03 pm
by Combuster
I use the midi orchestrator for all those things. However, its commercial and dated to windows 95. It still works though :)

I got it with my Soundblaster 64 card back then

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:31 pm
by GLneo
i still cant believe there is no program that simply takes input from the windows midi in and sends it right to the default windows midi out :P

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:15 pm
by Combuster
GLneo wrote:i still cant believe there is no program that simply takes input from the windows midi in and sends it right to the default windows midi out :P
Orchestrator does it :D

Why not write your own? :wink:

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:25 pm
by GLneo
Orchestrator is "commercial and dated to windows 95" :P

I have thought of writing my own, but when I started looking in to the windows midi specification in c and i got scared :roll: , and I keep looking for a program and found 100+ programs but all are far far to complicated or are really stupid and hard to use, so i presume it is really easy to write midi programs in "VisualBacon++6.0.net for vista TM", unfortunately i don't want to learn a silly language

the search continues :P :roll: :P

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:23 pm
by lukem95
visual basic is the easiest "language" to learn, but it wouldnt be too hard to do in in C i imagine...