> > > > > > > > ok, I just turned off my MIDI controller (by the way they are very cheap > > > $40??) and I see this: > > > > I have one; yes, very cheap (got mine for under $10, IIRC) You do mean just > > the > > midi-usb interface, right? (not including keyboard) > > Including keyboard - small ones I see at that sort of price. Mine is an > M-Audio Keystation 49e which has a few more keys. I keep it plugged > permanently in as I don't do anything else with it. It has no controls > needing setting up - just open Denemo enter the rhythm and play in the > pitches. Have you seen the Demo typesetting a melody in 30 secs or a > Vivaldi sonata movement in 10 mins? (see denemo.org). > If not, then it really is time these got uploaded to youtube ... >
A few years ago I got a midi-usb adapter DIRT CHEAP... I mean, like, three or five bucks. It has no brand name, but has worked like a charm, with Linux, at least (no drivers needed! Plug and roll !). Its a small, black two-inch ellipsoid device, with an LED, a five-line staff and semblance of a treble cleff inscribed on it, and some generic words. I just googled and found photos of this thing online, and it's still available on ebay for about $5.50. Its brand-name equivalents are a LOT pricier: 30 or 40 bucks And, again: the above is just an adapter — no keyboard included. (FWIW, I've defiantly stayed away from keyboards with fewer than 66 keys... I've got one that's 70 something keys, i think. Probably unnecessary pursuit: the few times one needs very high or very low notes one can easily resort to transposition functions within denemo) _______________________________________________ Denemo-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/denemo-devel
