[julia-users] How to run task in background without disabling kb input?

[Forrest Curo]

If I try the following:
@async begin
     while(1 == 1)
          iter(x) # the function listens for incoming rt MIDI events
          end
     end
end

iter begins printing out any notes I play in from my [music] keyboard -- 
but then I can't use my [text] keyboard to do anything else in the 
forground.

I want to leave the MIDI function running while I add other functions.

How? Is there a suitable way to use @async? -- or is that even the right 
approach at all?