Questions tagged [midi]
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a protocol used to allow music hardware, software and other equipment to communicate with each other.
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MIDI: How do I refer to (and search for) software that will play audio from a MIDI piano?
I have a MIDI digital piano that connects to a computer via USB (it also has a normal MIDI out port too) and I'd like to browse for software that lets me play music through my computer's speakers. I ...
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Transcribing a Standard MIDI File to sheet music
I have a couple of nice guitar midi files that I would like the scores for; is there any software out there that can do this sort of conversion, and output it as a PDF file?
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How can I make videos of myself playing my keyboard?
I have a Privia PX 150 keyboard.
I want to start recording myself playing so I can show my friends and family videos of my progress.
So what I had in mind was film my hands, but record the audio ...
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Is there any support for microtonality and temperaments in (or beyond) the MIDI specification?
The number of tones (or notes) per 8ve is just one of many potentially customisable aspects of any instrument. Standard midi, however, is pretty much clamped to western 12-tone equal temperament. ...
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Are there any MIDI extensions that allow quarter tones?
It'd be nice to be able to use MIDI for more diverse music than just that based on western scales. Are there any MIDI extensions that support quater tones, or other sub-semi-tone pitch divisions? I ...
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Cheap way to make sound from a MIDI keyboard, without PC
I have a USB MIDI keyboard which is totally useless when not plugged in into a PC and playing a digital instrument. Is there a cheap way, for example some type of box which has predefined sounds, ...
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Synthesizer: why playing a second time the same note shut down the first one?
When playing on synthesizers, usually when playing a second time the same note, even if the release phase is very long or the sustain pedal is pressed, the first note is shut down. Put in another way, ...
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What is `Roland's pitch` and `Yamaha's pitch`? and How to convert notes to them?
I have an assign that convert this sheet to 'Roland's pitch' and 'Yamaha's pitch'. I have no idea about what is Roland's pitch and Yamaha's pitch, neither how to do it.
Please let me know.
using this ...
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How to use my mac and MIDI keyboard as a simple always-on piano
I know how to use my MIDI keyboard in GarageBand for instance and play it with different instruments etc. But what I want is to be able to play a few notes here and there even when I'm in the middle ...
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Why does my midi device have a long delay (cool-down period) between consecutive key presses?
When pressing a key on my midi device and monitoring it in Midi-OX, it takes a long time (about 5 seconds) before it registers another input. Note that I'm nót talking about the delay between pressing ...
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What file format does timidity's -Z (or --freq-table) option require?
I'm trying to figure out how to use the "-Z" (or "--freq_table") option of timidity to assign specific frequencies to midi note numbers, but there is no clear documentation online.]
How do I specify ...
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Very portable MIDI synth [closed]
I was planning to buy a very small MIDI keyboard (akai lpk25).
Of course to make it produce sounds, I would need to connect it (via USB) to my laptop.
Question: say one day I want to go to the park ...
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Midi/usb interface sends "note on" instead of "note off" when 2 or more keys are released at once
So i tried to setup my keyboard to my computer and some weird things happen. The first thing i did was testing it with midi-ox. Everything seemed to work until i started playing chords or just 2 notes ...
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How do you sync a Roland Boss RC 300 Loop Station to external rhythm sources?
I'm looking for ways to fatten the sound of the combo I play with. But the band plays tight tempos in strict 32 bar choruses.
Is there any way to sync the Roland Boss RC 300 Loop Station to external ...
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Properly set up MIDI to USB
Essentially, I want to record myself playing the piano, which I've decided to do by recording the MIDI.
My hardware setup is a
Computer with Windows 10 x64
Yamaha P35
MIDI-to-USB cable
The cable ...
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Driving a Novation UltraNova synth via a Yahama synth guitar (G10 ?)
Would it be possible to play on a Yahama syntheziser guitar, and get the sounds and instruments to actually come out of the sound bank of the Novation UltraNovation synthesizer ?
(please feel free to ...
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Minimal MIDI digital piano
I'd like to buy my first keyboard instrument. I want a piano touch with 88 keys and MIDI output and otherwise extremely minimal features. I'm hoping this will allow me to experiment with different ...
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In Lilypond, silence parts of midi output
I need to engrave a choir piece, where some voices have unpitched parts, like whispered, spoken or screamed words. I want to engrave this using cross-headed notes, like in the following piece of music:...
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What's the purpose of the key signature information in a MIDI file?
My understanding is that MIDI files use fixed numbers/names for all notes, as shown e.g. in this chart. At the same time, MIDI has a "key signature" meta-event. What's the purpose of the key signature ...
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How to play a MIDI controller keyboard on Windows? [duplicate]
I bought a second-hand MIDI controller keyboard recently hoping to be able to plug it in to my Windows laptop and play away. It has not been as easy as I hoped, and I have not been able to get my ...
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How to decode this CSV from a MIDI file?
So I decoded a midi file using a MIDI to CSV converter I found online.
The ouput is :
2, 3072, Note_on_c, 1, 26, 96
After reading on MIDI format, I still don't understand what I see here. What ...
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Two consecutive midi note-on of the same pitch misbehaving
I am currently writing a haskell program that imitates the play of a human Guitar player and spits out Midi events. As a Guitar I am using a sampled Telecaster on Fluidsynth/Qsynth.
To mimick a slide-...
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Why does software-synthesized MIDI music sound so bad?
It seems like converting MIDI into sound should be simple enough: record all possible notes, and then just superimpose the individual sounds according to the MIDI data (offsets, duration and volume), ...
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LilyPond - compile midi output only
Is there a way/command-line option, to make LilyPond only compile the \midi {} output, even though there is a \layout {} block in the source.ly file?
Just been going through The Command Line Options ...
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How does sending MIDI over USB compare to using a dedicated MIDI interface?
Is there an informed comparison between sending MIDI over USB versus directly from MIDI interface on an expansion card - would a MIDI interface on a sound card provide some useful system enhancement ...
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What kind of converter do I need to go from a Yamaha-p105 'USB to Host' to standard MIDI?
I have a Yamaha P-105 piano and an Alesis drum machine.
The Yamaha has an out 'USB to Host' for connecting to a computer's USB port.
I want to use the keyboard to control the sounds on the Alesis ...
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Yamaha P45 Digital Piano - Can it be made MIDI compatible?
I'm using a Yamaha P45 digital piano. This digital piano does not send MIDI signals despite having a MIDI port. Is there a way possible by which we can make this keyboard capable of sending MIDI ...
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MIDI connection to tablet not working
I am trying to connect my tablet (Samsung galaxy tab a 10.1 2019) to my piano keyboard (Yamaha P-70) using a midi cable.
The keyboard is connected to the tablet through the midi cable and a USB b to ...
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Batch create high quality audio renderings of midi files
I have a bunch of midi files that I would like to convert to audio files through some kind of scripting on OS X. When searching for ways to do this, fluidsynth comes up time and Timidity are two ...
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How to get rid of latency experienced while using VST in Reaper?
I am using Cocos Reaper as my DAW software and am trying to record piano tracks using VST plugins downloaded from VST4FREE. As the MIDI keyboard, I am using my synthesizer - the Roland XPS 10. The ...
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How to convert recorded Piano music to midi?
I have recorded the output of an in-built track on my keyboard. It has a few instruments playing in the background, but I am interested in just the piano. How should I convert the recorded .mp3 file ...
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Understanding MIDI Files
Inverse of this question: Transcribing a Standard MIDI File to sheet music
How does one actually make an MIDI file work, as in, what determines the octave and the length of each note? How does the ...
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How do I send arbitrary MIDI SysEx messages from a Windows laptop to a MIDI device?
I'm thinking of getting a MIDI device that needs to be preprogrammed with MIDI SysEx messages before I can use it. I don't have a MIDI keyboard with that capability.
How do I send MIDI SysEx ...
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is there an instrument that plays all notes for the same volume profile (over time) regardless of pitch
So you know how when playing a stringed instrument a low note will always play longer than a high note.
Here is a good question about it - When we press a piano key, why does a high pitch note not run ...
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Tuning a keyboard
Is there any software in which I can connect my casio keyboard (mk-210) to use as input and select the tuning in cents or frequency for each note manually to listen to as an output so I can try ...
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Can't play Bass F & G with Treble E
I bought YamahaOrgue and started taking lessons online and as an intermediate step i downloaded (EOP, everyone piano), Now in the recent lesson the teacher played simple version of the (Irish Woman ...
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Can I turn a 10+ y/o keyboard into a MIDI device?
so I have this very old Casio CTK-471 keyboard lying around, so I thought I'd make a midi controller out of it. I bought one of those cheap Viewcon USB-MIDI interfaces and it seems to work because ...
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midi record to score [closed]
I am looking for a midi recording and score printing software for my IPad.
I have :
Ipad.
EPiano with Midi Ports.
Midi connector box with cables, which works fine with "Home Orchestra".
Now I am ...
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Styles player for Yamaha DGX 660
I have a DGX 660 keyboard.
On this keyboard 200 styles files are preinstalled. But you can use 100 more...
2 ways exist: load them on the keyboard or use them on a USB key. The bank total can't exceed ...
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Connecting midi keyboard to pc
Is it possible to connect a midi keyboard to a PC, WITHOUT using a midi to usb cable.. Thus instead using a midi to audio jack cable. And then be able to record midi, for example on a DAW? I tried ...
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How to directly edit a MIDI file's tempo settings
How to edit the tempo of a MIDI file?
I have a .mid file; when opened it will play at a tempo of 60 BPM. I want to change that to 120.
Not that it plays faster at 120 BPM.
So 60 = 120
I try to find '...
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Question about remaking a song in midi
I have been practicing fully remaking songs made by other artists.
But ive faced a giant problem since then.
I cant hear all the tracks. yes i can hear the main tracks and some other ones but when ...
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PPQN in a 16 Step Sequencer vs DAW?
I was wondering if the PPQN in a 16 step sequencer is 4? Since there's 4 divisions per quarter note?
In comparison in a DAW like Logic, I read the PPQN is 960. So in a measure there'd be 960*4 = 3840 ...
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Can I get a sense of how good Logic Pro is at MIDI -> MP3 conversion without installing MacOS? [closed]
I'm interested in converting MIDIs to MP3s.
I've heard that Logic Pro is pretty good at this, but installing Logic Pro and MacOS is quite a hassle for me (I use Linux)
Are there web sites that let you ...
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Does converting MIDI files to MP3 files require creativity?
MIDI files record which keys are pressed when, how hard and for how long. Given a sufficiently detailed physics model of the instrument, it should be possible to simulate it in silico (at least in ...
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