Real time download from midi keyboard
Until my window 95 computer broke down, I was using the
Music@Passport Program for my note entry. I had a MK-4902. I was able to
download notes & chords - 2 lines at a time.. could download a whole song
(notes of different values). if the pianist was right on time, the score
came out perfect. Good for getting thoughts onto a music score via playing
the keyboard as well - or for practicing a song to see where errors were
made.
I was told that it would be expensive to buy a cord to convert my old '95'
cords to USB, &, that often that old system would not work with newer computers.
So today I purchased an Acorn Masterkey 49 USB controller keyboard.
I can download a dozen 1/4 notes anywhere on the staff if I press 'N' & 5.
Either I don't know how, or don't know if it is possible to download a
'realtime' tune.
Is it possible?
My old MK-4902 is far superior than the new masterkey49...
Do you think if I found the correct conversion cord to USB that it would work
with MuseScore?
Please advise..
Comments
I've come across MIDI connectors that were something like half an inch in diameter and then others that were really small, and I think the bigger ones are what you're talking about. I myself have bought a cable that has MIDI in/out for the larger form and the other end is a USB cable. The make and model was CREATIVE EMU XMIDI 1X1 USB MIDI Interface. Amazon is showing this at the price of 36 dollars or so.
Either way, Musescore's working on Real-time midi recording, but for now on the stable build it isn't there. If you're just doing this for practice and not for having a printable sheet music, you might want to consider using a piano-roll editor that can record in real time. Practically every Digital Audio Workstation can do this, even the free ones, as well as MIDI editors. My second recommendation to MuseScore is Sekaiju for its Piano Roll/Liberal Notation/Event List viewing options. It also allows for Real Time Input so you can press record and play a midi instrument to record all the midi events, and you can then look at the resulting notes in a piano-roll or the notation system it provides. Give it a try if you want.
Grab the latest version from http://openmidiproject.osdn.jp/Sekaiju_en.html.
It starts out in Japanese, so you have to change it. To do this, press the third from the right most menu options (normally where File, Edit etc are) and there you will find something that says in English "Language" where you can change it to English on the next time you run the program.
Good luck
P.S. the word download is usually used to signify the transfer of files rather than a data stream, such as a MIDI stream from a digital keyboard, but it really doesn't matter.