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Offline onewing2many

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« on: April 10, 2004, 10:28:01 PM »
I GOT A MIDI CABLE!!!!!  now i can compose my own crap a lil bit easier....w00t
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« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2004, 11:11:05 AM »
does nebody know how 2 get waht u put in a keyboard 2 show up on ur comp?  i have the cable hooked up right and everything and it wont work....i blame bill gates....
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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2004, 11:52:03 PM »
Hi, do you have a notation program? You'll need one to record midi data and see it visually. You can also record into sequencers, but they are harder to work with OMO.

If you do have a program to work with the midi data, then is it a keyboard? did you make sure you put the right part of the cable in the computer? There is usually a MIDI IN and MIDI OUT part of the cable. Did it come with a driver CD?

What else were you planning to use the MIDI keyboard for?
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« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2004, 01:05:18 PM »
Wait, explain this again please?  I just got a new digital piano and it has a midi port and cable, but it isn't working for me either.  What software do you need?  I don't have a CD, can it be downloaded?
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« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2004, 01:08:48 PM »
Curse my computer! *shakes the Shakey Fist of Rage at it* I find a way to create MIDIs that's actually easy enough for me to use, and it has to go and not work like it used to! I used to be able to hear the notes by clicking on them, and now there is no sound.. *sigh* I never got to finish Hikari Sasu Niwa...
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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2004, 03:16:46 AM »
well, i've always used noteworthy composer (http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/)...its $39 nowadays, but its very easy to learn i think. It lets you import a MIDI (it will transcribe it for you on staffs). you can view and play this midi data as a whole song, or just each track at a time. you can also play the midi back while recording your own imput from the piano. im sure there are free midi sequencers out there, try www.hitsquad.com/smm that should have lots of free or shareware (pay after 30-days, usually saving is disabled).

once you have your sequencer/notation program setup, you should plug in the MIDI cable to the keyboard, then the other end of the cable to the midi in on the computer. the computer should recognize it, and maybe (XP) install a driver for it. open noteworthy and hit record, turn on the keyboard and start hittin keys. if it doesnt play, you may need to switch the ends of the cable (which ends to put in IS confusing). if that doesnt work, we'll think about it.....

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« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2004, 04:41:34 PM »
oooooo.  at my school, they have finale and the keyboards hooked up 2 the conputers and they work fine.  so i tried and it didnt work.  i sorta gave up on it and i just have my keyboard sitting in the corner of the room...
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« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2004, 11:10:18 PM »
Quote from: Michael
Wait, explain this again please?  I just got a new digital piano and it has a midi port and cable, but it isn't working for me either.  What software do you need?  I don't have a CD, can it be downloaded?


Mike, do you need me to fly into LA and set up your piano?  :roll:
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« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2004, 02:39:48 AM »
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Quote from: Michael
Wait, explain this again please?  I just got a new digital piano and it has a midi port and cable, but it isn't working for me either.  What software do you need?  I don't have a CD, can it be downloaded?


Mike, do you need me to fly into LA and set up your piano?  :roll:


Darn you tech-weenies, thinkin' you're the only folks who can do anythin' in this world!!

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So... umm.... how's next weekend... :oops:
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« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2004, 06:46:35 PM »
i live w/ a tech-weenie and next year he will b gone!  i cant wiat for the day for me 2 go back 2 being technology challenged once again...
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« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2004, 12:00:54 AM »
I know the feeling...
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« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2004, 07:09:13 PM »
w00tness!!  somebody shares my pain!!!!  my midi cable dont work right, so it was just a waste of money...>.<  o well....not my money...
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« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2004, 02:08:19 AM »
I feel your pain too.  I can't stand it when things don't go right because then I'm one of those guys they call to "fix" it, as the great Michael can attest to.  Although, I'm not that good to begin with, so I usually make it worse, heh.
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« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2004, 01:43:27 AM »
That's actually not true... like a Pokemon, you too have evolved into a high level tech-weenie capable of tackling even the most precarious of problems.
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« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2004, 03:05:28 PM »
if i ever need nething fixed, i consult my bro.  otherwise if i were 2 attempt 2 fix it.....lets say i can burn water.....i dont wanna know what i can do 2 the inside of a computer.....
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