TCP Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 I currently don't have a proper midi controller but I have some programs on my lap top I'd like to run. Does anyone know where I can get a program that can enable my keyboard (keyboard as in letters that I'm currently typing with) as a controller? so I can have A set up as A, W as Bb, D as B, F as C, T as C# (you guys see the pattern..). Any help would be great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 I know M audio makes a good little USB Keyboard that I think comes with some software which would allow you to then actually have a real piano keyboard in front of you. I think this is it. one of my friends has this and uses it with Reason, which is the software that many of the "big boys" use. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 (edited) I go to "recording school" and that's pretty much what we use (along with reason). What I mean is for my own personal home use. I want to turn my typing keyboard (QWERTYUIOP etc) into a midi controller, just for convience factor (and I don't really have the money right now to dish out). I know it's possible, I've done it at school but that's on Macs. Edited September 26, 2006 by Halcyon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Yeah, the only thing I've seen it on is Apple's garage band. Pretty neat idea. I have no idea what sort of PC application could reproduce this. Maybe head on down to the local Plasma donation center like a good student and pick up some bucks that way. Not the best way to get money, but in two weeks you could get the m-audio keyboard...and a track mark... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 Haha, I'd totally do that if I could. I need a harmonica if F# as well but I don't think they pay you in Canada. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 There should be a place where you can come in and say, "I need a Midi controller and a harmonica." Then they give it to you and you have to give plasma for the next sixth months. How's that for a system of credit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
groselicain Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Fruity Loops turns a qwerty keyboard into a piano keyboard. Granted, it's not velocity sensitive, but you can go in and change the velocity of each individual note afterward. It basically turns Z-> into C5-C6, and Q-{ into C6-C7. You're not limited to those two octaves, but that's where you'll be playing. I really recommend it, it's what I use on everything I do, even if I'm just mixing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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