Re: [Denemo-devel] feature request

[Bric]

> >
> > >
> > > ok, I just turned off my MIDI controller (by the way they are very cheap
> > > $40??) and I see this:
> >
> > I have one; yes, very cheap (got mine for under $10, IIRC)  You do mean just
> > the
> > midi-usb interface, right? (not including keyboard)
>
> Including keyboard - small ones I see at that sort of price. Mine is an
> M-Audio Keystation 49e which has a few more keys. I keep it plugged
> permanently in as I don't do anything else with it. It has no controls
> needing setting up - just open Denemo enter the rhythm and play in the
> pitches. Have you seen the Demo typesetting a melody in 30 secs or a
> Vivaldi sonata movement in 10 mins? (see denemo.org).
> If not, then it really is time these got uploaded to youtube ...
>

A few years ago I got a midi-usb adapter DIRT CHEAP... I mean, like, three or
five bucks. It has no brand name, but has worked like a charm, with Linux, at
least (no drivers needed! Plug and roll !). Its a small, black two-inch
ellipsoid device, with an LED, a five-line staff and semblance of a treble cleff
inscribed on it, and some generic words.  I just googled and found photos of
this thing online, and it's still available on ebay for about $5.50.  Its
brand-name equivalents are a LOT pricier: 30 or 40 bucks

And, again: the above is just an adapter — no keyboard included.  (FWIW, I've
defiantly stayed away from keyboards with fewer than 66 keys... I've got one
that's 70 something keys, i think. Probably unnecessary pursuit: the few times
one needs very high or very low notes one can easily resort to transposition
functions within denemo)