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MIDI starts getting interesting when you introduce a midi
sequencer.
it's PianoCheetah - a computer program that sits in between your keyboard controller and your sound module.
Some (lame) ones exist on keyboards. The user interface is TERRIBLE tho. and same deal for sound modules.
It records all the midi events coming in, Plays (sequences em with "backing tracks" of prerecorded midi events. Shows em on the screen in a note/control display. Saves and loads the events to a midi file.
Sitting in the middle there, a sequencer can listen to the midi coming from the keyboard controller and record it into a "track".
A track is similar to a midi channel, but there's no "16 max" limit on tracks. You tell a track to listen to a midi channel (or set of em) and record all the notes and controls it hears.
You can...
display the tracks' notes on screen
save em in a .mid file
(If you need a .WAV or .MP3, and use Syn2Wav in the song file picker)
(If you need a .WAV or .MP3, and use Syn2Wav in the song file picker)
load em from a file
edit em on screen
add auto accompaniment
juggle which track has which sound
juggle which tracks go to which device / channel
The midi sequencer is what gives the keyboard player the capabilities of a whole orchestra. Well, you know, not a real one...
We're DONE here.
If you still got questions - I got you - sh@shaz.app
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