Monday, September 9, 2019
Winter is coming... (updated)
I've not posted much lately. I've been busy building, and using, my new home entertainment center and my solar panel power station.
Perhaps, this winter, I'll have time to spend on this blog.
Having successfully programmed the basics of my Yamaha keyboard in Csound, I need to adapt the Hammond organ Csound script, by Josep Comajuncosas, to a new graphical user interface language. The original is now obsolete in Csound. The script still works in period software versions of Csound, but there's no guarantee the older software will continue to work in the Windows operating system environment in the future.
UPDATE:
There is an alternative option.
Use a virtual machine to run obsolete software in current versions of Mcrosoft Windows.
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Keyboard output in CsoundQT
I finally managed to get the output of the keyboard to show up in Csound front end, QT.
If I want to use any of the earlier work of Comajuncosas, Mikelson, etc., I will need to rewrite the GUI (Graphical User Interface) sections.
The original works were written with the gtk (Gimp Toolkit) gui toolkit.
That system has been retired and replaced with ftlk (Faster Than Light toolkit).
A lot of work will be involved, especially with Josep Comajuncosa's B6 instrument, formerly 'Direct Hammond.'
If I want to use any of the earlier work of Comajuncosas, Mikelson, etc., I will need to rewrite the GUI (Graphical User Interface) sections.
The original works were written with the gtk (Gimp Toolkit) gui toolkit.
That system has been retired and replaced with ftlk (Faster Than Light toolkit).
A lot of work will be involved, especially with Josep Comajuncosa's B6 instrument, formerly 'Direct Hammond.'
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
The keyboard is here and working with Midiox
I've received the keyboard, a Yamaha PSR-GX76, A 76 key digital keyboard.
The unit has MIDI in and out ports using 5-pin DIN connectors.
I've gotten the keyboard ouput in Midiox.
What remains is getting the keyboard working with Csound in the QuTe gui (graphical user interface).
The unit has MIDI in and out ports using 5-pin DIN connectors.
I've gotten the keyboard ouput in Midiox.
What remains is getting the keyboard working with Csound in the QuTe gui (graphical user interface).
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Digital keyboard on the way
I purchased a used Yamaha digital keyboard at an online auction and the nit should arrive tomorrow.
The PSR-GX76 is an entry level keyboar, some years old, but I want to try MIDI with my laptop and sound system. I'll use Csound, the software suite from MIT, to map a Hammond B3 Csound instrument onto the keyboard.
I have a 1968 Hammond H-182, touted by some as a Super B3, but I'm interested in MIDI programming.
The keyboard is not as sophosticated as I would like, but the price was right for an experimental instrument and there are 76 keys, a deciding factor. The only thing better would have been a full 88.
I've already received a power charger, purchased from eBay, to replace the one not accomanying the keyboard.
I may need a special cable to go between the keyboard an my laptop. I'll have to order one after I've set up the GX76.
The PSR-GX76 is an entry level keyboar, some years old, but I want to try MIDI with my laptop and sound system. I'll use Csound, the software suite from MIT, to map a Hammond B3 Csound instrument onto the keyboard.
I have a 1968 Hammond H-182, touted by some as a Super B3, but I'm interested in MIDI programming.
The keyboard is not as sophosticated as I would like, but the price was right for an experimental instrument and there are 76 keys, a deciding factor. The only thing better would have been a full 88.
I've already received a power charger, purchased from eBay, to replace the one not accomanying the keyboard.
I may need a special cable to go between the keyboard an my laptop. I'll have to order one after I've set up the GX76.
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