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).



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.