Hello all,

This seems like a simple problem, but I'm having a hell of a time figuring it out. I want to be able to use my computer keyboard as a MIDI keyboard. What I essentially want to happen is while the "c" key is pressed, do this:

|60 100(
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[noteout 1]
(but don't continually bang it!)

and when it is released, do this:

|60 0(
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[noteout 1]

I can envision a simple logical test - 1=note on, 0=note off - but all of my attempts lead to the note on continually banged (I notice this in the key-help.pd file).

This all relates to a larger issue I'm having: how do you fire off one bang when continuous data is being received?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

hdez

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/keyboard-keyboard.pd

[change] will be your friend!
look at the attached file, i'm pretty sure this could be done more easy, but the enlightment stayed away for this moment....

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/keyboard-keyboard_mod.pd

btw, do you know "sweet little piano"? a tiny program just for this purpose...

[change] is a good tip. i'll mess with it and see what happens. As for Sweet Little Piano, I've indeed heard of it. This patch is more part of a pedagogical exercise I'm considering for my graduate students and I'm trying to gauge its difficulty and appropriateness.

hdez

i had a similar problem a while go, i found the best fix was to turn off the key repeat in the system prefs, or platform equiv.

weirdly, when key repeat is off, itunes won't let you jump to artist by striking keys...