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Re: How to connect a virtual piano keyboard to Pianoteq on Windows 7?

null@example.com (dklein) — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 03:01:39 +0000

I am relatively new, and am amazed by the technology. Way cool that this stuff even exists.
Thanks!

Re: How to connect a virtual piano keyboard to Pianoteq on Windows 7?

null@example.com (EvilDragon) — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 15:26:50 +0000

Of course that was the first thing I did. It was still kinda horrible, unfortunately.

Re: How to connect a virtual piano keyboard to Pianoteq on Windows 7?

null@example.com (dklein) — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 13:50:26 +0000

To may the X-key "feel right", I had to modify the velocity curve via their utility - made all the difference to soften the response.

Re: How to connect a virtual piano keyboard to Pianoteq on Windows 7?

null@example.com (EvilDragon) — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 08:03:35 +0000

Interesting. When I tried the XKey it was horrible feeling with a totally inconsistent velocity response and the marketed poly AT was also producing a lot of noisy values... I just don't trust CME to do a high-quality product.

Re: How to connect a virtual piano keyboard to Pianoteq on Windows 7?

null@example.com (dklein) — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 02:48:43 +0000

I love my CME X-key Air37. Like the NanoKey, but the keys have full width for piano keys (not nano). Kinda clicky, but that is ignorable in short order (especially with headphones on). It's great for travel, with just my tablet and some headphones.

Re: How to connect a virtual piano keyboard to Pianoteq on Windows 7?

null@example.com (EvilDragon) — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 17:25:30 +0000

To me it sounds like you need a Korg nanoKEY You'd at least get some velocity response with it without using clunky modifiers.

Re: How to connect a virtual piano keyboard to Pianoteq on Windows 7?

null@example.com (sunnyolives) — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:40:12 +0000

EvilDragon wrote:

http://www.nerds.de/en/loopbe1.html

I got this working in 1 minute, literally. All setup had to be done from VMPK and Pianoteq themselves, I couldn't find any separate settings dialog or application windows for the LoopBe1 itself.

Larry Ayers wrote:

Try typing "control-k"; this brings up a window showing a computer keyboard.

Good, I didn't know. It says right there in the Windows menu. A nice selection of controls are available in this view, too. The keyboard range, though, is much larger in VMPK, and a pure virtual keyboard front-end to pianoteq.

Larry Ayers wrote:

USB-connected midi "real" keyboards can be easily obtained for not much money these days....

This is for quickly recording snippets using pianoteq anywhere, including away from a physical piano keyboard.

Re: How to connect a virtual piano keyboard to Pianoteq on Windows 7?

null@example.com (Larry Ayers) — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 13:53:34 +0000

Try typing "control-k"; this brings up a window showing a computer keyboard. The hotkeys are disabled when you do this and you can use your computer keyboard to play notes. USB-connected midi "real" keyboards can be easily obtained for not much money these days....

Re: How to connect a virtual piano keyboard to Pianoteq on Windows 7?

null@example.com (sunnyolives) — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 13:38:48 +0000

Thanks, I'll try it out. I want to be able to produce sound using the computer keyboard, but letter keys in Pianoteq are mapped as hotkeys. Documentation search seems only to yield results about external keyboard. Also, I want to use my own key mapping.

Re: How to connect a virtual piano keyboard to Pianoteq on Windows 7?

null@example.com (EvilDragon) — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 13:21:23 +0000

http://www.nerds.de/en/loopbe1.html

Not sure why you need to do this because Pianoteq has its own virtual MIDI keyboard

How to connect a virtual piano keyboard to Pianoteq on Windows 7?

null@example.com (sunnyolives) — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:11:06 +0000

I am using VMPK - virtual midi piano keyboard, and would like to map its midi output as an input to pianoteq, but I am not sure how to go about this. I think I need a connection bus or some sort of digital interface. Anyone know how to do this? I searched and found other users were using VMPK on GNU/linux.