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Topic: MIDI recorder

When launched stand-alone, Pianoteq could record everything you play into midi files in background.
This feature had been removed recently. I used this feature for peace of mind to ensure I do not lose a good idea, and to avoid using extra software when I need to do a recording.

So I made a replacement. Just in case  anyone else finds this useful, the source code is here
https://github.com/PetrGlad/midi-blackbox
I use it on Linux/ALSA on x86 and RaspberryPI. Potentially it can also work on Windows and Mac but I have not tested that, I do not have either at my disposal. The file names are intended for automatic parsing so they are less nice than ones of Pianoteq's.

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Re: MIDI recorder

pg wrote:

When launched stand-alone, Pianoteq could record everything you play into midi files in background.
This feature had been removed recently. I used this feature for peace of mind to ensure I do not lose a good idea, and to avoid using extra software when I need to do a recording.

So I made a replacement. Just in case  anyone else finds this useful, the source code is here
https://github.com/PetrGlad/midi-blackbox
I use it on Linux/ALSA on x86 and RaspberryPI. Potentially it can also work on Windows and Mac but I have not tested that, I do not have either at my disposal. The file names are intended for automatic parsing so they are less nice than ones of Pianoteq's.

It still works for me (version 9.1.2). Have you checked the MIDI archiving settings?

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Re: MIDI recorder

pg wrote:

When launched stand-alone, Pianoteq could record everything you play into midi files in background.
This feature had been removed recently. I used this feature for peace of mind to ensure I do not lose a good idea, and to avoid using extra software when I need to do a recording.

So I made a replacement. Just in case  anyone else finds this useful, the source code is here
https://github.com/PetrGlad/midi-blackbox
I use it on Linux/ALSA on x86 and RaspberryPI. Potentially it can also work on Windows and Mac but I have not tested that, I do not have either at my disposal. The file names are intended for automatic parsing so they are less nice than ones of Pianoteq's.

I think Pianoteq's  MIDI archive is still available in standalone but not in plugin.

It is nice to see somebody else has the same itch. I've recently posted this: https://forum.modartt.com/viewtopic.php?id=13106

There are a few people trying the standalone version and they discovered some limitations (because of JUCE). Yours might work better for that use case.