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Topic: Playback of most recent "recently played on Keyboard" item via MIDI?

Dear Pianoteq users,
Today I am seeking advice on the following issue:
When practicing, I sometimes would like to listen to the most recently played piece/section.  PTQ can do this on the PC via "File->Recently played->(topmost item)" on the menu and then pressing "space". 
Since I have to get up, go the PC and type this, I find this cumbersome and thought this should also be possible from the Keyboard (I am using a Roland FP90 connected via USB).  I poked around in the menu and tried some commands, but did not get it working.  Is this possible? Does anybody know how to do it?  Any help appreciated!

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Re: Playback of most recent "recently played on Keyboard" item via MIDI?

KyotoMe wrote:

Dear Pianoteq users,
Today I am seeking advice on the following issue: When practicing, I sometimes would like to listen to the most recently played piece/section.  PTQ can do this on the PC via "File->Recently played->(topmost item)" on the menu and then pressing "space". Since I have to get up, go the PC and type this, I find this cumbersome and thought this should also be possible from the Keyboard (I am using a Roland FP90 connected via USB).  I poked around in the menu and tried some commands, but did not get it working.  Is this possible? Does anybody know how to do it?  Any help appreciated!

Yes, with Pianoteq's MIDI mapping. For example, I have configured the settings of my MIDI keyboard to transmit Program Changes and MIDI transport commands, both of which Pianoteq receives, but may normally not respond to unless the user has mapped those MIDI events to Pianoteq actions, in Options-->MIDI.

I added a MIDI mapping entry to map Program Change 1 (which is transmitted when I press a button on the keyboard) to "MIDI sequencer (standalone)"-->"Load last recorded MIDI sequence"

Other MIDI events transmitted when you press a button on the keyboard can be mapped to control other functions of Pianoteq's MIDI recorder/player such as play, pause, stop, rewind, etc.

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Re: Playback of most recent "recently played on Keyboard" item via MIDI?

Stephen_Doonan wrote:

Yes, with Pianoteq's MIDI mapping. For example, I have configured the settings of my MIDI keyboard to transmit Program Changes and MIDI transport commands, both of which Pianoteq receives, but may normally not respond to unless the user has mapped those MIDI events to Pianoteq actions, in Options-->MIDI.

I added a MIDI mapping entry to map Program Change 1 (which is transmitted when I press a button on the keyboard) to "MIDI sequencer (standalone)"-->"Load last recorded MIDI sequence"

Other MIDI events transmitted when you press a button on the keyboard can be mapped to control other functions of Pianoteq's MIDI recorder/player such as play, pause, stop, rewind, etc.

Wow, this is great!  With your help, I managed to map "load last MIDI sequence" to one pedal and the play action to another.  This is extremely useful, thanks a lot!