Subject: Ecasound and midi?
From: Nolan J. Darilek (nolan_d_AT_bigfoot.com)
Date: Sun Nov 10 2002 - 23:26:01 EET
I'm very new to midi. Yesterday I connected my Yamaha midi keyboard to
my midi ports, and by running the keyboard into my line in, I'm able
to render midi files at much higher qualities than my cheap SBLive is
able to.
I'm trying to use a simple setup. I'd like to use midge to create midi
tracks, send them to my keyboard to hear how they sound, then allow my
keyboard to render them for mixing with guitar, vocals, etc. I'm
curious, though. How much of this can be done from within ecasound? I
can record any data coming from my keyboard, but is it possible to
stream the midi data through the midi port, instead of relying on
timidity to convert it? Also, I've noticed that ecasound can transmit
some midi messages. Are these generally used for allowing effects to
be manipulated from external controllers? Or is it possible to
start/stop external sequencers, such that I can store my midi data
externally, starting the sequencer at the correct time? What about
capturing data from external midi devices? Can ecasound capture my
performances and store them in a GM file?
Sorry for the seemingly rediculous questions; midi is very new to me,
and I'm trying to learn exactly what is possible with my current
simple setup.
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