Re: Keyboard Nirvana (AlphSyntauri / Soundchaser interfaces)

[Ralph <rwhyre@gmail.com>]

On Aug 17, 5:50 pm, "Christopher G. Mason" <c...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On 8/17/2010 2:35 PM, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>
> > It would be just as easy to build a MIDI interface into the keyboard,
> > making it the equivalent of any $10 thrift store keyboard synth. ;-)
>
> > -michael
>
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> > Home page:http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon
>
> > "The wastebasket is our most important design
> > tool--and it's seriously underused."
>
> This adapter would be suitable for such a conversion. Its only for
> non-velocity-sensitive keyboards though.
>
> http://highlyliquid.com/kits/umr/

That one seems to provide MIDI IN for "musical keyboards" - the kind
with the sound source built into the
keyboard.  MIDI IN allows a computer to send commands IN to the
keyboard.

For the Passport and AlphaSyntauri non-MIDI keyboards (claviers), MIDI
OUT is the most helpful direction.