You may need to know about Denemo and Frescobaldi which both allow MIDI input and generate LilyPond output. Richard
On Wed, 2013-09-25 at 11:20 -0700, searchfgold6789 wrote: > Hello, > > I was looking for a way to create Lilypond files at a better speed than just > typing them by hand. Someone suggested I use my computer keyboard as a MIDI > keyboard. I didn't know Lilypond could do this, and looking online, I found > vmpk, rumor, and lyqi and compiled the latest versions of each with success. > > Vmpk is the midi keyboard itself, and rumor and lyqi are the programs that > take input from a midi device and convert it into lilypond syntax, right? > Lyqi seems more advanced, somehow, than rumor... My question is, which > should I use, and how should I use it? I can start vmpk successfully, but > beyond that I am unsure on what to do. `lyqi` returns "command not found" > and `rumor` reports: "ALSA port connection error; do it manually using > `aconnect'". > > `aconnect -i` says: > > $ aconnect -i > client 0: 'System' [type=kernel] > 0 'Timer ' > 1 'Announce ' > client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel] > 0 'Midi Through Port-0' > client 128: 'VMPK Output' [type=user] > 0 'VMPK Output ' > > ... and `aconnect -o` says: > > $ aconnect -o > client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel] > 0 'Midi Through Port-0' > client 129: 'VMPK Input' [type=user] > 0 'VMPK Input ' > > I am not sure what I should connect to what. What is particularly confusing > to me is why "inputs" are listed under the list of what are supposed to be > "outputs". > > Has anyone had success with getting Midi to Lilypond to work? > > I appreciate your time, > > - R. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/How-to-connect-Midi-keyboard-to-Lilypond-tp151351.html > Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
