bluetooth virtual keyboard reviewed

This guy is a bit of a dweeb, but he seems to like
the virtual keyboard...

http://tinyurl.com/6unkm?__VKB_Review

-Carl

It would be nice to have a virtual midi keyboard for any EDO just on the table!

Lorenzo

----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 12:13 AM
Subject: [tuning] bluetooth virtual keyboard reviewed

This guy is a bit of a dweeb, but he seems to like
the virtual keyboard...

http://tinyurl.com/6unkm?__VKB_Review

-Carl

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>>This guy is a bit of a dweeb, but he seems to like the
>>virtual keyboard...
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/6unkm?__VKB_Review
>
>It would be nice to have a virtual midi keyboard for any
>EDO just on the table!
>
>Lorenzo

You betcha. Even for 12-equal; hauling a keyboard around is
one of my least-favorite things. But this technology might
be especially useful for microtonalists, since it seems it
would be possible to project different key layouts at the
push of a button!

As for polyphony, it can apparently do two-key combinations
like Shift+, Ctrl+, etc... whether it could be coaxed into
working for polyphonic music... whether it could function
quickly enough for musical applications... whether the
anomalies would be as easy to avoid in musical playing as
this reviewer found them in typing... I don't know.

-Carl

In any case it would be necessary an hardware support to record midi velocity (I don't think this is possible with an optical device).

Lorenzo

----- Original Message -----
From: Carl Lumma
To: tuning@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: [tuning] bluetooth virtual keyboard reviewed

>>This guy is a bit of a dweeb, but he seems to like the
>>virtual keyboard...
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/6unkm?__VKB_Review
>
>It would be nice to have a virtual midi keyboard for any
>EDO just on the table!
>
>Lorenzo

You betcha. Even for 12-equal; hauling a keyboard around is
one of my least-favorite things. But this technology might
be especially useful for microtonalists, since it seems it
would be possible to project different key layouts at the
push of a button!

As for polyphony, it can apparently do two-key combinations
like Shift+, Ctrl+, etc... whether it could be coaxed into
working for polyphonic music... whether it could function
quickly enough for musical applications... whether the
anomalies would be as easy to avoid in musical playing as
this reviewer found them in typing... I don't know.

-Carl

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>>>> http://tinyurl.com/6unkm?__VKB_Review
>>>
>>>It would be nice to have a virtual midi keyboard for any
>>>EDO just on the table!
>>>
>>>Lorenzo
>>
>>You betcha. Even for 12-equal; hauling a keyboard around is
>>one of my least-favorite things. But this technology might
>>be especially useful for microtonalists, since it seems it
>>would be possible to project different key layouts at the
>>push of a button!
>>
>>As for polyphony, it can apparently do two-key combinations
>>like Shift+, Ctrl+, etc... whether it could be coaxed into
>>working for polyphonic music... whether it could function
>>quickly enough for musical applications... whether the
>>anomalies would be as easy to avoid in musical playing as
>>this reviewer found them in typing... I don't know.
>
>In any case it would be necessary an hardware support to record
>midi velocity (I don't think this is possible with an optical
>device).
>
>Lorenzo

One would have to do without velocity. Organists have done
so for hundreds of years.

-Carl