What is "Midi" that I can control Pianissimo with?

doxigo · Post by **doxigo** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:30 am

Actually I think that it's a very simple question, but I really dont know what MIDI is, I googled it and I just found it's page (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) in Wikipedia, In other hand I want to know if there is a way to play it with PC-keyboard or not ? I mean in help menu I found out that I can control Pianissimo with Midi too, for now only I can manage to play pianissimo with mouse.

thanks

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:07 am

Hi,

Pianissimo doesn't have an option to play it from the computer keyboard. You should consider getting a MIDI controller keyboard. Here's just one example of a keyboard that work work well with Pianissimo.

Think of MIDI as a way for computer hardware to send music data from one device to another. It's not like an audio recording, it's more like sheet music, storing information like which note to play, for how long and how loud.

You could use Pianissimo as a plugin in another program that does offer an option to play MIDI notes from the computer keyboard. Our Mixcraft software doesn't have that option yet, but you could load a plugin that adds that feature.

Greg

doxigo · Post by **doxigo** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:31 pm

Thanks for your answer Greg, but can you tell me what plugin I could use for mixcraft ?

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:38 pm

Hi,

Check out this thread: How to use your PC keyboard to play the software instruments in Mixcraft.

Greg