MidiKeys

MidiKeys 1.6b3

You can try the MidiKeys beta for Tiger by downloading it here: MidiKeys_1.7b1.zip. This build will not use your preferences from the previous versions.

By the way, I've decided to transfer MidiKeys to the Manyetas name. Not that it will really affect anything.

Known bugs

MidiKeys has a UI drawing problem on 10.4 (Tiger). The keyboard is drawn scaled incorrectly. (#91)

There is a known bug in MidiKeys 1.6b3 that will cause it to send MIDI Reset events under specific conditions. Specifically, when you quickly move the mouse back and forth over they keyboard with the button held down. (#73)

New features in beta 3

increased the octave offset range to -4 through +4 to encompass more MIDI notes
added Spanish localisation
MIDI through should work now (it works on my system)

New features in beta 2

New icon, as you can see to the left.
French and Japanese localisations, and an updated German localisation.
New keymaps.
The octave offset is shown on the keyboard.
Other improvements, see the change log.

MidiKeys is a small application for Mac OS X that presents a miniature MIDI keyboard onscreen. You can use the computer keyboard to play MIDI notes, or click on the keys with the mouse. There is also an option to select a MIDI source and see incoming notes played on the keyboard.

The keys 'z' through ',' is the octave starting a middle C (note 60). The keys on the row above are flats, and the octave below is on the row starting with 'q' (and the digit row is that octave's flats).

In order to hear a sound when you press keys, you need to connect the MidiKeys output to a synthesizer of some sort. This can be either a softsynth like SimpleSynth or a hardware synth connected through a MIDI I/O box. MidiKeys has no way to produce sound on its own.

Note that MidiKeys requires 10.2 (Jaguar) to run.

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