Hi! Congrats on V5.1! Can’t wait to get my hands on it.
I have a silly little project where I use my computer keyboard as an instrument. I use a custom Python script with pygame module I made a few years ago, that just converts key presses to MIDI, which I use to control external gear.
Now I’m thinking that Zynthian could easily do that job of converting keys to MIDI, while also working as a sound generator. That would be such a relief - I wouldn’t have to setup everything for gigs, just hook my keyboard to Zynthian and voila!
I’m not a programmer, my knowledge of this stuff is limited, so I’m confused on where to start.
My question is this: is it possible to use qwerty keyboard to send MIDI channel messages, such as note on and off, as well as CC? There is an option for Keyboard binding in Webconf, so I believe that this is not far off.
Yeah, it definitely doesn’t have QMK firmware. It’s kind of a special model, made to be visually attractive for gigs, but it’s actually just a regular usb keyboard.
Thank you for the welcome!
I’m sorry to hear that it can’t be done officially.
I really want my idea to work, so I was tinkering a bit with python in terminal. I actually managed to do it by using pynput module. Midi data is sent through default virtual port (MIDI Through) and it works just the way I want it to!
However, I have few questions that I couldn’t get the answers to just by searching wiki and this forum. I hope it’s not too much to ask for a few pointers.
My primary problem is with MIDI Through - it’s not listed in midi options anywhere. I only found it by running njconnect in terminal. This could be a solution, but when I make changes in njconnect, they don’t stay saved when I reboot. It would be nice if MIDI Through port was accessible as option in gui.
