Computer keyboard

clockdude2001.1 · January 2, 2019, 6:55am

how can I use my computer’s keyboard to play notes & chords?

Sum-Nihil · January 2, 2019, 7:01am

As the manual says:

The computer keyboard MIDI driver generates MIDI notes when keys are presses while the Rack window is focused. Using two rows of keys, the virtual MIDI keyboard spans approximately 2½ octaves and can be shifted down and up with the ` and 1 keys. Currently only the QWERTY (US) layout is supported, but other keyboard layouts may function similarly.

clockdude2001.1 · January 2, 2019, 7:03am

what I meant was how do I get vcv rack to sound notes with the keyboard?

Sum-Nihil · January 2, 2019, 7:06am

Well, you have to conect the cv and gate output from the MIDI-1 or MIDI-4 module to a sound source like a VCO and envelope.

PaulPiko · January 2, 2019, 7:08am

PaulPiko · January 2, 2019, 7:17am

For chords, you can use MIDI-4, and multiple VCOs for the different notes

Patman · January 2, 2019, 8:24am

I’ll upload my png that I originally made for the VCV manual when I get home…

alikins · January 2, 2019, 4:37pm

Oh, interesting. It hadn’t even occurred to me that the ‘Computer Keyboard/Qwerty Keyboard’ Midi driver would be (for lack of a better word) “polyphonic”.

Patman · January 2, 2019, 9:45pm

there’s also moDllz Midi Poly 16 for polyphonic.

and that pic i was referring to: