Re: ANN: MIDI input plugin for jEdit

[Stefan Thomas]

Dear Andrew,
I think it's not so difficult to write this macro for jedit.
I think I can do it. But I have another question:
I would find it helpful to have also the possibilitie for absolute
pitches. I think, this should bve even easier.

2008/12/31 Andrew Hawryluk <address@hidden>:
> I suppose that one could write a function that searches for the pitch
> preceding the caret in the text area and modifies it enharmonically.
> By assigning a keyboard shortcut you would then have the ability to
> enter ees from the MIDI keyboard and change it to dis by pressing
> CTRL-something. This is probably beyond my current skills, and it may
> be just as fast to type the pitches that have unusual spellings in a
> given key.
>
> This does bring up the point that MIDI input can be a tremendous
> timesaver for strongly diatonic music, but may not be as helpful for
> highly chromatic passages.
>
> Andrew
>
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 6:09 AM, Stefan Thomas
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Dear David,
>> thanks for Your answer. So, it should be possible to do this within
>> jedit, with a macro.
>>
>> 2008/12/31 David Picón Álvarez <address@hidden>:
>>> I doubt such resolution is possible given that MIDI notes are given in a
>>> numeric form, meaning n semitones over the baseline. As far as I can tell
>>> MIDI is just not designed with that in mind.
>>>
>>> --David.
>>>
>>>
>>
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