MidiToKb

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This is the name of a community project, based on the software Midi2Kb, given in source under the same licence as the CommunityWiki offers their pages (GeneralPublicLicence?, CreativeCommons, ShareAlike).

What is Midi2Kb:

This is a program, that allows a touchsensible Midi keyboard to enhance or even replace the PC-keyboard.

What is it good for

Just let me look into WardsWiki, where the author mentionned the idea years ago
- Wiki:PianoKeyboard

Meanwhile the author has written an undocumented prototype, detecting more benefits
- faster input than on a PC keyboard, due to very elegant Macro-Calls via AutoHotKey
  - pressure and timesensitive chords (yeah, a MidiKeyboard? can be a lowcost steno-machine)
  - playing it without looking at it, this is easier than on a not so homogenous PC keyboard, using alt,ctr, shift etc.
- permanent eartraining
- more training for pianists on the "right" keyboard, when writing an email or posting, then of course with Midi
- more inspiration for compositions
- depending on the Midi Keyboard Layout, it appears to be really more ergonomic
- usable to control
  - graphics programs
  - music composition software (in different ways, not thought of by the composition software)
  - text and browser programs
  - VJ-ing (animation performance)

Why is it relevant for community building:

it bridges at least 7 communities:
- AutoHotKey, build around a free rich macro system for windows.
- KeyKit, an object-oriented C dialect for composing and performing Midi music
- WikidPad, a personal Wiki with a built in Database engine for efficient storage of pages
- MeatballWiki, a community, that helps to build communities
- CommunityWiki, that is similar to Meatball, additionally offering a free **** WikiFarm. (CommunityWiki:odd)
- the DiiGo community (with its subcommunities) using social annotations and bookmarks
- the wider Blog community

What are the involved TwinWikis:

[CommunityWikiOdd:MidiToKbForSource]
[MidiToKbForDocumentation]
[MidiToKbForTalk]
[MidiToKbForWebWeaving]
[MidiToKbForMarketing] (as the suggested alternative for AntiSpam? )

-- FridemarPache

Discussion:

Remark: When looking in the page Wiki:PianoKeyboard, you can verify that currently (2006-12-03 00:21) MeatballWiki is not a real TwinWiki to WardsWiki yet, e.g.

because for Wiki:PianoKeyboard there is no TwinLink to a WantedPage in MeatballWiki (although you could change this)
you see however in this line a TwinLink from MeatballWiki:MidiToKb to a WantedPage Wiki:MidiToKb ;-)

In our community project MidiToKb it would be nice to have WikiPrefixes available on all involved TwinWikis.

DiiGo:wiki+annotation+wikifarm+TwinWikiBall+MeatballWiki+CommunityWiki+collaboration+project+Midi2Kb+invitation+AutoHotKey+ KeyKit+WikidPad [1]