MIDI input [was Re: Nested transposition]

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Carl!

>> My music entry is done 99% by MIDI input, so I type almost no commas or 
>> apostrophes.
> Can you tell me how you do your MIDI input?  I'd like to do that, but I don't 
> have a good workflow for it.

1. I use Frescobaldi.

2. I’ve set keyboard shortcuts (F18 and F19) for starting and stopping MIDI 
capture.

3. Because of the way my code is structured — variables for each voice, every 
measure on a new line, duration repetitions used wherever possible, etc. — I 
try to play out as many measures as possible in a single capture/“performance” 
(often dozens or even hundreds of measures!), playing each note which is 
new/distinct or begins a measure. Then I start at the top of the capture stream 
and insert durations and line breaks.

It’s an astonishingly fast workflow, actually — whereas before I started using 
MIDI input I estimate my input speed was less than ½ that of my top Finale 
input speed (ca. 2001, when I finally threw that app in the dustbin), now I 
think I probably exceed the very fastest I could ever get notes into Finale.

Hope that helps! If you have any more questions, let me know.

Cheers,
Kieren.
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