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Does it have the ability to fix my broken marriage?
Does it have buckling springs?

If not, then what are you doing with your life and what switch does it have?
What brand of unscented lip balm does it most smell like?
Can you put it back in the box and do an unboxing video for us?
Can you bring me a pizza?
(Sorry, I got tired and had to rest.)

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morolf: Is it a musical keyboard?
It actually is.

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dtgreene: As the title says, I just got a new keyboard; ask me anything about it.

(There's a little detail that I have omitted, being the sneaky nasty woman that I am.)
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SirPrimalform: How many octaves?
Only 2, unfortunately. (Though there are some buttons you can press to change the octave.)

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HunchBluntley: What brand of unscented lip balm does it most smell like?
All of them?

(I don't use lip balm, so I wouldn't know, but isn't the point of unscented stuff that it doesn't smell like anything?)

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zeogold: Can you bring me a pizza?
That will be 4294967295 Gil. Do you have that much handy?
Post edited May 20, 2018 by dtgreene
Would you be a friend? I like your, uh, minibrot? Or is that a low rez aliased render of the big one?
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dtgreene: Only 2, unfortunately. (Though there are some buttons you can press to change the octave.)
Ah, I love big two hand chords so I won't buy anything less than three these days. I hope it's right for what you want, naturally.
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clarry: Would you be a friend? I like your, uh, minibrot? Or is that a low rez aliased render of the big one?
I wrote the code to render the Mandelbrot set by myself (in Python with Numpy and Pillow, might have used Cython; this is pretty easy to do, and a good exercise if you are learning to program or learning a new language). I originally used random colors to show how fast points escape, but I decided to change the background in response to a rather nasty avatar that a couple of other users used at some point.


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dtgreene: Only 2, unfortunately. (Though there are some buttons you can press to change the octave.)
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SirPrimalform: Ah, I love big two hand chords so I won't buy anything less than three these days. I hope it's right for what you want, naturally.
It is good for now, at least. Of course, I can see why one might want a bigger keyboard, and I might opt for one eventually, but this should do for now.

(Anyway, at the moment I may try writing some computer programs that work with MIDI; maybe try transforming the keyboard's MIDI output in various ways.)
Post edited May 20, 2018 by dtgreene
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dtgreene: (Anyway, at the moment I may try writing some computer programs that work with MIDI; maybe try transforming the keyboard's MIDI output in various ways.)
Might I recommend Reaper? The reason I suggest it is because it has an integrated scripting language for writing your own plug-ins to process audio and/or MIDI. A fun thing to do with MIDI is to invert the note numbers (as in 0 = 127 and 127 = 0). This does all kinds of interesting things to chord progressions and melodies, generally speaking minor and major are swapped.
Post edited May 20, 2018 by SirPrimalform
Is it usable as a floor was and a dessert topping?

What did you get anyway?
Post edited May 20, 2018 by drmike
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drmike: What did you get anyway?
An Alesis V25.

http://alesis.com/products/view2/v25

(I also got a Raspberry Pi 3B+, a BBC micro:bit, and a Circuit Playground, but those aren't the same type of device.)
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dtgreene: (Anyway, at the moment I may try writing some computer programs that work with MIDI; maybe try transforming the keyboard's MIDI output in various ways.)
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SirPrimalform: Might I recommend Reaper? The reason I suggest it is because it has an integrated scripting language for writing your own plug-ins to process audio and/or MIDI. A fun thing to do with MIDI is to invert the note numbers (as in 0 = 127 and 127 = 0). This does all kinds of interesting things to chord progressions and melodies, generally speaking minor and major are swapped.
I am actually planning on using Python 3 with the python-mido library. Incidentally, I had the same idea of inverting note numbers and see what happens. I could also try randomizing them; that might be interesting to try to play..

With that said, I think a good first filter would be something like a simple transposition; just add or subtract a number from all the note values. (For example, if I subtract 2, whatever notes I play would sound a whole step lower, just like on a (Bb) clarinet or trumpet.)
Post edited May 21, 2018 by dtgreene
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dtgreene: I am actually planning on using Python 3 with the python-mido library. Incidentally, I had the same idea of inverting note numbers and see what happens. I could also try randomizing them; that might be interesting to try to play..

With that said, I think a good first filter would be something like a simple transposition; just add or subtract a number from all the note values. (For example, if I subtract 2, whatever notes I play would sound a whole step lower, just like on a (Bb) clarinet or trumpet.)
Python is perfectly good, I just have no idea how well it would integrate with a DAW/plugin-host for actual recording. Reaper has an unlimited nagware demo anyway so I recommend checking it out if you're planning to record anything even if the plugin scripting is of no use to you.
In a range of 1 to 10, where 1 is awful and 10 great, what score would you rate your new keyboard? That is if you feel that you've used it quite enough a couple of times that you think you can give an appropriate rating.