I *think* that was what I tried before. The latency made it unusable. Maybe I didn't have it set up right, but there were no instructions with it - and I didn't have access to this fount of knowledge!
I had a scan through amazon this morning, and have saved 4 or 5 different ones in my wish list. They are all under $100, and most are around the $60-70 mark. I just don't want to get one until I know how it is that the system should be set up to use it. Phil. At 12:18 PM 3/27/2013, you wrote: >You sound like a perfect candidate for the Akai LPK25. $43 and change >at Musicians Friend. If you have a Guitar Center in town they should >match that price if you show them the site: > ><http://www.musiciansfriend.com/keyboards-midi/akai-professional-lpk25-laptop-performance-keyboard?src=3WWRWXGP> > > >Raymond Horton >Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra >Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC >Composer, Arranger >VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com > > >On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Phil Buglass <bloke...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have one of those cheapo roll-up > > keyboards. I've had it for quite a while, but > > never tried it out. It's a bit too long, and > > droops off my desk, for one thing. I have been > > thinking of getting a small keyboard for > > inputting to Finale. I don't play piano, but I > > can play one line at a time. Anyway, before > > spending any more money, I decided to try out the rubber one. > > It works, or at least it plays by itself. Finale > > refuses to recognise it, though. Windows > > recognises it as a generic usb midi controller, > > but for some reason the signal isn't being taken by Finale. > > > > One thing is, the usb/midi cable I have has a > > fork with in and out midi connectors on it. The > > keyboard only has a single midi port. If I plug > > one end of the Y in, the led on the doodad > > flashes, but it flashes as input. I assume that > > it is talking about input into the keyboard, but > > I could be wrong. It has happened once or twice > > before! If I plug the other end in, I don't get > > either light flashing. In both cases, it is > > playing the notes itself, but the program isn't interested. > > > > Like I said, I don't really care if this one > > works or not, but I don't want to spend money on > > a better one, if I can't get it to work. > > > > In the audio setup dialogue, I have input set to > > directsound - if I use ASIO, I don't get any > > output from the program at all. For mike source, > > I have it set to primary sound capture driver - > > the only option. When I come back into it, this > > field has usually set itself to blank. > > > > Is there some esoteric setting somewhere that I > > am missing? The user guide is not a lot of help on this subject. > > I tried a midi controller some years back, and > > returned it because my cakewalk would not > > recognise it. Oh, and it also had about 2 seconds of latency! > > > > Any advice welcome... > > > > Phil. > > > > > > > > Outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. > > Inside of a dog its too dark to read. Groucho Marx > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > Finale@shsu.edu > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >Finale@shsu.edu >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. Inside of a dog its too dark to read. Groucho Marx _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
