can someone help me set up real time midi recording on my computer?

VictorCS wrote:I usually record all my stuff in midi, but it's not easy to make a sheet out of a midi, since a sheet is as said "abstract". But when you have the midi file recorded you can "easily" adjust it so it will look good on the sheet.

frank wrote:Making sheet music and creating MIDI files are different things. Sheet music is more abstract and different interpretations are possible. MIDI has exact timing and volume for each note. Depends on your intention what you want to use.

For sheet music you can use http://musescore.org . Use the keyboard shortcuts to select the note length, then hit the keyboard key or hit space for pause of the selected length. It has a playback function to verify it, but no other sophisticated functions, like legato playback (but you can of course notate legato, staccato and all the other musical signs).

If you want to record MIDI files, you can use http://www.multitrackstudio.com . The lite edition is free. While recording, don't use the Microsoft MIDI output, because it has a big latency. Listen to the audio output of my keyboard while recording, or you could use a MIDI output with lower latency, e.g. some soundcards have native MIDI playback.

\header {
dedication = "Inspired by Yann Tiersen"
title = "Le Labyrinthe Forme Dans Le Cerveau "
subtitle = "Il ne s'agit pas de l'objectif, mais le voyage la-bas"
composer = "Composed by: Jeroen Rijsdijk"
tagline = "Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."
}


upper = \relative c' {
\tempo 4 = 80
\clef treble
\key bes \major
\time 4/4
r1
r1
r1
r1
%2
<d' g bes d>1
<es g bes es>1
<d f bes d>1
<c f a c>1
%3
\repeat volta 2 {
d16 es d es a,8 d16 es bes8 d16 es g8 d
es16 f es f bes4 es,16 f es f bes4
d,16 es d es bes8 d16 es bes8 d16 es bes' f es d
c a c f a8 f16 a c a f c a bes b c
}
%4
d8-1( g-3 bes-5 d, g bes d, g)
bes( g es g bes g es g)
d-1( f-2 bes d, f bes d, f)
a-4( f-2 c-1 f a f c f)
%5
\repeat volta 2 {
d16-1\ff\<( g-2 bes-3 d, g d'-5-> d, g bes-> d, g d'->\! d,\> g bes-> g\!)
bes-3\<( g-2 es-1 g es'-5-> g, es g bes-> g es g es'\!-> g,\> es g\!)
d-1\<( f-2 bes-3 d, f d'-5-> d, f bes-> d, f d'->\! d,\> f bes f\!)
a-4\<( f-2 c-1 f c'-5-> f, c f a-> f c f c'-> f, c f\!)
}
%6
\repeat volta 2 {
d16-1\fff( g-2 bes-3 d, g d'-5-> d, g c-5-> d, g bes-3-> d, g bes g)
es-1( g-2 bes-3 es, g es'-5-> es, g d'-5-> es, g c-4-> es, g bes g)
d-1( f-2 bes-3 d, f d'-5-> d, f c'-5-> d, f bes-4-> d, f bes f)
a-4( f-2 c-1 f c'-5-> f, c f bes-4-> f a-4-> f g\> f g a\!)
}
%7
<d, g bes>1\fermata
\bar "|."
}