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   1 # VirtualTones
   2
   3 MIDI keyboard interface.
   4
   5 ## About
   6
   7 This program was written by James Bunton <jamesbunton@delx.net.au>
   8 It is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2
   9 (see COPYING.txt for more details)
  10
  11 This program was written for Julieanne.. :-)
  12 Hope you like your Christmas present!
  13
  14 If you have any feature requests, bug reports, etc, send them to me.
  15 Thanks and enjoy..
  16
  17
  18 ## Update
  19
  20 This was originally written back in in 2003 for Qt 2.3. I've recently
  21 updated it to work with modern Linux.
  22
  23
  24
  25 ## Instructions
  26
  27 If you are using Windows 95 or later, you need a MIDI device set up.
  28 If running `VirtualTones.exe` does not work, go to
  29 Start->Control Panel->Multimedia and select a synthesiser.
  30
  31
  32 If you are using Linux, make sure you have a sequencer set up.
  33 Timidity++ is a good one, start it up in ALSA client mode:
  34
  35 ```
  36 timidity -iA -Os -c /etc/timidity++/timidity-freepats.cfg
  37 ```
  38
  39
  40
  41 ## Compiling
  42
  43 ```
  44 cd virtualtones
  45 qmake
  46 make
  47 ```
  48
  49
  50 ## Todo
  51
  52 * 'Clean' the MIDI files so that notes are saved as with the exact
  53   lengths of crotchets, quavers, etc. This means opening the file in a
  54   notation editor, such as Finale or Rosegarden would give better
  55   results.
  56
  57
  58
  59 ## Bugs
  60
  61 * It is impossible to push certain combinations of keys.
  62     (A problem with the OS, or keyboard hardware?)
  63
  64 * Contrabass interface is a bit weird, but works mostly ok
  65
  66 * Sizes of pixmaps is off