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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] KMid: draw note events
From:       Albert Astals Cid <aacid () kde ! org>
Date:       2009-09-30 19:39:05
Message-ID: 200909302139.06220.aacid () kde ! org
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A Dimecres, 30 de setembre de 2009, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas va escriure:
> On Tuesday, September 29, 2009, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> > A Dimarts, 29 de setembre de 2009, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas va escriure:
> > > On Tuesday, September 29, 2009, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> > > > other architecture than not Linux? If it does a better patch has to
> > > > be researched
> > >
> > > As an alternative, I can offer my virtual piano widget. It works in
> > >  Windows, Mac and Linux and is used in my program VMPK:
> > >
> > > http://vmpk.sourceforge.net
> >
> > New (and maintained) applications are always a good thing, how does VMPK
> > compare to kmid? It's the same feature set? It's KDE-based or Qt-based?
> 
> KMid and VMPK features don't overlap too much. KMid is a MIDI and Karaoke
> files player. VMPK can't play MIDI files by itself. It is a virtual
>  keyboard, an emulator of a MIDI musical instrument implemented in software
>  only, using the mouse and the computer keyboard to generate MIDI events.
>  VMPK is Qt4-based (not KDE-based) application, GPLv3 licensed.

Not being KDE based and GPL3 makes it difficult/impossible to fit in the kde 
repo.

Albert

> 
> The only overlapping is related to the "Pianola" function. KMid can be used
>  as a standalone player piano device, to watch the pressed piano keys while
>  the song is being played. To use VMPK as a Pianola in Linux, you need to
>  connect it to some ALSA sequencer based MIDI file player. For instance,
>  playing a song with Rosegarden or Muse or MuseScore, connected to the
>  input of VMPK. This demo is a song played by MuseScore connected to VMPK:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_jlej7cnQA
> 
> Regards,
> Pedro
> 
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