hackmancoltaire

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by hackmancoltaire 12y ago
Masks and gloves were worn during cleaning, plus lots of ventilation.
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by hackmancoltaire 12y ago
The author knows. But between desktop autocorrect and not enough proof-reading. It's hard to get it all right.
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by hackmancoltaire 12y ago
Oh also, there is a Mac Mini controlling the display. The next phase of the project is to install key scanning hardware that would detect key presses. So it COULD in theory act as a regular keyboard as well. The music would be pretty random
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by hackmancoltaire 12y ago
The small clips I recorded don't really convey the connection as well as when you're standing right in front of it. You see the connection between the keypress and the visualizer much better when it all works as one.
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by hackmancoltaire 12y ago
Good point. I probably could have done more research on that. The little that I DID do placed the piano roll at late 1800s. I'm not a historian. ;) I absolutely find all these ancient systems remarkable.
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by hackmancoltaire 12y ago
That's interesting. I'll look into adding fresh ones back in, but the existing ones were definitely getting in the way of the action, probably because of age. I'm not sure what the sound is like without them, but the whole sy
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by hackmancoltaire 12y ago
Since the original player piano mechanism doesn't support force there was no need to incorporate it into my design. Many of the original QRS piano roll scans don't even have that information. Although with further work and a switc