dude I can not thank you enough. I am not using this for clone hero, but I'm trying to do a VR game called paradiddle, and its a drumming game, and I wanted to map my keyboard/piano's sustain pedal to the spacebar key and I finally figured it out. YOU ARE A HERO!
Dude you are absolute hero. I have many different games I play where it has an in-game instrument system where you can play music, ive been trying to figure out a way to connect my actual piano keyboard to it to play stuff on the keyboard for FOREVER. This is so simple and you explained everything well where I would have had issues. Absolute legend, I hope your pillow is always on the cold side forever
This is so cool! I love how easy you made it. I'm developing a game called Intervallic that you can play with a MIDI keyboard and we've programmed it so that any MIDI device will be able to play once plugged in! We're working on pitch detection right now so anyone can play
Hey just thought I’d mention it’d be really good if drum pads on a midi keyboard or just straight up midi drum pads would work on that game. I would love to be able to play classic guitar hero type drum songs on my Arturia midi keyboard pads
Thanks for this! I really wanted to play levels designed for keys but didn't have the official Rock Band keyboard, so I had to use my MIDI one, and this worked! I was lucky enough to find an official Les Paul Wii guitar from Guitar Hero 3 next to my apartment's dumpster, because someone moving out just dumped it there lmfao, so I didn't have to spend a stupid amount of money getting one, but it's not great for playing keyboard levels.
My keyboard puts a second input everytime i take my finger off the button, and there's no "note off" instead it just says the key name but has (mute) next to it.
It's because most keyboards don't actually have a note off input, and so midi2keys doesn't recognize it as it should and causes that. Sadly I didn't find any fix yet
Still having trouble with this? Sorry for late message but I'm trying to think of a workaround for this. Does it say (mute) every time a key gets released? Or is it just when no keys are being pressed? If its the latter, then maybe if you can assign the 'mute' action to be the noteoff for ALL keys, that may work...but if its the former then I'm not sure what can be done about that. Hope this is doable.
IT WORKED!!! Not for this device, but for a cheap chinese foldable drum kit that's meant for kids! And I bet it will work for my old Wii Guitar hero drums! Thank you!!! I notice a bit of lag though. I wonder how to diagnose whether it's caused by the device of by this software.
Strange thing I see on log that padKey work. I bind key to winBoard but in win space not work. Could this be a problem because it's an Pad not midiKeyboad?
Sounds like a hardware issue. Have you tried opening notepad and typing with it? If the delay is there, then its either something wrong with the program, cable, instrument or (hopefully not) the PC. If you have a music program that can use the keyboard as an input, see if theres any delay there without midi2key. If there is, then its an issue with your cable or keyboard. If there isnt, then something is up with the program. Try different versions of midi2key if thats the issue. If that doesnt work, might be a PC problem. Good luck
For some reason this tutorial worked a while ago when I tried, but now, no matter what I do, the key does not hold, if I check WaitForNoteOff, it does nothing. I get 1 key press and thats it... I know its not your fault, but this is extremely annoying and unfortunate
Hmm. Did you update the midi2key or the firmware instrument? Ive been using the same version of midi2key for years, so maybe something got mixed in an update to not register things. It could also be an issue with the velocity of the keys your hitting. Make sure its set correctly so even the slightest tap will register input. No clue what else could be causing that. Hope this can get figured out.
Hmm. When you have your midi controller connected, you should see the button on the top right corner that says "start/stop listening". Make sure you click the button that says 'start' so it will start reading the key inputs, and make sure the log window box is checked. If that doesnt work and your midi controller is connected, let me know
@@sugarrats666 right on. I dont remember having to restart the PC to get the program to load, but you're welcome and thanks for commenting. Now others will know
Yo. Im not sure if ill be much help on this since I havent used mac in a while, but from what ive found, theres two programs you can use that can help. One is called Midistroke and another is called Midikey. Not sure which one is better suited for this, but supposedly they are able to do the same job. Theres no Midi2key for mac, but try checking those out, let me know which one works.
@@manofonetitle i mean it's a tutorial video. you must show everything what you need(materials not only softwares) in the video. but you didn't show it to the camera you just said it(verbally) to the video.
@@johnonuma5457 i see. The alesso keytar that i have operates with a usb 2.0 type b to type a cable. So it doesnt use a usb to midi cable. As far as i know, an usb to midi shouldnt be that much different but i havent tested that out. Sorry for the confusion and leaving that part vague
Have you pressed the "Start" button? Have you tried checking all the checkboxes below? My drum kit worked on the 12th channel, not on the default 1st one.
dude I can not thank you enough. I am not using this for clone hero, but I'm trying to do a VR game called paradiddle, and its a drumming game, and I wanted to map my keyboard/piano's sustain pedal to the spacebar key and I finally figured it out. YOU ARE A HERO!
Dude you are absolute hero. I have many different games I play where it has an in-game instrument system where you can play music, ive been trying to figure out a way to connect my actual piano keyboard to it to play stuff on the keyboard for FOREVER. This is so simple and you explained everything well where I would have had issues. Absolute legend, I hope your pillow is always on the cold side forever
This is so cool! I love how easy you made it. I'm developing a game called Intervallic that you can play with a MIDI keyboard and we've programmed it so that any MIDI device will be able to play once plugged in! We're working on pitch detection right now so anyone can play
Hey just thought I’d mention it’d be really good if drum pads on a midi keyboard or just straight up midi drum pads would work on that game. I would love to be able to play classic guitar hero type drum songs on my Arturia midi keyboard pads
my lack of patience made me play this in 1.3x speed and it made the song sound 100x cooler
This guy is the one, forget everyother nonsense tutorials, this guy made everything straightfoward and simple. this is the man trust me.
Thanks for this! I really wanted to play levels designed for keys but didn't have the official Rock Band keyboard, so I had to use my MIDI one, and this worked! I was lucky enough to find an official Les Paul Wii guitar from Guitar Hero 3 next to my apartment's dumpster, because someone moving out just dumped it there lmfao, so I didn't have to spend a stupid amount of money getting one, but it's not great for playing keyboard levels.
Tanks my friend!! You help-me!!👊👊
Thanks man this was helpful!
My keyboard puts a second input everytime i take my finger off the button, and there's no "note off" instead it just says the key name but has (mute) next to it.
It's because most keyboards don't actually have a note off input, and so midi2keys doesn't recognize it as it should and causes that. Sadly I didn't find any fix yet
Still having trouble with this? Sorry for late message but I'm trying to think of a workaround for this.
Does it say (mute) every time a key gets released? Or is it just when no keys are being pressed?
If its the latter, then maybe if you can assign the 'mute' action to be the noteoff for ALL keys, that may work...but if its the former then I'm not sure what can be done about that. Hope this is doable.
IT WORKED!!!
Not for this device, but for a cheap chinese foldable drum kit that's meant for kids! And I bet it will work for my old Wii Guitar hero drums! Thank you!!!
I notice a bit of lag though. I wonder how to diagnose whether it's caused by the device of by this software.
thanks man
Strange thing I see on log that padKey work. I bind key to winBoard but in win space not work. Could this be a problem because it's an Pad not midiKeyboad?
I tried it but it has a 1 second delay and I don't know what's causing it
Sounds like a hardware issue. Have you tried opening notepad and typing with it? If the delay is there, then its either something wrong with the program, cable, instrument or (hopefully not) the PC.
If you have a music program that can use the keyboard as an input, see if theres any delay there without midi2key. If there is, then its an issue with your cable or keyboard. If there isnt, then something is up with the program. Try different versions of midi2key if thats the issue. If that doesnt work, might be a PC problem. Good luck
was very helpfull ty ^^
The video was very helpful, however it wouldnt let me hold down the button for the keys in clone hero
Clone hero has some songs for piano, have you tried that?
I just bought a used wii/ps3 rock band 3 keytay with dongle. Ezpz out of the box.
For some reason this tutorial worked a while ago when I tried, but now, no matter what I do, the key does not hold, if I check WaitForNoteOff, it does nothing. I get 1 key press and thats it... I know its not your fault, but this is extremely annoying and unfortunate
Hmm. Did you update the midi2key or the firmware instrument? Ive been using the same version of midi2key for years, so maybe something got mixed in an update to not register things.
It could also be an issue with the velocity of the keys your hitting. Make sure its set correctly so even the slightest tap will register input. No clue what else could be causing that. Hope this can get figured out.
@@manofonetitle I forget what I did but I was able to fix this issue, thanks. Also, I have a GH3 les paul now so its all good!
Having trouble, once I hit save, the midi still doesn't want to type anything 🤔
Hmm. When you have your midi controller connected, you should see the button on the top right corner that says "start/stop listening". Make sure you click the button that says 'start' so it will start reading the key inputs, and make sure the log window box is checked. If that doesnt work and your midi controller is connected, let me know
@@manofonetitle Got it working thanks! awesome video
PLEASE HELP! Ive downloaded the midikey2key and it doesnt launch. Windows installer installs it, but thats it. nothing.
Thats weird. You cant search for it in start menu? Cant find it in program files? If not, have you tried running the installer again?
@@manofonetitle Nope cant find it anywhere! Gonna reboot my lappy, try again, or Im throwing my keytar out the window 😂
@@manofonetitle dude I got it mapped and workings, thank you so much!
@@sugarrats666 right on. I dont remember having to restart the PC to get the program to load, but you're welcome and thanks for commenting. Now others will know
by chance, is there a progam of MidiKey2Key for MacOS?
Yo. Im not sure if ill be much help on this since I havent used mac in a while, but from what ive found, theres two programs you can use that can help. One is called Midistroke and another is called Midikey. Not sure which one is better suited for this, but supposedly they are able to do the same job. Theres no Midi2key for mac, but try checking those out, let me know which one works.
@@manofonetitle thanks so much man, I’m test it out now
so where is the midi chord to usb??
Its....plugged into the back? Sorry i dont understand the question.
@@manofonetitle i mean it's a tutorial video. you must show everything what you need(materials not only softwares) in the video. but you didn't show it to the camera you just said it(verbally) to the video.
@@manofonetitle is it a usb to usb or midi to usb or what?? you just said "it is connected to usb" but what kind of usb do you mean??.
@@johnonuma5457 i see. The alesso keytar that i have operates with a usb 2.0 type b to type a cable. So it doesnt use a usb to midi cable. As far as i know, an usb to midi shouldnt be that much different but i havent tested that out. Sorry for the confusion and leaving that part vague
@@manofonetitle so when it's plugged in there's no need for any drivers??? just the midi2key app??
My Alesis nitro drums won’t register anything when hit when I click log to window
ch10 is the alesis nitro
Have you pressed the "Start" button? Have you tried checking all the checkboxes below? My drum kit worked on the 12th channel, not on the default 1st one.