(Requires
WORKBENCH; use Microdeal Pro Midi Interface.)
Taking
the same approach as Instant Music, Music Mouse provides an easy mouse-driven
way to play complex chord structures without need for any musical knowledge on
the user’s part.
Whilst
Instant Music takes the form of a crude block-based sequencer, the interface Music
Mouse uses represents two right-angled virtual keyboards on-screen, the
notes and chords of which can be played by gliding the mouse in any direction.
Assorted
keyboard controls and mouse driven menus provide much variety in what can be
played and how, with a convenient keyboard shortcut
card added which serves to aid real-time control.
The
inbuilt MIDI compatibility, though only for data output, provides the
capability for the software to route its play through various outboard
synthesisers, electric pianos, organs, sequencers and computers; these
additional sound capabilities are in addition to the Amiga’s own. Using the
standard twin output MIDI interfaces made for the Amiga, up to 32 electronic
instruments can be played at one time, with any number of them divided into 4
sections. (However, there is no ‘note off’ commands for the MIDI
routing which means that playback has to be switched off manually at the
computer keyboard’s ~ key if there is no note decay on any externally
synthesised voice. Nevertheless, the software can be easily integrated into a
recording studio, with the added benefit of that functionality being extended
to the MIDI-compatible WinUAE Amiga emulator for the PC.)
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