MIDI keyboard support

[gpaluk]

I am currently experimenting with Furnace and from my initial investigations, I'm really loving it. I'm using the Mac version with focus on the SN76489 Master System options. I know how it is when creating open source software... there is always something being asked and very few pull requests and so I'm slowly dropping this here and running away :D haha. I did try using my MIDI keyboard. I find creating music so much more intuitive when I can play chords directly and it makes a HUGE difference to my workflow. I'm really hoping that I get comfortable enough with it that it becomes my default tracker but one thing that will prevent that will definitely be the lack of MIDI input support. Nevertheless, I'm very grateful and thoroughly enjoying learning Furnace and my fingers are crossed that we might see MIDI arrive in the future.

[tildearrow]

Curious, what version of Furnace are you using? MIDI input support should be present in the latest version, but if it isn't, then we have a problem...

[CattoByte]

I can confirm MIDI support is working on the latest (v0.6pre7) version.
One thing to note, there were two options for MIDI IN/OUT:

• Midi Through:Midi Through Port-0 (Some sort of system handler device.)
• Digital keyboard:Digital Keyboard MIDI 1 (The actual keyboard.)

The first device does nothing; it's a red herring. This might be related to the issue at hand (even if we are on different systems).

[tildearrow]

The first device is actually a virtual device that simply passes messages and outputs them.
This way you can send the MIDI output of Furnace to another application, or the other way around.

[gpaluk]

It was indeed this, and after a few clicks I was able to get the MIDI input working. Thanks