How to connect Miracle Keyboard to X1000 (or x5000)

I have a Miracle Keyboard which I used on classic amigas.
Kids learned to play piano (smile)

I would like to attach and use this keyboard on my X1000
I assume this means I have to find a usb to midi device?

Any tested to work?

Michael

Any USB to MIDI device that does not require "special" software should work. We have had "class compatible" USB to MIDI driver for a long while now.
The driver supports any CAMD aware programs.

@LyleHaze

Thanks for the basic info!
I checked on line and there are so many adaptors to guess from..

Any more hints to a name that has been tested working?

Thanks in advance,

Michael

Sorry no, but order off Amazon and return if no good?

@ddni

Not my style..but thanks

@sacc-dude

Sorry for the late reply. The network filters at work are not friendly with this site.
I looked over the popular shopping website, and if a 6 foot lead is long enough, I can recommend the "U2 MIDI Pro" from CME. While I cannot clain "tested", it clearly states "Class Compatible", and it's a reputable company to work with. Cost is about $20.

The big interface I wrote the driver on is no longer available, and wirth eight ins and eight outs, I have enough open ports that I have not needed to buy new MIDI interfaces for a while. Also, much newer equipment is direct to USB, so they just plug in.

Of course, the "extra" software with the interface won't run on Amiga, but I suspect CamdTools can do all that and more for you.

About the "Miracle Keyboard".. If it is the Amiga version, the software will only see the keyboard if it uses camd.library. I don't know the software well enough to tell.

Let me know how things work out!
Lyle

@LyleHaze
Many Thanks! Just what I needed, a name
I don't know CME from adam. but it's nice to hear it (CME) is a name that works.

My Amiga Miracle is neat. It has a serial plug cable that came with it and it also has mini input/output connectors as well

I pulled out my old amiga midi controller. It still works!

When I receive a usb to midi in about a week, I'll report back.

Thanks again

Michael

BTW, what happened to SCORE?

Score is .. stalled.
I have LOTS of excuses. I've been really busy, I've had a major heart attack, I've been caring for my wife as she recovers from stage 3C cancer, I've had two changes of employment. and I'm exhausted 95% of the time.

My Amiga work for a while shifted from MIDI work to the Audio driver for Tabor/A1222(+). It was working great for me but refused to work for most other people, I spent two years trying to figure that out. Turns out that MY board was "to specification", but almost all others were shipped with 4G of RAM, and kickstart was not configured correctly. I had no way to figure this out until I was loaned another board. It only took a few weeks from there to at least figure out what was wrong. Steve worked hard on getting that right for me.

RIGHT NOW I am not doing any more drivers. I AM working on CAMD tools (all weekend, Happy Fathers Day!) I still poke around in Score occasionally, and I am working on a CAMD recorder that would be a great bit of code to add in to Score.

And I HAVE to mention, my wife got me a most interesting MIDI toy today, look up "AeroBand PocketDrum 2 MAX", better yet search it in YouTube.
I've not even connected it yet, but it will definitely make the MIDI recorder a lot of fun to play with.

SO, Score is still a private project, and progress is too slow to describe.
Best estimate: "Two More Weeks".. (sorry, I couldn't resist)

@LyleHaze

HOLY CRAP!! You take it easy and all the best to your wife!! Also Happy Fathers Day too!

Scott P

In anticipation of your new tools, here's a quick start guide.

Download and unpack https://os4depot.net/share/driver/misc/camdtools.lha

Open a shell and run "ClusterList" with no arguments. slide this shell aside where you can keep an eye on it. It will likely say ** CAMD Cluster List **
and not much else.
Now connect your new MIDI interface, If all goes to plan, you'll see two new entries pop up in the cluster list. SOMETHING.in.0 and SOMETHING.out.o

Obviously SOMETHING could really be ANYTHING.. or whatever..

Connect interface IN to Keyboard OUT, connect interface OUT to keyboard IN.
power up the keyboard. in another shell type
midiwatch SOMETHING.in.o
details: cluster names are case sensitive, and if there's any spaces, put quotes around it.

play the keyboard, you should see a lot of text flying by.. this is a really good sign.

Run "ShowKeys" from shell or mouse. Click on the largest gadget across the top, select "SOMETHING.in.0"

Play the (real)keyboard again. you'll see your playing drawn in ShowKeys, and if you left the MidiWatch shell open, you'll still see it there too.


Now we have fully tested the IN. _IF_ the miracle keyboard also supports MIDI to Audio, then you can test it by downloading CamdPlay, select SOMETHING.out, and play a few MIDI files.. I don't know what the miracle keyboard supports there.

You can unstall Timi from the extras disk and use it as a soft synth if you like.

Details: It IS possible to "alias" friendly names in place of whatever your interface calls itself.. Somewhere deep in the readme or ask if you'd like.

ClusterList puts almost ZERO load on the system, it literally wais for a signal from CAMD that triggers only when the list should change. So leaving it open is a great way to see what's currently connected.

ShowKeys can show any combination of 1 to 16 channels, can be run multiple times to show different instrument parts, different MIDI streams, whatever.

There's also a "Midi Active" tool that shows instrument activity per-channel.. Useful for watching a MIDI file play.

There are lots more tools than what's in CamdTools. I write new ones and rewrite old ones all the time. If you have requests or suggestions, just ask. I might well have it already.

Have Fun!

Edit: ClusterList is not included. The old "ShowClusters" is there instead.
It only shows what's there when it runs, I don't think it automatically updates.
I need to update and submit new tools one day.
Just getting everything organized could take a good part of a day.
Might as well wait until I have the Cluster Requester replacement that I'm working on now ready too.

Edit2:
https://os4depot.net/share/driver/misc/clusterlist.lha
Clusterlist is a separate submission. Throw out ShowClusters, use ClusterList