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VMPK

Version: 0.8.4 Web: https://github.com/pedrolcl/VMPK

We’re always pleased to see an open source tool compete with well-known commercial products. A good example is , or for short. This is a spectacular application doesn’t produce any sounds itself, but does provide a user-friendly interface between you and the MIDI subsystem in Linux. Naturally, those people who own real piano synthesisers will be most interested in . This tool is superb for digital music recording once you connect the piano keyboard to your Linux machine. Even the standard MIDI bank (aka ‘General MIDI’) has a vast selection of instruments to choose from, and you can attach custom banks, too.

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