He wondered if anyone had ever tried to convert a player piano into a full MIDI instrument, with a computer tickling the ivories with a few commands. This led to one of the best builds we’ve ...

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The end result was an instrument you play by touching each metal key, instead of flicking it like a normal kalimba. Because the kalimba is hooked up as a MIDI piano, JCo Audio could tweak the ...