No sound from keyboard

[nnjond]

Hi,

My needs are for a simple gui piano keyboard, and I have installed VMPK (Virtual Midi Piano Keyboard) but there is no sound, and I'm confused by exactly what further requirements I need? It seems I have installed a number of "synth" packages but, no joy?

Can someone advise me please.

[arochester]

Re: No sound from keyboard

Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard is a MIDI events generator and
receiver. It doesn't produce any sound by itself, but can be used to
drive a MIDI synthesizer (either hardware or software, internal or
external). You can use the computer's keyboard to play MIDI notes,
and also the mouse. You can use the Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard to
display the played MIDI notes from another instrument or MIDI file
player.

VMPK doesn't produce any sound. You need a MIDI software synthesizer to hear the played notes. I recommend you to try QSynth, a graphical front-end to Fluidsynth. It is also possible to use the "Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth" that comes with XP. Of course, an external MIDI hardware synth would be an even better approach.

- http://vmpk.sourceforge.net/

[nnjond]

Re: No sound from keyboard

Thanks for your interest. I have Qsynth installed but that in itself hasn't solved my problems?...