Chirp Virtual Midi Keyboard Controller

Chirp Virtual Midi Keyboard Controller Review

Chirp Virtual Midi Keyboard Controller Feature

• Virtual MIDI Keyboard Controller Software for Mac or PC
• Play MIDI keyboard parts using your laptop keyboard
• Works with any music software requiring MIDI input or producing MIDI output
• Includes 10 programmable trigger pads map-able to any MIDI event, even SYSEX commands
• Chirp is a "must-have" accessory for the road warrior songwriter who uses DAW recording software

Chirp turns your computer or laptop keyboard into a virtual MIDI keyboard controller with 18 piano keys, 10 drum triggers and all the control you'd expect from a piece of hardware. The program produces no actual "sound" itself; instead it produces MIDI notes and messages, which in turn "drive" any music software application, MIDI instrument or plug in soft synthesizer capable of generating sound from MIDI input. Many music software applications and soft synths include some virtual keyboard capability, but very few allow the MIDI notes to be generated using your computer keyboard. Many limit input to a mouse click, which makes chord entry and real-time playing virtually impossible. Chirp accommodates up to 7 notes on the keyboard to be played simultaneously and in real-time, allowing for even complex 9/11/13 chord entry over 2 octaves. Chirp was designed to be a low latency controller capable of both supply MIDI notes and displaying played notes from any music application with MIDI I/O capabilities. We envisioned the primary computer platform as a Windows or Mac laptop, and most likely in a remote environment where the use of a physical keyboard is impractical, such as an airplane seat, bus seat (or even your desk at work!) Chirp Features ...16 Channel Virtual MIDI Input/Output Port (installs via driver on Windows or Mac and appears in any MIDI music host application), Piano Keyboard and Trigger Pads assignable to different MIDI Channels, 18 to 21 notes mapped to computer keyboard keys for generating MIDI data with assignable velocities, 18 to 21 on-screen keys to display incoming MIDI note data, note velocity controlled by graphical slide or preset values assigned to top row number keys, graphical octave control allows access to all 127 defined MIDI notes, 10 trigger pads assignable to any MIDI event (on a different channel than the keyboard keys), and ability to send note data even when Chirp is not the focused application.