Lately I've been writing a program in Java to send notes to a keyboard that is attached to the MIDI port on the soundcard and also to detect notes that have been played on the keyboard. I eventually got it figured out (or so I thought) and had code that could send a note to the keyboard and list notes as they were being played.
And then it stopped working. I've no idea why it stopped. My code didn't change. Nothing was changed on the computer. The keyboard didn't change. I could still play notes through the computer speakers, but I wanted to play it through the keyboard. Anyway, I resigned myself to the fact that it just wasn't to be. At least I could still play notes and detect notes, that's the important thing.
Then last night things got stranger. For no apparent reason, it just started working!
But today it's stopped again.
Just occasionally, I really hate computers!
And then it stopped working. I've no idea why it stopped. My code didn't change. Nothing was changed on the computer. The keyboard didn't change. I could still play notes through the computer speakers, but I wanted to play it through the keyboard. Anyway, I resigned myself to the fact that it just wasn't to be. At least I could still play notes and detect notes, that's the important thing.
Then last night things got stranger. For no apparent reason, it just started working!
But today it's stopped again.
Just occasionally, I really hate computers!
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Mystery solved. It turned out to be a dodgy connection on the back of the keboard. Annoying, but at least I know it's not my code that's at fault!
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