I didn’t see this forum
Maybe it’s a better place to put this.
https://github.com/liokaqiao/midiKeyboardergw2
That link goes to a github where i uploaded a midi interface program I made for playing instruments in Guildwars 2. I made this after wanting to play music in GW2 more naturally and over the past two weeks it has “married” my hobby of music to my hobby of Guildwars!
The app allows you to take a midi equipped keyboard or controller and use it to simulate a virtual computer keyboard. The app lets you play the music instruments found in the game more naturally. It handles shifting octaves, making chords possible. The keyboard’s output can be piped back out to a midi interface so you hear the music you play without the GW2 client lag. I’ve been screwed up by that lag keeping time in some pieces.
Github can be a little strange but the source code there is so you can see how it’s made. If you can’t build it you can grab the zip file and buried in there is a “release” folder that has the app built already.
There are some limitations to it though:
- Since Guildwars instruments don’t have the half tones (black keys) the playing key is limited to A minor or C. Using a midi keyboard with a transpose function can get around this to a degree. There is also a built in transpose function if your keyboard doesn’t have one.
- The lack of half tones in GW2 also means there are no key changes or accidentals. Lots of songs key change. You can fake F or G key by playing the Bb and F# as A or G to a degree.
- While I tuned the keypress speed to be as fast as possible without the game and the midi interface coming out of sync in terms of current octave there is still a chance that the octave comes unsynced. You’ll hear this in game where the pitch of what you played is an octave off from what you should hear. Keep your main pc keyboard around to fix this.
