April 23, 2016

Windows Beta, Finally!

After more than a year of development as a Mac-only application, I'm glad to announce that MIDI Tapper is now available for beta testing on Windows. The app will run on Windows 7 or higher. Please note that there is still no documentation. The basic functions of the app should be intuitive. If you're curious, poke around and you'll find a lot to explore.

Fixing Sluggish Response on Windows

Windows users who have not optimized their system for audio will notice sluggish audio response. This is not a problem with MIDI Tapper; it is a problem with Windows. The native Windows audio drivers are frankly terrible (although I understand that Windows 10 is supposed to have high quality default drivers). On a standard Windows 7 installation, there is so much latency that MIDI Tapper is almost unusable. The way to solve this problem is to install ASIO audio drivers, and whatever you do, please do not use the dreaded built-in default Windows GM Synthesizer. Install MIDI Yoke or LoopBe and route MIDI out from MIDI Tapper to another synthesizer application, or use a physical MIDI interface to route MIDI out to hardware. Once you do that, you will see MIDI response working in MIDI Tapper with virtually no latency.

  New in This Update

• Beta Test Cycle 58 (ends June 5, 2016)
• first beta release for Windows
• fixed MIDI messages not deleting
• limited MIDI Events List window to one per project, to avoid confusion
• meta event data (including key signatures) is now readable in the MIDI Events List, and can be edited
• changed View menu to Window
• rehearse is now a menu option
• splice takes is now a menu option
• rehearsal window now accepts keystrokes as well as MIDI input

  Get the Update

Mac and Windows beta licenses are being sold separately because the app is still in the beta testing stage. If you already own a license for Mac, this new version for Mac is a free download from the MIDI Tapper software page. If you would like to join the beta testing team for Windows, just purchase a beta license (it's only $2.99, and is valid for all beta releases).

Regards,
Aaron