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### Monday 25-Nov-2024
🤔 I do not have much documentable work to show for the past week but my relevant focus has been on doing my best to follow along with [rhosy](https://github.com/pdx-cs-sound/rhosy), as well as continuing to try to get my keyboard to work with MIDI.
* Rhosy has been an interesting project to watch unfold, and I have made a few minor contributions with short question responses during lecture. Creating electronic synthesis (well) turns out to be no small task, even in python. I'd like to commit to this project in the near future but at the moment my primary goal is to keep up with the ongoing progress of rhosy from the instructor.
* After further debugging and some remote assistance, I still cannot interface my PC with the MIDI port on the suzuki keyboard. At this point, I have tried using [qsynth](https://qsynth.sourceforge.io/) with the various linux audio interfaces (jack, pipwire, alsa). Upon further inspection, I see my MIDI/USB adapter is using a [CH345](https://www.wch-ic.com/products/CH345.html) controller
```
djw2@pop-os:~$ aconnect -l
...
client 36: 'CH345' [type=kernel,card=5]
0 'CH345 MIDI 1 '
...
```
The most likely issue is then that my cheap MIDI/USB adapter with this controller does not have an opto-isolator, which uses light modulation in the circuit to eliminate unwanted noise. This seems reasonable, because my keyboard is both old and cheap. I plan to borrow a better MIDI/USB adapter to confirm this theory.
### Friday 15-Nov-2024 ### Friday 15-Nov-2024
📝 [Tuner](./code/tuner/README.md) - A simply python instrument tuner 📝 [Tuner](./code/tuner/README.md) - A simple python instrument tuner
🤔 This week covered topics of music theory and MIDI. With regards to music theory, this was a needed review for me. I am already somewhat familiar with concepts notes, scales, measures, etc. but it has been some time since I have applied the theory. MIDI however is a new topic to me. I find the history and technical specifications of it interesting. Since I hope to experiment with MIDI using my Suzuki keyboard, I went ahead and bought a MIDI to USB adapter, and visited Professor Massey to learn a bit more about working with MIDI on linux. 🤔 This week covered topics of music theory and MIDI. With regards to music theory, this was a needed review for me. I am already somewhat familiar with concepts notes, scales, measures, etc. but it has been some time since I have applied the theory. MIDI however is a new topic to me. I find the history and technical specifications of it interesting. Since I hope to experiment with MIDI using my Suzuki keyboard, I went ahead and bought a MIDI to USB adapter, and visited Professor Massey to learn a bit more about working with MIDI on linux.