I can confirm that yes, people have hooked up MIDI interfaces to their PCs for the express purpose of using them with the Bard's "performance mode". You can almost always tell who is an actual musician doing this versus the folks who are poking around with it on their QWERTY keyboards.
I've done this in FFXIV (though it was frustrating having only monophonic playback), but what I meant was using a PS5 controller as a MIDI controller for my synths.
An article like this is an example of why your blog is so great! I get trusted opinions on things that are new to me. Even when it doesn't spark an interest it increases understanding.
Supreme variety as well, and no sign of pretentiousness. Speaks of open mindedness and humility!
I can confirm that yes, people have hooked up MIDI interfaces to their PCs for the express purpose of using them with the Bard's "performance mode". You can almost always tell who is an actual musician doing this versus the folks who are poking around with it on their QWERTY keyboards.
I've done this in FFXIV (though it was frustrating having only monophonic playback), but what I meant was using a PS5 controller as a MIDI controller for my synths.
My local mall has a Project Diva machine in Japanese lol. The sheer amount of songs in that machine is insane.
I haven't seen one in the wild yet.
An article like this is an example of why your blog is so great! I get trusted opinions on things that are new to me. Even when it doesn't spark an interest it increases understanding.
Supreme variety as well, and no sign of pretentiousness. Speaks of open mindedness and humility!