---
title: Chinese Tune / The mdaEPiano
date: 2010/10/14
tags: code, music
photo: mda-epiano-coding.jpg
flattr: 72898/LV2-port-of-the-mda-E-Piano-VSTi
---

In the past two days (actually, mornings and evenings) I have been working on
porting the famous [mda EPiano VSTi plugin](http://mda-vst.com) to the LV2
plugin framework. The sound of the electric piano is very inspiring.  Hear for
yourself:

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You can [download the recording from soundcloud](http://soundcloud.com/rekado/chinese-tune).
The recording was done with `arecordmidi` while routing all incoming midi
events through the LV2 plugin.  An instance of `jack_capture` was used to
record the generated sound simultaneously. If you want to compare my port of
the plugin to your favorite synthesizer, you can [download the midi file
here](/downies/music/chinese-tune.mid).

The LV2 port can be [downloaded from my github
repository](http://github.com/rekado/lv2-mdaEPiano). Please flattr this post if
you like my porting work.