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Ooh. This might be the beginning of JS/web-based synths. I'm curious what kinds of cool synths musicians might dream up and how the having synths on the web could make it different than anything before. Are browser-makers considering an API that allows me to plug my MIDI keyboard into a webpage?

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One of the earlier demos (about a year old and unfinished) : http://niiden.com/orbisyn/ :) has a virtual MIDI keyboard, to which you can connect a MIDI synth if you have Java. It isn't exactly native support, and it's very unpredictable, but it's something that can be used meanwhile.

However, the Device API should allow access to external inputs, such as microphones and MIDI controllers, so it's coming along!

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