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So far I understand, Belcanto is a language made of note phrases. I want to send these notes from other programs like Max or Logic.

For a first test I went to Workbench and connected "midi input 1 / key output" to "interpreter 1 / key input" just because this looks logical. Now, when I send a note #59 (B) from the external program, the metronome starts and stops (toggle) and the light on the Pico goes green/red. But it should react to 2 notes in series, not just one. I think I am not in Belcanto yet, and the metronome plays just by accidence, correct?

How is the cabling in Workbench to receive notes as Belcanto phrases?

The Pico factory setup has the "midi Input 1" "key output" connected to the "midi Input controller" and from there, the "connector21" output is connected to "metronome controller 1" which has a single action for toggling the metronome.

I'm a bit rusty, and there doesn't seem to be much ion the way of docs on the Controller agent. How does this specify an action on a single MIDI note?

@GoneCaving
Ah, maybe row 59 in connector21 means a note. At least note 59 is a B and this is what triggers the metronome when I send it from outside. So I wasn't talking Belcanto in my test, but just sent a preconfigured note for metronome start/stop.

@John
Actually I don't want to switch the Pico with it's own keys or by sending single notes from an external source. I rather want to send plain Belcanto note phrases from a program or a controller. Is this possible?

If yes, how is the cabling (beginning from the MIDI input) to let EigenD translate those incoming MIDI notes to Belcanto phrases and interpret them? Maybe the "Interpreter" is involved in some way?

If I had an example Workbench-patch that lets me play notes on the Pico as arbitrary Belcanto phrases, I am probably able to figure out how to do it from an external source. In the Docs is a script that promises exactly this function but it does not run. Looks incompatible.