Write with a midi keyboard

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crampe
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Write with a midi keyboard

Hello.
As I'm learning Max (for 4/5 days, I'm a real beginner) I'm trying to make a very simple patch; nothing interesting, it's just an exercise.
I would like to make a little patch that converts midi notes into keys (symbols in max language?) and, off course, displays the text. The idea is to write with a midi keyboard.
I tried NOTEIN sent to a SELECT with the midi note numbers I want as arguments (yeah a midi note number per key, that could be a big amount of arguments... Maybe I can simplify it with a scale object?).
Then outlets from the SELECT are sent to message objects. Each MESSAGE contains one key (from A to Z).
I'm sure this also is a lot of objects and strings for nothing, but it's my "solution" for the moment.
But from here, I can't find a solution to display it. I've tried with several display objects like textedit but didn't find the way to make it works.

Thanks!!
Jul