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THIS_DOES_NOT.rb

require 'unimidi'

@input = UniMIDI::Input.use(:first)

Thread.new do 
  Thread.current[:notes] = []

  loop do
    puts "searching!"
    note = @input.gets
    p note

    if is_key_on?(note)
      Thread.current[:notes] << note
    end
  end
end

sleep(10)

THIS_WORKS.rb

require 'unimidi'

input = UniMIDI::Input.use(:first)

Thread.new do
  Thread.current[:notes] = []

  loop do
    Thread.current[:notes] << input.gets
    p Thread.current[:notes]
  end
end
sleep(10)

t = Thread.new { raise "oops" }
sleep 1 # give it plenty of time to fail
begin
  t.join
rescue => error
  puts "Child raised error: #{error.inspect}"
end